Ashlar Lodge No.3, Nanaimo, BC
101 Commercial Street V9R 3G5 Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Harry Houdini was in the Craft

Happy Birthday to Albert G. Mackey, 33. Born on March 12th in 1807. (March 12, 1807 - June 21, 1881) Portrait by Travis Simpkins (Collection of the Supreme Council, 33, SJ)

TODAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 16 at 12 p.m. seniors aged 83+ (born 1938 or earlier) and Indigenous people age 65+ are eligible to call and book their COVID-19 vaccinati...on. Number to call: 1-833-348-4787, 7 a.m. 7 p.m. daily REMEMBER: - Someone can call on your behalf - Assign only one person to call so we don't jam phone lines - Have your personal health number ready - Call only when you are eligible - Once your age group is eligible, you can call any time after that, your eligibility does not stop If you know someone in this age group, please help them register for their vaccine or pass on this information For further details and eligibility visit: www.islandhealth.ca/covid19vaccine

Bro. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the Statue of Liberty, first tried to plant his luminous lady not in New York harbour, but at the homely entrance at... the Suez Canal. In her original form, she was to be an Egyptian peasant swathed in robes, and titled, Egypt Bringing Light to Asia. See more

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Happy Birthday to Benjamin Franklin, born on this day in 1706. (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) Portrait by Travis Simpkins

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A sculpture commemorating seven Freemasons who created a Masonic lodge while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. The lodge was named Liberté chérie, which ...means cherished liberty. The lodge was created on November 15th, 1943, and located in Esterwegen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The seven Freemasons who created the lodge are: Paul Hanson, Luc Somerhausen, Jean Sugg, Franz Rochat, Guy Hannecart, Amédée Miclotte, and Degueldre.

A new page on the Masonic history section of the Temple Lodge website... http://www.templelodge33.ca/737-fort-street-victoria-britis

January 10, 1871: William F. Buffalo Bill Cody was raised a Master Mason in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32 in North Platte, Nebraska. Portrait by Travis Simpkins

Some out takes of the Ashlar Lodge video shoot in Bowen Road Cemetery on Saturday, 15 August 2020. Just in case you were wondering who is behind the camera on the Ashlar Lodge No.3 videos.

Not only do you have the magnificent 15th Century screen, but also what also survives is the stunning 15th Century stone pulpit. It is incredibly rare - for wha...t you are looking at is not painted carved wood - but painted carved stone! The stairs up to the pulpit are a much later addition. See more

A new post on VWB Norm McEvoy's website, The Educator

Photo of the day captured from College Heights Nanaimo by Todd Wasylyshyn.

Originally built by James Malpass, a member of Ashlar Lodge No. 3

FRIDAY THE 13TH. On October 13th, 1307, French king Philip IV the Fair ordered the mass arrest of Knights Templar in the Kingdom of France. That day fell on Fri...day 13th and some consider that the superstition about Friday 13th being an unlucky day stems from this very event. Jacques de Molay was the last Templar Grandmaster who was put to death by burning at the stake on March 18, 1314. His martyrdom against the forces of tyranny become a powerful symbol that many fraternal societies such as the Freemasons referenced in their ceremonies and literature. His final words were recorded as "SPES MEA IN DEO EST, which translates as My Hope Is In God, which was later adopted as a motto of the Scottish Rite. (Image: Commemorative plaque marking the site of Jacques de Molay's execution in Paris.)

134 years ago on November 20, 1886: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sold his first Sherlock Holmes story. A Study in Scarlet was written in just three weeks and was ac...cepted for publication by Ward Lock & Co, which gave Doyle 25 (equivalent to 2,700 today) in exchange for all rights to the story. It was published the following year. Portrait by Travis Simpkins

We regret to inform you that Brother John Gorosh has passed to the GLA, aged 93... https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/obituaries/john-gorosh/