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Monash Gully
Monash Gully supports 22 lodges within our district, meeting in Mt. Waverley, Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully and Belgrave.
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What ever happened to
The Freemasons
Compass delves behind the aprons and funny handshakes to find out how Australian Freemasons are reinventing themselves to survive in the 21st Century.
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Summary
Compass delves behind the aprons and funny handshakes to find out how Australian Freemasons are reinventing themselves to survive in the 21st Century.
Freemasons arrived in Australia with the First Fleet and up until quite recently were shrouded in secrecy and strictly maintained traditions. Freemasonry is not a religion, although in its heyday most Freemasons were either Protestants or Jews. Catholics were forbidden by their church from joining. Now, faced with declining membership the Masons have had to relax some of their rules and reinvent themselves. So, what does this silent band of brothers actually do? Are they even viable anymore? If so, who belongs and why?
Story producer: Mark Edmondson
Story researcher: Francoise Fombertaux
Our Charity Drive
Interchange Outer East
Interchange Outer East provides programs and services to families of children and young adults with disabilities who live in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
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Freemasons have supported Interchange’s Sibling Support program for the past two years, providing the funding to enable this important program to continue to operate. They have generously agreed to continue this support and Lionel May, on behalf of Freemasons, presented Interchange Outer East with $15,000 as their contribution to the Sibling Support program for the coming year, bringing their total contribution to the program to $45,000.
