Quatuor Coronati Lodge: Our Next Meeting

Quatuor Coronati Lodge meets five times a year on the second Thursday in November (Installation); third Thursday in February; second Thursday in May; fourth Thursday in June; and second Thursday in September. Lodge meetings are usually held at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, and open at 4.00pm.

The United Grand Lodge of England requires those attending QC Lodge meetings, whether members of QCCC or otherwise, to be a member of a lodge under UGLE’s jurisdiction or members of lodges in Masonic jurisdictions recognised by UGLE. We wear undress regalia (Craft), dark suit and tie. Where we host non-masonic speakers or open the lodge to non-Masons, we close or call the Lodge off for the lecture and at that point welcome everyone to attend. There is no formal dress code for visitors on such occasions.

Thursday, 26 June 2025
‘The Catholic Church and Freemasonry: From UK Foreign Office Files’
The Meeting will be at 6.00pm at Bristol Masonic Hall, 32 Park Street, BS1 5NH

The meeting will be preceded at 2.00pm in the afternoon by the Exaltation of the current Master of QC Lodge, Trevor McKeown, into the Chapter of Hospitality and Light in the Province of Bristol.
The ceremony will use Bristol workings, including the passing of the Veils. The First Principal will be Jonathan M.W. Davis, the ME Grand Superintendent. All exalted RA Masons are invited to attend this Bristol Ceremony.

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The Speaker
Dr James Daniel

Jim has an MA from Oxford University and a PhD from Sheffield University, the title of his 2016 doctoral thesis being ‘The 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831–90) and Freemasonry in the British Empire’. Before his retirement in 2002 he was a British Council officer (1964–1989), then Grand Secretary General for the Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales (1989–98), and finally Grand Secretary of United Grand Lodge of England (1998–2002). Jim is a Masonic historian, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the 2017 Prestonian Lecturer, his title being ‘The Grand Design’, and the first Portal Lecturer, his paper being ‘ The Revd George R. Portal, ‘Founder of the Mark Benevolent Fund.’ A PSGW of UGLE and a member of the Grand Master’s Order of Service to Freemasonry, Jim is also a member of the External Relations Committee of UGLE’s Board of General Purposes.

The Summons is available here: QCL Summons-June 2025

Please notify the Lodge Secretary if you will be attending: secretary@quatuorcoronati.com. It is sufficient to give your name, rank and Lodge. Everyone is entitled to attend, from EA onwards.

The paper can be read here: AQC138.04 Daniel web

Delivery papers (with the exception of the Installation paper), are available to members of QCCC prior to each meeting. Papers are copyright and may not be reproduced.
Comments and questions on delivery papers should be sent via email to editor@quatuorcoronati.com for publication in AQC.

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