About the History of Maeides Stana Lodge No. 7868
The Maeides Stana Lodge was consecrated on 5th February 1963 at The Royal Star Hotel. The Maidstone lodge was consecrated in Maidstone by the Right Honourable and Right Worshipful, the Baron Cornwallis of Linton, Provincial Grand Master. It is a lodge of Freemasons practising masonry and raising funds for masonic and non-masonic charities.
''Maeides Stana'' is derived from the Anglo-Saxon language and means ''a town on the Medway''. The Founders of the Lodge were drawn from a wide circle of professional, commercial and public service interests in Kent. Predominantly focussed around the Maidstone area, we are happy to receive people from all areas into our lodge.
The primary reason for the foundation of the Maeides Stana Lodge in Maidstone was that its activities should be dedicated to the pursuit of charity, assisting both civil and Masonic causes. A policy which has continued to this day. One of the other objectives which was realised when the Lodge was formed was that the ''Stability Ritual'', which was, in essence, one of the oldest ceremonial forms practised in English Freemasonry, would again be used within the Province of East Kent. This was assisted when the Lodge was a founding member of the Stability Ritual Association in 1987, which then produced the definitive Ritual in 1991 now accepted by the 17 Lodges working Stability Ritual under the auspices of the United Grand Lodge of England.
The Lodge is one of eight owner lodges of the Maidstone Masonic Centre Ltd., and has played its part in the development of the Masonic life in Maidstone, culminating in the Masonic Centre which you see today. Since its inception in 1963, the Lodge has grown and now has a membership of 45. It provides for its members a varied programme of Masonic and social events thereby cementing the fraternal bond between brethren and their families.
Maeides Stana Lodge is part of the Province of East Kent |
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