Ivanhoe Lodge No. 142, GRA, AF&AM

Ivanhoe’s Annual Builders’ Night

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:18:29 +0000

One of the longest standing traditions in Edmonton Freemasonry is Ivanhoe’s Builder’s Night. On Thursday September 16, 2010, an Entered Apprentice degree will be put on by brethren from the local building, construction, and engineering industries. It continues to be a well attended meeting of brethren from various lodges. Lodge tyles at 7:30pm, followed by the degree, and a festive board meal afterward. Join us!

Soccer (Football) and Masonry

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:07:38 +0000

With the World Cup happening right now in South Africa, W. Bro. Chris Hodapp, author of “Freemasons for Dummies” and past keynote speaker of the Alberta Masonic Spring Workshop, has a very interesting article on the Masonic origin connections with soccer (football).

Read that article here.

3rd Degree - Thursday May 20

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:53:45 +0000

Come on down to Ivanhoe Lodge to watch the degree team to give the 3rd degree to two worthy candidates. Hearty festive board to follow.

Masonic Spring Workshop

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:26 +0000

One of the world’s top Masonic events, the 45th Annual Masonic Spring Workshop will take place over April 23, 24, and 25 at the Delta Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta surrounded by beautiful mountainous scenery.

Brethren of Ivanhoe make this trip every year and invite all Masons to their hospitality suite on Fri. April 23 for some fellowship.

More details can be found at the official workshop website.

“How Freemasonry Saved The World And How It Can Do So Again”

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:03:15 +0000

“How Freemasonry Saved The World And How It Can Do So Again“, an exciting new book authored by Masonic and Templar historian VWBro. Stephen Dafoe is set for release in the near future.

Ivanhoe Lodge is proud to present VWBro. Dafoe as its guest speaker as he talks about his upcoming book at the Annual Ivanhoe Lodge Anniversary Dinner to be held Saturday April 10, 2010, 7:00pm at the Homefire Grill, 18210 100 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta. Limited tickets available and are $30 from the Junior Warden.

Menu: Chef’s soup du jour, Nice Lil’ Salad with vinaigrette dressing. Choice of… Chicken Fettuccini, Singapore Sling Stir-fry, Pork Tenderloin, or Rotisserie Chicken

Video on VWBro. Dafoe’s book…

Entered Apprentice Degree

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:51:54 +0000

Ivanhoe Lodge will be having an Entered Apprentice degree this Thursday March 18, 2010. Join us, won’t you? Lodge tyles at 7:30 pm followed by a hearty festive board, free for visitors.

Explaining Freemasonry

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:54:23 +0000

One of the most difficult questions Masons get asked is “What is Freemasonry?” Not only that, there are many myths and misconceptions that people have about what we do.

On Thursday March 4, 2010, join the brethren of Ivanhoe at their regular meeting where an educational talk on “Explaining Freemasonry”.

Lodge tyles at 7:30pm with a hearty festive board to follow.

Past Masters’ Night

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:34:02 +0000

Brethren, come meet us on the level for Past Masters’ Night where you’ll find a solid, experienced team of former Worshipful Masters putting on a Fellowcraft degree for a brother.

Thursday February 18, 2010
Edmonton Freemasons’ Hall
Lodge tyles at 7:30pm

Sir Sandford Fleming - The Father of Standard Time

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:20:42 +0000

Bro. Fleming made a proposal 121 years ago today… from Wikipedia.org:

After missing a train in 1876 in Ireland because its printed schedule listed p.m. instead of a.m., he proposed a single 24-hour clock for the entire world, located at the centre of the Earth and not linked to any surface meridian.^[2] At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute on February 8, 1879 he linked it to the anti-meridian of Greenwich (now 0°). He suggested that standard time zones could be used locally, but they were subordinate to his single world time. He continued to promote his system at major international conferences, including the International Meridian Conference of 1884. That conference accepted a different version of Universal Time, but refused to accept his zones, stating that they were a local issue outside its purview. Nevertheless, by 1929 all of the major countries of the world had accepted time zones.

e-Masonry

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:25:10 +0000

On February 4th at Ivanhoe’s next regular meeting, one of our Past Masters will be giving a presentation on “e-Masonry — How the Internet has affected the Craft” and highlight some of the tools and websites out there about the Craft and how you can get involved.