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BACK NEXT Autumn 2007 Issue 42 Letter from the Editor News Briefing News and Views On The Level News Beyond the Craft International News Letters to the Editor Copyright 1997-2008 Grand Lodge Publications Ltd Designed and Maintained by: Cyberpoint Limited

FREEMASONRY TODAY Autumn 2007 - Issue 42 - Index Letter from the Editor We are embarking upon an exciting new era. As many of you will now know Freemasonry Today has combined with MQ to create a new quarterly magazine while retaining the breadth of coverage we pioneered. We have come a long way in the last ten years. A decade ago Freemasonry was suffering from an inward looking and defensive stance, too ready to give up the high ground to its vociferous but illinformed opponents, some of whom were elected members of Parliament. But Freemasonry has seen this all before - and worse - from Mussolini (who first tried to join a lodge in Lausanne, and then Milan); Franco (who is said to have tried to join a lodge in Melilla and whose brother was a Freemason) and from Hitler (who in Mein Kampf ... News Briefing: Library & Museum Designated Status — New Provincial Grand Master for Bedfordshire — Freemasons Supporting Royal Marine Cadets — Prestonian Lecture in Reading News and Views: Yorkshire Freemasons Tackling Floods — Freemasons Catching a Smile — Charity Boxing Event — Celebration of Unusual Chapter Centenary — Masonic Ironman — Lifetime Achievement Award — Durham Masons Make Music — Freemasons Supporting Sri Lanka Orphans On the Level: Three Generations — Cycling at 80 — West Lancashire Scouts — Long Service and Good Conduct — Canonbury Masonic Research Centre — Centre for Research into Freemasonry — The Cornerstone Society — Quatuor Coronati News Beyond the Craft: Knights Templar Priests Aid Cancer Research — New Leader for Mark Province of Nottinghamshire International News: Young Scientist of the Year Funded by New Zealand Freemasons — Scottish Rite Racing Team Letters to the Editor Editor's Letter — Supreme Being and Sprituality — Masonic Fellowships   Issue 42, Autumn 2007 © Grand Lodge Publications Ltd 1997-2008