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Team Visits 2018-2019

July 10, 2018 Mark, PGM, Royal Ark Mariners

The Provincial Grand Master and the Provincial Team are scheduled to visit the following Mark and Royal Ark Mariner Lodges in 2018-2019.

Date	Lodge	Location
September 24th	Dyffryn Clwyd 1647 (RAM Installation)	Mold
October 24th	St Grwst 1772 (Mark Installation)	Llanfairfechan
November 21st	Snowdonia 259 (Mark Installation)	Bangor
December 19th	Hunter 324 (RAM Elevation)	Rhyl
February 15th 2019	Elffin 321 (Mark Advancement)	Caernarfon
March 4th 2019	Flint 1509 (Mark Installation)	Flint
April 12th 2019	Yr Ysgallen 38 (RAM Elevation)	Llandudno
May 9th 2019	Hawarden 838 (RAM Installation)	Connah’s Quay

Other dates for your diary include:
Saturday 29th of September – Charity Social – Lyons-Mound, Rhyl
Saturday 6th of April 2019 – RAM Assembly – Bangor
Saturday 8th of June 2019 – Provincial Grand Lodge – Connah’s Quay

150th Mark Benevolent Fund Festival

July 7, 2018 Benevolent Fund, PGM

The 150th Mark Benevolent Fund Festival was held on Saturday 7th July at Lincoln.

The Province of North Wales was well represented with 22 Brethren and their partners having traveled to Lincoln to celebrate the occasion, where it was announced that £853,000 had been raised, of which £11,853 was from North Wales.

St John Ambulance Dedication at Llandaff Cathedral

June 23, 2018 Benevolent Fund, Mark, PGM

Three St. John Ambulances and one Treatment Vehicle were Dedicated on June 23rd at Llandaff Cathedral in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, GCVO, GCStJ, the Commandant in Chief, St John Cymru – Wales.

Our Provincial Grand Master, R.W. Bro Peter Talbot, was in attendance along with R.W. Bro. David Powell, Provincial Grand Master for Monmouthshire, and V.W. Bro. Jeff Clarke, Deputy Provincial Grand Master for South Wales.

Provincial Team Dinner 2018

May 24, 2018 Mark, PGM

The Annual Provincial Team Dinner took place at Elwy Hall Rhyl on 24th May, an enjoyable evening was had by all and the attendance was the most that there has ever been at a Provincial Team dinner – great support.

Gwynedd Installed Masters Banner Dedication

May 18, 2018 Mark, PGM

On May the 18th, the Provincial Grand Master and the Provincial Team attended the Gwynedd Lodge of Installed Mark Master Masons to perform a Banner Dedication.

Mark Grand Honours 2018

April 23, 2018 Mark, PGM

The R.W. Provincial Grand Master has again agreed that the names of those Brethren who are to receive Promotion or Preferment in Grand Lodge may be advised to the Grand Officers, as soon as the recipients have signified their intention to accept the honour.

As responses have now been received from those Brethren concerned, I am pleased to advise you that the following are to be invested at the Communications of Grand Lodge in June & September.

PGM’s Address at the Provincial RAM Assembly 2018

April 7, 2018 PGM, Royal Ark Mariners

The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, Peter Talbot, RAMGR, Member of the Grand Master’s Royal Ark Council, gave the following address at the Provincial RAM Assembly held at Farfield Hall, Connah’s Quay, on Saturday April 7th 2018.

R.W. Bro. Peter Talbot, PGM

“Brethren I welcome you all to this Provincial Royal Ark Mariner Assembly, another fantastic attendance Brethren, I thank you for your support and for the loyalty you have shown to the Province and those Brethren who are to receive Provincial RAM Rank.

We all set ourselves goals, one of mine was to resurrect this RAM Assembly, we re-introduced it in 2014 and it has been a success ever since. Most of the Mark Provinces now have a RAM Assembly and they tend to be most successful.

Let me firstly direct your attention to the meeting of Grand Assembly last December, three Brethren of this Province received RAMGR on that day, W. Bro. John Evans, our Provincial DC, W. Bro. Phil Edwards our Deputy Provincial DC and W. Bro. Richard G. Jones of Idris RAM. All of the recipients fully deserve the rewards of their labours and I congratulate them all once again. Brethren I remind you all that there is no automatic entitlement to either Grand Rank or Provincial Grand Rank either in Mark or RAM and it intrigues me when I hear that Brethren are making certain assumptions on the back of previous appointments for instance, I am more interested in the now and the future Brethren, rather than the past.

Provincial RAM Assembly 2018

April 7, 2018 PGM, Royal Ark Mariners

On 7th April the Provincial Assembly was held at Farfield Hall, Connah’s Quay where over 100 Brethren were in attendance and the following Brethren of the Province received Provincial RAMGR.

Y Geninen RAM Banner Dedication

March 8, 2018 PGM, Royal Ark Mariners

On 8th March the Provincial Team visited Y Geninen Royal Ark Mariner Lodge No. 259 at Bangor to Dedicate a new Lodge Banner.

The Dedication Ceremony was conducted by W. Bro. David Alexander Wright, Deputy Provincial Grand Master in the absence of the Provincial Grand Master.

V.W.Bro. Phillip G Orton Diamond Award

March 2, 2018 Mark, PGM

V.W.Bro Phillip G Orton wearing his Grand Patron Diamond Collarette

At the meeting of North Wales Lodge of Installed Mark Master Masons held on Saturday 17th February at Llanfairfechan, V.W.Bro. Phillip G Orton, PGJO was presented with a Grand Patron Diamond Collarette to recognize the contributions that he has made to the Mark Benevolent Fund.

The Provincial Grand Master congratulated V.W.Bro. Orton and thanked him for the support that he had given to the Benevolent Fund, not only by his donations but also in the way he had delivered so many Lectures throughout the Province explaining the history and the structure of the Fund.

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