Before 7 pm
Arrival
Members arrive, greet one another, prepare, and make sure visitors and newer members are looked after.
Lodge Life At Southern Cross
Life at Southern Cross.
Meeting nights, commitment, friendship, charity and connections beyond our lodge.
Ask about lodge life
Second Tuesday Monthly
Sydney Masonic Centre
Belonging
Membership is more than a monthly meeting.
A steady place to learn, serve, and form friendships beyond work or convenience.
A regular rhythmOne monthly meeting, with other opportunities when time allows.
A proper welcomeNew members are guided by experienced members who remember their own first night.
A Typical Meeting Night
What happens at a Masonic lodge meeting?
Meetings combine ceremony and lodge business, followed by dinner.
Opening
The lodge is opened
The meeting begins with ceremony and order, setting a respectful tone for the evening.
Meeting
Work, learning, and business
The meeting may include a ceremony for a new or progressing member, a short talk, charity updates or lodge business.
Afterwards
Dinner together — our Festive Board
After the meeting, members share dinner and welcome visitors.
Life around the Lodge.
Charity, visiting, mentoring, and welcoming new enquiries sit naturally around the monthly meeting.
Relief in action
Practical care through youth services, mental health outreach, and Masonicare.
Explore our charity workFreemasonry beyond our lodge
A plainspoken guide to values, symbols, questions, and lodge life.
What is Freemasonry?A welcome beyond Sydney
Ask about visiting Southern Cross or another recognised lodge.
Ask about visitingThe first step
A private enquiry with room for honest questions.
Talk to a Freemason
An Australian Lodge In A Global Fraternity
One Sydney lodge, connected across Australia and the world.
Members may be able to visit recognised lodges in Australia and overseas, subject to eligibility and local requirements.
Sydney
Regional NSW
Interstate Lodges
Recognised Overseas Lodges
Visiting Freemasons welcome
Experience Lodge Life
Begin with a conversation.
Ask what a meeting feels like, the commitment involved, or how an enquiry begins.