2025 found us welcoming two new members to the Craft, Hayati Alaluf and Merril Matthew. Their initiation marks not just a personal milestone for each of them, but a meaningful moment of growth for our Lodge as well. We’re proud to have them join our lodge and look forward to seeing the light they bring…

Since the time of its consecration, the Lodge has nearly always had members from the sea-faring fraternity, some mercantile marine, some from the Royal Navy. It is the custom to drink a toast our brethren at sea at “4 Bells” or 9.00 pm by landsmen’s reckoning. When this practice began is uncertain, but it certainly…