Leeds Freemasons Lodge
April’s ceremony was the Lodge of Dawn’s annual ‘Past Masters Night’, when previous masters of the lodge (known as ‘Past Masters’) take all of the ceremonial offices and deliver all of the ritual. In total 11 Past Masters of, and in, the lodge took part. See below. The ceremony was a Third Degree ceremony when … Read more
On Tuesday 20th April 2023 the inaugural annual Lodge of Dawn Pool tournament took place the the Northern Snooker Centre on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. Inspired by the Lodge of Fidelity Pool tournament, Bro Sam Fryer, joint winner of that tournament had spent months planning the event, even commissioning an exclusive trophy to be presented … Read more
Back in February 2020 one of the members of the Lodge of Dawn saw a news story in the Yorkshire Evening Post about a group of fed-up parents who had just launch an appeal to improve children’s playground. Under half a mile from our home at Castle Grove, Meanwood Park playground’s appeal sounded like the … Read more
On Monday 22nd September 1947, at Great George Street in Leeds city centre The Lodge of Dawn was consecrated. On Tuesday 28th March 2023, at Castle Grove Masonic Hall the lodge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Following a Second Degree ceremony, the brethren were joined by their wives and partners for a celebratory Festive Board. The … Read more
Each masonic year the masters of 20 Leeds Freemasons’ lodges form what is known as the ‘Leeds Masters Circle’. Every master from each lodge during their year in The Chair hosts a ‘Masters Night’, inviting all of the other masters in his circle to a ceremony. Tuesday 28th February was The Lodge of Dawn’s Masters … Read more
The first ceremony of 2023 was no ordinary Second Degree ceremony. Not only was it the inaugural ‘New & Young Masons’ Night at The Lodge of Dawn (in association with the Leeds Light Blues), but we made history by Passing our first ever South American brother. The inaugural New & Young Masons Night was an … Read more
On a damp and gloomy January Thursday morning six brethren from The Lodge of Dawn, plus two guests, boarded a train bound for the big smoke; London. The reason for the journey? A masonic visit to ‘Lodge 10k‘ (Lodge Sine Nomine, No 10,000) along with a tour of the home of UGLE and Freemasonry in … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn sponsored a grant of £5000 from the Masonic Province of Yorkshire West Riding via its Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, on behalf of Leeds Irish Health & Homes. The £5,000, delivered by Charity Steward W Bro. Michael Rose and Preceptor W Bro. Raymond Diamond (pictured above), has been used to fund food … Read more
Looking around right now there is no shortage of groups who need a helping hand and we know that hundreds, maybe thousands, of families in Leeds are struggling. One of The Lodge of Dawn’s newest brethren, Bro Eóin Byrne, saw this situation and wanted to use the power of Freemasonry to make a difference. He … Read more
Freemasons from across Leeds have once again answered a call to ensure that hundreds of children from across the city will receive at least one present this festive season. The members of Lodges who meet in Headingly’s Castle Grove Masonic Hall have, as with previous years, donated a present or money to buy gifts, which … Read more