The Sir Andrew Fraser Lodge No.72 G.L.I

Stewardship Report of The Sir Andrew Fraser Lodge No. 72 G.L.I - 2020.

R.W. Brethren, V.W. Brethren, W. Brethren and my dear Brethren all... Welcome to our Lodge’s Installation Meeting. We are honoured that you took the time out to visit our Lodge on this auspicious evening for us.

We take this opportunity to remember W.Bro. Manchi Mancherji who was summoned to the Grand Lodge Above last year. He will always be deeply missed. We also had 4 resignations and we Initiated 1 Candidate before the Lockdown. We have currently 2 Candidates awaiting Initiation, which will be done after the Grand Lodge gives us permission to hold Degree Working.

Although we just had 3 physical meetings last year, we met 4 times virtually including a P.C. Meeting. We have, through this difficult time, managed to keep in touch with each other and kept our Lodge going.

Adversity and hardship brings out the best in Freemasons. Such was also true of our Lodge when not only the Pandemic but also Cyclone Amphan hit us. Our Lodge Benevolence Committee did stellar work in distribution of relief and food in conjunction with ‘Let’s Help Kolkata’, a NGO during the Pandemic. Bro. Prithwijit Gangopadhyay closely monitored the efforts. When Cyclone Amphan hit us, our Lodge Secretary W.Bro. Gaurav Das Gupta tied up with another NGO ‘Humans in Solidarity’ and travelled twice to the Sunderbans to distribute relief to the locals. We thank the Brethren of our Lodge who extended whole hearted support to these causes. We also continued our support for the 6th year to Master Gaurav Kumar, our adopted child and supported the 4 Anganwadi Villages which we have adopted since 2006. We also did our best to extend financial support to our staff at Freemasons’ Hall during these trying times.

We thank the Grand Lodge of India and the Regional Grand Lodge of Eastern India for bestowing honours upon Brethren of our Lodge during the past year and for their continued support. Our Returns are paid up till June 2020 and we shall soon file the December 2020 Returns. The financial position of the Lodge is sound.

I wish our Master-Elect Bro. Debargha Basu the very best for his tenure. May he take our Lodge to greater heights.

With these words I thank all my officers during the year for their unstinting support and thank you all for being here this evening and making it all the more memorable.

Thank You!

V.W. Bro. Indu Chatrath

WM -2020

The Sir Andrew Fraser Lodge No. 72 GLI

W.Bro. Prithwijit Gangopadhyay was awarded the R.W. Bro. Dhrubendra Nath Banerjee Memorial Award for being the Outstanding Mason of the Year in our Lodge for the Year. The Worshipful Master handed over the trophy and Certificate to him.