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VOL I

No. 1

MARCH 2006

Editorial Comments

Our Master's Voice

Dear Brethren,

WELCOME to the Minchinites News Letter. It had been a long overdue request from some minchinites that  there should be a Newsletter to disseminate information faster and to bring up updates to the Websites. This issue is therefore, a realization of that wish and, I hope, will keep you abreast of happenings at the Lodge and the District as well at the Grand Lodge. While the Newsletter would provide quick access to information and would force recipients to look into important writ ups immediately, the benefits depend upon the availability of e-mail addresses with the editorial office. Brethren  may, therefore, send me their e-mail addresses and also request others, who would not be seeing this message, to send theirs. Let us hope for a good year with a fine flow of information for the general benefit of the Craft and the members.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

J.M.I. Sait

Dear Brethren,

You are by now quite familiar with the Minchinites Website and aware of its great potential in disseminating Masonic knowledge and creating greater Masonic interaction among brethren - not limited to the rituals or lodge affairs. It has a larger dimension of propagating Brotherly love, Harmony and Peace. Launching of this Newsletter is one step forward and has the laudable purpose of bringing the families closer, as well.

I am much confident that this year will be a very enjoyable period, Masonically, for the members of Lodge Minchin. We have before us a great challenge of reaching beyond the excellent performance presented by our brethren of Lodge Quilon, just a month ago. We will achieve our target, as we have done on every such occasion in the past - and that is the beauty of the unity of our brethren !! Brethren, while the Mentor and the Web Master stay busy with their wonderful assignments, let us concentrate, for the time being, on the fast approaching DGL, which just about 150 days ahead.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Suresh Mohan

Investiture Meeting on February 11, 2006

The Investiture Meeting of the District Grand Lodge was held at Quilon on Feb. 11, 2006 and was attended by some 290 brethren from all over the District. 28 brethren from Lodge Minchin attended the functions. The arrangements made by Lodge Quilon for the various meetings, accommodation, food and transportation were simply superb and the Lodge was profusely praised by the brethren for that excellence.

Brn. will remember that Rt. W. Bro. K.R.N. Menon just completed five years in office as the Rt. W. District Grand Master of our prestigious District, having assumed that position on 10 February 2001.

Rt. W. District Grand Master re-appointed W. Bro. Koikkal Karthikeya Varma as Deputy District Grand Master and W. Bro. Gopaladesikachari Rangachari as Assistant District Grand Master.

W. Bro. J.M.I. Sait and W. Bro. David Baskar Sunderaraj were appointed Senior and Junior Wardens respectively.

W. Bro. D.G. Nayar, was re-elected and invested District Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year.

W. Bro. K.V. Srinivasan laid down office after five years as District Grand Secretary. W. Bro. S. Sampath took over the position.

W. Bro. A.K. Nair was re-appointed President, District Grand Charity.

W. Bro. T.S. Krishnaswamy was appointed as District Grand Steward.

Brethren of Minchin appointed to Past District Grand Offices were:

Past District Grand Sword Bearers:

• W. Bro. M.P. Manomohan

• W. Bro. G. Kumaran Nair
• W. Bro. B.T. Pillai
• W. Bro. S.K. Pillai

Past Deputy District Grand Director of Ceremonies: W. Bro. V. Sukumaran Nair

W. Bro. N. Jayakrishnan Nair was elected member District Board of General Purposes.

District Grand Officers 2006

W Bro. Dr. K. K. Varma	Deputy District Grand Master
W Bro. G. Rangachari	Assistant District Grand Master
W Bro. J. M. I. Sait	Dist Grand Senior Warden
W Bro. Dr.D. Baskar Sundararaj	Dist Grand Junior Warden
W Bro. C. Ravindran	Dist Grand Chaplain
W Bro. D. G. Nayar	Dist Grand Treasurer
W Bro. P. S. Raman	Dist Grand Registrar
W Bro. T. A. Devagnanam	President,  Board of Gnl Purposes
W Bro. S. Sampath	Dist Grand Secretary
W Bro. A. K. Nair	President, Dist. Grand Charity
W Bro. Col. Dr. G. B. Sethi	Dist Gr. Director of Ceremonies
W Bro. S. Sundaresan	Dist Grand Sword Bearer
W Bro. V. J. Bharath	Dist Grand Supdtt. of Works
W Bro. K. Venkat Ramana	Dy Dist Gr. Dir. of Ceremonies
W Bro. Col. C. M. Pagar	Dist Grand Senior Deacon
W Bro. Capt. Sohni George	Dist Grand Senior Deacon
W Bro. H. L. Ratan	Dist Grand Junior Deacon
W Bro. P. M. Suresh	Dist Grand Junior Deacon
W Bro. Jacob Mathew	Dist Asst Grand Secretary
W Bro. K. Kannan	Dist Asst Gr.Dir. of Ceremonies
W Bro. Sherry Lukose	Dist Asst Gr. Dir of Ceremonies
W Bro. G..Guruswaminathan	Dist Grand Organist
W Bro. Mahesh N. Khanna	Dist Grand Standard Bearer
W Bro. Dr. G. A. George	Dist Grand Standard Bearer
W Bro. Joseph Zachariah	Dist Grand Pursuivant
W Bro. T. S. Krishnaswamy	Dist Grand Steward
W.Bro. P. Gajendran	District Grand Tyler
Past Ranks
W Bro. I. S. Sethna	Past Dist Asst Gr Dir. of Cerem.
W Bro  P. Rajnarayanan	Past District Grand Std Bearer
Promotions
W Bro. Dr. K. Vijayakumar	Past District Grand Chaplain
W Bro  V. N. Venugopal	Past District Grand Chaplain
W Bro. K. Rajagopalan	Past District Grand Chaplain
W Bro  S. T. Gauthaman	Past District Grand Chaplain
W Bro  Joe D’Silva	Past District Grand Chaplain
W Bro. Bandhu Chandhok	Past District Grand Registrar
W Bro. Major R. K. Singh	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. Dr. P. A. Bhaskaran	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. Dr. M. P. Manomohan	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. G. Kumaran Nair	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. B. T. Pillai	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. S. K. Pillai	Past District Grand Swd Bearer
W Bro. S. Rajkumar	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Sabbir K. Dhanaliwala	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. K. M. Sukumaran	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. V. Sukumaran Nair	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Comdr. A. K. George	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Dr. R. Arunagiri	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. P. G. K. Koshy	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Dr. S. Mohandas	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Sunil Koliyot	Past Dy. Dist. Gr. Dir of Cerems
W Bro. A. P. Chandrasekharan	Past District Senior Gr. Deacon
W Bro. K. Sridhar	Past Dist Asst Gr Dir of Cerems
W Bro. Dr. Balraj Bosco	Past Dist Asst Gr Dir of Cerems
W Bro. T. K. Abraham	Past Dist Grand Standard Bearer

Bro. R. Suresh Mohan was elected the W.M of Lodge Minchin at the  Meeting held on February 4, 2006. He was installed on Saturday, March 4, 2006 as the WM for the 110th year and as 101st person to adorn the Eastern Chair. Minchinites Congratulate W. Bro. R. Suresh Mohan and wish him a very successful year of office.

OnComing Events:

Initiation: 1-4-2006 : Mr. Madhav Nair

Initiation: 6-5-2006 : Mr. C.K. Jayachandran

Passing   : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Vipin Gopan

              : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Madhav Nair

              : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Jayachandran

Raising   : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Balagopal Manon

              : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Vipin Gopan

              : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Madhav Nair

              : ?-?-2006 : Bro. Jayachandran

DGL Meeting : 12-08-2006

Family Day   : ? - December 2006/January 2007

From The Secretary's Desk:

Draft Agenda for the Next Meeting : Apr 1, 2006

Dear Brethren,

As indicated by the WM, the launching of the Minchinite News Letter is a big step forward and is expected to bring brethren and the families closer to each other. Let us in all earnestness utilize its potential to that end. I would personally request you all to make suitable contributions which can initiate meaningful and enjoyable discussions through this newsletter, while from our side we will endeavour to keep you updated on Masonic affairs.

Sincerely,

G. Kumaran Nair

1.  To Open the Lodge

2.  To read the summons convening the meeting

3.  To read and approve Minutes of the Installation Meeting held on March 4, 2006

4.  To receive from the Treasurer the Statement of Accounts for the month of March 2006

5.  To consider the recommendations by the Permanent Committee

6.  To initiate Mr. Madhav Nair

7. To honour the Charity Box

8. To consider any other business regularly brought forward

9. To close the Lodge

Book on Altar  

Why Men Love Masonry

Old Tyler Talks, Carl H. Claudy

The Temple Publishers,

Washington DC, 1949

Dear Brethren, Most of the articles on our website are of educational value. The new articles added to the site are given in the column on the left. Along with the Two articles under the Masonic Education, and others it will make a sumptuous reading for the month, not withstanding the more promised by the web Master for immediate uploading.

Yours sincerely,

B.T. Pillai

Jerusalem Lodge -The First Masonic

Lodge in the HolyLand

Anonymous

The Mason's Mallet

William Harvey

The Toast to Private Lodges

J.M.I. Sait, DGSW, 2006

Masonic Developments in Russia

Alexander V. Kondyakov

Tyler's Toasts

Bob Calhoun

Rituals - 7 doors to Masonry

Norman D. Peterson

Click on http://uk.geocities.com/lodge_minchin/articles.htm

on the Minchin Page. The section Masonic Education has two new episodes, viz. Mastering Rituals and Masonic speech. The Bill Board Page carries write ups on Charity in Action and Beach and Quarry Lodges. An interesting article provided by Bro. Tejinder Singh from Nagpur, "A Visit to King Solomon's Temple" is also carried on the front page.

To start with we have: Find out who : A Regularly Absent Brother !!!