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Qualifications of an Orangeman according to the Grand Lodge of Ireland

An Orangeman should have a sincere love and veneration for his Heavenly Father;

A humble and steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, believing in Him as the only Mediator between God and man.

He should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, and obedience to the laws;

His deportment should be gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous;

He should seek a society of the virtuous, and avoid that of the evil;

He should honour and diligently study the Holy Scriptures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice;

He should love, uphold, and defend the Protestant religion, and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts;

He should strenuously oppose the fatal errors and doctrines of the Church of Rome, and scrupulously avoid countenancing (by his presence or otherwise) any act of ceremony of Popish worship;

He should by all lawful means, resist the ascendancy of that Church, its encroachments, and the extension of its power, ever abstaining from all uncharitable words, actions or sentiments, towards his Roman Catholic brethren;

He should remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, and attend the public worship of God, and diligently train up his offspring, and all under his control, in the fear of God, and in the Protestant faith;

He should never take the name of God in vain, but abstain from all cursing and profane language, and use every opportunity of discouraging these, and all other sinful practices, in others; his conduct should be guided by wisdom and prudence, and marked by honesty, temperance, and sobriety;

The glory of God and the welfare of man, the honour of his Sovereign, and the good of his country, should be the motive of his actions.

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Orange Order promotes Twelfth to US visitors
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/
Published Date: 29 June 2009

THE Twelfth is being promoted as a "major tourist attraction" in Ulster for American visitors.
A delegation from the Order including Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, Drew Nelson, have just returned from a four day trip to New York, organised in conjunction with British and Irish authorities, the Ulster Scots Agency, the Ulster-Scots Community Network and Tourism Ireland.

Mr Nelson said: "A huge amount of work has been done to develop the cultural aspects of the Twelfth and make it one of the major tourist attractions in Northern Ireland.

"We believe there is massive potential in the United States to encourage people to visit Northern Ireland around the time of the Twelfth."

There are currently two Orange lodges meeting in New York, one in the Bronx and the other in Manhattan.

Mr Nelson said he was "delighted by the enthusiasm and ability of the members we met in New York" and said he hoped the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland will be able to offer practical support to them as they continue to expand.

Others on the US trip included Orange Order Grand Treasurer, Mervyn Bishop, Education Officer, David Scott, Project Officer Dr Jonathan Mattison, and County Grand Secretary of Cavan, Charlie McAdam.

They were accompanied by George Patton, chief executive of the Ulster Scots Agency and William Humphrey, chief executive of the Ulster-Scots Community Network, who are both Orangemen.

The huge interest in the Twelfth as a tourist attraction was first discovered at the Smithsonian Festival in Washington in 2007, according to Mr Nelson, who said, "literally tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots back to Ulster Protestant emigrants".

For more on info on Scotch-Irish history and culture visit Ulster-Scots Online

Based on a story in the Ulster News Letter

Funding boost for Boys' festival
www.newsletter.co.uk

ORGANISERS of the Maiden City Festival have breathed a sigh of relief after the OFMDFM offered them £40,000 to help keep their celebrations afloat.
The Apprentice Boys were told about the money for the festival – which has at its core the Relief of Derry celebrations on August 12 – by the community relations unit.

Festival Marketing Manager, David Hoey said: "We are delighted at the recognition by the OFMDFM of the Maiden City Festival."

Mr Hoey said a total of £80,000 is needed to run the festival in its entirety.

"The money from the cross-community unit of OFMDFM will help the Maiden City Festival increase understanding and highlight the tremendous history and heritage of the city."

First Minister Peter Robinson welcomed the commitment to the annual event

"The Maiden City Festival is an excellent example of the good work which the Loyal Orders are engaged in," he said. "This event aims to encourage greater community involvement and wider understanding of the culture and traditions of Protestants in the North West.

"Under the direction and leadership of the General Committee of the Apprentice Boys, an exciting programme of events has been put together, the centrepiece of which is the annual Relief of Derry parade on August 12.

"I am delighted that this year's Maiden City Festival can avail of this £40,000 funding. I have no doubt that this festival can provide a major boost to the local economy whilst offering everyone in Londonderry an opportunity to celebrate a unique cultural tradition and history of the city.

"I pay tribute to the festival organisers and their vision for an event that will draw thousands of people into the city, ensuring that Londonderry moves towards becoming a shared space where everyone is welcome including the minority unionist community."

- The Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry are a fraternal organisation whose sole purpose is “Celebrating the Anniversaries of the Shutting of the Gates and the Relief of Derry, and the famous events of the years 1688 and 1689”.

The Association's main events are the Shutting of the Gates in December and the Relief of Derry in August, marking the beginning and ending of the Siege of Derry.

The Apprentice Boys website is at:- http://www.apprenticeboys.co.uk/

The Maiden City Festival website is at :- http://www.maidencityfestival.com/

Orange Order condemns racist incidents
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Order-condemns-racist-incidents.5385511.jp
June 2009

West African Orangemen from Ghana & Togo

A SENIOR member of the Grand Orange Lodge has said the recent racist attacks "are the work of closed minds and empty brains".
Dr David Hume said such attacks could "never be right", whoever they were directed against.

Speaking at the dedication of a new banner for Ballykilbeg LOL 1040, Downpatrick, he said: "The intimidation of people because of their race, colour, creed , or political belief can never be right, whether it is directed against Protestants or members of the Orange Order, or ethnic minorities in Belfast.

"Because you do not like someone does not give you the right to remove them from the neighbourhood. We as a Protestant people are well aware of the impact of ethnic cleansing, because we suffered it in the Irish Free State in the early 1920s and it resulted in an exodus of tens of thousands of innocent people, and the murder of others."

He said this generation of Protestants have too "lived through and are in the midst of testing times", and are currently in the middle of a "cultural war and propaganda war".

"Attacks on our Orange halls are part of that wider cultural war," he said. "Republicans believe that if they can defeat the Orange Order, they will be well on their way to achieving their goals.

"We are rightly seeing media attention and civic attention focus on racist attacks this week, but sometimes it is easy to forget the Orange community has been subject to the same type of attacks over many years. We have had nearly 300 Orange Halls attacked, members intimidated, and, sadly, 335 of our brethren murdered by terrorists."

He hit out at a "blinkered" republican ethos of, "if there are people you do not like get rid of them however you do it".

"That is why we are seeing the attacks on our Orange halls," he said, "because there are those in the republican community who believe they can remove us from the map by destroying our halls."

He branded people who carry out such attacks as representing a "destructive fringe", and said: "The solution for Northern Ireland is that we must all live together and respect each other for what we are. All that we ask is to be respected and we can extend no less privilege to others."Being British, he said "is about people of many backgrounds living and working together".

"As an institution which stands for civil and religious liberty for all, there should be no doubt for us that we say no to racist mindsets and intimidation," Dr Hume said.

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