APMR to debate on publishing sensitive information and documents within its archives

On 31 October 2012 the Founder the Masonic Press Agency asked APMR's Secretary-General to convoke an extraordinary session and to debate on publishing APMR's sensitive information and documents within its archives which until now remained secure within APMR.

For about 11 hours there will be held discussions regarding those documents and correspondence according to the special clause of APMR's Strategy Charter and Constitution. SeCTI (Secretariat of Communications Technology and Informatics) informed today that a final statement on this extraordinary session will be issued in November or December this year.

Masonic Press Agency: A Masonic document signed by Garibaldi confirms the presence of women in Freemasonry

According to the Masonic Press Agency of Romania (APMR), the document will be presented for the first time to the public on Saturday at the Masonic Hall of Cosenza. It is a rare historical document, signed by Garibaldi and referring to the initiation of women into Freemasonry in 1867.

France's current President at the Grand Masonic Temple of the Grand Orient of France in 2011 (at that time running for President)

2012 Board Report - California Masonic Memorial Temple/Nob Hill Masonic Center

2012 Board Report - Acacia Creek Retirement Community

2012 Board Report - Masonic Homes of California

2012 Board Report - California Masonic Foundation

Masonic Medical Research Laboratory

Masonic Press Agency of Romania: Paraguay's President, Federico Franco attends this year's most important Masonic event in Asuncion

photo taken by RW Raul Pintos Grassi,

GLSP's Grand Chancellor

The Nottinghamshire Masonic Music Association presents: The World of Musical Theatre

Esoteric Freemasonry explained by the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council

A new Supreme Council was established in Portugal

On 29 September 2012 took place the ceremony of consecration of a new Supreme Council in Portugal. Past Grand Master of the Traditional Grand Lodge of Portugal, Mario Parra da Silva was installed in as Sovereign Grand Commander, and he will lead the first Mixed Supreme Council in Portugal.

The Charter (Patent) was issued by Roberto Luongo, Sovereign Grand Commander of the C.A.M.E.A. Supreme Council of Italy, after a long process that began in 2004. According to the press release, this event had the support of other Supreme Councils of Europe. The ceremony took place in GLTP's Grand Temple in Lisbon..

The Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England visited today the Masonic Hall in Carlisle

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent (Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England) visited today Carlisle Castle where he toured the ramparts of the castle and also the Regimental Museum and Trinity School.

The Grand Master also paid a visit to the Masonic Hall in Carlisle (10 Portland Square).

Masonic Press Agency: 51st Anniversary of the Supreme Council of Nicaragua

The Masonic Press Agency of Romania reports that today marks 51 years since the founding of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors of the 33rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Masonic Jurisdiction for the Republic of Nicaragua, the supreme AASR body led by Grand Commander Noel Jesús Jarquin Moran, 33º.

The 335th Communication of the American Lodge of Research

The Communication will be held in the Colonial Room, 10th Floor, at the Masonic Hall of New York. Also during the event (Monday, October 29, 2012) will take place Conor Moran's presentation, "Freemasonry and the Holocaust".

APMR decreed three days of mourning

The Masonic Press Agency of Romania decreed three days of mourning. The decree takes effect from 1 October until 3 October 2012.

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