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Our visit to
ROME
18th - 21st May 2018
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 Rome's amphitheatre 'The Colosseum' It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world Construction began in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 |
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by W.McArthur PM |
| 'MacBride ritual' Lodges visit to Rome,
Italy..... Lodges which use the
MacBride ritual have been meeting with each other
since 2013, each Lodge taking a turn to host the
meeting and perform a degree. 8 Lodges worldwide use the MacBride ritual and 6 lodges were represented in Rome [The 2 exceptions were St.Patrick & Ailsa] The six Lodges were: Leven St John 170, Dalhousie 679, Progress 873, Burnsode 1361, HLI 1459, Andrew MacBride 237 |
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| 2013, 07th May |
Lodge Progress No.873
degree by Lodge Leven St.John |
| 2014, 03rd May |
Lodge Leven St John
No.170 |
| 2015, 06th June |
Lodge Dalhousie
No.679 |
| 2016, 21st May |
Lodge Burnside
No.1361 attended by the Grand Master Mason of
Scotland Charles I. R. Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont |
| 2017, 18th Sept |
Lodge St Patrick
No.1309 |
| 2018, 19th May |
Lodge
Andrew MacBride 237, in Rome, Italy |
| ROME: Our
flights and accomodation were superbly organised
by our RWM. We were delighted to travel to Rome from Scotland to attend the meeting and it was interesting to see Lodge No.237 wear the MacBride tartan, wear their apron as per the Scottish tradition and enter the Lodge to the sound of Scottish bagpipes playing 'Scotland the Brave”. Our Scottish deputation of 18 including 4 Reigning masters was headed by Burnside's RWM Keith Walton PM and we were warmly welcomed into the temple to the stirring sounds of bagpipes. |
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of Scotland was represented by our own Bro.Jim
Turnbull PM, Lodge Burnside and Bro.John
McLeish PM, Lodge Dalhousie. The Italian
Provincial Grand Master was also in
attendance. The Lodge conferred an entered
apprentice degree in Italian on a new candidate
with one or two moments explained in English. |
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Lodge Burnside 1361 deputation  |
| Bros. Fraser
Johnstone, Jim Turnbull PM, RWM Keith Walton PM,
Will McArthur PM, Sammy Ralston PM, Robert Cumming
PM |
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| The special meeting was held in the grounds of the Villa Massenzio and the ancient grotto of Domus San Sebastiáno from time of Caesar, was expertly turned into an atmospheric Lodge temple, it was a real wow factor! |
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 Harmony banquet with the Italian brethren, their wives and families was in the palatial grounds and consisted of a five course banquet. . |
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| Banquet |
 Top Table |
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 Gifts to the Scottish Lodges from our Italian hosts. |
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. As the evening came to an end Bro.Will.McArthur PM, played his penny whistle and gave the brethren a rendition of Robert Burns  “Ye
banks and braes” . Then got the brethren
to form a circle and played the whistle for 'Auld
Lang Syne' which the Italian brethren eagerly
participated in. |
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| We visited Lodge
Andrew MacBride 237's Masonic Temple Ass. ne I1 Cinabro Roma - Viale Parioli, 98 Roma Meeting: 1st & 3rd Fridays |
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| Our 4 day visit
gave us plenty opportunity to get around Rome |
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 The Tiber River, also known as Tevere in Italian, is on of Italy's longest rivers and runs right through Rome |
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| The Spanish Steps are a
monumental staircase that connects the Piazza di Spagna at the bottom and the Piazza Trinita dei Monti at the top. They are located at Rome's historic centre and consist of 135 steps. Built between 1723 and 1725 ( Spanish Steps get their name from the square at the bottom called Spanish Square or Piazza di Spagna ) |
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| St Peter's Square the large plaza
located directly in front of St Peter's Basilica
in the Vatican City |
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had a wee sing
song back at our apartment
one evening after a few drams. We all had a memorable time in Rome and our Italian hosts were superb |
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Will.McArthur PM |
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