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No 9311
Site last updated 27 December 2009
What is freemasonry?
The way freemasons define freemasonry is “a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols”, but this does not really help unless you are already a freemason.
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation, the principal object being fellowship, but one of the major things freemasons do is raise money for charitable purposes. Unlike organisations like Round Table and Rotary Club however the principal source of charitable funds is the membership themselves, not the general public.
It may surprise you to know that although freemasons have a reputation for “looking after their own” Grand Charity, the charitable arm of freemasonry in England, is after the National Lottery the single biggest giver to non-masonic charities.
If you would like to know more, please contact us at membership@ilkleymasons.org
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation, the principal object being fellowship, but one of the major things freemasons do is raise money for charitable purposes. Unlike organisations like Round Table and Rotary Club however the principal source of charitable funds is the membership themselves, not the general public.
It may surprise you to know that although freemasons have a reputation for “looking after their own” Grand Charity, the charitable arm of freemasonry in England, is after the National Lottery the single biggest giver to non-
If you would like to know more, please contact us at membership@ilkleymasons.org