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The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of The Temple he United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of The Temple
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and St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta in England nd St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta in England
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and Wales and Provinces Overseasnd Wales and Provinces Overseas

In September the Province held its Annual Family Church Service at St.Peter-in-
the-Fields Church at Bocking, followed by an afternoon tea at the Howard Hall
Masonic Centre, Braintree.

n Friday 25th October the Province
held its Annual Malta meeting at
OSouthend, with over 100 knights
and guests attending. The guests included
Kt Paul Reeves, Deputy Prov. Grand Master
and E.Kt. Nick Franklin, Deputy Grand
Superintendent of the Royal Arch (both
representing E.Kt. Rodney Bass) as well as
a number of the Heads of Other Orders in
Essex. Sixteen candidates took their Malta
Degree, a record number for recent years.
Among the candidates were two Craft
APGM’s - Kt. Peter Hollingsworth ( who acted
as the “representative candidate” during the
ceremony and Kt. Lee Taylor.

Once again E.Kt. Roger Smith, the Prov. Sub-Prior presided over
an excellent ceremony, ably assisted by V.E.Kt. Ray Clare and E.Kt.
Chris Smith. The Province was also honoured by the presence of
the Great Sub-Prior of Malta, V.E.Kt. Steve Warwick who undertook
the marathon task of the “dubbing and accolade” for every knight
in a delightful manner as they completed another part of their
Masonic journey by becoming Knights of Malta. At the conclusion FULLY EQUIPPED MASONIC
of the meeting, in his address to the knights, the Provincial Prior
R.E.Kt. John Helliar, announced the re-launch of the recently TEMPLE FOR HIRE
expanded booklet “Additional Information for the Knights of the
Province of Essex” for newly Installed Knights following their
entry into the Order as well as for Eastwood Road North
more established knights as a point Leigh-on-Sea
of reference. He also mentioned the
proposed launch of a new Provincial IDEAL FOR
KT Website in the New Year.

LODGE Meeting or LOI's
On display at the festive board Fully Equipped Kitchen and Dining Room
was a bronze swift. This had
been awarded by the Order This venue is also ideal for Choir Practice or Committee Meetings
of St. John to the Province for
the Province’s outstanding Contact Mrs. L. Potticary
contributions to the St. John of 07771 762 418
Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group lesley.potticary@sky.com
which provides free medication
and operations to the poor of
Israel and Palestine.

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