Leeds Freemasons Lodge
A perfect combination of World Class Engineering, Freemasonry and Fraternity For the past 5 years W Bro. Rob Phillips has planned what has quickly become the Lodge of Dawn 6511 Annual Lodge ‘Excursion’, recently taking us to Dublin, Edinburgh, Belfast and Jersey. On March 10th and 11th this year, a group of seventeen brethren fromThe … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn 6511 and our annual masonic tour Report by Brother Eóin Byrne. Every Entered Apprentice knows that freemasonry is “universally spread” over the globe and this was once again typified by The Lodge of Dawn’s now annual masonic trip. W Bro Rob Philips’ expeditions are fast becoming the stuff of legends in … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn visit Belfast – Following the success of previous trips to Dublin and Edinburgh, on a cold Wednesday March morning 18 brethren from the lodge, plus three guests (one from Zetland Lodge and two from The Lodge of Fidelity) gathered at Leeds Bradford airport to travel to Belfast. Once bags had been … Read more
Almost three years to the day since the Lodge of Dawn’s previous foreign trip, to Dublin, 16 brethren, plus four guests (from Zetland Lodge, the Lodge of Fidelity and Philanthropic Lodge) boarded a coach and headed north to Edinburgh. The first leg of the trip was brightened up by a quiz, arranged by resident quizmaster, … Read more
On Wednesday 15th February 16 brethren from The Lodge of Dawn ranging from our newest Fellowcraft to a Grand Lodge Officer descended upon Spa Lodge in Harrogate for a fraternal visit. The visit was arranged by our mutual member, W Bro. Derek Sendrove and the lodge Social Secretary, W Bro Philip Myers. The ceremony performed … 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
Visiting other lodges, both in Leeds and further afield, is one of the best parts of Freemasonry. Meeting new people, seeing ‘the same but different’ ceremonies and generally socialising with new people is what makes Freemasonry fun and interesting. On 9th December three members of The Lodge of Dawn visited Baines Lodge, 7844 in St … Read more
Back in December 2021 we were delighted to host a lodge inter-visit from brethren of Hadassah Lodge in Sheffield (you can read all about it here). This is a lodge inter-visit that used to occur regularly, but hasn’t happened for a number of years. The Lodge of Dawn has two former Masters from Hadassah as … Read more
On the morning of Wednesday 11th March fourteen of the brethren of The Lodge of Dawn, plus two guests from the Lodge of Fidelity No. 289 and one from Zetland Lodge No. 1311, awoke to alarms set for stupid o’clock and headed to Leeds Bradford airport for a long-planned two-day trip to Dublin to visit … Read more