What is the Colonnade Club?

The Colonnade Club brings young Freemasons in South Wales together to meet and socialise within and outside the Masonic setting.

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Giving young Masons a voice.

Aside from social functions, the Club acts as a representative body for the views of the younger generation of Freemasons, meaning that a young Mason will be properly represented at all levels.

New and Young Masons Clubs (NYMCs) are operating and being established across the country, and The Colonnade Club hopes to be a useful and vibrant part of this new Masonic community.

Founded

2015

Members

200+

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. Membership of the Colonnade Club is dependant on you being a Freemason.

You must be a Freemason of or with links to the Masonic Province of South Wales and under the age of 45 or have been a Freemason of less than 10 years.

No, we are not a lodge and have no central base at any masonic centre in the Province.
The Colonnade Club is a completely separate and distinct organisation which is Province wide. As such we do not have a central base of operations nor firm affiliation to any of the Masonic centres in South Wales.
It is still possible to join the club if you live out of area but in this case you must either work or belong to a Masonic order within the province boundaries.

In Loving Memory of D. Gerald Rowbottom. Colonnade Club President.

Great Architect Divine, we give you thanks for the life of our friend and Right Worshipful Brother D. Gerald Rowbottom. We give you thanks for the many times shared together, in fellowship, companionship and Service. We give you thanks for all that he means to each of us.

We remember too his close friends and family at this difficult time.

We commend him in these our prayers for him today into your loving care in that Grand Lodge above. We pray that we may continue to live our lives in faith, love and service that we may meet Gerald again in your presence in the vastness of your eternity.

We commemorate Gerald a friend, brother, a mason truly ‘Lived Respected and Died Regretted’

So mote it be.

A poem that often helps in times of sadness and sorrow, reminding us of the Lord’s presence, ‘Footprints’ from the poem of Mary Stevenson ‘Footprints in the Sand.’

One night a man dreamed a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to him and one to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that at many times along the path of his life, there was only one set of footprints. He noticed that it happened
at the very lowest and saddest times of his life.

This really troubled him, so he questioned the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”

He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trial and suffering.
When you see only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”

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