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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nFreemasonry has\u00a0four important principles\u00a0which\u00a0guide\u00a0us\u00a0on our path through life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022\u00a0Integrity: Building good people<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 We focus on developing our\u00a0integrity and membership\u00a0helps to\u00a0give a\u00a0structure to achieve this. Freemasonry is organised into local private lodges within a geographic area. Generally, each has between 20 \u2013 40 members. All freemasons subscribe to an overarching set of rules, derived from the United Grand Lodge of England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Freemasonry is not a secret society, but there are some things in it which we agree to keep secret between ourselves, such as forms of recognition like a handshake. There is not anything within Freemasonry that will offend any of your religious, moral or civil duties, nor is it in conflict with any of the country\u2019s laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Freemasonry is one of those interests or pursuits that the more you put in, the more you can get out of it. How much you gain will depend entirely on your own circumstances. Generally, a lodge meets four or five times a year, starting around 5 pm. Afterwards we have a drink in the bar and then all dine together formally. The evening is usually concluded around 9.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If this interests you, please feel free to use the contact page<\/a> where you can arrange to speak with someone locally and find out more. You can also find information about freemasonry on the United Grand Lodge<\/a> of England web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Membership is open to all men from different backgrounds who are law-abiding and of good character. Freemasonry is a multi-racial and multi-cultural organisation that has attracted men of goodwill from all sectors of the community into its membership. There are similar Masonic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecillodge449.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022\u00a0Friendship: Building together<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0We have a\u00a0common foundation for friendship\u00a0with our fellow members.
\u2022\u00a0Respect: Building unity<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Freemasonry\u00a0makes no distinctions about\u00a0race, religion or other differences\u00a0that divides\u00a0people.
\u2022\u00a0Charity: Building compassion<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Charity and kindness\u00a0is very important to freemasons. The\u00a0organisation provides\u00a0an\u00a0opportunity\u00a0for members to make\u00a0an impact in their local\u00a0community\u00a0and\u00a0further afield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n