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Volume 89, Issue 5 (2013) The Cabletow Centennial Staff In this Issue... VW JESUS FLOR R. NICOLAS Editor-in-Chief WB EDMUND CORONEL Associate Editor Editorial VW PERCIVAL T. SALAZAR Contributing to making Philippine Managing Editor 2 Masonry Glorious Again VW EMMANUEL J. DIESTA By VW Flor Nicolas Circulation Manager From the Grand East BRO JOSE EUGENIO B. ILLENBERGER Mentoring: A Key to Recapturing Art Director 5 the Glory of Philippine Masonry By MW Santiago T. Gabionza, Jr. MW REYNATO S. PUNO, PGM, GMH Consultant Pro Bono Fraternitatis JENNIFER C. MAGALLANES The Proper Watch and Conduct Secretary 9 at the West Gate (Part 1) By MW Danilo Angeles, PGM, GS Edicts 13 THE CABLETOW is a bimonthly publication of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Philippines. Main Office: Plaridel Masonic Temple, San Marcelino St., Circulars Ermita, Manila, D 2801, Philippines. Members of Blue Lodges in this grand jurisdic- tion are regular subscribers thereto. Brethren in other grand jurisdictions are invited 14 to subscribe to it at US $20 a year. Send check payable to the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Philippines, with complete mailing address, to THE CABLE- TOW at the address given above. Subscribers are advised to notify THE CABLETOW of address changes. Original articles are subjected to editing and, when published, News become Cabletow property. Any article in THE CABLETOW may be reprinted in full, or excerpts thereof reproduced, provided proper attribution to the author is made, 17 the source is given due credits, and the Cabletow office is furnished with a courtesy copy of the reprinted material. Cover Story Paid advertisements are accepted for printing in THE CABLETOW. 26 R13-A sets the Centennial record straight Errata & Corrections The obelisk through time 63 33 By Bro. Carlo Reynaldo F. Lozada Jr Mindanao Affairs District Visits 64 Advances in Western Mindanao 34 All is warm and bright in our Pacific Lodges Community Service By WB Armando Cazzola, PM 67 Seoul Shriners donate toys to Korean kiddie hospital Feature By VW Teddy Kalaw IV, CSGL 40 Firming up the cabletow via text By Bro. Alex C. Daniel Out of the Humdrum 67 Of Organizations, Temples, Lodges, Ancom 2013 and other matters Masonic 46 Official list of JGW nominees out By VW Robert Asuncion, PSGL The Cabletow | Vol. 89, No. 5, January-February 2013 1 Editorial Comment By VW Flor Nicolas Editor in Chief, THE CABLETOW Contributing to making Philippine Masonry Glorious Again “No matter how tall our grandfathers were, we must do our own growing; no matter how great our Masonic forebears were, we must attain our own greatness” OUR YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION of league of mankind or to establish on earth the 100th anniversary of the founding of a veritable brotherhood of men of differ- our Most Worshipful Grand Lodge is over. ent colors, creeds, and conditions under The Special Communication held in Manila the Fatherhood of God.. By doing so, we on December 18-19, 2012, which served as renewed our commitment and strength- the culminating activity of our celebration, ened our resolve to immerse ourselves in was attended not only by members of the an honest-to-goodness Masonic education Masonic Family in this sovereign Jurisdic- and study in order to get very familiar with tion but by representatives of other Grand the ideals, principles, and values of Free- Lodges as well. On those dates, the con- masonry; to persistently practice wherever stituent Districts and subordinate Lodges we are the ideals, principles, and values we of our MW Grand Lodge held their own have learned in our readings and study; culminating activities, particularly car- and to widely disseminate them among our rying out charitable or benevolent works fellowmen, particularly our compatriots, for the benefit of less fortunate Filipinos and especially those who come within the in their respective areas of responsibility. circle of our influence each day. They strictly observed the Grand Lodge injunction that they should put in strategic During our one-year celebration, places in the local community tarpaulins we recalled with justifiable pride the ac- congratulating the MW Grand Lodge of complishments of our Masonic forebears the Philippines on its Centennial Celebra- in the last two decades of the 19th century tion. and in the first seven decades of the 20th. During that glorious period, the brethren During the Special Communica- exerted their deciding and decisive influ- tion in Manila, we were led by our Centen- ence on the affairs of the communities in nial Grand Master, MW Santiago T. Gabi- which they lived and helped chart a bright onza, Jr., in rededicating our MW Grand destiny for our relatively young nation. Lodge to Freemasonry, the self-imposed mission or long-term goal of which has Yes, we recalled that in the last always been to bring about a universal two decades of the 19th century, many 2 The Cabletow | Vol. 89, No. 5, January-February 2013 Masons led their compatriots in the cou- in their respective professions or fields of rageous campaign for reforms from the endeavor and as benefactors of the com- Spanish crown, and many others figured munity, both local and national, and be- prominently in the revolution against the cause individually and collectively, they Spanish colonialists and in the war against contributed significantly to the growth the North American neocolonialists. In and development of men and women who effect, Mason patriots and heroes founded came under the pale of their influence, the our nation on the pillars of Masonic ideals, welfare and progress of the communities principles, and values, particularly Liberty, in which they lived, and the happiness and Equality, and Fraternity, as well as Broth- prosperity of our nation. erly Love, Relief, and Truth. The Fraterni- ty, therefore, was recognized by the general public as “the cradle of noble heroes.” The glory of Masonry rests on We also proudly recalled that us ordinary Masons and not on during the first half of the 20th century, few individuals. their equally zealous and enthusiastic suc- cessors, who were all veritable statesmen, were in the forefront of the movement for Considering all those facts, we Philippine independence; that not a few pointed out to our non-Mason friends and of them led their countrymen during the even to our critics and detractors, we can occupation by the Japanese interlopers of rightly claim that the history of the Fili- the country; that when our nation finally pino nation is, by and large, the story of gained its independence from foreign rule the Craft in this sovereign Jurisdiction. in July 1946, Masons in both public and private sectors worked with much devo- Although we were nostalgic of tion, dedication, and disinterestedness for the glorious past of Philippine Masonry, the growth, development, progress, and we were also aware of the fact that, to par- prosperity of the nation which their pre- aphrase a significant statement of the late decessors had founded, so that it would US President Abraham Lincoln, no matter be able to participate on free and equal how tall our grandfathers were, we should terms with other freedom-loving nations do our own growing; no matter how great in the high enterprise of attaining human our Masonic forebears were, we have to at- solidarity; for, according to Bro. Jose “Di- tain our own greatness. masalang” Rizal in his essay “Amor Patrio” (Love of Country), “the very purpose of That’s why our Centennial Grand humanity dictated by God is the universal Master and other incumbent Grand Lodge peace and harmony among His creatures.” Officers have enjoined us to extend to them our active assistance and sympathy in giv- We nostalgically recalled, moreo- ing due meaning and substance to our ver, that during those glorious decades, theme for the Centennial Term, “Building our Craft enjoyed a very good reputation on the Past, Excelling in the Present, Pro- in the eyes of the general public, precisely viding for the Future: MORE Masonry for because members of Masonic Lodges not All.” This injunction requires us, among only exhibited themselves as exemplars of other things, to live the kind of Masonry high ethical living, as well as disinterested which our Masonic forebears, particularly dedication to the common good, but they the founders and pioneering members of also distinguished themselves as achievers our MW Grand Lodge, as well as their The Cabletow | Vol. 89, No. 5, January-February 2013 3 equally zealous and enthusiastic succes- of ordinary men who are more in number. sors, passed on to us and which we must Further, he remarked that we should be pass on to the brethren who will come this comforted by the thought that Masonry way after us, so that we will provide the would not be brought down by the evil Craft in this Jurisdiction with a bright fu- deeds of a few for as long as it reflects the ture. good deeds of the many. Then he drove home the point that we must search for the As you may have already known, glory of Masonry in our own lives rather the acronym MORE stands for the four than in the lives of others. strategic initiatives or programs which our MW Grand Lodge wants us to pursue, To help make Philippine Masonry namely, Moral Foundations, Organization- glorious once more, we should, each of us, al Empowerment, Responsible Steward- adamantly apply in our own lives the les- ship, and External Outreach. The success- sons we learn in the Ceremony of Installa- ful and fruitful implementation by us of tion of Lodge Officers, which is reenacted these strategic initiatives or programs will throughout our Jurisdiction in the first result in making the residents of our local three months of every year.
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