Order of Women Freemasons (OWF) Brethren and MW Bro Christine Chapman, Grand Master of the Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons, were recently invited to attend an event organised by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) Leeds and District Installed Masters Lodge at which MW Bro Chapman gave her talk ‘Women’s Freemasonry – Fact not Fiction’. 

 

After the men’s formal lodge meeting was closed and their guests were brought into the lodge room the three OWF Grand Inspectors from the Yorkshire Areas, OWF Grand Lodge brethren and MW Bro Chapman were escorted in full regalia into the lodge by the men. Approximately 80 UGLE members and their guests warmly welcomed the sight of women freemasons in full regalia and enjoyed learning about our history and how we work along the same principles of male freemasonry. The organisers of the event have said “To see our Temple almost full to capacity with such a mixed and colourful attendance was actually quite breathtaking”.