La nostra storiaThirty years

From a search for Italian Freemasons in 1995 to the brethren of today: one lodge, measured in its Masters.

On Monday 14 October 1996, more than 200 Freemasons filled the Sydney Masonic Centre to see Lodge Galileo consecrated.

Planning had begun in 1995, when a group of Italian Freemasons went looking for others who shared their background. Brethren of Lodge Trinity No. 666 joined them, and Trinity agreed to sponsor the new lodge. The Grande Oriente d'Italia gave its support and recognition.

Grand Master MW Bro Rev Ray Green installed W Bro Renato Maffei as our first Master. The name was Galileo: the man who looked through a lens and measured what he saw. The motto was Vincit Veritas, truth will conquer.

Since then: lectures on Italian art, science and history; lodge meetings held inside the Jenolan Caves; the first FAME in 2013; and three lodges sponsored: Pythagoras, Miguel de Cervantes and Prince Charles Edward Stuart No. 1745.

30Thirty years of Galileo, 1996–202614.10.1996 → 14.10.2026

Worshipful MastersOne year = one unit · 47th problem of Euclid

1996–98Renato Maffeifoundation Master
1998–00Dominic De Candia
2000–01Giuseppe Arduca
2001–02Antonio Coco
2002–03Clemente Farallo
2003–04Filippo Parisi
2004–05Phillip Quadrio
2005–06Vittorio Cusumano
2006–07Giovanni Pirozzi
2007–08Elio Cacciotti
2008–09Giuseppe Buda
2009–10Rocco Lopresti
2010–11Romualdo Reggiani
2011–13Giuseppe Lentini
2013–15Sebastiano Romeo
2015–16Carmine Cosoleto
2016–18Domenico Cosoleto
2018–19Marcantone Cosoleto
2019–22Andrew Bozza
2022–23Paul Longhetti
2023–25Tony Rizzotto
2025–Giovanni Postiglionein the chair

I fondatoriFoundation members

The founding brethren who are still part of Galileo today.

Dominic De Candia
Clemente Farallo
Giuseppe Lentini
Marcello Marcobello
Antonio Oliveri
Pasquale Tavani

Renato Maffei was our first Master, and Marcello Marcobello served as Junior Warden on the night of the consecration. This is not the complete roll of the brethren present in 1996.

Trent'anni di lavoroWhat Galileo has built

The milestones that shaped the lodge.

1995The search begins
Italian Freemasons set out to find brethren who shared their background. Lodge Trinity No. 666 agreed to sponsor the new lodge.
14.10.1996Consecration
More than 200 Freemasons at the Sydney Masonic Centre. MW Bro Rev Ray Green installed W Bro Renato Maffei as our first Master.
Since 1996Lectures and lodge in the caves
Talks on Italian art, history, science and famous Italian Masons, and lodge meetings held inside the Jenolan Caves.
2013The first FAME
Galileo hosted seven multicultural lodges in one meeting, each opening and closing in its own language.
SponsorThree new lodges
Lodge Pythagoras, Lodge Miguel de Cervantes and The Prince Charles Edward Stuart Lodge No. 1745.
14.10.2026Thirty years
Three decades of brethren, families and friends, and the lodge still growing.