Bulletin

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 also took its toll. Fortunately, the absence of issues of the Bulletin were not a reflection on the health of Bytown Lodge, as can be seen by what follows.  

Lodge News 

Following the Installation of our WM and officers for the 2019-2020 Masonic Year, which took place on May 16, 2019, the new WM organized a very special weekend event. On Saturday, June 1, 15 Bytown members, together with 3 visitors from other lodges, attended an Emergent Meeting in the historic lodge building at Upper Canada Village. Following the meeting, we raised a glass at the historic inn next door, and then adjourned to the MacIntosh Country Inn in Morrisburg for a celebratory dinner. In addition, the usual family summer BBQ took place at Bro Dave Baker’s home in Cumberland on July 27.

At the summer convocation of Grand Lodge, RWBro John Hawkins was invested as our DDGM for the coming Masonic Year. Our first meeting in September was an unusual double first degree held on Saturday, September 14 at the Westboro Temple. At the first Regular Meeting of the Lodge on September 19, the WM was invested with his Grand Lodge Regalia. Then, at another Emergent Meeting on October 3, Bytown welcomed another new Mason into the Craft. At our Regular Meeting this month, we will be celebrating Bytown’s 50^th Anniversary. To mark the event, the following evening there will be a gala dinner for members, guests and their ladies. The Grand Master will be in attendance. Bytown is back!