WK News Summer 2023 - Magazine - Page 8
ISSUE NO.10 SUMMER 2023 | WEST KENT NEWS 8
2nd PROVINCIAL GRAND
PRINCIPAL: BIPINCHANDRA PATEL
As the summer is here and we are enjoying long
summer evening and our summer holiday
destinations, the Royal Arch team in conjunction
with the Membership Team is busy behind the
scene preparing for the new Masonic season in
September 2023.
The Team is fully focused and devoted to the
Membership Challenge outlined by the Pro Grand
first Principal and the Most Excellent Grand
Superintendent. It is our intention to
communicate this to all our Brethren, so that with
your support we can achieve the short term aims
and put in place processes that will help us
achieve our long term goals. This will involve
working with lodges via their Royal Arch Liaison
Officers (RALO) as well as with Chapters via their
Chapter Membership Officers (CMO). These are
key offices and we will be actively working and
supporting them in their roles.
The RA Membership Team will be contacting
Brethren who are eligible to join the RA as well as
unattached Companions to consider membership
of the RA and complete the 4th and final element
of their masonic journey. Contrary to other
opinions, Master Masons of four weeks and
upwards are eligible to join the RA. The best time
to join is as soon as you are eligible so that you
can take time to understand the RA while you are
progressing through the offices in the Craft
Lodge without taking up an office in the Chapter.
I am responsible for Lodges and their RALOs and
with the assistance of the Craft Visiting Officers
looking to increase the percentage of members
belonging to the RA and the 3rd Provincial Grand
Principal and Chapter Visiting Officers will be
working with the Chapters and their CMOs to
maintain their membership.
I was delighted to meet so many of you at the
Annual Provincial meeting on 9th June at Great
Queen Street and once again congratulations to
all who received promotions and first
appointments. So good to see so many friends
and family present at the Annual Event as well as
the visitors from neighbouring provinces.
By the time you receive this newsletter, my 72hole golf challenge will be over. I wish to thank
everyone for sending messages of support and
have generously supported me in the fund raising.