The Degree of Mark Master Masons
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THE DEGREE OF MARK MASTER MASONS All communications to be addressed to: M. A. Jones Mark Provincial Office Bridgend Masonic Hall Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP Tel: 02920 490555 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.southwalesmarkmastermasons.co.uk 302 THE EXECUTIVE R.W.Bro. Thomas Richard Eirian Jones Provincial Grand Master W.Bro. Dr Paul Richard Calderwood PGSD W.Bro. Philip William Davies PGJD Deputy Provincial Grand Master Assistant Provincial Grand Master 303 The Mark Degree is under the control of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and its Districts and Lodges Overseas. It has many similar associations with the old opera- tive system of Freemasonry. The ritual is founded upon ancient Craft legends of this operative system and reflects portions of Biblical History that are far earlier than other degrees. It deals with events before or at the building of King Solomon’s Temple and the problems that arose during its construction. It was found necessary to ensure completeness and perfect accuracy in all departments of the work and to establish a system of grades amongst the vast number of work- men employed, under which each member of each grade marked his work with some particular mark or symbol thereby enabling the overseers to know the hand which prepared each particular piece of work. Thus a very early system for “Quality Control” and ensuring “Value for Money” was established. In the old Guilds the ceremony of selecting and registering a Mark by newly admitted Craftsmen was second in importance only to that of his first admission into the Society. The Mason’s Marks on ecclesiastical buildings are of great antiquity. We are informed that the Cathedral Church of Aberdeen founded in 1357 has upon it Mason’s Marks from the foundation upwards. Mark Degree is one of encouragement and the ritual is built on a single verse from Psalm 118. “The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner” It illustrates that the wisest of men can be mistaken and that experts are often wrong, that the weakest can display per- severance far better than the strongest and that we all have a part to play in the building of life. It demonstrates that the pursuit of excellence and the realisation of distinction are within everyone’s grasp. Today the prerequisite for advancement into the “Friendly Degree” is that the candidate has at- tained the rank of Master Mason in the Craft. 304 Dates for the Diary September 2020 8th September (Tuesday) Mark Master Masons Grand Lodge, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London 13th September (Sunday) Mark Provincial Grand Lodge Officers and Ladies Luncheon at Hi Tide, Porthcawl December 2020 6th December (Sunday) Mark Provincial G.L. Officers Mess, Christmas Luncheon at Towers Hotel, Swansea 8th December (Tuesday) Royal Ark Mariners Annual Assembly and Investiture, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London March 2021 9th March (Tuesday) Mark Masons Grand Lodge, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London April 2021 24th April (Saturday) Royal Ark Mariners Provincial Assemby and Investiture at The Masonic Hall, Bridgend May 2021 8th May (Friday) Mark Provincial G.L. Officers Mess Annual Dinner, Venue to be announced??? 20th May (Thursday) Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons. General Purpose Committee Meeting, Penarth. To be followed by the Installation Meeting of Stability Mark Lodge No. 758 June 2021 2nd June (Wednesday) Provincial Mark Grand Lodge Meeting and Investiture, Cardiff Masonic Hall 8th June (Tuesday) Mark Grand Lodge Annual Investiture, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London 305 PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN GRAND LODGE ROYAL ARK MARINER GRAND RANK Invested on Tuesday 10th December 2019 W.Bro. Martin A. Jones 1043 W.Bro. Alun H. Thomas 1088 W.Bro. Bryan J. Isaac 1125 MARK GRAND LODGE Acting Rank: Effective from Tuesday 9th June 2020 R.W.Bro. Neil H. Matthews, PGJW Appointed to Grand Senior Warden R.W.Bro. Ryan A. Williams, PGJW Re-appointed to Grand Secretary W.Bro. Alun H. Thomas, PGStwd Appointed to Grand Junior Deacon Promoted: Effective from Tuesday 8th September 2020 W.Bro. Denis Tucker, PAGDC Promoted to Past Grand Junior Deacon Appointed: Effective from Tuesday 9th June 2020 W.Bro Brian Eveleigh, PPrGJW Appointed to Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies W.Bro. Richard J. Phillips, ProvDepGDC Appointed to Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies W.Bro. John W Hatherley, ProvGAlm Appointed to Past Assistant Grand Sword Bearer W.Bro. David Baldwin, PPrGJW Appointed to Past Grand Standard Bearer In extending our congratulations to these Brethren, we trust that they will continue to support and serve the Mark and Royal Ark Mariner Degrees in general and this Province for many years to come. 306 OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS Grand Master His Royal Highness PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT, KCVO Pro Grand Master Raymond John Smith Deputy Grand Master John Herbert Prizeman Assistant Grand Master Stephen Davison GRAND OFFICERS 2020-2021 G Senior Warden ... ... Neil Howard Matthews G Junior Warden ... ... Colin David Hellyer G Master Overseer ... ... Roland John Bedford G Senior Overseer ... ... Trevor David Currans G Junior Overseer ... ... Christopher Wenham Eley G Chaplain ... ... Rev. Bruce David Harry President of the General Board ... Peter Hawken, MBE G Treasurer ... ... John Norman George Howitt G Registrar ... ... His H. Judge Keith Charles Cutler CBE President of the Mark Ben.Fund ... John Bell G Secretary ... ... Ryan Andrew Williams G Dir. of Ceremonies ... ... Francis Charles Spencer G Insp. of Works ... ... Vincent John Driver G Sword Bearer ... ... Kenneth Clark Archer Dep G Chaplain ... ... Rev. Anthony William Avery Dep Pres of the General Board ... William Arthur Divall Dep G Registrar ... ... Robert Charles Williams Dep President of the Mark Ben Fund ... David Frederick Ashbolt Dep Grand Dir of Ceremonies ... Jonathon Roberts ... ... Gary Walter Allen ... ... Adrian Cleightonhills Dep Grand Inspector of Works ... David Richard King Dep Grand Sword Bearer ... ... Francis Maurice Drake G Senior Deacon ... ... Graham Raymond Glazier ... ... Christopher James ... ... Malcolm Reston Melbourne Lloyd ... ... John Trevor Maxwell ... ... David John Tucker ... ... Barry Weigleb G Junior Deacon ... ... John Bassford ... ... Thomas Maria Buchsbaum ... ... Steven Groeger ... ... Arthur Robinson ... ... Alun Howell Thomas ... ... Simon John Trevains 307 ... ... Asst G Chaplain ... ... Rev. Justin Trevelyan Parker Asst G Registrar ... ... Simon Robert Dawes Asst G Secretary ... ... Daniel Mark Heath Asst G Dir. of Ceremonies ... ... Michael Roy Carter ... ... Robert William Chilvers ... ... Christopher Hicks ... ... Paul Andrew Renton ... ... Howard Leslie Smith ... ... Albert Philemon Rita Maria Troch Asst G Insp. of Works ... ... Derek Mersh Asst G Sword Bearer ... ... Paul Jonathan Cullum Grand Librarian ... ... James Frederick Sacre G Organist ... ... Mario Rizzardi G Standard Bearer ... ... William Jack Jarvis ... ... John Arthur Stribling Deputy Grand Organist ... ... David Cynrig Timothy Gregory Roberts-Jones Asst G Standard Bearer ... ... Andrew Stephen Jones ... ... Raymond John Russell Asst G Organist ... ... Paul Gareth Bowen G Inner Guard ... ... David John Merrick Asst G Inner Guard ... ... John Ebdy ... ... Geoffrey Allen Tuckett G Stewards ... ... Robert Michael Anderson ... ... Christopher Stephen Clark ... ... Peter Condon Dolby ... ... David Henry Duggan ... ... Raymond David Hackett ... ... Richard John Harvey ... ... Omaid Hiwaizi ... ... Andrew Edward Inglesfield ... ... Edward Kusminoff ... ... Andrew John Logan ... ... Stephen John Lord ... ... Ian Peter MacGrain ... ... Andrew George Mathie ... ... Paul McGrath ... ... Alan Frederick Sheret ... ... Peter Steele ... ... Marios Phillip Stylianides ... ... Lee William Taylor ... ... Philip Andrew Watson ... ... Paul Andrew Wicking ... ... Michael James Wilkinson ... ... Richard Edward Wilkinson ... ... Mark John Winfield G Tyler ... ... Leonard John Millings 308 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF SOUTH WALES Mark Provincial Office Bridgend Masonic Hall, Coychurch Road, Bridgend, CF31 2AP Tel. No. 02920 490555 Constituted 1870 Provincial Grand Master R.W.Bro. Thomas Richard Eirian Jones Deputy Provincial Grand Master W.Bro. Dr. Paul Richard Calderwood PGSD Assistant Provincial Grand Master W.Bro. Philip William Davies PGJD OFFICERS 2020 - 2021 W.Bro. W. Wilson PGJD 950 ... ... Senior Warden W.Bro. M.J. Lewis 1487 ... ... Junior Warden W.Bro. H.A. Barnes 179 ... ... Master Overseer W.Bro. D.H. Elliott 1318 ... ... Senior Overseer W.Bro. C.D. Peters 1043 ... ... Junior Overseer Bro. Rev. E.F. Dowland-Owen 823 ... Chaplain W.Bro. A.W. Seymour PAGSwdB1043 ... Treasurer W.Bro. A.R. Hulbert 1952 ... Registrar W.Bro. M.A. Jones PGJD 1043 ... ... Secretary W.Bro. A.H. Thomas GJD 1088 ... ... Dir.of Ceremonies W.Bro. A. Gardener 823 ... ... Insp. of Works W.Bro. A.C. Painter 1088 ... ... Sword Bearer W.Bro. Dr. V. Thomas PAGChap 1377 ... Deputy Chaplain W.Bro. J.D. Williams PGSD 585 ... ... Deputy Secretary W.Bro. R.J. Phillips 950 ... ... Dep.Dir.of Ceremonies W.Bro. J.W. Hatherley PAGSwdB 1573 ... Almoner W.Bro. B.J. Isaac PGJD 1125 ... ... Charity Steward W.Bro. K.L. Jones 1573 ... ... Senior Deacon W.Bro. G.M. Davies 1685 ... ... Senior Deacon W.Bro. N.A. Jenkins 1125 ... ... Junior Deacon W.Bro. D.J. Hughes 1377 ... ... Junior Deacon W.Bro. D.R. Lewis 950 ... ... Asst. Secretary W.Bro. R.A. Jones