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- Click on each to go quickly to that area of Website What are we? - What do we stand for? - Who can join our Order? - Qualifications for Membership - How to apply for membership - Contact the Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick - Brief History of the Grand Orange Lodge on New Brunswick - Current Officers - List of Lodges in New Brunswick - Date and Place of Next Annual Meeting - News Events - Structure of the Orange Order - Links |
What
Are We? William Prince of Orange The first Orange Association was founded in Exeter Cathedral in 1688 shortly after the arrival of William, Prince of Orange, in Devon from Holland. William had been invited by leading Englishmen to help restore Parliamentary democracy and to prevent King James II from imposing universal Catholism on the people of Britain. What do we stand for? The Orange Order remains resolute in it's support of the freedoms we enjoy that were established by the Glorious Revolution. The Orange Order is unswervingly committed to the Promotion of: - The Protestant Christian Faith - The Monarchy in Canada - Civil and Religious Liberty for all Canadians and special Privileges for none Our civil and religious liberties in Canada have been challenged over the centuries and continue to be challenged today. World wars and terrorism have failed to defeat our national institutions and our way of life. Our hard won liberties have been maintained since the Glorious revolution and this legacy must be passed to future generations Who can join the Orange Institution? we welcome into our Institution those who believe they can conform to the Qualifications of an Orangemen. Members within our ranks are drawn from different nationalities and walks of life. We belong to various denominations of the Protestant faith including, among others, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists, United and Baptists. Even though we are inter-denominational protestant, we are joined together in our protestant fraternity Qualifications for Membership An Orangemen should be a Protestant in reality and truth, not merely by profession and education. He should be distinguished by sincere love and veneration and love for his Almighty Creator, have a steadfast faith in the Savior of the world, the only Mediator between God and man. An Orangemen should have a humble reliance on the guidance and purifying power of the Holy Spirit and preoccupy himself with the constant practice of truth, justice, brotherly kindness, charity, loyalty and obedience to the laws He should be wise and prudent, honest and temperate, gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous and cultivate the society of the good while avoiding the society of the evil He should honour and study the Holy scriptures, making them the rule of his belief and life. He should uphold and defend the Protestant faith by all legitimate means and oppose the erroneous and dangerous doctrines of any body of men that seek to deprive us of our religious and political liberties An Orangeman should observe the Sabbath Day, regularly attend public worship and abstain from profane and indecent language respecting the Lord In short, the Glory of God, the love of man, the honour of his Protestant Sovereign and the good of his country should be the principles and motives guiding an Orangeman's life and conduct. How to Apply for Membership Please contact the Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick and the Grand Secretary will provide full information about application for membership or answer any questions you may have about the Orange Order in New Brunswick Contact the Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick Click on this line to send and e-mail to the Grand Secretary or Write the Grand Secretary at: Daniel J. Grasse 60 Lauvina Road Geary, New Brunswick E2V 3X7 Canada Brief History of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick The Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick was first organized in 1838 with James McNichol as Grand Master and then the Grand Lodge re-organized in 1844. The first Grand Master of the re-organized Grand Lodge was William H. Needham and the first annual meeting of the re-organized Grand Lodge was held in Saint John, NB. The Grand Lodge subsequently applied to the New Brunswick Legislature and was incorporated by Private Act of Incorporation in 1875 and has maintained its corporate status ever since that time. The Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick maintains an Orange Museum in Gagetown, New Brunswick where our history is preserved for future generations. Tours of the Museum are available during the months of July and August. |
| Current Officers
of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick Grand Master: Frederic A. Williams  Deputy Grand Master: Rt. Wor. Bro. William Carlisle Junior Deputy Grand Master: Rt. Wor. Bro. Clifford Hargrove Immediate Past Grand Master: Rt. Wor. Bro. William Petite Grand Chaplain: Rt. Wor. Bro. Allan Borden Grand Secretary: Rt. Wor. Bro. Daniel J. Grasse Grand Treasurer: Rt. Wor. Bro. Allan Hasson Grand Lecturer: Rt. Wor. Bro. Donald F. Boone Grand Marshall: Rt. Wor. Bro. Scott Crawford Deputy Grand Secretary: Rt. Wor. Bro. John Yarrow Deputy Grand Treasurer: Rt. Wor. Bro. Shaun Ward Deputy Grand Lecturer: Rt. Wor. Bro. Anthony Watson Grand Auditors: Rt. Wor. Bros. Douglas McKinney and George Lacey |
| List of
Lodges
in New Brunswick (Please contact the Grand Secretary for the name and address of the Recording Secretary in any Lodge) PRIMARY LODGES Courtenay-Bay LOL # 8: Saint John, NB Invincible LOL # 16: Saint John, NB Gagetown volunteers LOL # 18: Gagetown, NB Graham LOL # 20: Fredericton, NB Rusagonis LOL # 22: Rusagonis, NB Mount Purple LOL # 29: Saint John, NB Equal rights LOL # 32: Fredericton, NB Lincoln LOL # 35: Lincoln, NB Corn Hill LOL # 52: Petitcodiac, NB Harvey LOL # 58: Tweedside, NB Moncton LOL # 62: Moncton, NB Beaconsfield LOL # 78: Waterford, NB Londonderry Heroes LOL # 91: Markhamville, NB United Empire LOL # 112: Queenstown, NB Queens Own LOL # 113: Cumberland Bay, NB King William LOL # 114: Geary, NB Admiral Nelson LOL # 124: Norton, NB Friendship LOL # 133: Rollingdam, NB Morning Star LOL # 135: Wheaton Settlement, NB Dominion LOL # 141: Saint John, NB Smith LOL # 144: Woodlands, NB Chipman Volunteers LOL # 150: Chipman, NB Belyea LOL # 158: McNamee, NB COUNTY LODGES Kings East County LOL Queens West County LOL Saint John County LOL Sunbury County LOL Westmorland County LOL York East County LOL SCARLET CHAPTERS Scarlet Chapters meet in New Brunswick mostly for the purpose of conferring the Royal Scarlet Degree. Please do not confuse the Royal Scarlet Degree of the Orange Order with the Royal Scarlet Degree of the Royal Black Chapter. The Royal Scarlet Degree of the Orange is a purely Canadian Degree that Provincial Grand Lodges and the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada deploy in their opening ceremonies and then they reduce to the Orange Degree. The Royal Scarlet Degree of the Orange was written by the first Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada, M. W. Bro. Ogle R. Gowan. The Chapters assemble at the call of the Worshipful Commander |
| Date
and Place of
Next Annual Meeting The Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of New Brunswick holds a session each year to conduct fraternal and corporate business and to elect officers for the coming year. The next annual meeting is to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick on April 15-16, 2011. |
| News
Items (News events will follow as they happen and are received in the office of the Grand Secretary. Events will ordinarily appear on the website for two months before they are removed, but there may be exceptions to this time allocation) |
| Structure
of the Orange Order The Orange Order is an international fraternity. Orange Lodges are found in Canada, the United States, Ireland, England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana and Togo The National Orange Lodge of each country is sovereign, but such sovereignty is not all encompassing. The Imperial Grand Orange Council of the World is the supreme and final authority for the entire Orange Organization. The Imperial Council elects a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Imperial Grand Secretary. The Imperial Council also elects an Imperial Grand Master and his function is confined to that of a goodwill ambassador, but his position is still of tremendous importance within the Orange world. Each Country within the Orange Order has a national lodge and its Executive Officers administer the affairs of the Country Grand Lodge between sessions. All lodges within respective countries are under the administration of that country's national lodge. In Canada we also have Provincial Grand Lodges and their Executive Officers administer the affairs of all lodges within each respective Province(s). Within each Province we have County Lodges (some Provinces have District Lodges) and the last level is the local Primary Lodge. The Primary Lodge is the foundation of the entire Orange Order. |
| Please
Visit the Following Links for More information About the Orange Order (Please note if you encounter difficulty with any of the following links, contact the respective site webmaster) The Grand Orange Lodge of Canada The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland The Loyal Orange Institution of the United States of America The County Orange Lodge of Toronto The Grand Orange Lodge of Western Canada The Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West The Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario East City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge William Alexander Memorial LOL 1689 London, England |
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