By KEITH ALFORD Herald Staftavtlter’-- The Masonic Lodge has asonic Lodge world- -wide | history. The very: first Bull of Condemnation ever issued by a Pope of. the Raman Catholic Church’ demanded some Communist countries, where it is |nideed secret—.. there it is, dn underground _soviety.. The latest country _ selling. and : et andaltar. al to a new. “QUEBEC (CP): _ T's a al. lemma members of inner- city churches - across . the country have faced before. Parishioners of St. ‘Mat-- thew’s Anglican Church . reallzed they could no longer: -afford to maintaln- their _ century-old bullding on St. -’ _ dean Street in the city’s “ p - commercial: district. . : "Many of the faithful had “moved away, some to the suburbe and others cut of the city, eaving fewer thay 100 100 parishioners to keep the congregation going. But those ‘remaining refused to abandon the neo- Gothic stone: structure with ‘Its magnificent stained-glass windows, vaulted hardwood alabaster- They considered the . of ‘St. unhappy precedent of St , “Nealla of the old city, of which - nothing: remains but a shell “after a fire in 1971, The . Histoete ‘Trish church had been left eny mpty when the - date bat . ‘home 4a 1645, ‘a chapel: was reserving buildings - a ~ dilemma for churches © “The . Quebec government: had mnade it known it wanted - ‘St. Matthew's and = its surrounding ‘cemetery. protected when both were. classified « as historic sites in| 1978. . munielpallty for $1 if It were preserved for use ‘by ,Tesidents of the St. Jean Baptiste district. . Mayor . Jean Pelletier on the idea as a way of. filling a longstanding need for a community library. After a masterful recycling job, the new facility opened to the public in April. - The o of the parish Anglicans int the St" Joan's ns . ins district, then a suburb of the elty, began to hold services in the hame of the ground. of the the Protestant ‘Burial Ground... After . fire destroyed the a ae anc Ta built on the site. it was, ex- panded: in 1670 to include a transept and chancel. The Most Famous Rayhet oa the Word” Woe, It's time to call your. Welcome Wagnn hostess. | Lois: Mohninger "635-5309 Evelyn Anweller 635-5571 yg long bedh™ considered’ a ecret Protestant: fraternal organization. This is both ‘true and not true. ‘True, some rituals. ‘and - “other matters are secret, but their meeting places are lways prominently iden- ‘tified, as for’ instance, the very oddly shaped building — to try and ban the Masonic a * order is Tran. In British Columbia, Croft said,. there are’ ap-: proximately 16 districts, - each Headed by a Grand» :Master.. The Grand’ Lodge ’ “recently met in. Prince: - Rupert, ‘with. ‘500 members excommunication. of any Roman Catholic who became amember. At times, several - ’ Pratestant churches have also voiced their disapproval . of the Lodge. . Religioutly,. the: lodge strives for a core or basic religious base that can be Suits, slacks th its five sides and seven ‘aecepted by all -Christian attending. balers ‘on Lavelle, Avenue denominations an Jinders emaps the! greatest area : ‘between ery nd Munroe. , somenon;Christians as weil;. 9 secrecy,’ ceneer ns; . oe ; : iN any of th eantattonis 7 ewe were nal mitted; ry» exaclly what he ioe e ew | “&. ij Soak gre 74 erning, Dodie eeroublish | suintocdhe: 1p eviuit ince “Qhilously, it » holds. spcial . bia ce a0 sarin Ba COUMEL du ‘a pablic annual reports, and atheists and agnostics canin © events, but ‘teemingly they.’ no way profess a beliefinthe are members only" affairs, membership is a matter of ‘public knowledge: + Associated ‘societies are even more open.- The . “y Shriners, a sort of advanced “Masonic Order are weil - known for their charitable activities and their par-- - The Shriners are well known *’ 7 for contributions to charity, Sale effective: — t the Masons are very. ‘oo, reluctant to discuss theira. JULY 2nd - AUG. 15th “We are not like the Lions - : : oe _ or Kinsmen,'! -says Croft, fl | 9 ; ‘ @ ; “we do not hojd fund raising. ay “ae ; -_ = “Great Architect of the. Univers" they “are “barred from membership, or some” would say, they bar them- selves. Four kings of England have been Masons; ‘they were also, at the same. . Heipation in parades. The time, ‘Defenders of the _ activities, Weare entirely ° DeMolay, the young man’s | Faith” and, of course, head self-supporting.” And yet, of the Church of England.’ “hints are given: ‘that there are - -- Brouping, is an open group. he ;The Eastern Star, the various donations givea-by How does ane become: a - Masons. Sunday School - Remo : women's organization for Mason? , the Lodge. Ahd.it may be ; a - .dlose -blood Frelatives and In speaking with ‘Lowell that~ only a sort of ‘in- SKEENA MALL _ Wives of Lodge members is Croft, the Worshipful Master . stitutional ; modestly - ; jopen and. known by any who of the Terrace-Kitselas prevents these, good works are interested... Masonic Lodge 123, I. was fram being shared, or it may’ “Job's. “Daughters, an told that one makes ap: be that the donations go only ¥" —_- —<— << “ee