About
Welcome to the online portal for Heene Lodge of Peace and Concord. All are welcome, whether you are interested in our Lodge or Freemasonry generally.
The basic unit of Freemasonry is a Lodge, we are one of 161 Lodges that are part of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex, which is itself one of 97 provinces ruled over by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE).
Freemasonry is traditionally built on the principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. In modern parlance we believe in Integrity, Friendship, Respect and Service. More information about freemasonry generally can be found on the Sussex provincial site and the UGLE site.
Heene Lodge is a small group of friendly and diverse individuals from all walks of life. Freemasonry in general, and our Lodge in particular, is a wonderful way to meet and mix with people with whom you share a common set of values but would not normally cross paths with.
We enjoy our freemasonry but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We are very fortunate to be in an active and dynamic province and to be able to visit a number of other Lodges and Centres locally. Several of our members are also members of other Lodges and we enjoy a great sense of community through Freemasonry.
Every regular Masonic Lodge is allocated a number that reflects their registration with the United Grand Lodge of England, ours is 6350. Heene Lodge was consecrated in Worthing on 27th September 1946 and we have met continually since that time, with a brief gap for Covid lockdown.
We meet five times a year and, since 1996, our meetings have been held at the The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing – one of 22 masonic centres across the Masonic Province of Sussex. Our meetings are held on the fourth Friday of the month in February, April, June and October and the second Friday in December.
If you are interested in joining Heene Lodge, or in finding out if Freemasonry might be something for you, just get in touch with our friendly Lodge Secretary for an initial chat.
Heene Lodge is named for the former civil parish of Heene, now part of the borough of Worthing. Once a separate township in its own right, it was mentioned in the Doomsday book, as Hene, and eventually subsumed into West Worthing. Heene was a civil parish in its own right from the 16th century until 1902.
Heene comes from the old English word hīun or hīwun, meaning family or household.
Our Lodge motto, as seen on our Lodge emblem, “Humani nihil a me alienum puto” is a Latin phrase meaning “…nothing human is alien to me”. It is a quote from the Roman playwright Terence, specifically his play Heauton Timorumenos. The phrase expresses a philosophy of universal humanism and empathy, emphasizing that a person should not be indifferent to the experiences and concerns of other humans, regardless of their background or circumstances.