Welcome to the Lodge Ionic Prudence
The Freemasons Lodge Ionic Prudence meets at Kedron Freemasons Centre in Brisbane and works the Scottish Ritual. The selected Badge of the Lodge Ionic Prudence is the McDuff tartan which is prominent on members aprons.
What is a Freemason
This is a YouTube post of a very popular and well constructed video of an actor portraying the well known American Freemason Benjamin Franklin.
The most well known symbol of the Masons is the Square and Compasses:
Latest News
A wet and cold Tuesday evening saw the Wor Master Brian Howell, Wor Bro Harry Cummings, Bro Ted Sutton and Bro Michael Churchward in a visitation to Lodge Progress. Their 1° Emulation was excellent and the tuna sandwiches to a bunch of hungry visitors was most appreciated.
On ANZAC day the WM braved the early hour and cold to attend the morning service at the cenotaph; and defying the ache in his hip, he stayed for the parade through town. Later that evening a Wor Bro Harry Cummings, Wor Bro Ken Smith and Bro Michael Churchward attended the A.I.F Lodge's Rememberance Service in Ann St, in what was a very moving and uplifting evening. It was very pleasing to see many non-Freemasons attend the service and we can hope that a it sparks a bit of interest in the Craft.
The highlight of the night was the Last Post played by the Grand Lodge Heralds.
On Sunday the 1st of April, Ionic Prudence celebrated our annual Evensong Church Service at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Red Hil. With an excellent turnout of members, family and friends we enjoyed a very pleasant service and High Tea. It was very pleasing to have the MWGM Adrian Burton take part in the service, where we were all entertained by the very excellent Masonic Choir and a very observant homily from Father Tom Treherne.
It was very plesant to see a number of local parishioners join us in our celebration.
The yearly Gathering of the Clans was celebrated at Ann Street on Saturday night 31st Mar 2012, where Bro James Stuart Sherrit of Yeronga Lodge took his Third Degree in the presence of around 400 Freemasons including a number of Ionic Prudence members, one of whom Bro Jamie Sims presented the working tools for the 3rd degree.
There was a large contingent from the United Grand Lodge of Queensland and the District Grand Lodge of Western Australia under the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
A banquet for over 380 attended by the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC followed at the Irish Club.
A most pleasant visitation was had by the Wor Master Brian Howell, Wor Bro Harry Cummings, Bro Ted Sutton and Bro Michael Churchward, to Lodge Prince Albert on Monday the 26th Mar 2012. Their 2° work was excellent, though it was noted that the WM should receive some remedial spelling lessons before he attempts another 2°. Everyone appeared very relaxed and it was nice to hear some light hearted banter between the lodge officers.
From the Indian taste and feel, to the participative paper tearing entertainment; the feast was excellent, with 4 of the 6 raffle prizes going to the visitors.
Wor Bro Harry Cummings, Bro Ted Sutton and Bro Michael Churchward attended the 1° at Lodge Bon Accord last Friday, where we saw the WM Ken Wiseman induct his own son into the craft. The work was very professional and with a Fraternal visit from their Grandmother Lodge Scotia, very well attended, with over 50 brethern in attendance.
Brother Michael Churchward our newest member, was raised to the 2° last night in what was a fairly quiet meeting. It was pleasing though to see one visitor from the Yeronga Lodge, Wor Bro Rodger Klopp, who in great Masonic tradition "volunteered" to act as the Inner Guard when called upon to assist. The night was particularly wet and we have been assured that more visitors would have been present, except for the 4 car pileup on the Story Bridge.
Michael was asked at the last minute to step in, as the member to be raised was suddenly unavailable and he would like to give special thanks to the Wor Bro Nev Hamlin who jumped in at the last moment to assist with the ritual, leaving his normal seat in the east to keep the candidate entertained with his most excellent "Holy Man" commentary. Michael assures me he is most keen on continuing his Masonic journey, including regular visitations to other lodges in Brisbane.
"I have a collection of many good friends, I keep them scattered in Lodges all around the world"
As you will have noticed the website has changed, to what is hopefully an easier site to navigate around. All the origional material is still here, but a number of additions have been added, including a humour page which can be accessed via the Members Page; and a login page which can be accessed from the link on the index page. Once work has been completed on the members only section, each member will be supplied with a login name and password which they can use to keep track of lodge messages, update their own profile and create topics or comment on the Lodge Blog.
The year has been kicked off in fine form with a double 1° at the Yeronga Lodge on the 18th Jan, which was well attended by 6 members of Ionic Prudence. It was nice to see Ken Smith and his son Dan, who is over from China for a couple of weeks and will be attending the 2 ° Emulation next week. The work was well done with another great performance from the officers of Yeronga Lodge and it would seem that they will soon have a full backline of international Rugby players; now they just have to get the forwards to work on their fitness.
The year ended in a very plesant fashion with the Christmas Feast being celebrated with the Ladies at the New Chinese Garden. It was unfortunate that the Worshipful Master was unable to join in the celebration, but he was undergoing surgrey so was unable to attend. To see some pictures of the party click on our Gallery page.
A large number of members from Ionic Prudence attended the double 1° of a father and son, at the Yeronga Lodge. With a full house including the Grand Master and his entourage, the evenings work set a very high bench mark for the other Scottish Ritual Lodges, with excellent performances by all members of the team. It was also good to see the large number of 1° members in attendance, which must indicate a growing interest in Freemasonry in Queensland.
