The Bytown Bulletin

The Bytown Bulletin is Bytown Lodge’s quarterly newsletter, in circulation since 1979, and serves both to keep the brethren up to date on lodge life and activities, and as an archive of past activities.

Past issues

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 2

LODGE NEWS NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 2024-2025 The brethren of Bytown Lodge cast their ballots April 18th for a new slate of officers, which included recently raised MMs who are filling in the long vacant stewards’ chairs, and up the…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 1

Lodge News Website Update Our Bytown Lodge website is slated for an update that will make it more attractive and functional. Among changes will be a members’ section, which we will be able to access with a password. This will…

Message from the East

Brethren, October was a remarkable month for Bytown. As your Worshipful Master, I visited with the brethren of Fidelity Lodge No. 650 in St. Lawrence District. During Peter Ruttan WB Head Shot my travels, I met a fellow mason who…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 43, No. 3

September, 2023 Lodge News Brethren convened for the Ninth Regular Meeting on May 18, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., which began with a social hour and Festive Board that was well attended by visitors. The work of the evening was the…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 43, No. 2

Opening Comments from the Editor In the previous issue we informed you, the reader, that we would be making a change to the publication dates of our bulletin. To recap, the publication of this bulletin it will change from four…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 42, No. 1

Opening Comments:  Lodges have for the most part in the Province of Ontario, and the rest of Canada have returned to regular meetings once again. While we are still under various pandemic protocols, we must all continue to act and meet…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 41, No. 6

There has been a long hiatus in the publication of the Bulletin. A number of factors have contributed to this: first has been illness of the Editor, but the severe and prolonged flooding of the Ottawa River in the spring…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 41, No. 5

This was our Election Night. The meeting began with a Festive Board in the Banquet Hall downstairs. The JW, Bro Jon Orazietti produced a delicious meal featuring glazed, sliced ham, roast potato boats and salad, and the Secretary, WBro Scott…

Bytown Bulletin – Vol. 41, No. 4

With many members unable to attend the Regular Meeting in March (Move-up Night), there was quite a lot of Irish stew left over after the festive board. At the invitation of the SW, we were pleased to have Linda Meyer,…

Archived issues

For Bytown Bulletin issues published between 2008 and 2018, visit our archive folder. Please note that these historic files are not digitally accessible.