Meetings & Events
The Lodge meets on the first Wednesday in September and December, the second Wednesday in February and April, and the third Wednesday in October at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ.
The dates and work planned for the next Regular Meetings are listed on the right:
Meeting No. | Date | Work |
470 | 4th September 2019 | Raising | 471 | 4th December 2019 | Double Passing | 472 | 12th February 2020 | Installation | 473 | 8th April 2020 | Double Raising | 474 | 2nd September 2020 | TBC | 475 | 2nd December 2020 | TBC |
Festive Boards
The Latin graces which are still recited before and after Commons at the College are used by the Lodge at its Festive Boards.
Ante Cibum
Oculi omnium, in te sperant Domine. Tu das iis escam eorum in tempore opportune. Aperis tu manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua. Miserere nostri te quaesumus Domine, tuisque donis, quae de tua benignitate sumus percepturi, benedicito per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen
Post Cibum
Tibi laus, tibi honor, tibi gloria, O beata et gloriosa Trinitas. Sit nomen Domini benedictum et nunc et in perpetuum. Laudamus te, benignissime Pater, pro serenissimis, regina Elizabetha hujus Collegii conditrice, Jacobo ejusdem munificentissimo auctore, Carolo conservatore, caeterisque benefactoribus nostris, rogantes te, ut his tuis donis recte et ad tuam gloriam utentes in hoc saeculo, te una cum fidelibus in futuro feliciter perfruamur, per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen
Grace Before Meat
Oculi omnium, in te sperant Domine. Tu das iis escam eorum in tempore opportune. Aperis tu manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua. Miserere nostri te quaesumus Domine, tuisque donis, quae de tua benignitate sumus percepturi, benedicito per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen
Grace After Meat
Tibi laus, tibi honor, tibi gloria, O beata et gloriosa Trinitas. Sit nomen Domini benedictum et nunc et in perpetuum. Laudamus te, benignissime Pater, pro serenissimis, regina Elizabetha hujus Collegii conditrice, Jacobo ejusdem munificentissimo auctore, Carolo conservatore, caeterisque benefactoribus nostris, rogantes te, ut his tuis donis recte et ad tuam gloriam utentes in hoc saeculo, te una cum fidelibus in futuro feliciter perfruamur, per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen