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EDITORIALBOARD MW REYNATO S. PUNq PGM, GMH MW DANILO D. ANGELES, PGM, GMH VW StxTo s. ESQUTVTAS tV sGL VW AMANTE A. LIBERATq AGS VW ROSEILER M. MALAEANAN, CS, AA6M

EDITORIAL STAFf - V.WJ. FLOR R. NICOLAS Editorin-Chiiif Editorial Comment T,VB EDMUND CORONEL , Associate Editor 02 Paying tribute to the memory VW EMMANUELT. DIESTA of two great men and Masons Circutation Manager 8RO. GENE ILLENBERGER By W Flor Nicolas, PSGL Art Dirertor M5..'ENNIFER C MAGALLANES 5e(etaty From the Grand East VW SAMUEL P. FERNANDEZ o6 Freemasonry, one big family; Consuitant Freemasons, exemplary heads

of family By MW Juanito G. Espino, Jr

From theTable ofthe Grand Sec THE CABtETff 6 a bimonthly publication ofth€ Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted The making of a Lodge Master Masons ofthe . Main Office: Plaridel MasonicTemple, San Marcelino 5t., 13 Ermita, , D 2801, Philippines. Blue grand jurtsdic- Membe6 of Lodges in this (or Royal tion are.egularsubscribers thereto, Brethren in other grandjurisdi(ionrare invited the forgotten Art) to subscribe to Iat US $20a year Send che(kpayableto thecrand Lodge ofFree & By MW Danilo Angeles, PGM Accepted Masons ofthe Philippines, with complet€ mailing address, to THE CABLE- TOW at the address givenabove.subscribeB are advised to notify THE CABLETOW ofaddress (hanges. Original articles are subiftted to editing and, when publlsh€d, become Cabletow prcpe(y. Any a(icle in THECABLETOW may be reprinted ao full, or excerpts thereof reproduced, provided proper atribution to the author as made, News the source is given due credts, and the Cabletow of6(e i5 furnished with a couftesy 21 (opy gfthe repnnted material. Paid advertisements are accepted for printinq in THE CABLETOW.

GLP 101 22 Historic events capped GMt Bro. Apolinario "Katabay" period activities Mabin i By 1. Flor R. Nicolas, PSGL By VW Roseller Molabanon circuiars 7 O Masonic Education Cover Story 27 The Circle of the Lodge 84 GM Espino fixes cabletow with California GL Whence came these table manners ln Due Form 88 )ulyl ay wa Lonothon R. Amoroso Feature 45 Manuel Luis M. Quezon Milestone A Man for Our Season -By Bernordita Reyes Churchill, Ph.D. 92 Pinagsabitan Lodge No. 26 celebrates centennial

The Cabletow I Voi. 90, No 2. July-Auqusl 2tl'r 3 By VW Flor Nicolas, PSGL Editor

Payrng trihute to the memory of two great men and Masons

Brethren, let's pay due tribute to particular. the memory of two gteat men and According to Past Grand Master Masons, Brothers Apolinario Kata- Reynold S. Fajardo, immediately af- bay Mabini and Leo Fisher. ter his initiation, to the delight of his Bro. Apolinado Mabini attatned brother Masons, Apolinario Mabini his personal petfection through became a Yery atdent disciple, im- dedicated study and hard work. He mersing himself completely in the persistendy pursued his dream of a serious study of Masonic mysteries better life not only fot himself and and assiduously participating in Ma- his family, but for his country and sonic functions, thereby gaining the countfymen as well. He came to respect and admitation of his broth- enjoy good fortune and blessings er Masons, who began to seek his because he invested precious time advice and views and frequently in- to be equal to the challenges of his vited him to speak at Masonic meet- time. He knew the meaning of pov- ings. He was, in effect, their favorite etty, of hardship, of suffering. He orator. Besides, he began to mani- u/as an existentialist in the sense that fest his deep sense of nationalism he tose above or transcended the by plunging himself tnto pro-patria difficult and problematic condition activities. he was "thfown" into and be count- Subsequently, he used his oratori- ed among the enlightened intellec- cal skills for petsuading his brethten tuals and courageous patriots of to orgarize the Gran Consejo Re- his day. Indeed, he set an example gional undet the jurisdiction of the well wothy of emulation by today's Gran Oriente Espaffol. Upon his Filipinos in genetal and Masons in endorsement, Ambrocio Flores, his

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 mentof, was elected Grand Master renew our commitmeflt to emulate of the newly-organized Regional the example set by Bro. Mabini by Grand CounciL He himself was developing ourselves to our highest given the important post of Grand potential, so that we too will be abl'e Orator. to help in enhancing the honor, rep- Much later, he and othet Masons utation, and usefulness of our M.\ilI like Andtes Bonifacio and Domingo Giand Lodge and its constituent Ftanco reactivated La Liga FiJipina, Districts and subordinate Lodges, as the civil orgarizatton founded by well as in further developing our re- Jose Rizal as the cornerstone of the spective towns or cities, our respec- Filipino nation he had predicted to tive provinces or regions, and our emetge in the not-distant future. coufltry, the Philippines, into places Franco was elected President of the whete reason, justice and work pre- reactivated otganzatton, and he was vail. chosen Secretary. Both of them were of Balagtas Lodge. As Secre- tary, Mabini carried on a continuing .THE CABLETO\W is now a cotrespondence with Marcelo del nonagenarian because its first is- Pilar, the head of the Propaganda sue came out in June 1923. In its Nfovement in Madrid and the own- infancy and eady childhood, it was er-editor of La Solidaridad, the fort- nurtured by Bro. Leo Fisher, who rughdy paper of the propagandists. was frot only a zealous and enthu- Afterwards, believing that the Filipi- siastic member of the Craft but no peopie had exhausted a1l peace- also a hard and dedicated worker, ful means to obtain reforms from an eloquent speaker, and a prolific Spain, he agteed to serve as Gen. v/fiter, and who at the same time and \X{B Emilio Aguinaldo's chief demonstrated his organizing skill adviset. Eventually, he became the ot his abilitv to make the best use "Brains of the Philippine Revolu- of scarce matetal and human re- tion." sources to produce moflthly issues Invariably, in all his eflgagements of Tbe Cabletow, which was then and commitments, he worked with trilingual. Most of the articles in much zeal and enthusiasm, with each issue were in English, but great devotion and dedication, with some were in Spanish and others utmost fideliry and conscientious- in Tagalog. ness. (The Brethren, Vol. I, pp. 120- In one of his memorable edito- 1,32). tials, entitled "Flarnessing Strength It is but fitting and proper that we of Freemasonfy," Bro. Leo Fisher

The Cabletow I Voi. 90, No. 2. July-August r0l 3 wfote 1n Paft: work and bgst agree or who work Thete can be no doubt that together in close harmony in ot- there is a Niagara to be harnessed der to promote the welfare of the in every one of our Symbolic Cnft, that of the society in which Lodges and Masonic Distticts as we live and work, and that of all well as in our M.W Grand Lodge. humanity. By doing so, we wili The powet is there, waiting and take the Fraternity to higher levels aching to be btought under con- of achievement, thereby making trol, to be deveioped, and to be led the general public see for them- into the right channels by the of- selves that Freemasonry is, indeed, ficers and leaders of the Cruft at a science of character building and all levels. art of high ethical living that ^n Certainly, since walks arm tfl arm the time of Bro. Freemasonryis aforce with progress to- Leo Fisher, the for the good of incalcula- ward a better way Cnft at all levels Ll^ ^+-^-.,.+L ^-J -^ao-n., of lrte. ;;. s;";; b.,h L.dge lil ;T:ti#1"fi::11 :: ^]ii,,he ::,J;T,:" ;11'l not vet been f;;i- it [:'li:"1ilT:31 has not yet actual- its powerwere brought t'1- ficers, particularly ized its full poten- der proper control, devel- the eleeted ones, ttal; rt will remain oped an{ led into the rryht with the active "a Niagara tbat has channels, our institution assistance, guid- not 1et been har- could sweep the world be- ance, and sympa- fiessed" unless its fore it. thy of the Council officers and mem- of Past Masters, bers convince the must mafch in the non-Masonic public, by their acts, same direction, sit down together that "Harmon1 is the strength arud for the specific purpose of putting beaufl of our noble brotherhood" and together a well-thought-out pro- tLlat "this association has been formed gram of yeat:round activities with and pefexed in so much ananimiry and a few out-of-the-ordinary events, r:o n co rd, and thefl encourage and stimulate Yes, it is of utmost importance the other btethren to extend to that we, the officers and members them their uflstinted support and of the Craft at ail ievels, zre per- all-out cooperation toward suc- ceived by the general public as a cessfully implementing everv ac- great team of playets who best can tivity or project in the entire pro-

The (abletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 gram. They rnust make sure that If this happens, then the vision the members of the brethren's which Bro. Leo Fisher articulated families are actively involved in in the editorial he wrote many 'decades those activities or projects. ago will have become a Further, the same. officers and hrppy reality. leaders must eflgage themselves \We, the incumbent members in an honest-to-goodness study of tlre editorial staff, are ttying our of the records of'all the mem- best to continue the good work bers of the Lodge in order to which Bro. Leo Fisher and ail oth- discovet the individual and com- er brethren involved in the publi- bined strengths and talents of the cation of The Cabletow in the past same. After studying and discov- 90 years. But, dear brethren, we ering the individual and collec- alone cannot make The Cab/etow an tive strengths and talents of their excellent publication all of us can Lodge's membership, they must be very proud of without your ac- identify the brethren who have tive assistance and sincere sympa- the vision, initiative, and leader- thy.. We entreat you to send in to ship needed to promote the repu- our editorial office your invaluable tation, welfare, and usefulness of contributions in the fotm of essays theit Lodge. Then they should for the brethten's further educa- take hold of the brethren they tion and eniightenment and news have identified, make them reahze (cum photos) of recent events and their potentials, stimulate them to developments in your Districts help in making their Lodge what and Lodges. If you do so, you will it should be, and put'them in the emulate the example of the intel- places in which they arc needed, ligent young Filipinos who sent in such as standing and special com- their atticles to La Solidaridad, the mittees, conferral of Masonic de- mouthpiece of the Reform Move- grees, Masonic education lectures, ment. Unlike those young Filipino and the like. writers, you don't have to use pseu- If every Symbolic Lodge in donyms for the sake of security. this jurisdiction succeeds in doing So, write your essays and news ar- all this, it will harness its strength ticles now, and send them in to our ot Niagara. Then and only then office as soon as you reasonabiy will Philippine Masonry become can, and thereby do a great service "a force for tbe good of incalculable to our Craft in general and to our strength and potencl" and sweep M.W. Grand Lodge in general ad this grand jurisdiction before it. majorem Dei gloriam. ld

The Cabletow | \tol. 90, No. 2, iuly-Augusr 201 3 By MW Juanito G. Espino, Jr. Grand Master

Freemasonry one hig family; Freemasons, exemplary heads of family

There are more things we ought to know about the family and why we must value it in our Craft.

Aware that the purpose of hu- work and best agtee. manity dictated by God is the uni- Subsequend,v, Masonic leaders versal peace and harmony among made the Cnft z stronger family by His creatures, ifi evefy age and appending to it two Rites, the Scot- country Freemasonry has relent- tish and the York, which confer ad- lessly pursued its self-imposed mis- ditional degrees designed to make sion or long-term goal, which is to Master Masons understand Fteema- bring about a universal league of sonry more deeply as philosophy ^ mankind or to estabiish upon earth of life relatronskups. a vedtable Brotherhood of men of Succeeding Fteemasons founded different countties, sects, and opin- Allied Orders like the Amaranth, ions under the Fathethood of God. Eastern Star, Job's Daughter, Rain- Its eady leaders stimulated members bow for Gids, and DeMolal', and of the Craft to exhibit themselves as thereby made the Masonic Frater- a closely united family, the members nity or Family by far much bigger. of which ate "linked together by an Other Freemasons later on formed indissolubie chain of sincere affec- different side organizations or clubs tiofl," or as "a sacred band, or soci- like the Royal Order of Scotland, ery of friends and brothers, among the Shriners International, the Or- whom no contention should ever der of the Secret Monitor, and manr- exist but that noble contendon, or others. As a result, Freemasonr,v is rather emuiation, of who best can consideted not only the oldest but

The Cabletsw | \iol. 90, No. 2, July-Augusr 201 3 the biggest fraternrty or family that both precept and example, as well has ever graced the annals of the as through charitable or benevolent worldt history. work. Since we members of the Craft and those of the Appendant Bod- "We must strengthen the bond ies, Allied Ordets, and side Masonic that exists among members of clubs ot -orgarizations cohstitute our own families, so that our one big ftatentty or family, we must own families will serve as ex- work together as a great team of ample for other families playets, all of whom are disinterest- in the edly dedicated to pleasing one an- communityto emulate." othet and uniting in the grand de- sign of promoting happiness, not In this jurisdiction, most, if not only out -own happiness and that of a1l, of our subordinate Lodges and our worldwide fraternity or family Masonic Districts strive to improve but the happiness of other men and the lives of others through their that of all mankind as well. various chadtie.s, such as scholar- We should, each of us, fulfil1our ship'ptogram; adopt-a-school pro- threefold pledge: to learn the Fra- gram; feeding-of-chiidren program; ternity's simple lessons of practical caring-for-the-aged program; com- morality and sublime teachings of munity outteach pro,ects l-ike med- religious philosophy, to persistendy ical-dental missions; giving relief to practice them in daily life in order victims of natural calamities; liveli- that we will serve as example and hood program; and so forth. The inspiration to others, and to dis- Masonic Charities for Cdppled seminate them as widely as we can Children, Inc. @{CCCI), the Mabu- amoflg othef mefi, so that they, too, hay and the Agila Shriners, and the will exalt or ennoble themselves. Philippine Baianghay Association It is of utmost importance *fat focus their attention on providing all of us exert all-out effort to attain crippled, butned, harelipped, and our own perfection or self-mastery; other physically handicapped chil- for unless we have masteted out- dren with much needed medical selves to a great extent, our influ- care and assistance. Other Masonic ence ovef othets will not bring any bodies or groups extend matelal good result, nor can we fuifill anoth- and other kinds of assistance to the et pledge of ours: to help improve economically disadvantaged in Phil- the wodd around us, particulady ippine society in order to help alle- the communities we are living in, by viate their sufferings. Al1 these be- nevolent or charitable projects and

The {abletow ] Voi. 90, l\o. 2, JLrly-August 20i 3 programs are afl exemplification of charging our duties and tesponsibili- the principles of Brotherly Love ties to our respective families with and Relief and therefore worthy of utmost fidel-iry and conscientious- ptaise ot desetving of commenda- ness. Not only must we wotk so tion particularly by the leadership of hard as to provide members of our our M.\M Grand Lodge. tespective families with a high qual- But, deat brethten, as I empha- ity of living and with a strong sense sized in my inaugural speech, chadty of security, but we must also spend begins at home. This means, among quality time with them each day. other things, that we must start our As I also sttessed it -y inaugural charitable or benevolent work at ouf address, a matT who doesn't spend respective homes. This work con- time with his family is not a. man sists in strehgthening the bond that at ail. We Freemasons must never exists among members of our own fotget that it is within the family families, so that our own families that traditions take root, individuals will serve as example for the other grow, and faith is nurtured. There- families in the communiry to emu- fore, we ought to be sincerely "pre- late. sent" to the membets of our own We Filipinos, particulady Free- families each day in order that we masons, must evef remember that will provide them not oniy with the the iamily is the most important and feeling that we truly care for, sin- fundamental unit, as well as the pri- cetely love, adequately protect, and mal source of the social and moral correctly guide them, but also with a strerigth, of our society. The strong- sense of belonging to families they er Filipino families are, the stronger are justifiably proud of. Invariably, our local communities or baran- it is within the family that individu- gays can be; the stroflger out local als develop their basic moral or ethi- communities or batangays are, the cal values. Hence, whenever we are stronger and more developed our wlth membets of our own fami- nation can become; and the sttong- lies, we must imbue them, by both er and more developed our nation precept and example, with the ide- becomes, the more able it will be to als, pdnciples, and values we have participate on free and equal terms learned- in Freemasonry. with other nations in the high entet- I must, at this juncture, cohvey sin- prise of attaining human solidarity. cefest comrnendation to the Mason- $7e must, therefote, fulfill the Craft's ic Distticts and subordinate Lodges iniunction that we exhibit ourselves that have ilready held their respec- as exemplary heads of family by dis- tive Family Days. I utge the others

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No" 2, July-August 2013 to do the same as soon as they rca- In his work entided Familiaris Con- sonably can. The more frequently sortio, the late Pope John Paul II we organize such special events, the emphasized that the family is a prin- more the members of our own fami- cipal protagonist in the building iies feel that they are importanr to us up of peace in the community, lo- and therefore wili extend their active cal, national, and globai. This has assistance and sympathy to us in all been the position of Freemasonry our Masonic endeavors. Definitely, thtough ai1 the ages. So, we may there are many othet things which, pataphrase a couple of statements as Districts and Lodges, we can do of Pope John Paul II in the follow- in the arca of promoting stroflger ing manner: ties among members of our families at the Lodge and District levels. Every Freemason and his wife must exert a dally effort to make "Since it is within the fn-rly their family "a ttuly personal com- that individuals develop their munity, initiated and fostered by an basic moral or ethical values; inner communion of love...." They whenever we are with mem- must strive to make their famiTy "a praying communiry a communiry bers of our own families, we that turns to God, in whom it finds must, byboth precept and ex- its joy, its strength for difficult mo- ample, imbue them with the ments, the energy it requires to c try ideals, principles, and values out the exalted and difficult mission we have learned in Freema- of fatherhood and motherhood." sonry." That is, to me, part of the unceas- A1l of us Freemasons must, ingmessage of the universal emblem furthermore, extend our active as- of Freemasonry, which consists of sistance and sympathy to the gov- the Square and the Compasses with erflmeflt, both local and national, the letter G at the center. The center in the creation of an environment of the life of every Freemason and that perpetuates the importance of that of the life of his own family is, the Filipino family; for the cohesion or should be, God. If every Free- and stability of the Filipino family mason makes God the center of his ate threatened by the pressures and famiiyt life, all members thereof challenges of postmodern sociery, will live in love and uniry in peace which is becoming increasingly tna- and harmony, and they will work to- terialistic and hedonistic. gether toward making their family

The (abletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, "luly-August 2013 cohesive, stable and closely-knit. ed representatives of our different As I also stressed in my inaugural Appendant Bodies, Allied Orders, address, out pdority on our natutal and side organizattons or clubs to families extends not only to our dis- join the brethten in participating in tressed worthy brother Masons, but the Independence Day festivities, also to the widows and orphans of and their participation resulted in a our depated brethren, whom we more meaningful celebration of In- have sworn to aid and assist. Cleat- dependence Day. ly, we ate hlpocritical and deceitful if we undertake big medical-dental "The center of the life of eve- missions, with hundreds or even ry Freemason and that of his thousands of indigent beneficiat- familyis, or shouldbe, God." ies, while we avoid our obligations to the widows and orphans we have No, dear brethren, v/e cannot \We sworn before God to support. help Freemasoflry bring about a uni- ourselves away conveniendy excuse versal league of mankind unless we by sayng that they are nowhere to members of the Cnftand those of be found. But, my brethren, I re- the different Appendant Bodies, A1- peat, also fot the sake of emphasis, lied Ordets, and side Masonic clubs ftom "Nothing will be subttacted or otganizations convince the non- our masculinity if we will go out of Masonic wodd, by our acts, that we our \r/ay and look for them RIGHT are always people who wotk togeth- in our communities (or barangays)." er in close unity and hatmony to- my in- As I emphasized likewise in ward common goals, solve common family involvement augural address, problems together, share things with Ama- extends to the Orders of the one another in the spitit of sincere ranth, Eastern Star, Job's Daughter, love and'fellowship, and exhibit our Rainbow for Gids, and DeMolay. genuine pride in our Masonic Fe Not only must we extend our assis- ternity or Family to one another and tance and suppoft to these Orders, to the gdnetal public. That's why I but we must encourage members am pretty determined to Put more our own famities seek mem- of to teeth to* the Masonic Coordinating moreo- bership in them. W'e must, Council this year. In our meedngs, ver, get the officets and members I will impress upon the minds and these in of Allied Orders involved hearts of my fellows in the Coun- the various functions of the Craft cil the paramount impottance of at all levels. Fot example, last June working together as a team in the 12, we Grand Lodge Officers invit- continuing task of taking Philip-

10 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No" 2, July-August 201 3 pine Masonry to greater heights of to get more and more Masonic iight achievement in order that our non- or to acquire mofe Masonic educa- Mason couritrymen will realize that tion through their own effort or ini- Fteemasonry is one of the most tiative. potent fotces for good avatTable to Similady, as the late Dean Berry Philippine society in paticular and of the Harcard Law School em- to the modern wofld in gerteral. phatically enunciated, "Educate is Lastly, I want to remind you, not a teflexive but rather a ttansitive dear brethren, that the essence of verb." Ftom this statement we can Masonic charity consists in helping infer that every Freemason must, one another clearly and deeply un- on his own free will and accord, derstand Freemasonry and its dif- immerse himself in an honest-to- ferent aspects. We who are older, goodness study of Masonry. more knou,ledgeable, and more ex- In addition, every Freemason perienced in.the Craft ought to help must persistendy practice in daily life out telatively younger, less informed the ideals, principles, and values of and less experienced brethren get Freemasonry he has learned in his more and more Masonic light, which independent study in order to serve they arc to use fot making their own as an example and inspira[ion to lives, as well as the lives of membets others, and every Freemason must of theit own families, rich, abun- disseminate those ideals, principles, dant, and meaningful. and values widely among other men Meanwhile, our Grand Lectutets in order that they will also ennoble and the professors of the Institute and exalt themselves. of Masonic Education and Stud- AII this, my brethren, seems hard ies work together in close harmonl' to do. But our work will become toward providing the Craft at the easy when we take the cue which Lodge and Disttict levels with well- the American psychiatrist Hans Se- articulated and well-coordinated lye has provided in his essay. enti- continuing Masonic education, in- tled "But Hard \Work Isn't Bad f.or struction; and training. You." Here he states, "Work is what Buq of course, as Saint Gregory we have to do, and play is what we paradoxically stated, "!7e are our want to do." By those definitions he ovm pafeflts." Ffom this paradoxwe strongly suggests that we must do can infer that we should flot spoorl- things Nlasonic, not because we are feed our younger, less knowledge- obliged or required to do them, but able, and less experienced brethren. rather because we v/arit to do them. Instead, we should stimulate them We eagetly eflgage ourselves in a

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, -luly,Auqust 1013 11 diligent study of Masonry and its Postscript different aspects because we want to learn more and more about Free- We Grand Lodge officers fondly hope thot in July you, deor brethren, reflected on the masonry, which we have willingly dignity and high importance of Masonry; re- and voiuntarily embraced as our dedicated yourselves to adhering strictly to special profession and our vay of its ideols, principles, ond volues, as well os to dispersing the light of those ideols, prin- Life. The more we know about the ciples, ond volues os widely as you could Masonic Fraternity or Family, the omong those you come in contoct with; in- more 'we can pfomote its welfate, volved members of your respective fomilies in the octivitiei of your respective Lodges ond happiness, and ptosperity; the more Districts; and organized projects for the ben- we promote the welfate, happiness, efit of our deceosed brethren's widows ond and prosperity of the Masonic Fra- orphons in porticular. We also fondly hope thot in the same month every Masonic Dis- ternitv or Family, the more we can trict holds oppropriate activities on July 2j in be fulfilled as members of that fra- remembrance of Bro. Apolinorio Kotobay Ma- ternitv or family and as beings made bini, the "Brains of the ," on the occosion of the 149th anniversory of in the image of God. his birth. Let us, then, dedicate ourselves We commend our brethren in Southern Lu- more zealously, enthusiastically, and zon, porticularly those in Botongos (Masonic porticipoted vigorously than befote to a diJigent District RIV-D), who in the festivi- ties held in Tonouon, Botangos on luly 23 in study of Freemasonry and its differ- honor of the "Sublime Parolytic." eflt aspects; to a persistent practice of N{asonic ideals, principles and Pinupuri din namin ong mgo sumusunod: - 1. Mqa Lohio o Distrito no nag-orgoni- values in daily life; and to a wide sa ng m.go proyekto, kogoya ng essoy-writing dissemination of those ideals, prin- contest o poster-moking contest, no moy on- ciples, and values among our fel1ow- gkop so temo ng buwon ng Agosto, ."Moson- eryo at Kulturo so Mokabagong Ponohon." men, particulady our countrymen, 2. Mga Lohia o Distrito na nog-organ- and especially those who come un- iso ng mga polotuntunon sa ika-79 ot iko-i7 det the pale of out influence each ng Agosto, bilang poggunita ng mga aniber- soryo ng koorawon nino Kopotid no Manuel dayl . Luis Quezon, Amo ng Wikong Filipino, ot Got Marcelo H. del Pilar, Ama ng Mosoneryo so Ftate Pilipinas. 3. Mga Kopotid so NCR-E at NCR-F na lumohok so mgo oktibidad na nagonop so JUAN Quezon Memoriol Circle, Lungsod ng Quezon. Gra 4. Mgo Kapotid sa probinsya nQ Qu- ezon no lumohok sa mga festibidad no nago- nap so Syudod ng Luceno sa ika-19 ng buwan. 5. At mgo Kopotid so Bulocon na lu- mahok so mgo festibidad no nogbigoy pugoy koy Kopotid no Marcelo del Pilor so iko-j0 ng buwon.

12 The Cabletow j Vol. 90, No. ?, July-August 2013 By MW Danilo Angeles, PGM Grand Secretary

The making of a lodge Master (or the forgotten Royal Art)

"When does a Lodge Master become a Past Master?" The ques- tion suddenly opened up a padlocked chest of issues, calling for deep review-even rectification-of certain Philippine Masonic practices.

Hope dses over the lodge when- tefs steef against, even combat, the eyer a newly-installed Mastet begins current of vile and inanities perpe- his term. The brethrefl are in for trated by the lodge mob. For his re- a fresh start. New ways and new sistance, he steps down battered and things are coming. Bright promises tobbed of his Past Master's apron, are up in the air. A rosy future lies jewel or certificate. ahead. But here is a piece of bad news Blessed is the lodge where har- to alllodge cabals and smart-alecks. mony prevails. It stands to enjoy this No Iodge or Mason can prevent, pleasant and hopeful ambience of withhold or deny the conferment of fresh start. A lodge with wiser mem- the Past Master's apron, jewel, certif- bers will make use of this chance to icate or degtee to any Lodge Mastet firm up and futthet the lodge labors. in office. But hope eludes lodges racked by This matter came to me when a factsonal in-fighting. The Master be- communication of interesting, and comes a perennial target of opposi- by all means amusing nature, has tion, right or \r/rong. Nothingworks. landed at the Grand Secretary's ta- Nothing done. In certain cases, ble recbndy. some right-headed STotshipful Mas- A couple of brethren in a dis-

The eabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, july-August ?01 3 13 trict north of wanted Masons' "Ritual of the Installed (or to know if the particular appellation Past) Master's Degree." of a local lodge was right or not. Yeatly, Immediate Past Masters The peculiar circumstances sur- (IPM, of our grand jurisdiction, rounding the namesake gave rise to who have just concluded their terms the inquiry. of office, queue up and take this rit- A certain "Stanley Polintang" ual the day after the Ancom. In the (not his real name) was elected Mas- end, they forma'Ily earn the title of ter of a lodge. But he passed away "Past Mastef." before his Installation to the East. Now, at the opening of the ritual, The late Bro. Polintang never got to the Presiding Master explains before sit, rap the gavel, and preside ovet the IPM candidates the significance the lodge, in his elected and official of the degree- capacity as Worshipful Master, even for a second. 'While in Masonic pailancq a Past To perpetuate the memory of Master is one who has serued a term this deceased N{ason, his contem- as Master of al-ndge, there is another named newfound local poraries a defnition of Past Master; namefi a lodge in his honor complete with profrienl and tho'rough Master. Yoa the "Worshipful Master" tide haue attained the Master's Degree in thus, giving cause to the institution- Masonrlt, andlour lodge, b1 electing and chartering of the "\Worshipful Master Stanley Polintang Memorial .yow to rule and gzuerfi it this 1tear, Lodge No. XXX." ma1 be said to haue proclaimedlou a Past Master of the Ro1alAn." Question: Is it correct to ndme dn dncient craft lodge after The last sentence gave the an- an elected, deceased and titled swef away-"yeor lodge, by electing 'Vorsbipful Master but was NOT you to tule and govern it this year, formally Installed to the East? may be said to have proclaimed 1,ou a Past Master of the Royal Art." Answer: Yes. The chatter officers and mem- bers of the "\Worshipful Master The question earned negative Stanley Polintang Memorial Lodge responses at first. But the ansu/ef No. XXX" were correct to name turned out evefi more surprising. it so. The ritual points out that VaB For this, our basic and most crucial Polintang?s mere election to the East refetence is the Free and Accepted aheady qualifies him as a "Past Nfas-

14 The Cabietour I Vol.90, No. 2, July,August 20'l 3 ter" eN!. Not even taking charge mon knowledge has it that the of his lodge for a second, yet he Master of the lodge, the highest of- aheady jumped two steps ahead to ficer in the ancient craft lodge, must secure the PM tide fast and perma- have been elected, installed, served nently. a term for the prescribed period of Expectediy, a number o_f breth- 12. months and then retired. ren were surprised to hear it. How Only then will he earn the honor- come the PM tide comes automati- ary title of "Past Master" afld all the cally vrith the Master's election? privileges that go with it. Bro. Albert G. Mackey-a lumi- .In short, we have grown used nary in Masonic histoty, rituals and to the idea of the East as just an- jurisprudence--defined the "Past other office. And this is just whete \Iaster" in his self-authored "Ency- all the confusion begins. \7e forget. clopedia of Freemasoflry" (1878): rWe leave out the proficiency and 'An honotary Degree usually con- thorou$hness that makes a master, ferred on the Master of a Lodge at "Mastef." his installation into office." pmpha- .And mastery is what the Royal sis added.l Art is all about. Not for nothing why in certain A three-grade progression s)'stem grand jurisdictions, the Past Mas- (through the Apprentice, Fellow ter's apron, jewel and certificate are Cruft and Master degtees) marks handed over to the Lodge Master the admtssion of a Petitioner to the right after his election. They do not Craft. Similarly, a three-grade pto- wait for his Installation anymore. gression s)'stem (through the South, So, what is it with Filipino Masons $7est and East stations) requires the who ye6 walk the Master out of the ascension of a Mason to the East. lodge in the December stated meet- The Otdinances are clear about ings-and deliberate on whether to it. Noteworthy, "Ordinances" make "award" him or not the Past Mas- up the Part II of the Masonic Law ter's jewel, apron and certificate? Book u,hete Part I goes to the In ali my Masonic years, I haven't "Constitution." ("Ofdinances" are found out how and whr, this doubt- not the same as the "Constitution.") ful practice begun. Masonic law expiicitly requires that "No master of any lodge shall be The Stations installed unless he served as $Var- den." [Ordinances, Art. X, Sec. 3] Filipino Nlasons only looked su- But compliance to this requisite perficiallv at the East today. Com- is not enough. A clearance is yet

The Cabletow I Voi.90, No. 2, July-Auqust 70i 3 15 needed from the designated Grand he next learns the "motal iaw" that Lodge officets who must certi$r his defines justice and sustains harmo- proficiency not only in the degree ny, "being'the strength and support lectures, but also in lodge rituals, ad- of all societies especially of ours." ministration and j urisprudence. This makes the Senior $Tarden That's why lodge aspitants to the the toughest, the make-or-break East take the IMES Course to get position, in the lodge. Motal law is proof of what the District Officers what we have signed up to embtace cannot competently certif} Thete in our Petition. Moral law is also is a system that structure Masonic what the Installing Officer demands laws, lodge management techniques from the newly-elected Master. And and ritual routines. Comprehensible, motal law comes under the territory they can be acquired, learned and of the \West. practiced by all. Sadly, we allow our Lights to climb up to the East without even "High-minded indeed are the knowing what the West and South concepts of Law and Beauty. mean. But theynever mean anything This is where the lodge comes in. unless they are lived out by High-minded indeed are the con- cepts of Law and Beauty. But they the lodge." never mean anything unless they are lived out by the lodge. So, the Ughts But what cannot be passed or deliberate on plans, execute pfo- learned by all is mastery-particu- grams, and perfotm regular duties. lady, mastery of the self. So, besides Sometimes, they shoot high. Some- the IMES Course and the Grand times, they shoot low. Lodge officers, there is a third and 'Working with the Lights, lodge very important check that is essefl- members hand out suggestions, tial to the making of a Lodge Mas- lend a hand, whisper counsels, press ter. Apparendy, this is not working for more results, cut down on the today-the lodge itself. Lights' excesses-and if necessary, The lodge elects to the South sta- vote the Lights out of office. tion the best Mason of all the regu- -short, In the 2-year period in lar Masons available. In the South, the \Warden positions is a trial-and- the newly-elected \Warden Junior learning petiod. lil(/here the lodge discovers what !'moral beauty" is. points them, the Lights take and So, he sees to it that moral beauty keep it for their education. And what prevails over the lodge. the Lights learn during their Warden \7hen he advances to the \West,

16 'The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 services will make them into Lodge phy was cailed as the "queen of the Masters. sciences" until it was bumped off So, what Master a lodge acquires by theology. Socrates was the first is the Light it has bred, traineJ and to propound ethics in \Western phi- made. A lodge shapes and nurfures losophy, calling the cosmos and the its own Master. A good- Master state of the soul as "Geometry.,, means a wise incubating lodge; bad, Plato dealt with the metaphorical a pathetic lodge. It therefore sounds cave whete men come out ',ffom fatuous to hear that a lodge has de- darkness into light." And Aristotle prived its Master of his PM privileg- ably explained the existence of the es. One deserves the other, after ilL. "soul" in man. What spiritual foundations that Royal Art philosophy had estabiished, the Church seized and repackaged them But a wise and harmonious lodge later under the label of "theology.,, sees far beyond the vindictive and But philosophy had already sunk punitive repdsals that a cheap and its roots deep among the Operative petty-minded lodge lays before its Masons ahead of the appropriation. outgoingMasters. A true and worthy Bteaking down philosophy into di- Masonic lodge is generous in giving verse Masonic symbols, we now call opportunities to its members for the the study and practice of Masonry attainment of the "Royal Art." today "Speculative Masonry." We Once a Ught is elected Master, call the advancement in Masonic his arrivai at the East symbolically knowledge a "Royal A.6"-in 26- culminates his study of the "Royal knowledgment of philosophy's Art." queenly prestige before. From the best and exemplaryMa- With the Master's kingly hat on son on the foor, he attains to wis- one hand, arrd the Royal Art on the dom which is figuratively rewarded othet, \rre now discover what the an- by the Master's \,11-a substitute for cient Masons have required of its the kingly crown. Lodge Masters to become: "philos- The Lodge Master's "tegal" hat, opher-kings." and the absolute power that comes It was a tall order. But like it or with it, is a constant reminder that not, this is Freemasonry. Masons today do not care to know That's whlr lt4utot s are often re- or practice anymofe-the "Royai minded that everlrhing in the Craft ,^\ft. is symbolical. The lodge offices are In the Medieval Age, philoso- not your commofl day-to-day of-

The Cabletow I Voi. 90, No. 2. July-Auoust 20I 3 lices. I A Mason's good showing in and And where the offices are sym- out of the lodge earns him the elec- bolical, the iabors that the lodge of- tion to the South station. His ser- ficers and members regulady con- vices in the $Tarden position make duct take on deeper and greater up the proving ground of his com- significance. petency to sit in the East. This ba- Every lodge thus becomes a step- sically compdsed the road to the ping stone for the Lights to sharpen "Royal Art." their minds and build their charac- , So, pay more attention to the ters. Everv lodge meeting is a chance making, than to the performance for everl' regular \Iason to impror-e of, vour Lodge Master. Training a and make himself useful so that he Lodge Master is a lodge concern. will qualify for the South station For this, draw up a reasonable and doable lodge program. "What Master a lodge ac- A lodge that is too proud to ad- quires is the Light it has brbd, mit its inanities must never throw trained and made. A lodge the blame on the Master. Framing up scapegoats must stop. Youf Mas- shapes and nurtures its own ter only mirrors the quality of your Master." lodge.

In short, the yearly coming and go- I A Master who has been meri- ing of Masons to and from the East toriously eiected to the [251-2sd is a parable we al1 act out together. NOT bv pattonage, purchase) ma- Every lodge meeting is an occasion nipulation or intimidation of vot- for good Masons to become better. ers-jusdy deserves his title. He Everl' Masonic concourse is a step-. worked hard for it-from the floor ping stone for the attainment of the to the Warden stations. It is not a Royal Art where Masons must take prize to be awarded by the lodge. He turfls to take a shot. jusdy earned it. \fith these forgotten ideas now Therefore, no lodge or Mason recalled, it is about time that we em- wields the right or power to deny brace them again, to suppler-nent the Masler his PM privileges. what we have missed, or rectify Only his boss, the Grand Mas- where we have erred. ter, can do that. So, never usurp the I have listed a few points which, powers of the Grand Master-lest, I believe, must be impressed on Ma- the Grand Lodge gets back on you. sons' minds- STorse, never even play God. \We are

1B ?he Cabletow I Vr:|. ?0, No- 2, July-Auqust 2013 not even psychics or clairvoyants to read into the secrets of the hearts Freemasonry never approves of and minds of men. practices that violate a Mason's Ob- Many Masons cannot even read ligation to another especially in an the Monitor so as to pass judgment open lodge. This Filipino Masonic on whether a Master has successful- practice of doubtful origin must \'attained to the Royal Art or.,o,. stop.

I Outgoing Masters are walked out I Certain grand iurisdicuons con- of the lodge during the December fer the PNf title and privileges on the stated meetings. He is kBpt fiom Master at his Instailation rite; that is, hearing NOT on whether to receive before his term. Philippine Masons the PN{ privileges or not. That is an do it after the Master's term. It is in- issue long setded since the 1800s. serted in the Incoming Master's In- Rather, he is kept from discovering stallation program. the pleasant surprises that the lodge Very likely, economy or the literal is preparing for his retirement in re- understanding of the "Past Masrer" tutn for his yeadong services to the title keeps an incumbent Master's brethren. conferment rite a tail end event. But it encroaches into the Incom- With the Master's kingly hat ing Nlaster's Instailation-where the on one hand, and the Roy- incursion into someone else's day al Art on the other, we now gives ofF an impoliric sense. fiscover what the ancient Noteworthy, GLP Grand Nlasters put the conferment and the instal- Masons have required of its iation rites together into one event. Lodge Masters to become: Courtesy. economy and the signifi- "philosopher-kings." cance of a tur-novef characteristic of national leadetships make it so. So, what many Filipino Masons I would rather caution the breth- do during December is virtually un- ten against breaking abruptly from masonic. Debating on whether to the current practice. Throwing the "aw^rd" him the PM privileges or Instailation and conferment of the not dredges up mixed and hostile PM title ceremonies together in one sentiments tantamount to defama- event would paint a newly-elected tion. It is ungentlemanly to talk be- Master fresh and afl eager upstaft. hind someons's f2sfu-krowing that A word of approval must 1-et issue his brief absence from the lodge is from the Grand Master. dtle to compulsion than free will.

TheCabletow I Vc,i.i0, No.2, Juli-ALrousr2fi 3 But as things stand today, it is al- pteventable if only the local Grand right for Lodge Masters to hold the Lodge Inspector is doing his job. PM conferment on his own say, in Always follow the due course set his last month in office, or dght af- for these purposes. ter the December lodge elections, or on the lodge anniversary-and treat the merry brethren to a dinner after. "The yeaily coming and go- ing of Masons to and from the \Warden takes over I The Senior East is a parable we all act out the East when the Master is walked together." out of the lodge- Here, he displays the "trust and confidence" teposited by his Master on him as the deputy. If the Craft reverts to the path Significandv. lodge factions and un- of the Royal Art, big chances pre- masonic Masons use this chance to sent that even lodges of lesser get back or get even with a straight and sometimes, undeveloped in- or successful Master. They hold the telligence, can be swooped up to apron, jewel and cetiflcate as PM's improvement. They commonly bargaining chips. corner the East. The \)Torshipful The wotst a Senior $Tarden can Master becomes hostage to the do is to entertain opposition from whims and designs of the lodge the floor which actually is wrong. mafi.a or rivaling factions. They dangle the Past Master's privileges I If a lodge or any member holds as negotiation catds in subverting an issue against the Lodge Master, the Master and hence, the entire they should have taken it up during lodge. his period of \X/arden sslvi6ss-s1 On the corftrary, all the more must not have voted him to the East reasofl there is to hope for harmo- at ail. nious and wiser lodges. They look If the Master has committed a up at the office of the Master as a violation of the law, the lodge grave high-minded and tespected posi- complains straight to the Grand tion of- trust. Master to whom the Lodge Master They know it. The Master of is accountable. For personal com- the Lodge is an institution in him- plaints, a member brings it up to the self subsumed under the larger in- District Deputy Grand Master who, stitution of the Ctaft. S in turn, holds a Temple of Harmony session. But both instances are often

The Cabletow I Vol. 9U, No. 2, July-August 201 3 News Neri Lodge No. 214 aided 110 school kids in Misamis Occidental

The brethten of Bernatdo A. Neri for the project. Then, they informed NIrs. Memorial Lodge No. 2l4handedout free Lina Cinches, Coordinating Pdncipal of school supplies and rubber slippets to 110 the District of Calamba-and a Mason's indigent schoolchildren in a temote NIis- wife-about the inteoded Brigada Es- amis Occidental village at the start of the cuela. school year. The bros, along with their wives and On June 7, \[.ArI Olympio 'Junie" A. other family members, assembled at the N{angao, Jr led the bros of Ned Lodge ground floor of the lodge'.s hall on the No. 214, of Calamba town in the same morning of D-Day. \X/N{ Nfangao gave the province, for a "Brigada Escuela" Iodge linal instructions. project. Ftom the lodge, ther, went ro the Target was the Pestafras Elementary Calamba Central School to pick up Sis. Schooi in Magcamiguing village, located a Cinches. Next, the1. motored to Pestaias few kilorneters from Calamba which is the Elementary School. town proPer. The btos and their family members Btos of Ned I-odge No. 214 passed handed out the school supplies and rubber the hat around and gathered enough fund slippers to a total of 110 grade schoolers. Bros in the news Mason leads battle for truth vs.

A Mason heads the unearthening of the grimy details behind the highly conttovetsial that has rocked the nation. Lawyer Levito Baligod, 44, of St. John lodge No. 3, came to the pub- lic eye when he brought his cl-ient, scam whisde-blower Benhur Luy, to the Na- tional Bureau of Investigation (IJBI) of- Bro. Levito Baligod: crusading lawyer fice, to spill it all before the authorities on gering Php 10 billion of taxpayets'monev. 30. July Tlus tdggered the holding of the "NIil- The family of Luy had turned to Bro. lion People March" at fuzal Park on Au- Baligod for legal help in December 2012. gust 26, 2013 caltngfor the total abolition . Luy was illegally detained for 4 months of the "Priotitv Development Assistance by his second cousin and scam master- Fund," or pork barrel fund, mind Lim Napoles, But what Luy Janet Raised in 2008, Bro. Baligod, 44, was and other whistle-blowers revealed had widowed in Februarv 2012. He is a father angered the nation defrauded a stag- of to 4 teenage boys. bl

The Cabletow I Vr:l. 90, Nc. 2, Jr,rly-Auqusr 2il'13 GM's July-August activities Historie events eapped GM's period aetivities

By VW Roseller Malabanan Chief of Staff & Administrative Assistant to the Grand Master

N{\(/ Juanito "Jun" Espino, JULY Jr. plunged into Julv u.ith the usual diligence his office re- On the 3rd, M!7 Juanito G. quires-and capped the rainy Espino. Jr. and his partv were seasofl's first two months with at Alfonso Lee Sin Lodge No. historic commemorative activi- 158 in Dagupan City, where ties. the1. 211grded the inauguration Masonic historic events of its Temple. included the 1 15th birth an- On the day following, M\M niversary of Manuel Luis Qu- Espino met with the NCRJun- ezon) statesman and the first ior Grand Lectutets, District Filipino Grand Master of the Deputv' Grand Mastets, and Grand Lodge of the Philippine District Grand Lecturers at the Islands; also the 163rd birth Plaridel N{asonic Temple. anniversar), of Nlarcelo Del On the 5th, our M.S7. Pilar, foremost Filipino propa- Grand Master presided over gandist and acknowledged as the ceremofly of Instituting "Father of Philippine Freema- Fair.uvay Lodge U.D. held at the son r\.' temple- of Samboang^n Lodge Not to be left out among No.310. the "historic" milestone e\rents On the 6th, MW Espino was the Cefltennial Anniversa- and his patty attended a special rv of I{alilavan Lodge No. 37 meeting of Kutang Bato Lodge in Lucena City. No. 110 and witnessed the con-

22 The Cableteiq$ I V*1. !0, liio. 2, Luly-August 2013 fercal of the sublime degree of of the Order of the Amatanth. IVIasonry on certairi candidates. Still much later, he met with the In the evening of the 9th, DDGMs of the NCR regatding M\7 Espino attended the meet- the IMES. ing of the Masonic Chadties for In the morning of the 20th, Crippled Childten,,Inc. (MCCCI), M!7 Espino presided over the which was held in the Plaiidel Ma- ceremofly of dedicating a hall sonic Temple. On the day follow- in the temple of Mendez Nuffez ing, he had a lunch meeting with Lodge No. 316. Later, he attend- MW Rosendo C. Herrera, PGM, ed the orientation of new Master GMH, at the Century Park Hotel. Masons in . In the morning of the 11th, On the 23rd, M\7 Espino our M.\W. Grand Master met with and his party were in Tanauan, the DDGMs of Northern , whete they attended at the Plalidel Masonic Temple. the wreath-laying cetemony held On the 13th, MW Espino and Mabini Shrine and other ac- ^tthe his party were in Lucena City, tivities organized to celebrate the whete they attended the celebra- 1,49th anniversary of the birth of tion of the Centennial of Kali- Bro. Apolinato "I{atabay" Ma- layan Lodge No. 37. In the even- bini. ing of the same day, our M.\W. On the 25th, MW Espino and Grand Master attended the NCR- his party were in Malolos, Bulac- D Orientation of Petitioners held an, where they attended the Con- at the Golden Fortune Restau- secration of VW Joel O. Potlares, rant. DGL, as Bishop. On the 15th, MW Espino was in Naga City, where DDGMs, AUGUST DGLs, and WMs assembled mainly to witness the signing of a In the afternoon of the 1st, Memotandum of Agreement be- Gtand Lodge Officets, as well as tween the Masonic leadets of the NCR DDGMs, DGLs, and WMs, and representatives assembled at the Plaridel Masonic of the MCCCI. Tempie for the main putpose of In the afternoon of the 17th, participating in the launching of he entertained in his office at the IMES Strdtegic Planning. MW GLP Bldg. courtesy callers from Espino delivered an inspitational Siera Madre Lodge No. 181. Af- talk. terwards, he met with officers On August 2-9, M'Sf Espi-

The Cabletow I Vol.90, No.2, july-Augusr 201 3 23 no and his'party visited the M.$V. late M\)7 and Pres. Manuel Luis Grand Lodge of California. Molina Que2on. On the 10th, our M.\Xi Grand In the afternoon of the 20th, Master was invited to be the guest MW Espino attEnded the meeting of honor and speaker during the of the MCCCI at the GLP Bldg. 105th Anniversary and Past Mas- He scheduled a luncheon ters' Night of Araw Lodge No. meeting with ihe PGMs and oth- 18. Since he could not be present er GLOs at the Heritage Hotel during the occasion, he tequested on August 23. But, mainly due to RW Tomas G. Rentoy III, Senior inclement weather, the luncheon Grand \Warden, to repfesent him. meeting was canceled. On the 14th, MriT Espino was On the 24th, oar M.W. Grand the guest of honor and speaker IVlaster and his pzrty were in duting the Anniversary and Past Tabuk, where they attended the Masters' Night of Bagumbayan Anniversary of Mampiya-an Lodge No. 4 held at the Golden Lodge No. 284. Fortune. On the 25th, Masonic In the morriing of the 16th, M\7 leaders in the NCR, RIV A & B Espino presided over the ceremo- (Cavite), and R III (Central Lu- ny of laying the cornerstone of zon) assembled at the GI P Bldg the temple of ICdapawan Lodge for the launching of the Training No. 170. Then, together wit[ his of Trainors Program. The Sen- party, he proceeded to l(oronadal iot Grand Lecturer and the M.S7. City, where he presided the dedi- Gtand Master d-elivered their in- cation of the building of Sultan spirational messages. I(udarat Lodge No. 348. On the 30th, our M.W Grand On the day following, he met Master and his partywent to , with the DDGMs and DGLs of Bulacan in order to join our brethten Region XI A & B and Region XII in Masonic District R III-E in the A & B in General Santos City. parude and other activities iined up On the 19th, our M.rM Gland to celebrate the 163rd anniversary of Master and other Grand Lodge the birth of Ill.-Marcelo H. del Pi- Officers joined the brethren of lar, 33o,- the 2nd editor-in-chief of NCR-E and NCR-F at the Qu- IA SOLIDARIDAD, the fortnighdy ezon Ctty Memorial Circie, where publication of the Reform Move- they participated in festivities or- ment, and the Father of Philippine ganized to celebrate the 115th, Masonry. MW Espino delivered a anniversary of the birth of the short talk duting the occasion. 0!

24 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 Ihe Circle of the lodge

This series takes a close look at each station in the lodge- how they work and what kind of world they foster together to every Mason who moves about it.

asoris are used to seeing three In effect, the stations work like stations in the lodge-the the passage of the hours of the day. South, West and East sta- So, any complete tufn, say by a com- tions. They often missed the fourth: pas6, means a closute ot space; by the North. the hands of clock, a completion of Called as the "Gteat Lights," time or day. the three stations are peopled with Space or time, there is cir- office-holders, the \$Tardens and the cularity in the workings of a lodge. Master. There is none in the North. After all, its shape is near gilgig-2n That's because the North oblong. The Lecture says it denotes is symbolic. The First Degree Lec- universality. As the Great Lights of ture says it is "a place of darkness." the lodge, they explicitly represent Fot black, we substituted invisibiliry. wisdom, strength and beauty. If so, Regardless, it is necessary to have a what do we make out of the notth? North 5121i6n-lsst, the four car- Death? Judgment? Immortality? dinal directions will be incompiete. What is now obvious is that The lodge will lose its bearing. the stations comprised. the tracing So, a Masonic lodge is plotted on points of a circle-by all indica- the points of the compass. But with tions, the circle of life. If so, Masons the Blazing Star at the centet of the move and ponder about the verities hall, the stations take on another of life in every labor. But then, the function. They tell time. They stand Monitor didn't say so. Or didn't say for the opening, height and closing it all to privilege us with the c'et- of the day; the north, "evening" of tainty that we now seek. Rather, it death of day. implicitly drives er,-ery craftsman to

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26 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 Junior Warden Station

lThatthe South Station means I-HE STATIONS

The South stands for the "sun proud. Of all the Masonic figures, at meridian heights." It is an ancient he stands not oniy for a "ttuly craft (octrine and not just an office distinguished Mason." Moreover, or spot in a lodge. he stands for the central figure in But the commofl-and merce- Masonic lore. This si further sus- nary-view is that the South is just tained by the assignment of the a stepping stone to earn the blue Great Light of Beauty to the South, lodge's leadership. A hollow look equipped with the ornamental Co- reduces the functions of the South rinthian column. to fun and food only. If GMI{A is assigned to the South, This makes its officeq the Junior then what "beauty" does the sta- Warden, no different from a mess tion signifi,? sergeant who clangs the pots and pans for chow time and packs up Raising the dininghill.after the meals. Simi- larly, reduces it the lodge to a rap^- GMHA was accosted, beaten and cious horde incapabie of depth. murdered by three hardened ruffi- But the South is more that. than ans. A number of Masonic wtitings Debasing just the station to food symbolicaliy alluded these low-lives and fun misses mean- not only the to indolence, ignorance and bigotry. ing the of Third Degree; worse, the Naturally, opposites clash. Where whole point Ancient Craft }da- of the vilest of human passions were sonry. In the Raising Lecture, we are at odds with GMHA, then we de- instructed that "the pillar of beauty duce that GMHA was anything that is said represent to Hiram Abif." these ruffians v/ere not-industry, Any Junior Warden must feel knowledge and tolerance.

Ihe Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, july-August 2013 27 The Raising plot clearly sets fians-were certainly far from the distinction between villains delighted with GMHA. But the and heroes. Where the low-life death of a man of good char- occupies one end of the scale, acter infuriated another. I(ng the noble takes the opposite Solomon sent out the cavalty, end. Bad guys-traitors, cow- hacked the ruffians down, and ards and Masonic frauds-do it put up a marble monument for deceitfully "in the dark." Good GMHA right in the heart of his guys do it in the clear and trans- pet mega-project, the Temple. parerit "light" of the day. With pitch black souls, the ruffians Character. consummated their crime at "low twelve, which is twelve So, what beauty that the South represents is certain- GMHA regularly performed ly more than skin-deep. It his pious duty in the sancto cuts right through the soul. sanctorum or Holy of Ho- For what rudeness the ruffi- Iies "at high twelve, when ans had exhibited, we must the craft were called from couflter it with the 'cultiva- labor to refreshmeflts." tion of moral character. Take notice: the Raising "Chatactef' basically story isn't contented with a. means a distinctive trait, mere description of GMHA whether it's "police chat- .or as a "good mafi" alone. Por- actef" "chatacter of a traytng him adoring in the touristy place." Now, adding Temple puts ^n added di- the adjective "mofal" makes mension to the word Ma- moral character an individ- sonically "good." ual's disposition to express vit- Drawing from the Raising sto- tuous ot good behavior in con- ry, what "beauty" therefore does sistent patterns no mattei how the South station signify? It is situations vary. the beauty of moral chatacter. Moral character is not vir- But why "moral chatacter?'? It tue. It is latger than virtue. It is is a kind of beauty that pleases actually an assembly of vittues, meri as well as God, good behavior and right-think- Sadly, it is easier to please ing. It is the sum of all the good God with moral beauty than we have acquired through time. men. The ruffians-being ruf- In Masonry, it is our "mofal

28 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 and Masonic edifice" that resrs scribed for observance in social on the foundations of virtues or official life. By eriquette, we (First Degree), topped by the catch a glimpse of the good a superstfucture of ideals (Third person possesses, Johann Wolf- Degree)-walled and connected gaflg von Goethe, a 17th cen- together by the framework of tury German writer and politi- knowledge (Second Degiee). cian, described it well: "A man's Every edifice serves a pur- manners are a mirror in which pose, of course. Earl Warren, the he shows his portrait." 14th chief justice of the U.S. Su- Etiquette is not nature; rather, preme Court and 30th governor nurtured. We acquire it by theo- of California, tightly said, retical instructions, practical "The man of char- training-and re fined actet, sensitive taste. Benjamin to the meanrng Disraeli, a two- of what. he is time 18th cen- doing, wiii tury British know how primeI min---- :l to discover :, lstef, Sald the ethi- "Cleanli- cal paths in ness and or- the maze of der are not possible be- mattef s of havior." S instinct; they Picking the af e matters of right from the education, and like wfong path, prefer- most great things, you ring the good than bad, is must cultivate a taste for ethics. So, a man of charactet them." is an ethical persot1. But eth- ics-the evaluation and deter- Ashlar mination of the morally right and wrong-largely takes place Etiquette is an outcome of in the mind. It is theoretical. Its "self-development." And self- cousin, etiquette, is more practi- development is u,hat the meta- cal. fhorical ashlar is all about. Etiquette is the conduct re- A rough ashlar, "a stone tak- quited by good breeding, or pre- en from the quarrv in its rude

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-Auqust2il13 29 and natvral state," is cleaned readily in his practice of, what and chipped of its rough surface else but, the gentlemanly atts. and shatp edges to be turned it Basically, a gentleman is a into a perfect ashlar, "a stone male adult of good and cour- made teady by the hands of the teous conduct. Good bteeding workmen." makes him a standout. Now, take notice. All that the Gentlemen were not modern process requires is the Polish- era phenomenon."A gentleman ing-not transform2li6n-6f would be ashamed should his the stone. Transforming ashlar deeds not match his words," said into diamond or gold or some- the Chinese philosopher Kong thing else is "coflversion." But Fu Zi (Confucius), anticipating squaring and polishing a stone is the present gentlemen ftauds by "f efof mation." two thousand and five hundted Conversion is what out ritu- yeafs. als symf6lically do. Reform is But the Irish playwright and what we owe to outselves and to 1925 Nobel Prize winner George out brethren. Bernard Shaw pointed out the In other wofds, reformation deeper significance of being a by cultivating our manly virtues gentleman, "A gentleman is one and behavior is what the South who puts more into the world requires. And a man's cultiva- than he takes out." EC tion, culture or polish shows

Conduet in the $outh

The "sun at meridian heights is the beauty and glory of the day" Since the starion is atuibuted to "beauq,i' the elaborate Corinthian column ptopedy goes to its gatekeeper, theJunior Warden. The South is assigned to GMllA. Sq the most distinguished of regular Ma- sons in the lodge-just as the Widowt Son is a "truly distinguished ffi2^q6rt''- rises ftom the floor and is elected to the post. He must be the most outstandingin'matters Masonic---character, knowledge, proficiency, etc.-among his peers. But he must have also professed sincerity in his oaths, and fidelity in his actions, that are imitative of that celebrated artist every Third Degree Candidate represeflts.

The Cabletow I Vot- 90; No. 2, Jr"rly-At"tgt"rst 2013 Moral beauty goes to the Junior to "that undiscovered country from Whrden's territory It therefore be- whose bourne no traveler teturns." comes his discipline to discriminate be- Therefore, his job runs from earth-life t$ren refinement and crudeness, the to the afterLife-s),mbolically at th€ ioftv and the mlgar, sunplicitl'and the least. Ner.'er forget that GI\{HA is the gaud),, sinceriw and pretense, the real onl1' character in the N{asonic lore that from the falie, the right from u'rong, hugs both life and death. So, the Jun- and anrthing ior Warden that can trick gives joy on or please the one hand. senses. For But he te- he can ne'",er minds all be faith- that there is ful-just like also an end GN{FIA .'rras to all these faithful-if ioyr. he can never A few tell illusion pleas. from the u1s-1h21 profoundly is, whole- beautifirl. some pleas- Time ure-will is impera- nor hurt, th'e to every of course. N{ason. "To After aX, call dre craft "while from labot traveling to refresh- through menq and this vale of from refreshment to labor again, at the tears. I\{an that is born of woman is of u,ill and pleastxe of the \{brshipful feu,day-s, and fi.rll of 'trouble." Sq he Nlaster" means that theJLrnior Vrhrden admonishes all to come equipped and is the lodge's timekeeper. readv when our times are up. But the idea of time for the South Basically, the Junior Watden's duty extends be.vond the clock. The Jun- is between lodge labors. If the Wor- ior !ilarden rvears the lewel of the shipfi.rl N{aster asks him "\What is fsygl_,,s1rsr remembering that we the hour?," it means that the lodge are traveling upon the I-el-el of time is suspending work and switching to

I Th* {ablelow :r .rl ,,.) f!r. ,1, Jll.; Auqi-r:1 .r0l ; 31 "play-"-r. in stage or theater plal: mernrynakers. But all the more reason Nlealtime, a tunction of the must the sun sta\r {rrorly and shine South, is outside of loclse labors. Here, brighdl' at the meridian heights dur- the Junior \\Iarden mLrst see to it that ing the dark and sad occasions of the the brethren dine, not as fi1thv hog, lodge. but as cuiturecl men. u'arms the The unior therefore, calls \\ine -f \ilarden, fraternd. bonds just as it pror.okes the the brethren to a Lodge of Remem- rufEans. The brethren firust take care brance, or Funeral Ceremonli He sees not to drink like tools urnd decline intcr its fu-lfillment u,ith solemni6' and dig- rowdr. merriment, or lapse into lewd nim At the end, he leaves soothing, as or felonious madncss. much as soul-sffengthening words, to Amusement must calm the soul the u.idou.s and oqphans, iust as foocl satrs{ies the bodr, In ,.\sian The sun at high nvelve casts the Buddhist monasteries, the monks cat brightest and widest reach of light as the abbot reads lrom the scriprures. anr.time of the da1'. Hence, the Junior Soul and bodi,is nourished simultane- \\'arden must spread the most sunshine ousl,t. to most brethren at most of the time. . Not exacdv an abbot, r,et theJunior Embodl,ing "the beautv and glory of rWarden must onlv pick qualiw music the dari" he must display, as much as and entertainment for the lodge. The encoufage, refinement in words and brethren must leave for home filled deeds. He is the most gentleman of all nutritionally and spirituaill-[s i6 lvith the gendeman Masons in the lodge. culture, faith or good cheers. After all, to be a truly distinguished The obsen.ance of time runs even N{ason means to have a 6rmer, and onto the calendar. 1\Iarking the dates, more developed, "moral and Masonic the Junior Warden anticipates birth- edifice" than his peers. He is the most davs, annir'ersaries and other occa- adr.anced among the Master l\{asons sions worth cheering for. \{,hen the who have not been elevated to the dav comes, he girres out u,'e1l-u'orded Iights yet. For this, he earns the right toasts and tributes that u.arm the heart be elected to the South. He must see as they lighten d1s 56ul-11,ords that to it that moral beauty prer,ails over are worth treasuring tluoughout Jife. the lodge during his watch. Sq it is Spoken or written, in a note r>r card, his right irnd duqi at extreme cases, to u.ords can also kindle the aff-ections of proffer charges against an unmasonic Ivlasonic families which othenvise re- member before the lodge. main cold and distant. But ahvays, he is the compassion- The sun at high noon is most ate side and the benevolent arm of the

hospitable to revelries. It draws out rhe triad of the Lights of the lodge. .lol

32 lh*+ {ablc,tow i ilr;1. !{i. i',1a. l, lirlt'-Auc}ust 2C1l ltlhence came these tahle manners Hate it or love it. But table manners come with our Masonic package. THE STEWARDS

The job of calling the Craft But table manflers come with our from labor to refreshment goes to Masonic package. As the British the Junior Warden. Backed by the say, "Manners make a man." Stewards, he is the lodge's virtual Of course, a good number of party host, event organtzer and our bros arc practicing table man- maitre d'hotel rolled into one. ners. Some arefl't just informed. But in Masonry, dinners and Besides, Filipino dining has its own banquets are not iust serving and set of maflners. What we must at- supping meals. True, eating is a tempt, therefore, is to come up physical need. But meals are social with a set of universally-recog- rituals. Sittirrg straight in a high- nized practices where the best of backed chait while eating, withiut Eastern and \Western cultures meet anv hand ot arm on the table, is than clashed. a tofture fot some. But it is con- sideted a good form-actually the Western origins required f616-i11 table manners. Tabie manfiefs, after all, is rrot Culture was very much into the about ease, efficiencv or speed. odgin of table manners. Margaret Many Filipinos, for instance, Visser, authot of "The Rituals of see no reason why soup must be Dinner," attributed the start of sipped from the side of the spoon, dining etiquette to safety. Men in rather than shoveled straight into the rWest before ate with knives the mouth. to slice meat; even with clubs to ; Table ntanners are complex ctush anrmal bones. But the sight rules which, if anything, keep you of clubs and daggers, which were from totally enjoying your food. v/eapons during the Dark Ages, What counts is the quality of table had made people uncomfortable. conversation. So, food ends where Occasionallv. human nature for the meal begins. Hate it or love it. self-presetvation rose up, threat-

Th* Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. l, July-Augirit 201 3 33 ening violence to break out at the Hand it to the ltalians for in- dining table. So, table manners- troducing refinement to our dining assuring diners of safetl, during tables. A hundred years before the meals slowly came into practice. fotk, Venice made and sold frag- The invention of table man- ile but exquisitely beautiful wine neIS was not a monopoly of the glasses throughout the Continent. \X/est. But Asians were not as "war Partygoers, holding the glasses by freaked." Eating with a pair of the stem or cupping them by the blunt sticks, called "chopsticks," bowl, soon learned sophistication. was smarter and far more civilized The British impotation of tea than with knives or clubs. Besides, from the Orient in the 1700s add- evefything u/as cut and counted ed more table refinements. Gradu- in the kitchen before these were ally, the English devised rituals of served to the guests. Even eating pouring tea and holding delicate with the hand, like porcelain cups. the Indians and Fili- Like electronic tech- pinos, was civil so nology delicate long it was the right. "tools" of utensils The left hand was put sophistication in meant for washing dining. Bodily func- the call of nature' tions-like eating hence, gfoss. with the hand, even \Western table belching or slurp- manners saw signifi- ing-were pushed cant del.elopment out of the table prac- in 1669. The French king ordered tices. to dull and round the point of all In the 19th century, much of to- the table knives on his dining ta- day's dining practices were already ble. Not that he feared assassina- in place. Around 1820, "dinne4" tion. Rather, he was disgusted by the ptincipal meal of the day once his guests picking their teeth with served at 11 a.m., was moved to 3 table knives. p.m. and finally, in the evening- lWith table knives finally dulled giving way to lunch. and tounded, people still ate u/ith A bustling nightlife, which came their fingers. It was only in the late with dinner's assignmeflt to night, 17th century when forks, originat- portended the lifestyle of the 20th ing from ltaly, were introduced to cefltury. But superstition was still Eutope. much part of the era. Hotels, clubs

34 The Cabletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 20i 3 and festaurants in Paris were hiting But Asian hosts are more con- "fourteenths." \Wearing tuxedos scious of their roles. A Eutopean and top hats, they were called and host joins the banquet or dinner. paid to come to dinners and par- But an Asian host doesn't evefl ties when the number of guests or care to sit down and dine with the tabies numbered to 13, widely be- guests just to look after the kitch- lieved to be an unlucky number. en works and see to it that food is smoothly served. Or sometimes Asian roots plays the flute to afford his guests a restful meal. So, much of the table manners In Asia, it is clear who's the host we practice today have come from and who's the guest; who gives and the Sfssl-rn2ny through unex- who receives. The host is obliged pected starts. But this fact doesn't to give all his best possible. The invalidate' our Oriental manners. guest returns the gfatitude with In the East and sometimes in the best behavior and lasting friend- West, guests offer to clear the dish- shio. es from the table after meals. The So fat, it is the best arrangement host refuses, of course. for all Filipino Masons and Junior $7ardens. . EC

Planning thelodgemeals

THE STEWARDS

Like much Filipino men, most . Plan a well-balanced meal. Masons are not into homemak- Veggies and fruits make up 50 percent. ing. \7ith little knowledge of the The other half goes to grains (rice, of course) and proteins. Fish and poultry are "safe" pro- kitchen, planning for meals and teins. social events sometimes pose a Better, count the bros under "mainte- problem. nance" in your lodge to come up with the best estimate for beef and pork. Here is a few basics that Jun- Keep from serving sugary drinks. ior \X/ardens must keep in mind ' Don't serve"strong" dishes at any one when planning for lodge meals. time.

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 35 There must be no heavy and spicy dish- Bright raspberry-colored red wines- es simultaneously back-to-back. You don't with reddish-brown tint around the want sending the bros home wailing with edge-is still young. Older red wines hyperacidity or stomach troubles. are mahogany to brick-red in color. Red wines with golden color are likely aged . Besides budget, factor the seasons in oak barrel. into your meal plans. When served in sequence, the rule Fish and veggies are good choices for is "white before red, light before heavy, summer. With all the town fiestas in April young before old." lt is alright for a guest and May, low-cholesterol food will come as to pour a drink for himself. But it is more a relief for many bros. polite to offer pouring to the people on For cold and rainy seasons, roasts and your sides. stews will do well (for body energy and White wine is held by the stem of the heat). Add soup to the side, glass; red wine, by cupping the bowl of Both ways, pitch in any fruit of the season the glass. (fibers are helpful to digestion). . Ask for experienced advice or . Conscientiously select the wine for professional help when necessary. every meal. Since not all the bros are into culi- White wine goes with fish and chicken nary arts, ask people in the know how courses; red, with meat courses. to balance rich dishes with simple ones. White wines range from pale green, to Or combine flavors intelligently in every yellow to deep golden brown. Aged white meal. il wine is golden in color.

llandy tahle manners at the lodge meals You dine together to stay together. So, dining

well keeps the bond strong and pleasant. THE STEWARDS

I-.odge "after-meeting2' meals took manners when dining together at the basically after the Bdtish tradition. It is lodge. an occasion 16 s66l2li2s-16 hear and exchange news, to keep up the bond, to . Nerrer start eatinguntil grace is said. meet new contacts, etc. But it is also an Never enter into any imporang er,'en occasion where the guests put up their delicious without fint in- best forms and practice all the table voking the blessing of God. manners in the book ln other occasions, begin eating once Here ate some of the most usefirl the hostpicks up his fork Orunless the

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 20i 3 Junior Warden insists. Motion him to do the sarne ro the per- When uncertain, look around and sofl next to him and so on until it reach- start until when two or so people have es the individual makng the request. begun. The same goes for the bread baskeg lff4ren the meal served is the kind pitcher, fruit bowl, etc. thatturns inediblewhen cold (ike bulalo \ever pass it hand-to-hand if pos- or native beef stew which thickens with sible. Nor interrupt and use any piece lard when cooled), go on and eat. while en route to the person making the . After prayeq theJunior Warden of- request. (V/ait for your turn) fers a toast to the birthday celebrarrt (if Take notice: etiquette is not about any) or to any cause for celebmtion efficiency Itis more on good form than If he sands up, all the bros and guests simplicrty or speed. also stand and pick up their gJasses . Say'lfhankyott'' after every request, whether filled with wine or water. (Oth- beitto atable mate ortothewaiter. er toasts follow later in the fellowship) . Tumyour ceflphone off uihen din- . Petitionets doingservice at thelodge ing. If switchitto slentor . meals must serve food from the left of uibqat mode and take all calls outside the guests and bros. They collect the thedininghall usedplates and utensils from the dght . Say'Excr.rse me. Pll be backin a seC' . Sit up in a straightposture as much r.dren leaving the able. Ner,rer say you as possible. It is okay to lean so long are going to tlre iohn or'CR" asyou keepyout elbows off the table. . When a Sister or arry fernale lear,res the Yout left hand stays on )rour lap unless table or returns to siq all tlre bros and you arc usingit men seatedwith hetmust stand up. It . Start or retum any good cornrersation is adrivakicgesture. Stay pleasang amusing ot cheerful. . After eating collect yotrr spoon and Food is a social bonding €ent. You dine fork together and set them pointing together to stay together. inwadly to tlre plate at 420 o' dock I{eep busines--Masonic or oth- position It is a r:niversal signal for the erwise----out of the table conversation. waiters to collect your used plates, sil- Preferably, deal onlywith J.ight and posi- r,rerrrrare and glasses. tive topics. (Save the serious issues later. . Serving tea or coffee signats the end Nobody wants to get indigestion) of theformalpartof the everring. . When somebody asls for a condi- For Filipinos, it is desserr For Fili- ment (pepper, patiq etc), pid< up the pino Masorrs, itis always beer, Butwtry w{role ondimerrt set (if possible) and not try sefi/ing tea or cofiee ttris time? place it on tlre table before the bro or The bros are nour free to learre or stay guestne>fttoyotl. longer for the fello*ship. [o!

Tire fabletow I Vol.9l, ltln.2, July-Auqust 2i13 Giuing toasts and tributes

A toast is an age-old ritual of honor and goodwill among men.lt presents a chance for all Masons to put into words the moral beauty that the South stands for. THE STEWARDS

Offering a toast is a gendeman's acknowledged, he raises his glass and 211-fs1 a vanishing att. As the no- del,ivers, not iust flattering wotds; tion of the "gendeman" disappears, rather, his admiration, respect or af- so the toast disappears with it. fection to the honoree of "toast of !7ith banquets and dinners all over, the evening." the eady Masons were accustomed In other words, he lets out the sen- to-if not experts 6f-1e2s15 2nd timents inside his heart in a most civil tributes. Maybe, it was a simpler and v/ay. calmer era. But time is no hindrance A civil or socially-approved tribute' to refinement. Masons aren't likened must observe the follovdng: to "polished ashlars" if they lnca- . A tribute must not exceed beyond ^re pable of cultute or refinement. a minute. A few well-thought-out A toast isnt just clinking the glass- words are the best. A half-minute time es. It is a men's age-old dtual of honor is enough to make a good impact. and goodwill. \W4rat counts impor- . A toast must always be pleasing taniy are the words or "tribute" that not discomforting. It must never ridi- comes with the drink. cule or embarrass a friend. Or bring And where Masons are gathered in tears to the eyes of the guests and the fellowship, there is no better occasion honoree. "in promoting each other's welfare . A toast is a concise tribute, not a and rejoicing in each other's prosper- firll testimonial. A toast-giver rnay try iry" than sa)4ng it in a toast. This is a on an anecdote or fecollection. But he job for theJunior Warden. must see to it that that the guests will appreciate and understand it fast; lest it flops. Sincerity . A toast-givef never uses note cards; worse, reads his tribute froma catdot Basically, a toast-giver calls eve- a piece of paper. That's insincerity. ryone's attention in the table. \Xihen

38 TheCabletow I Vol. 90. No. 2, July.August 2013 . A toast is meant to give cause or . A toast-giver must flevef repeat heighten the celebration. Never steal what his predecessor has said. He the spodight ftom' the honoree bv must compose a new one quickly. Or building your ego-inflated self up in he just deiivers a simple congranrla- the tribute. Or by doing stand-up an- tofY toast. tics that divert the guests' attention away from the honoree or the spirit Junior Warden of the ielebration. . Direct the tribute to the honoree Marking the time-from clock to or the night's toast. Be specific. Don't calendar-is the Juniot Warden's job. generahve the tribute to the guests at He reminds the lodge 16 gslsh2ls- the table or in the hall. . and the reasons why they must do so. A toast-giver waits for the guests to After the lodge labors, nothing can \When raise their glasses. done, he fac- be more relaxing th'an aJunior\Warden es the honoree and delivers the tribute offering a toast at diffier or fellow- whether he is seated neat or far. . ship-to welcome the new DDGM, After delivedng the tribute,' the or tot congratulate the advancement toast-giver touches his glass to the of a Candidate to a higher degree. person's glass A toast puts next to him_ all the day's la- be it the hono- bor in a proper ree of just an- perspective. other guest. If The Junior nobody is near \X/arden must around him, not only keep he gestures his watch ovet the glass to the di- lodge'.s red-let- rection of the ter days. Spon- honoree. taneous events . \il4ren there happen in life. afe mofe than one toast-givers, each So, he must be the first to know of must wait for.his turn. The host, or the good foffune occurring in the Junior $7arden, manages the traffic members'lives-dle birth of a mem- of the brethren wishing to pay trib- ber's first grandchild, a visit by a so- lil7hen ute. a toast-giver's tutn comes, journing Mason, or a member's find- he keeps straight to the point. He is ing a new job. mindfril of the clock. Nobody mo- A dedicated student of motal beau- nopolizes the microphone. ty, the Junior Warden gets the chance

The eablatow I Vnl.90, No. 2, Luly-Augusr 201 3 39 to put all his reflections and discover- following, spirits rise as good cheers ies in the well-pondered words of the prevail. toast. For what "beauty" th" South Being a men's ntud, a toast of stands for, he will translate them into goodwill or honor affirms brothet- wotds that leave a pleasant as much hood. as inspiring effect on the honoree, the There is no limit on how frequently lodge membets and guests. the bros must give a toast-so long By gi"g the first toast, theJunior as conducted in pleasant and civil Warden sets the example on how to manner. And there is always a glass cheet fot the "welfare" and "prosper- to raise. But once it becomes a lodge tq" of a brother. Even well-wishes practice, nothing can be more pleas- for a quick recovery from sickness ing to the sight than to see a lodge of can qualify for a toast. S7ith the bros Masonic gendemen.0I

0ther slry t0ast practices ffi THE STEWARDS

. Toasts are held only from lunch . The Mason gentleqlafl offering up-never in breakfast or brunch. the toast must stand up, often at No gentleman drinks liquor in the the head of the table. When in a morning. If requested to give one, public place like a restaurant, he decline politely. stays on his seat to prevent dis- . Toasts are made with formal tracting the rest of the diners. He glassware-never with porcelain leans on the table to be heard by te^ or coffee cups. (Porcelain beer the grou-p. steins are exempted.) . To call the attention of every- . The host delivers the fi.rst toast. one, he will say, "Brethren andLa- It is his privilege. In a lodge, the dies of Masons, may I have your Master is the host-unless he pass- attention please. I wish to propose es the job to the Junior Warden. a toast." He motions evefyone to

40 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, Nr:. 2, July-Auqust 20'13 stand up. tavern s.) . He must see to it that evefv- . Offer the toast (or pa1, tribute) body's glass is filled, partly or fuil1,, straight to'the honoree and not to with wine or other drinks available. the guests in general. ' He never begins a toast until the ' Try not ending vour toast with glasses of the ladies are filled up. the.usual "Cheefsl" or "To health!" . .\fter a toast is delivered, each ot "Here's to you (N.)1" Stick to takes a sip from his or her glass. the cause of feason of the celebra- Do not empty it. Anticipate the tion. (A toast-giver's job is to de- succeeding toasts that will come. fine the celebration.) Better, end (Empty your glass in your seat with "Happv Birthday!" or "Con- if you wish to. Besides, we drink gratulations!" or the kind of greet- "bottoms-up" only pubs and ing the'occasion calls for. in "lol

bdng to Q\.) Lodge. But nothing will Masonic make us more than hrppy than to see you go on professing the purity of lour heart and the sincerity in vour ac- t0ast tions. For these will always tell in the end the kind of Mason that you are. And the kind of brother you ate will- samples THE STEWARDS ing to be. Congratulations!"

. A toast to a newly-Raised Atoast to a newly-obligat- bro*rer ed brother

A l\{ason gendeman doesn't say, A Mason gendeman doesn't say, 'IMe dont know what insane tea- "So, you have made it to the flrst or son has driven )rou to petition in our two steps. Lett see if are smart lrou lodge. Get ready and you wiil soon get enough to survive the last." Rather- what you'want." Rather- '"Bro. - vou have now artained "Bfo. , you afe fiow a Master the Desree of . Your dilisence. Mason. You no doubt feel proud to- Iidelity and effort show bright prom- night just like even'one of us in this ises for to compiete our three ,vou room on the day we have been Raised. ancient craft degrees. We welcome Nothing can be so rewarding than to the enthusiasm and fiesh energy you see the light at the end of your long

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 7, July-August 201 3 trials and. instructions. And nothing a fast thirty years alright. But a fruit- can be so fulfilling than to receive the ful and enviable thirty l.earsl You iust privileges you have worked so hard to don't knorv how your brethren have achieve. looked up to )'ou. You did well on "B), th. diligence and fidelity 1,ou 1'our multiple jobs as an engineeq a have demonstrated in the past months, husband and a father-providing for

we trust that 1,ou will not squander the 1,our famil11 securing the good life for theoretical and practicai lessons you yout kids, and sti1l carving an honor- have acquired. Nor will you slide back able name in 1,our profession. to ),ouf former self and render useless "So, to Bro. who has turned the collective that Lodge today effort QrI.) thirty 1,s215 old -, BUT with thirty has invested in bringing you from years of experience behind, we now darkness into light. expect to see vou regularly in out "Make us proud. And 1'ou wiil lodge meetings; especiallv in our Sat- make us more than proud when, in urda,v night bowling games. $7e need the passage of the seasons, we see you a stril

"Bro. _, welcome to G.,1.) "Look at the trouble you brought us!

Lodge. Congratr-rlations l " Your visit suddenly compelled the bros to put up their best behavior." o A toast on a brothet's re- Rather- tirement "Brethren, we are privileged to have Bro. (A) of Q\.) Lodge No. _ A Mason gentleman doesnt say, in (city/province), joined us tonight m 'You lucky old dog! You are now liv- our regular monthly meeting. He came ing on pension while the rest of us in the company of Bro. (B) who, well have I'et to sweat it out daily." Rath- known for his wise and good coun- ef- sels, ofteri recommends to sojourning "Bro. _, I bet that you have been brethren the best and the bdghtest surprised yourself to see how time blue lodge in this province. (smiles) flies quickly. In a wink of an eye, you "Bro. (A), we are very happy to are now leaving all the daily work, have you with us tonight. On your re- stress and hassles behind. That was tufrl to your lodge, please convey our

42 The Cabletow j .Vr:i. 90, l\o. 2, July-Aue;ust 2013 warm friendship to the Master and "So, fot vou, Bro. _, we ali wish the brethren of 0J) Lodge No. _, you more success, peace and happi- with the fum assurance that the cab- ness to come your way. Happy Birth- Ietou' of the bretfuen here in (ciry/ day, Bro!" province) is ever extended to all true and worthy btothers that travel this A toast by the host in uib- wa\. uie to a dignitary who is a guest "So, join me, brethren, in saf ing of honor 'rvelcome' to Bro. (A), not iust as a friend of Bro. (B), but as a friend of A Mason gendeman doesn't sa,v "I tWelcome, ours, too. Bro. (A))!" don't like 1,our politics but we need 1,ou hete tonight. So, let's get on with . A toast on the bitthday of it." Rather--- a brother "Bfethren, Ladies of Masons, and Friends: Please join me now in a toast A Mason gentleman doesn't say to our guest of honor, a man with a "'ff4rooa! It's yout birthday. So, it's deep sense of values rooted flrrnly in time to roast you." Rather- our historical pasq so much so that he "Bro. we all raise our glasses is with us here tonight to commemo- to celebrate this earth-shaking God- rate the birth anniversarv of Illus. Bro. appointed-, day-----on ttus da1' u'hen (I.i.of Msc hero). His administration the Lord appoiflted you to be born has no doubt uplifted many lives, in this wodd (no) years ago. Now raised the local economy, and given that you are here, we can do nothing hope of bdghter days ahead for out (pause) but give thanks to the Lord province. But his pa)4ng tribute to Il- for granting us a dependable brother lus. Bro. Q\.) tonight stands, not only who comfotts us with vise and some- for his veneration of our province's times outrageously fu*y words in famous and noble son; moreovef, as a our sad and try- testimony of his ing moments; a resolve to cary ,r,'onderfr.rl ftiend A dedicated student of on the ideals and u,-ho never iets labors of Illus. moral beauty the Junior us down through Warden gets the chance to Bro. Q.J.)-never thick and thin; to see our people put all his reflections and and an unbeat- agun n destitu- able, high-scor- discoveries in the well- tion and misery; ing, Temple Run pondered words of the rather to pursue plal'er. toast. the path of peace

The eahietow I Vr:t. 90, Nc. 2, JLrly-August 2*13 43 and prosperitv "Let us therefore raise our glass- r A toast to the brethren af- es to the distinguished father of our ter the completion. of an activity province, the Honorable Governor or proiect (r\.)"

A Mason gendeman doesnt say . A toast in remembrance 'lMe'te tired and out. But what's the of deceased btethren big deal anlru/ay in dragging the whole lodge to this kind of activiw?" Rath- A Mason gendeman doesnt say ef- "$7ell, what lucky fellows they arel "Bfedrfen, couftesy demands me They need not pay annual dues any- to thank you all for organtzing this more and go through all the hassles Lodge Family Day. But looking at it that come with maintaining a iodge." closely, it wrll be more correct for me Rather- to sav 'Congranrladons to you alll' not "Brethren, we afe gathered here only for preparing but moreover, for today in remembrance of our broth- taking part in this activity. ers who have already dropped their "It is said that God gives us children working tools. Ijke us, they used to in May so that we will have flowets in sit down and spend manv hours in December. For this reason, we de- fellowships like this, leaving behind vote ouf years-the best years of our many rich and unfotgettable stolies lives-for out family, for our w-ives we will treasure in our lifedme. Like and kids. $7e spare no effort to pro- us, they have labored in our lodge; so vide for them and secure them a bet- much so that out lodge has never been tet future. And after all we have done, the same since they left. But their spir- we still have to cultivate our bonds, it, their io)rs, their wotds, the6 good- and spend our qualitytime,with them. ness and concern for fellowmen will "It therefore makes me glad to see always remain embedded in the walls you all give your dme, resoufces and of our lodge hall, written in the pages most of all, your heart and spirit to of our Lodge Historr. Book, and in- this affair. At the starq I have only scribed in the hearts'of their brethren planned a bouquet for each of you. and friends. But judgrng by all,vour fun and laugh- "To the memory of our depart- ter today-the many hrppy memories ed brethren, who have now passed we have made today-I congratulate through the Pear\ Gates and made you all for having a gardenfirl of flow- their reports before the Lord, let us ers in your Decembers. Congranrla- raise our glasses." tions!". EC

44 The eablet$w I Vol. 9{.}, No. 2, July-August 2013 Manuel luis M.0ueron I Man for llur Season By Bernardita Reyes Churchill, Ph.D.

Quezon is lovingly remembered by his people for to them he left a legacy of national pride for his having won their independ- ence for them.

MANUEL LUIS MOLINA QUEZON, a Masonic icon likeJose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Apolinario Mabini,'was the first Filipino Grand Mas- ter of the united Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philip- pines. After the wat against the United States, he devoted all his enrrgies to making a reahty his wish for an independent, prosperous and progressive country for the people, free from foreign and oppressive rule. He was vety much involved in the constitutional struggle to define that independence and the political, economic, social and inteilectual conditions needed to be laid down to ensure the best interests of the land and the people.

Quezon was many things to many most magical quality which... draws people - "demagogic politician at men to himseif as few men in his- home, conservative statesman in tory have been able to do." To an \Tashingon; democtat in speech American iournalist, Quezon was and autocrat in behavior; nativistic " extfavagattt, impetuous, fiery, with and cosmopolitan; socialistic and the short arched nose of the Span- capitalistic." Most of a))., he was one ish conquistador." of the most exciting leaders of his Quezont political career was one dry - "a political virtuoso" - char of the longest and most successful ismatic to the hilt and dramatic in in modern history. Thete would his leadership of his country and be those who would quibble about his people. A man of unparalleled whether he succeeded, or even at- enefgv and charm, he had "that al- tempted, to revitahze his people and

The Cabletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 45 their national life, but no one would autonomy and independent nation- question that his major accomplish- hood. The question of ultimate in- ment u,as to act as "thc focus of dependence was an issue settled in Philippine national pride." To a principle from the beginning. The past generation of Filipinos, "Hc on11. matter to be resolved was the [was the man who] r,von our inde- timing of the grant of that inde- pendence." He rvas, therefore, "the pendence. embodiment of Philippine national- Nlore recent literature on the ism." independence movement portrays Barring the years of the Philip- the ambivalence displayed by Qu- pine-American V/ar, the Philippine ezon u,'ith regards to the issue of independence movemcnt during independence - his so-called "split the American period never became behavior" - wanting it as a political the bitter and slogan but hesi- sometimes rating to ger ir as bloodv struggle Editor,s note: an objective. The that marked the This is the fifth and lost Wrt tecords show experience of of Dr. Churchill's essay/lecture that Quezon, de- other colonial entitled "FreemosonryT Herit- spite the "rheto- regimes in Asia, agetotheFilipinoPeople." But ric of "imme- for the United we are publishing it ahead in diate, absolute States accom- commemoration of the I l5th and complete" modated herself onniversaiy of tlw and Pres. independence to Philippine Manuel Luis Quezont birth. desired a slower nationalism. In- approach to in- deed, the United dependence with States consciouslv set about to foster a prolonged preferential free trade the spirit of Philippine narionalism. with the united States and contin- The leaders of the independence ued naval and military protection. I movement were given the freedom like the term "conservative nation- and the means to articulate their na- alist" to refet to Quezon but I use tionalistic feelings and in so doing, the term "conservative" not in the won a following and national prom!- pef orative manner, but to refer to nence. The appeal for freedom u,as the pragmatic in Quezon's character. won through peaceful constitutional The portrayal5 of Quezon have processes afforded the Filipinos b,v tended to be one-sided. To Fili- the sovereign power, u,hich allowed pinos, he is a neady unblemished them to move pfogressir-el,v to'uvards national hero - "an uncompromis-

46 The Labl*tsw i Vcl. 9[, i'ir.r. 2, -l,riy-August 2013 ing nationalist" - who led them to to shrink from it when its attain- independence. To many Amed- ment seemed imminent. No doubt cans, both his contemporaries and the ambivalence towards independ- scholars of today, he was a master ence was due to genuine concern politician, a politician whose actions over the tremendous responsibilities appeared to be characterized by ex- that independence would involve. pediency inconsistency, or-even du- But as politicos they were unwill- pJiciry and an absence of ideals or ing to put themselves at a political goals other than the consuming one disadvantage by suggesting to their of remaining in power. A careful constituents that it would be better reading of historical records shows to work out their future slowly,. Per- he was far more complex than either haps they were also afuard that un- version would suggest. less they demanded independence, Quezon's stand on independ- there was no guafantee that it wouid ence has often been cited as clear ever come. The United States had evidence of his politics of expedi- no consistent answer to the Philip- ency - the gap between "verbal dec- pine request for independence. The latattott" and "ultimate intention." Democrats, it was said, were afuaid Quezon was for immediate inde- to do what thelr s2l6 they would do, pendence in Manila, but for ultimate while the Republicans were afuaid independence in \Washington. In- to say what they would do. So the deed, on several occasions, Quezon stfategy was to ask for a "complete, had expressed himself prepared to absolute and complete" independ- delay independence if, in the mean- ence not with the full expectation time, he could secure a politicai situ- that they would get it, but in order ation upon terms maximally benefi- that they might get something more cial to the country. than they aheady enjoyed and thus Quezont stand on independence advance touiards gteater autonomy. was not always vetyclear - there was Quezon was, however, consist- considerable confusion and vacilla- ent in wanting the reaiity of inde- tion on this matter - and thetefore, pendence, if independence was de- American administration off,cials fined as the ability of the Filipinos felt that much of the agitation was to maflage their orr,'n affasrs without anificial and insincere and tied up interference from the United States. with insular politics. Poltical leaders Much of the debate over whether often vied with one anothet to dem- the Filipinos did or did not want in- onstrate the intensiry of their advo- dependence misses the central point. cacy of independence, yet seemed As Quezon said: "I will never be sat-

The Cabletow I Vol. 9rl, l,Jo. 2, July-Augusr 2B'13 47 isfied with independence so long as cal tetms - i.e., political independ- the ptesent situation is forced on ence from the United States - and us... But let independence be left to ignoring almost entirely the restruc- our option, and I am convinced that turing of sociew to eliminate the so- the best interests of both nations cio-economic inequities which have will be served if the link is not com- oppressed the masses of Fil,ipinos. pletel,v severed. Let America rule us ln approaching this issue, one must so lighdy against our will, and I want guard against the temptation to ap- to rebel...." The Filipinos wanted plv present-day motal values to the to control their own destiny. social milieu of the 1930s. It seems $7hat the Philippines experienced clear that settlirig the political issue in the end appears to have been very was the logical first step to the asser- close to what Quezon wanted all tion of nationhood. Certainly, also, along: a prolonged period of gradu- there were tremendous competing ally increasing autonomy culminat- needs in many fields - education, ing in independence, either de facto health and sanitation, road-buiiding or absolute. Indeed, Quezon's ap- - whose undeniable contributions praisal of what was desirable ap- to social betterment is today taken pears to have been highly percep- for granted in the Philippines be- tive. Had not the war interYened, cause of achievements in the pre- the political transition to independ- independence pedod. Quezon did ence in 1946 would have been ne,ady demonstfate concefn for social im- painless, with the country in excel- provements in these and other mote lent condition for the tests of in- contemporary areas during the shott dependence. As it was, when one Commonwealth period. But at the compares PhiLippine developments same time, preoccupation with the since 1946 with the turmoil, wars, independence issue was politically and economic distress which af- compelling. flicted other Asian nations - China, Thus independence came to the Indo-China, Indonesia, Malaysia Philippines as the result of a peace- with its long Emergency while Brit- ful poiitical process. To the Filipino ish rule continued - the Philippines leaders it must have been somewhat weathered the reconstruction period satisfying to realtze that they stood and transitiofi to independent na- almost alone among colonial lead- tionhood remarkably welJ. ers in having the oppottunity to Quezon and the other independ-. discuss with the highest officials of ence leaders have been faulted fot the colonizing power in a cordial thinking almost exclusively in politi- manner the future of their coufltr\r

48 The Cabletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-Auqust 2013 'were Other colonials not so fortu- ezon brought home, Quezon must nate as to have enjoyed the sense of have felt the tremendous burden of importance. Indeed, Quezon was responsibility on his shoulders. To reported to have once complained: his people, he had a sobering admo- "Damn the Americans. \X/hy don't nition: "...we have taken ofle mofe they tyrannize us more?" The ab- step forward in our onward march sence of a more exploitable rallving tri the realizatton of our national point must have been frustratiflg at ideal... In this solemn moment let times. So thev took a legitimate is- there be no exultation of victor1,. sue - Filipino nationalism and the Let it be a moment of consecfa- desire for political independence - tion." Quezon wondered how well and mobilized nattonal tesentment an independent Philippines would against the Unit- fare in Filipino ed States. Qr.- hands. zon did riot have The test came to "fight" for in- in December dependence with 1941 when war his blood. If the came to the Phil- national stfuggle ippines. Invok- had been washed ing the awesome in Filipino blood, force of nation- one wonders how alism, Quezon the Philippines summoned his and the Filipi- people to fight nos would have for "human lib- evolved today erty and justice, and what Philip- for those prin- pine-American relations would have ciples of individual freedom which been. we all cherish and without which Quezon's conservative nation- life would not be worth." He con- alism does not in any way detract tinued, "For no nation is worth any- from his legacy - he is lovingly re- thing unless it has learned how to membered bv his people for to them suffer and how to die." The force he left a legacy of national pride of circumstances required that the for his having won their independ- Commonwealth er,zcuate to Wash- ence for them. In 1934, when the ington, D.C., and there it continued Philippine Legislature accepted the to operate. Those who stayed with Tvdings-NlcDuffie Act which Qu- Quezon in the United States dur-

Ttte Cabletnu, i Vol. 9il, No. 2, July-August 2i)1 3 49 ing the duration of the war could of all that they had built from 1901 not help but see the anguish that to 1941.. Independence came to a the leader of the Commonwealth- broken country calamitously divid- in-exile felr. at the suffering of the ed between those who had suffered people in the Philippines under the and those who had prospered, be- harsh Japanese occupation. Quezon tween those who had collaborated felt helpless to take care of the peo- and those v,ho eithet served in the ple he had served all his life, and no guerrillas or had been in exile. The doubt this gravely affected his deli- economic shambles of the war, cou- cate heaith. pled with spiritual and moral exhaus- The three years of the Japanese tion, constituted a most unpromis- occupation were a dark period of ing foundation for independence suffering for the of a new nation. people endured One wonders the brutalit). of how Quezon have dealt Japanese military would rule. The Filipi- with the turmoil nos resisted and that accomp^ maintained their nied the birth of p ro -Am eric an the Philippine loyaities believ- Republic in 1,946 i.g that they had he lived to were f,ghting to become the first defend demo- President of the cratic ideals that Republic of the the United States Philippines. was also fighting . Quezont lead- for. The response to the Japanese ership example is televant to our occupation was an enofmous guef- time even aftet a17 these many years. rilla movement which covered the There is much drama that historical length and breadth of the country. memory attributes to him, but be- Three years of invasion, occuPa- neath the cant and hysteria which tion, and reoccupation had so -rav- sometimes tended to surround his aged the islands that many Filipinos nationalism, he was a committed thought themselves less ready for nationalist - he showed that only independence economically than ari independent people would have they had been in 1898. In 1945 the both the insight of theit own real Filipinos limped through the rubble needs and the intetest in satisfying

50 The Cabletolv i Vol.90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 them. He thought that the Filipinos He said, "$7e may not go down in could run the Philippines - maybe history as statesmen... [But] Iet us not like heaven - but certainly tn a win the title of friends of the poor, way which would do them credit. the highest tide to which a Christian

His efforts were not always crowned can aspire (for)." obl with success, because of the limita- tions of resources at his disposal Note and also because, as a politician, he sometimes had to play the political 1. See Bernardita Reyes Churchill, game he needed to survive. Never- The Philippine lndependence Missions to (Manila: theless he showed the way to a m^- the United States, 1919-1934 Na- tional Historical lnstitute, 1981). See also ture vision of nationalism - above Theodore Friend,"Manuel L.Quezon:Char- personal and provincial intetests, ismatic Conservative,"Philippine Historical above party and private interests - Review (1965) and "What Kind of National- above all, in the interest of the na- ist Was Manuel L. Quezon?"PHA Historical Bulletin (1978). tion. In these days when we are faced with many challenges in our nation- About the al life, we might warrt to wish for Author/lecturer someone like Quezon who could ptobably show us how to sutvive Dr. Churchill, a long-time faculty - and sutvive well. If he were still member of the Departmedt of History at of the Philippines with ap- Iiving, I think he would probably the University pointments as Professor of History and take charge of defining the pent-up Chair, has held appointments as Professo- force in the people, and channeling rial Lecturer at De la Salle University and it into consttuctive use. He would University of Santo Tomas. She currently serves as President of the Philippine Na- probably challenge the people, while tional Historical Society, the Philippine encoutaging them to fulfill their du- Studies Association, and the Manila Stud- ties, at times in coiorful language, as ies Association. She is Chair of the lnter- it was his habit and even delight to national Philippine Studies Council. She has received numerous honors, including do so. eventually found the Quezon an outstanding book award as co-author negative and shtiil nationalism of of The Philippine Senate (Philippine Na- the twenties baren and worn out tional Academy of Science and Technol- and so he turned his attention in- ogy, 1997); the Centennial Award in rec- ognition of her distinct contribution to ward to the deficiencies in the life of women's visibility in history and nation- his people and the country which he building (Philippine National Centennial planned to pursue duting the transi- Commission, 1999); and as Natatanging tion period of the Commonwealth. Mamamayan ng Cavite sa Larangan ng Kasaysayan (2004). Her publications focus

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-Augilst 2013 5l on the Philippine colonial periods (Span- tory from Cornell University; and a Ph.D. in ish, American, Japanese), Phillppine histo- Southeast Asian History from the Austral- riography, and Philippines-China relations. ian National University. She served as co-convener ofthe 9th ln- Dr. Churchill's grandfather belonged ternational Philippine Studies Conference to Zapote Lodge No.356, which was then held at the Michigan State University on located in Rosario, Cavite; her father be- October 28-30,2012. longed to the Rafael Palma Lodge No. 147; She received a B.A. in History (magna her brother is with the Hiram Lodge No. cum laude)from the University of the Phil- 88; and many of her relatives in Cavite are ippines; an M.A. in Southeast Asian His- Masons.

and when to stop, when to give the winning embrace, and when to de- He loved power, and he knew liver the coup de grace. how to keep it. But he kept it, iike Sen. Claro Mayo Recto the realist that he was, in the only - way in u,hich it can be kept in a de- He was the boss of the Philippines mocfacy, b), winning the faith and because he was the smartest Fiiipino love of the people. There must be of the all. He could think and talk some psychologrcal similariry be- and act faster than any man u'ho tween the women and multitudes, opposed him. He could bully and because Quezon was fortunate could charm, and he could phrase with both. He had the instinct for a thought which would become a the right approach, for the cajoling potitical slogan. Daoid Berstein, phrase,. fot the charming attitude. - Pbilippine Stary; quoted in Del He knew when to wait, and w*hen Castillo and Medina, p. 304. to dash in for the prize. He knew how to couch his desires in accounts He was brilliant, dynamic, char- seemingly irreproachable and ssin- ismatic, volatile, decisive, impulsive, cere. He knew when to command, and fearless." and when to obe1,, when to resist Teodoro A. Agoncillo and when to yoield, when to begin, -

52 The Cablerow j Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 Bro. lpolinario "l(atahay" Mahini

By J. Flor R. Nicolas, PSGI

Let's pay tribute to the memory of three Masonic icons by"re- visiting" some of the highlights and sidelights of their lives and by being more highly resolved to carefully imitate what in them we have seen praiseworthy. They serve as role models to us;they are the "supermen" of the Craft in this jurisdiction.

BROTHER APOLINARIO ant, and Dionisia Matanan, a vendor "KATABAY" MABINI was per- in the Tanauan market. Q.Jext yeat, ceived by his contemporaries as "a 2014, therefore, marks the Sesqui- political philosophet whose counsel centennial of the birth of Bro. Apo- enabled General Emilio Aguinal- [inario Mabini.; do's revolutionary government to Despite the poverq, into which rveather disintegration, and whose he was born and in which he grew political teachings made many of up, thtough sheer determination his counttymen bear immense diffi- and iron discipline, he attained suc- culties," and he is not undeservedly cess in life. recognized by the Filipino people He began his informal studies un- as the "Brains of the Philippine Reaolu- der his maternal grandfather, who tion." (Del Castillo and Medina, p. was the village teachet. Because he 172). demonstrated uflcommon intelli- gence, he was ttansferred to a regu- 1. His Birth, Family, and lat school owned by Simplicio Aveli- no, where he worked as a houseboy, Ed ucationa I Attai n ments and he took odd jobs from a local taior, all in exchange for fiee board Born in Talaga, Tanauan, Batan- and lodging. He later moved to a gas onJuly 23,1864,Apolinario was school conducted by Fr. Valerio Ma- the 2nd of the eight children of In- labanan,whose fame as an educator ocencio Mabini, an unlettered peas-

The Cabletow I Vol.90, Nc. 2, July-AuEu:t 201 3 53 was so widespread that Jose fuzal boatd and lodging, he tutored chil- mentioned hirn in EI dren belonging to rich families Filibusteismo. in Inttamuros. Working and On the sug- studying to the best of his ge stion of abiliry he graduated from Fr. Mala- the Colegio de San Juan banan, he de Letran with the high- partici- est honors and with the pated in a tide Frofessor of Latin. competi- At this juncture, his tive exami- Wiu t. mother expressed her nation fot desire that Apolinario s cholarship w take up priesthood. But at the Colegio : the latter decided to take de San Juan de Letran in Intra- $, .. to be able to defend the poor.

:'td Later . ,t arnlfi a - - ofl, ne tion. Thus, .j-. wfote in 1881, he en- ,i her a rolled at the said lettet school, where he r in took up Bachelor of Arts, major in Phi- losophy. Because of a chronic lack of funds, which Apolinar- .n | he sard lo's stud- in part: ies in Le- Dear mother, ttan wefe in the midst of m1 inte rmi t- . misfortunu, )oar tently in- 4 memorl is not a uerl terrupted. To painful one when I am consoled earfl money fot his b1 tbe idea thatfate has spared me the

54 TheCabletowi Val.90,Nc.2,July-August2013 sorrou of neirug tben. Bat, f unex- inclinations. He was not actiae during perted[t better day would corne to me, I h dalts of Couernor-General Terrerol woald begrudge fate for not allowinglou he did not take part in the Manfesta- to enJoJt m.yfortune. tion of /888; he was neither a mem- To improve his fortune, he ber of the Comite de Propaganda, nor strengthened his tesolve to finish his wa.s be present wben Nqalfounded La 'r law studies. He frequently felt the i?a Fihpina; nzr did he enlist in the pang of poverty, but he did not al- . This most unusual candi- low his economic adversity to derail datefor Masonic degrees was Apolinario him from his 4mbition to become Mabirui. alwayer. So, while studying L,aw at Mabini chou Katabqt, a Tagalog the Universidad de Santo Tomas, he word meaning "cdtltiztls" and "calcu- supported himself by again teach- /aling," as his ynbo/ic or ycret name ing Latin to children belonging to in Masonrl. After hfu initiation, to wealthy families and by serving as the delight of his brother Masons, he a copyist in the Court of First In- became a uery ardent disciPle. He im- stance in Manila, whete his boss was mersed himself compktefi in the serioas Numeriano Adriano, a Freemason, s.tudl of Masonic mlsteiu and assidu- whose good example inspired him ousfi participated in Masoruic functionl to petition for membership in the Verl importantfi, he began to manifest Masonic fratentty. a deep sense of nationalism, plung- irg himself into pro patia actiaities. 2. He Knocks at the In no time, Mabini gained tbe respect Door of Masonry and admiration of hi: brother Masons. 'fhejt began to seek bis aduice and aiews and inaited him at Masonic Here is an interestiflg account of frequently meetings. He was their orator. Bro. Apolinado Mabini's joining the fauorite 120-/21). feliowship of the Craft: FEmds,??. Galicano Apacible gaae an amusing One da1 in SEtember / 892, tbe account of a lodge meetingin Nagtahan, members of Balagtas l-,odge net in wbere Mabini was the orator af the da1, Sampaloc to initiate a new member. He as wa: dn anlikefi candidate. Pale and follaws: At that meeting, the orator of the sickfi, be barefi passed tbe phlsical re- L,odge read his rpeech expounding the quirements for admission. He was onll situation of Pbiltppine Masonrlt, its dif- a working stadent, not man of meanq and defects, and proposing the anlike the other candidateq who nostly f.cuhies measures that shoald be adopted. (Jru- beknged / he ffiuent class. Aboue all, consciousll and because ( his newness, he had not mantfested aryt nationalistic

The Cabletow I Voi. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 55 I took notice oJ' the pfusica aspect of tbe cil, and not a Regional Grand Lodge, speaker. He was a ta/l man, s/im, some- u/as approved and where the offic- what pale, whose face, though MalEtan, ers of the said Council were dulv had a Roman Prorth His uoice was al- elected, as follows: Ambrosio Flores most a sopranay he spoke softfi, and he (Musa), Grand Mastet; Numeriano did not make gestares. His phlsica /ook Adriano (lpil), Grand First Vice- did not impress me fauarab!. I imag- President; Faustino Villaruel (Ilaw), ined that his speech would be boresome, Grand Second Vice-President; and IprEared to s/eE in n1 rhair, Bu/ Paulino Zamora (Terror), Grand as he aduanced in hh speech he stirred Third Vice-President; Apolinario ru1 interesl unli/ n1 al/enlion wds rum- Mabini (Katabq), Grand Orator; plrtrb absorbed. In n1 eys hs fgure Cipriano Castillo (AlgiabaralS, Asst. was lrans.[ormed: il aas growing gigan- Grand Orator; Arcadio Flores (Jas- tic,' his ideas were conrete, ui.gorous and ten), Gnnd' Secretary; Jose Barbasa uirik, impregnated with patriotism and (Tagadagafl, Grand Asst. Secretary; sane jadgment. At those moments he Bonifacio Arevaio (Harem), Grand prouedfa/se the maxim of mens nna in Treasurer; Sixto Celis (Liwayal), cor]>ora sano. The speaker was a ickll Grand Accountant; Isidro Villaruel man in stnking contrast to his uerl sane, (Gelano), Grand Almoner; Timoteo robust, and aigorous menta/ifl. Paez (Raxa Mataruda), Grand Master After the meeting, daring the re- of Ceremonies; and Marciano Ram- freshment, I asked ta be introducej to trez (Raxa Bata),Gnnd Tiler. (Ibid., him personalfi and then learned tbat his p. 13i). ndme wa: Apolinario Mabini. (Ibid., p. 12/). 3. He Finishes Law; His Eco- Adds MW trajatdo "Mabini's nomic Condition lmproves masterv of Masonic law and lore woud soon come in handy, for trou- At long last, he graduated from ble was brewing in Masonry's back- UST in 1894 with the degree of yard, which would eventually lead to the downfall of Nilad Lodge." (rbid.). A General Assembly of Masons t was held in in Aprii 1892. *,*r" Ail the Lodges in Manila, except Ni- lad, were represented in that assem- { bhi where Mabinit suggestion, that thev form a Regional Grand Coun- ;-$

56 Th* Cabletow ! Vol. S0. Nr:. 2,.)uly-Auqust 2013 Bachelot of Laws Gl.B.). ment would still succeed; so, he ac- With the help of his boss and tively participated in the collection merrtor, Numeriano Adriano, whose of monthly monetary contributions Masonic riame was Ipil, and other from Filipino Masons for the sup- Mason lawyers, who referred their port of the Asociacion Hispano- ciients to him, Apolinario Mabini Filipina, the organizatron headed had a luctative law practiie, which by Miguel Morayta, fuzal's history led to the gradual improvement of professor at the Universidad Central his economic condition and, even- de Madrid and the Grand Master of tually, to the'purchase by him of a the Gran Oriente Espafrol (Spanish house and lot in Nagtahan. Gtand Otient), and La Solidaddad, the fortnighdy publication of the 4. His lllness, Arrest, and Reform Movement, which was ed- ited first b1, Graciano Lopez Change of Heart Jaena and then by Marcelo Hilario del Pi- lar. In 1896, however, he contracted an illness, which was diagnosed by the physicians among his brethren Apolinario Mabini was per- in Masonry as "infantile paralysis." ceived by his contemporar- Those brethren did all they could to ies as "a. political philoso- cute his illness, but to no avail. pher whose counsel enabled When the Katipunan revolt broke General Emilio Aguinaldo's out late that yeaq despite his phirsi- revolutionary government to cal infitmiry he was arrested by the weather fisintegration and made him Spanish authorities, who whose political teachings a pdsoner of war at the San de Juan made many ofhis countrymen Dios Hospital. During his imprisonment in bear immense fifficulties...." this hospital, he started writing La He is not undeservedly recog- Revolucion Filipina, a political and nized by the Filipino people historical treatise,' which he would as the "Brains of the Philip- continue in Los Bafros, and pine Revolution. complete in Guam. Ironically, at that time he was According to Past Grand Master still a pacifist or reformist. In fact, Reyn616 Fajardo once more, Mabini he was the Secretary of the reor- did not join the Revolution of 1896 ganrzed La Lrgz Filipina. As such, because, as a brilliant lawyer, h. op- he believed that the Reform Move- posed anything that smacked of il-

The Cabletow I Vol.9il, No. 2, July-August 201 3 57 legality, and he preferred peaceful intellectual direction, the power of methods in attaining reforms from ideas, and the sustainiflg strength of the Spanish government. But his the spitit. He would also make sure political attitude changed from paci- that the Revolution would (1) not be fist or reformist to revolution ry confined to the Tagalog provinces because Spanish authorities, insti- like the I(atipunan, but rather par- gated by the abusive ftiars, resorted ticipated in by the entire Filipino to severe measures to dissuade the people, rising as one and recogniz- Filipinos ftom emancipating them- ing the leadership of a President and selves from Spain. Specifically, they the moral leadership of a legislature; distoted the role of the Masons, (2) provide the new citizens with a whom they unjusdy hounded,har law, a fatherland, and a nationality; assed, deported, and even execut- and (3) at attaining independ- ^tm. ed. Among the innocent persons ence of the country and her people senselessly persecuted, incarcerated, ftom foreign domination, but this deported, and even executed were should only be a meafls of achieving Mabini's close associates. In fact, its ultimate end, which is the social ^s mentioned eail:rcr, he himself was emancipation and regenetation of unfaidy arrested and imprisoned. the FiJipino. (Ibid., p. 222). (Ibid., p.221). When he was released from 5. He.Pens El Verdadero pdson, he left for Los Bafros in.the Decalogo province of Laguna, hoping that the hot springs in that place would help In April 1898, to bolster the Fili- cure his illness. In his solitude, he pino people's patdotism and to teach continued to analyze the Revolution, them their civic duties, he penned El and he concluded that its failure was Verdadero Decalogo, which he pat- due to the absence of an ideologi- terned aftet the Codigo Moral Ma- cal direction and iack of a compre- sonico. L this opus, he dissected hensive and cootdinated plan for vdth a surgeon's ruthlessness the revolutionary consciousness. Deep true meaniflg of liberty and, like in his heart he knew that the Pact Moses and Hammurabi, laid down of Biak-na-Bato did not write finis the proper norms of conduct. @.1 to the Revolution, and he sensed Castillo and Medina, pp. 17 3-1,7 4). that the fighting would inevitably Mabini firmly believed that the resume. Thus, he resolved that this faithful and conscientious obser- time the Revolution would not fail varrce by all Filipinos of the set because he would endow it with of truths or rules contained in El

58 The Cabletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 Mabiniconfined in a chair d return to the PhiJippines and resume the war against Spain, and Don Fe- lipe Agoncillo unhesitatingly recom-

: mended Bro. Apolinario lvlabini. Agonciilo is said to have told Agui- naldo, "Paralitika [ran. Nganit nE ulo, at Kapatid natin s{ta sa Masunerya." # Thus, Aguinaido decided make to -\ Apolinario Mabini his chief adviser.. In May 1898, shortiy after his return to the counffy, he sent for L the paralytic, who was then vaca- tioning in Los Bafros, Laguna, The Verdadero Decalogo would bring panlytic was carried in a hammock about gre til political and moral ^ b1, many men all the way from Los consciousness among them. He Bafros to Cavite Vrejo, whete he ar wanted the Filipino revolutionists to rive.d on 1,2,1898, just in time observe a stfict code of morals; for, June to v/itness the proclamation by Gen. to him, even more important than Aguinaldo of the independence of triumph in the battlefield was vic- the Philippines "befote the Filipino tory in the struggle to establish the people and the civilized natiofls" habits of virtue and right conduct in of the wodd and thc consecration the minds and hearts of the Filipi- of the Philippine flag. Hence, on nos. (Fajardo, pp. 222-223). that dali Aguinaldo and Mabini met for the first time. Comments Past 5. He Becomes Aguinaldo's Gtand Master Faiardo: "They were Chief Adviser a narwral team and hit it off ftom the very start. Aguinaldo provided Reportedly, when the Filipino the muscle for the Revoiution, Ma- tevolutionary leadets wete exiles in bini the brains. Eventuall1,, the two Hongkong, Gen. and \X{B Emilio would invest the Revolution with a Aguinaldo, who had chosen "Co- distincuve Nlasonic flavor." (Ibid., lon" as his Masonic flame, fequest- p.223). ed a fellow Freemason, Don Felipe As the chief adviser of Aguinal- Agoncillo, to recommend to him a do, Mabini had a hand in appoint- highly educated and erudite coun- ments to high positions, frequently tryman who could serve effectively recommending his brothers in Ma- as his chief adviser when he would sonry. His bias came under severe

The Cabletow I Vol.9l, Nc.2, July-August 201 3 59 Felipe G. Calderon assailed thereto. (Ibid.). ^ttack. the "sectarian Masonic spirit" that pervaded the Revolutionary Gov- 8. Mabini's Bitter Conflict ernment, branding it as one of the with Wealthy Members of evils of the Revolution; he bewailed the Revolutiona ry Congress the "mania of Aguinaldo or r^ther of his adviser, Mabini, to elevate any On September 15, 1898, Agui- pefson who was a Mason." (Ibid., P. naldo convoked the Revolutionaty 224). Congress at Barasoain in Malolos, Bulacan. Masons did not conttol 7. Some Official Acts the Congress, so that when its of- of Mabini ficers wefe chosen, non-Masons captured the principal positions. Mabini formulated a decree or- Pedto S. Paterno was elected Presi- dering the reorganization of local dent; Benito Legarda. Vice Presi- government in those provinces al- dent; and Gregorio Araneta, first ready freed from Spanish control. Secretary. These officers, plus other OnJune 18, 1898, Aguinaldo signed wealthy delegates, planned to draft the dectee, which stated, among a Constitution for the Fitst Philip- other things, "The f,rst duty of the pine Republic. They contended that goveffiment is to interpret the pop- a Constitution addressing the needs ular will faithfully." This staterirent of the time was necessafy to secufe may as well epitomize Mabinit pol- foreign recognition of Philippine in- icy throughout the Filipino people's dependence. Fitmly believing that, struggie against foreign rule. given the emergeflcy conditions of Two days later, Aguinaldo issued waf, the function of the Congress a supplementary decree, again writ- was simply to advise the President. ten by Nlabini, providing fot the ad- Mabini opposed the plan to draft ministration of justice. a Constitution. He was, however, OnJune 23, Agtinaldo signed the defeated by the majority of the del- dectee settiflg up the Revolutionary egates to the Congress, who created Government. This dectee changed a committee of nineteen to dtaft the title of the Chief of State from the fundamental law. Calderon, the Dictator to President, created four anti-Mason, was made its head. His departments to assist the Ptesident committee initially considered three in his duties, and provided for the constitutional plans. One of these creation of a Revolutionarv Con- was Mabini's Programa Constitu- gress and the elecrion of delegates cional pan la Republica Filipina,

The Cabletow i Voi- 90, No, 2, July-August 2013 which he based ofl the Statutes of naldo's new government. But he Univetsal Masonry and in which he included ceasefire as a condition for charted the course of action to be peace. Since the Americans rejected taken by Aguinaldo's Revoiutionary this condition, the negotiations fot Government. The second was writ- peace failed. So, Mabini sought for ten by Pedro Paterno. And the third an armistice instead. But even this was drafted by Calderon hirirself. gambit failed. Eventually, feeling Calderont committee rejected that the Americans wefe riot nego- Mabini's plan because "it was too tiating bona fide, he forswore them, Masonic." Paterno withdrew his rallied the people, and supported plan ftom consideradon. Hence, war. A staunch nationalist, he wrote the plan submitted by Caldeton re- El Simil de Aleiandro,which may be mained as the sole working draft. summed up bdefly as follows: This eventuaily 'became the basis Peace is a "flower" growing in the of the Malolos Constitution of the soil; it is contentment borne b1 First Philippine Republic. (Fajardo, tbe possession of indiuidaal ightq in, pp. 224-225; also Del Castillo and heyent in all men. Bat the Ameican Medina, p.1,7a). Gouernment does not wish to recogniqe OnJanuary 2,1.899, Mabini was such rights as inherent iru the Fihpinos, appointed by Gen. and Pres. Emilio whom thq regard m "incapable" and Aguinaldo as Prime Minister and hauing little "cultare.'. For this rea- Minister of Foreign Affairs of his son, America tries to impose her rule on newly-fotmed dictatorial govern- the Fihpinos tbrough brate force and, ment. Thus, he led the fitst Cabi- under such a condition, "the flowery" net of the First Philippine Republic, as claimed b1 the Federal Pa@, which which was fotmally declared by the is independencq cannzt grzw. Nor can Revolutionary Congtess in appro- the seed be plantedfor want of soil.(Del priate ceremonies held on Janaary Castillo and Medina, pp. 174-/ 75). 23. 10. His Conflict with the 9. He Negotiates for Peace Wealthy Members of Con- gress and Aguinaldo's Cabi- On March 6,1.899, as Minister net lntensifies of Foreign Affairs, ApoJinario Ma- bini started negotiating flor peace Apolinario Mabini was the most with the Americans. He endeavored competent thinker and theoretician most earnesdy to convince the latter in the Cabinet of Aguinaldo. AI- to respect the autonomy of Ag"i- though he was a panlyttc, not only

The Cabletot, I Vol.90, No.2, July-Auqust 201 3 61 -was he highly educated, but he also set him free. Mabini, however, had a very flexible and imaginative continued to support the Filipino mind as well as very comprehensive revolutionists in their ideological views. Howevef, a significant num- struggle against them; he turned bet of property ov/flers and mem- out subversive manifestos appeal- bers of the .landlord class who oc- ing to all Filipinos to take active cupied high tanks or positions in the part in the fight against the Amdri- revolutionary government formed a cans. Hence, the latter captured conspiracy to eclipse Mabini as Agu- him again. inaldo's principal adviser. (Ibid., p. Mabini was, therefore, described 17s). by formet Ametican Governor- His conflict with the conspira- General William Howard Taft, a tots became more and more intense, Fteemason like him, as "the most so that on May 7,1899, he resigned itreconcilable among Filipinos, from ali his posts in the Aguinaldo whose physical infirmity had ap- Cabinet. pealed to the imagination of the His resignation notwithstanding, Filipinos and to the pity of all ... he succeeded in exposing the vi- to place him in the attitude of a cious opportunism of the Paterno- martyl" (Ibid., p. 1,7 2). Buencamino clique, which tried to In 1901, the American authori- gain control over, as well as to profit ties in the country deported him from, the financial transactions to Guam, togethef with scores of of the revolutionary govefnment. other Filipino "insuffectos" (in- (rbid.). sutgents), who also adamantly re- fused to swear fealq to the United 11. He is Captured, Set States of America. Free, Recaptured, Exiled When Bdg. Gen. Arthur C. MacArthur, Jt, another Freema- son, was asked Senate On December 10, 1899, the by the US explain American forces, who were in to why Apolinado Mabini had hot pursuit of Gen. Emilio Agui- to be deported to Guam, he cabled this message the Senate: naldo and his soldiers, who were to "Mabini- deported: active then fleeing northeast toward the a most agitator; persistently and province of Isabela, found and defiantly captured Apolinario Mabini in refusing amnesty, and maintaining correspondence Cuyapo, . But later, with insurgents in seeing that he was suffering from the field while living in Maniia." (Ibid., extreme physical infirmity, they p.173).

62 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 12. He Finishes His Mem- fect of the Garroting of Fathers But- oirs and La Revolucion gos, Gomez, and Zarnora; (a) Span- ish Administration of the Philippines Filipina before the Revolution; (5) Refotms Demanded by La Solidaridad; (6) The Dudng his exile in Guam, Apo- Novels of Rizal; Q La I-tga Filipina Iinario Mabini completed writing his and the Katipunan; (8) The Eady Be- Memoirs and La Revolucion Filipina. ginnings of the Revolution; (9) The The lattet work consists of two vol- Revolution in Its Period of Develop- umes. The fustvolume, which covers ment; (10)The End and Fall of the the period April 1899 to May 1899, Revolution; and (11) The Coriclusion. contains all that Mabini had written The fotegoing chapter headings as a private ciizen afld as a public of- indicate rhat La Revolucion Filipina under Aguinaldo's revolutionary ficial is "a rapid histodcal account written otgatttzaaon The secondvolume, on by a quasi political scientist and phi- the other hand, recotds Mabini's writ- losopher, with an eye to evaluating ings afld public letters ftomJune 21, whap transpited in his own time," and 1899 to September 2,1902. that it is Mabini's "reasoned analysis La Revolucion Filipina, besides its and cogent argumeflt concerning the message for Ma- beautifirl dedicatory ideological implications of the war bini's mother anda prologue, is made against Spain and the resistance to the 11 chapters, as follows: up of short American invaders." Rewolution and Political Evo- (1) Th. \7e may glean ftom this wotk lution; (2) Spanish Domination of the that Mabini was a dedicated and disin- Philippines before the Opening of terested patriot, always trying to medi- the Suez Canal; (3) The Cause and Ef- ate between the people's will and their -:"" l*fuiblni's capture in Nuetrc. f@Ir'

The Cabletow I Voi.90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 63 leaders' decisions. (Ibid). from attaining academic and profes- sional success. He consistendy ex- 13. He Pledges Allegiance to empJified fuon discipline, diligence in work and study, strict adherence the USA, But... to convictions and ptincrples, and .pag- kabayani or disinterested, dedicated, On February 26,1,903, after tak- and devoted service to country and irg * oath of aliegiance to the USA countrpnen. Although he was the before the Collector of Customs in chief adviser of Gen. and Pres. Emil- Guam, he was allowed to retufn to io Aguinaldo and the Prime Minister the Philippines. But on his way back and Ministet of Foreign Affairs of to the country he issued the this state- the First Philippine Republic, he did ment to the press: 'Aftet two long not take advantage of those positions years, I am returning, so to speak, of power to promote his own welfare completely dis6riented and, what is and interests. wofse, almost overcome by disease and sufferings. Nevertheless, I hope, Apolinario Mabini is the most irrec- after some time of rest and study, still oncilable Filipinos.... His to be of some use, unless I have re- lmong physical infirmity had appealed to turned to the Islands for the sole pur- the imagination ofthe Filipinos and pose of dy-g." to the pity of all ... to place him in To the American officials'chagrin, the attitude of a martyr. soon after his return from exile, Ma- - WILLIAM HOru{RDD{FT bini resumed his pro-patriawork; spe- cifically, he agitated for independence Instead, throughout his stint as a gov- for the Philippines. ernment officia\ he consistently Iived an unselfish and unbiemished life. He 14. He Drops Life's waq indeed, a rea) patriot and hero. In Working Tools Masonic pailance, both as a private cifrzen and as a public servant, he On May 1,3,1,903,at the age of 38, wore his.lambskin apron with credit he died of cholera in Manila. to himself and honor to the Fr^ter- rity. ru tn Conclusion REFERENCES

Del G5tillo,Teofilo T. and Medina, Euenaventura Jr. 5. Philippine Bro. Apolinalro Katabay Nlabini Literature from AncientTimes to the Present Quezon City, Philippines: Teofilo del Castilli and Sonr 1974. set the good example of not allow- Fajardo, Reynold S. The Brethren, Vol. l- Manila; Philippines: Grand Lodge ofFree and Accepted Masonsofthe Philippinet 1998. ing poverty and illness to prevent him

64 The Cabl€tot , I Vol. 90, No. 2, iuly-August 201 3 [arnestly exemplifyinq, widely disseminating "Ihe lrue 0ecalogue" and "8ode of 0itizenship"

\7E F'REBMASONS ARE Grand Master Manuel Luis Qu- CHARGED to be exemplaty in ezon. As emphasized by the late the discharge of out civil duties. VW Amancio Donato, Past Grand Specifically, we are enjoined not to Otato4 if all of us Filipinos stricdy pfopose or countenance any act that obej, with all our heat those ttuths may have a tendency to subvert the or pfecepts, ouf coufltry would be peace and good order of society; to a patadise or Garden of Eden. Let pay due obedience to the laws un- us, therefore, imbibe and assimilate der whose ptotection we live; flevef the contents of those two ptecious to lose sight of the allegiance due documents, which have become part to our country; and to exemplify and patcel of our heritage, in or- eatnesdy, as well as to disseminate der that we will be able to exemplify devotedly among our countfymeri, them earnesdy and to disseminate particulady those who come with- them widely among fellow Filipinos. in the circle of out influence each day, the ideals and principles of our The True Decalogue Craft and the ethical ot moral teach- ings of Fitipino Mason heroes and In the Prologue, Bto. Apolinario statesmen. Mabini tells his countrymen, par- To be able to fulfill this injunc- ticularly the revol utionaries: tion, we must, amoflg other things, Many talk of freedom without gain mastery of the truths or pre- comprehending it. Many beteve cepts contained in The True Deca- that in having liberry one can act Iogue, by Bro. Apolinario Mabini, without btake for good or for evil. and the Code of Citizenship, by It always goes hand in hand with Commonwealth President and Past

The Cabletaw I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 201 3 65 reason and the individual's hon- We must simultaneously undergo est conscience. The thie{ when he an external and an internal revolu- steals, is not free because he allows tion. rWe must establish our moral himself to be influenced by evil and education on more solid bases and is a slave of his own passions, and abjure the vices most of which we when we imprison'him, we punish inherited from the Spaniards. Oth- him ptecisely because he does not erwise, our country would find her- want to use real freedom. self more and more decimated and Freedom does not mean that we poorer by civil wat and continuous obey no one because it precisely re- intetnal dissensions until she reach- quires us to adjust our conduct to es het complete annihilation, which the directing action of reason, which the noble blood of our martyts will guides and regulates justice. Liberty not be able to preverit. declares that we obey not just any 'We must, therefore, leatn the person, but it does order that we truths contained in the enclosed obey the one we have placed and Decalogue. They are the command- recognized as the most apt to lead meflts of God transmitted to man us; for, in this manner, we would be by means of reason. That is why obeying our own reason. An army if we reflect on them much, we will that transgresses the bounds of jus- not be perplexed. On the contrary, tice and reason, disobeyingits chiefs, out minds will clearly see that they violates real freedom because itper- are just because they are true. tutbs ordet and infringes discipline By them we will know man's real that teason itself has imposed; that mission on earth. We would have a is to say, many men together would real idea of honor, which we would accomplish nothing without unity uselessly look for in blood and in 'We of movement or purpose if every great undertakings. will not one of them pulls his own way. have the least doubt that we are here We must not forget these consid- to labor honesdy and afterwards rest erations. Otherwise, instead of us- with death, according to the Father ing liberry we abuse it. In this case, of out people. we will not only fail to attain our Futheq we will come to knorx, of progress, but we would be worse that whieh for a long time the Sprtr- off that we were. Besides, to erect iards were bent on concealing from the real edifice of our social regen- us, namely, that we have a Country eration, we must tadically change and that we owe her all because she not only our institutions but our is all that we have on this world.... way of being and thinking as well. Next, Mabini entlmefates the ten

66 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August ?013 truths or precepts which each Fili- God. pino must stricdy obey with all his 5. Strive for the happiness of heart, as follows: your counry befote your own, mak- ing her the kingdom of reason, of 1,. Love God and your honor justice, and of labor; for if she be above all things - God as the source huppy, you, together uzith yout fam- of all things, as the fountain of all i1y, *ill be happy, too. truth, of all justice, and of all activi- 6. Strive for the independence ties, and your honor, the only power of your country; for only you can which will oblige you to be truthful, have any real interest in her advance- just, and industrious. ment and exaltation. Her independ- 2. Worship God in the fotm ence constitutes your own liberty; which your conscience may deem her advancement, you perfection; most righteous and worthy; for in and her exaltation, your own glory your conscience, which condemns and immortality. your evil deeds and praises your 7. Do not recogntze in your good ones, speaks your God. couptry the authotity of zny person 3. Cultivate the special grfts who has not been elected by you whch God has granted you bywork- and your countrymen; fot author- ing aod studying to the best of your ity emanates from God, and as God ability, without separating yourself speaks in the conscience of every from the path of righteousness and man, the person designated and justice, in ordet to attairr your own proclaimed by the conscience of perfection, by means wheteof you awhole people is the only one who will contribute to human progress cafl use ffue authority. This is the mission which God has 8. Strive for a republic and nev- assigned to you in this life. By ful- et fot a monarchy in your country; filling it, you will have honor, and for the latter exalts one or several having this, you will glodft God. families and found a dynasry while 4. Love youf country after the former makes a people and wor- God and your honor and mote than thy through reason, great through yourself; for she is the only Paradise liberty, and prosperous and brilliant which God has given you in this life, through labot. the only patrimony of your race, the 9. . Love your neighbot as your- only inheritance of your ancestors, self; for God has imposed upon and the only hope of your postetity. him, as well as upon you, the obliga- Because of her, you have life, love tion to help you and not to do unto and interest, happiness, honor, and you what he .vould you have not

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 20i 3 67 done unto him. But if your neigh- and sorrows and common aspira- bor, failing in this sacred duty, at- tions and interests. tempts against your Life, liberty, and Therefore, as long as nation- interests, then you will destroy and al frontiers subsist, raised and main- annihilate him because the supreme tained by the selfishness of race and law of self-pteservation prevails. of family, with vour countryman 10. Consider )rouf couritryman alone will you unite in perfect soli- more than yout neighbor; see in him darity of purpose and interest, in or- your friend, your brother, or at least drr to have force, not ony to resist your comrade, with whom you are the commofl eflemy but also to at- bound by one fate, by the same joys tain the aims of human life.

'Ang Totoong Sampung 6. Sikapin mo na iyong bayan ay may funay na kasarinlan. Utos" ni Ka Pule Mabini 7. Kilalanin at sundin mo ang (sa Maikling Anyo) totoong may kapangyarihan sa iyong ' bayan. 1. Mahalin mo angDryos at ang 8. Sikapin mo na magkaroon iyong sariling karangalafl higit sa la- ang bayan mo ng isang pamahalaang hat. republikano o demokratikcr. 2. Sambahin mo ang Qiyos 9. Mahalin mo aflg ryong kapu- a)CIng sa ryong budhi o konsensya. wa tao, gay^nangpagmamahal mo sa 3. Linangin mo ang mga tal- i,l,ong sarili. ent na ibinigal, ng Di1,os sa i1'o sa 10. N{ahalin mo ang ryong kaba- pamamagitan ng pag-aral at trabaho. bayan na higit pa sa lyong kapuwa tao. 4. Mahalin mo ang iyong ba1'an Tayong mga Pilipino ay dapat p4gkatapos ng Dryos at lyong karan- magbuklod-buklod upang malaba- galan at higit sa i1,ong sarili. nan natin an gating kaaway at upang 5. Sikapin mo na i,vong bansa ay makamit natinang mga layrnin ng bu- maligala dahil lugar siya ng rason' ng hay pang-tao. katarungan, at ng trabaho.

Code of Citizenship and nations. 2. I-ove your countrli for it is 1. Have faith in Divine Provi- the home of 1,our people, the seat of dence that guides the dstinies of men your affections, and fhe source of yout happiness and well-being. Its defense

68 The eabl*tow i Vol. 90, No. 2, Jilly-Auguit 201 3 is your prmary duty. Be ever ready to nomic security and adds to the nation's sacrifice and even die for ig if neces- wealth. sary. 1,2. Rely on your ov/rl efforts for 3. Respect the Constiqution, your progress and happiness. Do not which is the expression of your sov- be eaily discouraged. Persevere in the ereign will. The government is your pursuit of your legitimate ambitions. govefnment. It has been esiablished 13,. Do yourwork cheerfirlly, thor- for your safety and welfare. Obey the oughly, and well. Work badly done laws, and see that they are obeyed by is wotse than work undone. Do not all, and that the public officials comply leave for tomoffow what you can do wih their duties. today. 4. Pay your taxes willingly and 14. Contribute to your communi- prompdy. Citizenship implies not ty's welfare and promote social justice. only rights but obligations as well. You do not live for yourselves alone. 5. Safeguard the purity of suf- You are part of society, to which you frage,andabide by the decision of the owe definite responsibilities. majodty. 15. . Cultivate the habit of using 6. Loveandrespectyourparents. goods made in the Philippines. Pa- It is your duty to serve them gratefully ttontze the products and trades of andwell. youf countflrnen. 7. Value your honor as you value 16. Use and develop orrr flatural your life. Poverty with honor is prefer- resources and consetve them for pos- able to wealth with dishonor. tedty. They are the inalienable hedtage 8. Be truthfi.rl and be honest in of our people. fro"gh,, word, and action. Be just 17. Do not traffrc with vour citi- and chadtable, courteous but dignified zenship. in your dealings with your fellowmen. 9. I-rad aclean nd frugal life. Do rWe reiterate for the sake of em- no engage in fiivoJity and pretense. Be phasis: We Ftee andAcceptedMasons simple in yout dress and modest in of the Philippines are bound by both yout behavior. honor and duty to exemplify most ear- 10. Live up to your people's noble nestly and to disseminate more widely traditions. Venemte our heroes' r.nem- than before the precepts or principles ory. Their Iives point the way to duty contained in The T?ue Decalogue and and honor. the Code of Citizenship, by Apglinar- 11. Be industrious. Do not be io Mabini and Manuel Luis Quezon, afratd or ashamed to do manual labor. respectively. kt's discharge that duty Productive toil is conducive to eco- with utrnost fidelity and conscien-

The Cabletow I Veil. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 69 Circular No. 1 GLP and district officers line up announced

CIRCULARNO. I. ESPINO. JR.

TO : ALL GLOs, DDGMs, DGLs, MASTERS, WARDENS and OFFICERS and MEMBERS of SUBORDINATE LODGES in this JURISDICTION

SUBJECT : ELECTED and APPOINTED OFFICERS of the MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS of the PHILIPPINES

For the information and guidance ofbrethren in thisjurisdiction, we are pleased to announce the following Elected and Appointed Officers for the Masonic Year 20L3-2014:

Grand Master MW JUANITO G. ESPINO, JR. Deputy Grand Master R]il ALAN LM PURISIMA Senior Grand Warden RW TOMAS G. RENTOY III Junior Grard Warden RWVOLTAIRET. GAZMIN Grand Treasurer MW RUDYARDO V. BUNDA, PGM, GMH Grand Secretary MW DANILO D. ANGELES, PGM, GMH Assistant Grand Treasurer VWMANUEL C. ESPIRITU JR. Assistant Grand Secretary VW AMANTE A. LIBERATO' Grand Auditor VW JOSELITO D. FOLLOSCO Grand Chaplain VW REUBEN A. GANADEN Grand Orator VWAURELIOM. UMAL] Grand Marshal VW zuCO E. PUNO Grand Historian VW SAMUEL C. PARILLA Grand Senior Deacon VW EDILBERTO M. DE LUNA Grand Junior Deacon VW ARMANDO EJVERON Grand Standard Bearer VW MIGUELITO M. AQUINO Grand Sword Bearer VWJOEVEYC. BABAGO Grand Bible Bearer VW EULALIO D. LORENZO Senior Grand Lecturer VW SIXTO S. ESQUIVIAS IV National Capital Region VW ELISEO D. DELA PAZ VW RAYNORL. TAROY VW ISAGANI R. VERZOSAJR.

70 The Cabletow l,Vol.90, No.2, July-August 2013 BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

Chairman MW REYNATO S. PI,INO SR.. PGM Vice Chaiman MW RUDYARD V. BTINDA, PGM

Members MW ROSENDO C. HERRERA, PGM MW PETER U. LIM LO SUY, PGM MW PABLO C. KO, JR., PGM MW DANILO D. ANGELES, PGM MW HERMOGENES E. EBDANE JR., PGM

Secretarv RW ALAN LM PURISIMA

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND NIASTER

District Location Name NCR. A Metro Manila VW.IOHN CO TAN NCR-B Metro Manila VW BEDA R. QUIAMBAO, JR. NCR. C Metro Manila VW EDUARD Y. SEVILLA NCR-D Metro Manila VW EDWIN P COSTES NCR-E Metro Manila VW ELEUTERIO S. LOGRONIO III NCR_F Metro Manila VW ORLANDO M. MABUTAS NCR-G Metro Manila VW ELSON T. TAYKO CAR-A Bontoc, Kalinga, Mt. Province VW BERNARD A. LIM RI-A VW VAL C. SANTOS RI&CARB Baguio. La Union VW HUOY P. TABANDA RI&CARC llocos Sur, llocos Norle, Abra VW JERRY B. MALAMION RII-A Nueva Vizcaya (South) VW ROGELIO S. LABITORIA RII-B lsabela (North) VW IGMEDIO S. CASTICON RiI.C Cagayan VW SILVINO Q. TEJADA RII-D lsabela (South), Quirino VW BERNARDO B. BAYANGOS RII-E Nueva Vizcaya (North.1, lfugao VW CESAR A. MARCOS Rilr-A VW DENNIS L. CTINANAN RIII-B VW MARIO A, BALBUENA Rllt-c Zambales VW NOLAN T. SUDARIO RIII-D Nueva Ecija (South) VW ROBERTO L MORALES Rllt-E Bulacan VW ANDRES O. PANGILINAN, JR. RIII-F Nueva Ecrja (North) VW MAURO D. REYES

Th* Cabietaw i Voi. 9t, l\o, 2, J,;ly-August 2013 RIII-C VW ROSALINO A. ACERETJR. RIV-A1 Cavite VWNATHANIEL S. GOLLA RIV-A2 Cavite VW EDELITO B. AMON RIV-B Laguna vw oDrLoN c. AQUTNo RIV.C Quezon VW BALTAZAR B. TARACINA RIV_D Batangas VW FLORANTE B. COMIA RIV.E Mindoro VW EDGARDO M. PADILLA RV-A Camarines Norte, VW GERARDO RAMON D.O. Camarines Sur, Catanduanes ROMANO RV-B Albay, Sorsogon VW DEMOSTHENES F. RODRIGUEZ RVI-A Panay, lloilo, Antique, Aklan VWDANTEA. DENATE RVI-B Negros Oriental, VW OMARFRANCIS P. Negros Occidental DEMONTEVERDE RVII. A Cebu, Bohol VW SANSALI.]NA A. PINAGAYAO RVIII:A Samar VW GILBERT L. HILVANO RVIII-B Leyte VW GRI,GORIO C. DOLINA RIX-A Zamboanga del Sur VW SANTIAGO P. TOLENTINO II RIX-B&X Misamis Occidental, VW DANC. SANTOS Zamboanga del Norte RIX-C Zamboanga, Jolo VW JOSEPH F. DY Basilan, Tawi-Tawi RX.A Misamis Oriental VWEDWINP. AMENE RX.B Misamis Oriental, Camiguin VW FRANCIS S. CELIS RX.C Misamis Occidental VW LUISITO S. YU RX-D&ARMM Lanao VW EDUARDO D. ULINDANG RX. E Bukidnon (North) VW JOSEPHNATHANIEL A. PAGGAO RX-F Bukidnon (South) VW GLICERIOANTHONY S. CAVALIDA

RXI-A I Davao City. Davao del Sur I VW FLOREN V. LUMO RXI-B I Davao Prov.. Davao Oriental I VW LORENZO A. CAMAYANC RXII-A I Cotabato Ciry. N. Cotabato I VW GMHAM NAZER G. DUMAMA RXII-B J SOCSARCEN I VW AARON D. ARUMPAC RXIII-A I Agusan. Surigao I VW ALIPIO G. OLITA JR. OVERSEAS A I Cuam I VW EDWARD R. CAMACHO OVERSEAS B I Camp Zama. Japan I VW HInOSHI YAGI oVERSEAS C I Okinawa. Japan I VW enWIN JEROME Z. ANCELES OVERSEAS D I Korea I VW AMES C. AQLIINO OVERSEAS E I Nonhern Marianas lslands I Vw tSaCnNl E. BENOZA

72 The Cabletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 DISTRICT GRAND LECTURERS District Location Name NCR. A Metro Manila VW MACARIO E. DE LA PENA VW EMMANUEL P. GUDITO VW R6LANDO E. BONOAN JR. VW GLENN B. PARRA

NCR-B Metro Manila VW NOMERABEL P. CANLAS VW ALEX C. DANIEL VW EDITO VICENTE C. BALAUAG VWJESUS LORENZO R. MATEO

NCR C Metro Manila VW RODOLFO C. ENUMERABLES VW MELITO S. VILLAR III VW RI]BEN K. CHUA VW CECIL R. CHEN VW J. ERMIN ERNEST LOUIE R. MICUEL VW JOSE JONATHAN R. ATIENZA

NCR-D Metro Manila VW SAMSON GO CHING VW RODOLFO L. TAN VW JONATHAN T. GALANG VW ARTURO E. FADR]QUELA VW BIENVENIDO V. SAMONTE JR.

NCR-E Metro Manila VW ARCHIE O. VALERIANO VW LUTHMYRP, TEOXON VW ALBERT S. ENCARNACION VWNICOLAS B. MANIPON VW GEOFFREY B. MENDOZA

NCR-F Metro Manila VW MELECIO R. DELA VEGA VWNEIL C. VALENZUELA VW CECILIO A. SALVADOR II VW RHOUMEL A. YADAO

NCR. G Metro Mani'la VW ALANA. TAN VW WISON C. AMPER VW AMANDO L. MELO JR,

The (abletaw I Vol. 90, ,'lo.2, July-Ailgilsr 2013 73 VWMARLON M. CASTOR VW JOEL O. PORLARES

CAR-A Bonttrc, Kalinga, VW EDWIN A. CALUDUCAN Mt. Province VW CLARENCE C. GOLOCAN VW EMMANUEL A. BILAGOT

RI-A Pangasinan VW DAVID N. RAPISORAJR. VW MANOLITO L. MOVIDA VW FERDINAND Z. DE ASIS VWALEXANDERA. AURELIO

RI & CAR-B Baguio, La Union VW ARTURO V. FIGUEROA VW RAMON F. LAUDENCIA VW MANUEL G. YDIA

RI & CAR-C llocos Sur, llocos Nor1e, Abra VW ADLAI B. CASIA VW BONHOEFER V. BERNARDEZ

RII-A Nueva Vizcaya (South) VW ALEXANDER P. GRAGASIN VW EPIFANIO P. MENDOZA

RII-B lsabela (North) VW RICARDO P. TAN VW SEVERO B. SINENSE WV SERAFIN S. SAQUING

RII-C Cagayan VW FEDERICO B. ORDINARIO JR. VW BENJAMTN AGUSTUS F. AGATEP VW LEONARDO T. TUPINO

RII-D lsabela (South), Quirino VWMARIO A. ANCHETA VW REYNALDO G. ACOSTA VW REYNERIO V. PINE JR.

RII-E Nueva Vizcaya (Nonh). lf,ugao I VW VIRGIL|O F. CORPUZ VW EFRENA. TUMANENG

RIII-A Pampanga VW DENNIS ANTHONY F. RELLOSA VWNICANDRO S. MONTES VW DIOSCORIDES D. LUSUNG

74 Thefahletow 1 Vo!. 90, No. 2,luly-Auqust 2013 RIII-B Bataan VWR]CARDO C. HERRERA

Rtil-c Zambales YW JOSEPH C. LIM III VW PEDRITO B. REYES VW RICO C. DELA CRUZ VW MANUEL G. ENRIQUEZ VW JESSE JEWEL E. MANUEL VW ABELARDO M. SANTOS

RIII-D Nueva Eciia (South) VW RE\'NATO M. LOTUACO JR. VW DANILO F. ESMINO VW CHOLAMREZA J. DADGARDOST VW MANOLO M. MERCADO VW BENJAMIN T. HULIPAS VW REYMARM. BAUTISTA VW JESUS B. VIZCONDE SR. \,W MICHAEL M. VALENZUELA VW RENATO DG BERNARDO VW ALFREDO C. SORIANO VW TOMAS F. LAHOM III

RIII-E Bulacan VW CRISOSTOMO F. WAN VW ROLANDO P. DELOS SANTOS VW GERARDO A.IBASCO VW CIELITO C. PASCUAL VW ELMER PINILI VW LARRY F. SAN PEDRO

RIII-F Nueva Ecija (North) VW ROBERTO C. ELCANO VW MARVIN V. BERNAL VW EDGARDO M, SANTOS VW FRANCISCO R. AYRAN. JR. VW NELSON T, MANUEL VW ROBERTO A. LINDAIN VW JUNE FRANKL\N A. FERNANDEZ VW ERROL V. SANTIAGO VW EDUARDO R. CONSTANTINO VW EDDIE S. GUTTIEREZ

The Cabletcw I Vol. 90, I'lo. ?, lL!ly-Ailqust 2t113 75 Tarlac VW PEDRO M. SOLIVEN JR VW FERDINAND G. AGDUMA VW RENE Y. PABLACIO VW MARCOS C. DELA CRUZ VW VICTORIO C. VALLEJO

RIV-A1 Cavite VW RAUL E. CANON, JR. VW EPHRAEM A. SERRANO VW ENRICO P. TUBIG VW GILBERT L. MENDOZA VW RICO P. PAYONGA'

VW WILFREDO R. LANDICHO VW WILFREDO G. BAULA VW CRESTITUTO L. SEPACIO JR. VW CONDRADO L. NATI JR. VW HERMINO T, UBANA SR.

VW DENNIS E- ABRIL VW PAOLO B. CAILLES VW OLIVER C. OCAMPO VW LEONEL MARIO F. BARTE

VW EUGENIO O. VERDE VW RAMONE. PUACHE VW RONALDO G. BULFA

Batangas VW ROMULO E. TORIO, JR. VW MAN{JEL DC CASTILLO vw MANUEL O, AMPELOQUTO

Mindoro VW CROMWELL Y. LORICO : VW GODOFREDO G. HERNANDEZ SR

Camarines SurA.lorte VW ERIC C. FERNANDO Catanduanes vw JoAQUtN ED A. GUERRERO VW JOSEPH C. CUA VW IGNACIO A. ODIAMAN

Albay, Sorsogon VW MICHAEL ANGELO M. YANZON

76 The Cabletow I Vol.90, No- 2,.Juiy-August 201 3 Masbate VW JOEL R. DEFEO

RVI-A Panay, 11oilo VlV VICENTE T. ANG Antique, Aklari VW GEORGT, F. ROVERO \^'V DANIEL FIDEL M. ABIERA VW ROBERTO C. VILLANUEVA

RVI-B Nbgros OrientaVOcc. VW JOSEPH DALE P. DEMONTEVERDE VW RAMON S. BELLEZA, JR. VWHERBERT F. HERNANDEZ

RVII- A Cebu, Bohol VW PAULS. ALCAZAREN VW MICHAEL VINCENT T. SAMSON VW TEOPISTO V. CABAGNOTJR.

RVIII.A Samar VW GILBERT F. LAYON VW JUAN BAUTISTA A, BEATO

RVIII-B Leyte \a]V VICTOR M. ATILLO VW REY FRANCISCO V. P[

RIX-A Zamboanga del Sur VW ROBERTO R. BARCELAJR VW MARLON B. DAGANDAN wv RENE DOMTNGO O. QUTNONES VW ANTONIO Y. GAMALINDA, JR.

RIX-B&X Misamis Occidental, VW MANUEL U. NERI Zamboanga del Norte VW RICHARD C. TIMOSA

RIX-C Zamboanga, Jolo VW CESAR C. GALANG Basilan, Tawi-Tawi VW GULAMU L. UDDIN

RX.A Misamis Oriental WV ERWIN PIO B. BOLLOZOS V\]V EUGENE M. LINABIA VW LOGENCITO P. ORAN

RX-B Misamis Oriental VW MARK MANFRED A. E. SOLERO Camiguin VWNOEL S. SADAVA VWFERNANDO G. UROT

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 77 RX-C Misamis Occidental VW CLINT S. CHA VW JULIUS TIMOTEO J. CHIONG

RX-D&ARM Lanao VW DAN M. JUTBA VW SANNY P. ALONTO VW JORGE C. PADERANGA JR.

RX- E Bukidnon (North) VW FELIX D. ALBTNDA VW SULPICIO HENNRY M.LEGASPIJR.

RX.F Bukidnon (South) VW JOEL P. ALON VW FRITZ T. ALAYON

RXI-A Davao City, Davao del Sur VW MICHAEL ARCHANGEL B. BRON VW NEIL CANEDO VW ABRAHAM C. ROJAS

RXI-B Davao Province, VW ELLSWORTH N. BANDOQUILLO Davao Oriental VW ROLANDO Y. TEJADA

RXII-A Cotabato City VW NICKE. ZAMORAS North Cotabato VW NOEL H. NUNEZ

RXII-B SOCKSARGEN VW REYNALDO C. TAN VW GERONCIO D. LOYOLA VW MARK LANDSEER O. LLIDO

RXIII-A Agusan, Surigao VW SALVADORV. CALO VW ALFREDO L. AMADORA VW RODRIGO G. AMONCIO

OVERSEAS A Guam vw RoQUE C. OGO OVERSEAS B Camp Zama,Japan VWMARKE. FREASE OVERSEAS C Okinawa, Japan VW NAPOLEON A. SISON OVERSEAS D Korea VW CARL SIZEMORE OVERSEAS E Northern Marianas lslands VW DANIEL E. BANEZ

7B The Cabletow i Voi. 90, f.,k:. 2, Jr"rly-Augr,rst 2013 Circular No.3 GLP officers were also as- signed to other lune 12 commemo- Shriners Week ration sites at annouGed in Manila, the Aguinaldo Shrine at Kawit in Cavite, and at the Andres Circular No. 3 announced Bonifacio Monument in the observance of the Shriners ln- city. ternational Awareness Week in the The Grand Lodge of the first week of fune. Philippines has been actively par- Dated 13th of May, it as- ticipating in the celebration of signed the Mabuhay Shriners Phil- lndependence Duy activities in ippines to head the celebration of their respective Masonic Districts, this international Masonic club. particularly in the flag raising and Circular No. 5 was attached wreath-laying ceremonies at the Ri- laying out the itinerary of the week- zal Monument, , Manila. long observance.

Circular No.6 Circular No.4 Agila Shriners' GLP takes part jurisdiction widened in June 12 rites overseas Circular No. enjoins all 4 Circular No. 6 announced Masons to talie part in the 12 fune the widening of the - Independence Day rites, particular- based Agila Shriners' jurisdicition ly in the Wreath Laying ceremonies overseas. before Monument the Rizal at Rizal An lmperial Session held Park in Manila. at lndianapolis, lndiana on |une Eated 24th of May, it called 29 to luly 4 saw the Aloha Shrin- on all Masons in the NCR and adja- ers handing their Southeast Asian cent districts, also on the appendant territories over to the Agila Shrin- bodies, to assemble at the Rizal Park ers. These areas covered Indone- at 6 a.m. on 12. )une sia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Next, they would proceed Taiwan, and the administrative to the GLP grounds for a separate districts of Hong Kong and Ma- flag-raising and wreath-laying cer- cau-the last two are under the emony. A program would follow at People's Republic of China. the Aguinaldo Hall.

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, llo.2, July-August 20'13 79 Circular No.7 lV SGL; VW Rodil L. Millado, Vice Chairman. Members are VW Beni- Bros in GLP standing to T. Ty; VW Rolando F. Rocha and & special committees VW Alejo C. Antonio.

named . Committee on Administration of Lodges, Returns and Charters Espino, MW fuanito G. |r. Chairman is RW Alan LM. Puri- announced the names of the officers sima, DGM; MW Danilo D. Ange- and members comprising the GLP les, PGM, GMH, Vice-Chairman. standing and special committees Members are VW Sixto S. Esquivias for this year. They will "serve at the lV SGL; VW Amante A. Liberato, pleasure of the Grand Master" until AGS; and VW Robert O. Asuncion. the close of the Annual Communi- cation (Ancom) in April. . Cqmmittee on Grievances Chairman is MW Santiago T. Gabi- . Committee on Finance onza,lr., PGM; VW Cesar R. Villar, Chairman is RW Purisi- Alan LM. Vice Chairman. Members are VW ma, DGM. Members are RW Tomas Edgar P. Borje; VW I.Waldemar V. G. Rentoy,lll, SGW RW Voltaire T. Valmores; VW Rosalio H. Remo; Gazmin, MW Rudyardo V. JGW and WM Caesar D. Asuncion. Bunda, PGM, GMH; and MW Da- nilo D. Angeles, PGM, GMH. . . Committee on Foreign Relations & Correspondence . Committee on Accounts Chairman is MW Rosendo C. Her- Chairman Fol- is VW Ioselito O. rera, PGM, GMH; RW Alan LM losco. Members are VW Ronald Al- Purisima, DGM, Vice-Chairmd'n. lan E. Fabian and VW Alfonso C. Members are RW Tomas G. RentoY, Obsum. 111, SGW RW Voltaire T. Gazmin, JGW VW Sixto"S. Esquivias, lV, . Committee on furisprudence SGL; and VW Amante A. Liberato, Chairman is VW Oliver V. Yabut. AGS. Members are VW Benny T. Ty; VW Rodil L. Millado; VW Cesar n. Vit- . Committee on Ritual and Works lar; VW Rosalio H. Remo an&VW Chairman is VW Sixto S. Esquivias Percival B. Peralta. lV SGL; VW Reynor L.'Iaroy, Vice- Chairman. Members are VW Alejo . Committee on Revision and Up- C. Antonio; VW Benjamin M. La- dating of the Constitution sam; VW |. Waldemar V. Valmores; Chairman is VW Sixto S. Esquivias and VW Antonio M. Mendoza.

80 The (abletow I Vol. 90, hla. 2, luly-August 201 3 . Committee on Masonic Temples . Committee on Resolutions and Buildings Chairman is VW'Sixto S. Esquivias, Chairman is VW Dennis T. Gabi- lV; VW Amante A. Liberato, Vice- onza; VW Rufino G. Arias, Vice- Chairman. Members are VW Zomer chairman. A. Ochavillo; VW Geoffrey B. Men- Members are VW Homobono C. doza; VW Luthmyr P. Teoxon; VW Pique; VW foevey C. Babago; VW Iohn-B. Llamas; and VW Alexander Gamaliel E. Sarte; VW Raul E. Can- B. Madamba. on; and WB Armando G.Cazzola. . Committee on Awards . Committee on Ways and Means Chairman is MW Danilo D. Ange- Chairman is VW Manuel C. Espir- les, PGM, GMH. Members are VW itu, fr. Members are VW Samuel C. Amante A. Liberato, AGS; VW Ro- Parilla; VW Celso G. Mandocdoc; seller M. Malabanan; VW Raynor WV Antonio Delfin S. Sumabat, lll; L. Taroy; VW Benjamin M. Lasam; VW Alejo C. Antonio; VW Sixto and VW Alejo C. Antonio. S. Esquivias lV SGL; VW Edwin P. Costes; and VW Sansaluna A. Pina- . Cornmittee on Youth gayao. Chairman is MW |aime Y. Gonza- les, PGM. Members are VW Edwin . Committee on Grand Lodge P. Costes; WB Ariel D. Fronda; VW Scholarship Rodel Riezl SI. Reyes for Order of Chairman is VW |ohn Co Tan. DeMolay; Sis. Nenita Berdan for Members are VW Eduard Y. Sevilla; Iob's Daughter; and Sis. Eleanor VW Edwin P. Costes; VW Beda R. Roque-Redor for Rainbow for Girls. Quiambao, Ir.;VW Eleuterio S. Lo- gronio, lll; VW Orlando M. Mabu- . Committee on Investments tas;and VW Elson T. Tayko. Chairman is MW Rudyardo V. Bun- da, PGM, GMH. Members are MW . Committee on Credentials Danilo D. Angeles, PGM, GMH; Chairman is MW Danilo D. Ange- VW Manuel C. Espiritu, Jr.; VW Jose les, PGM, GMH; MW Oscar V. Bu- O. Lustre; VW Gregorio A. Vicente; nyi, PGM, Vice-chairman. Members and VW Sansaluna A. Pinagayao. are VW Amante A. Liberato, AGS; VW Alexander l. Go; VW Rolando . Committee on Electoral Reforms F. Rocha; VW lsagani R. Verzosa, |r.; Chairman is MW Reynato S. Puno, VW Eliseo D. dela Paz; VW Roge- PGM, GMH; MW Rudyardo V. lio D. Gevero, Jr.; and VW Raul E. Bunda, PGM, GMH, Vice-Chair- Canon,lr. man. Members are MW Santiago T. Gabionza, |r., PGM; MW Franklin

The Cabletow l. Vol.9C, No.2, Juiy-AuEust 201 3 81 |. Demonteverde, PGM; MW Oscar . Committee on Cavite Affairs V. Bunyi, PGM; MW Pacifico B. An- Chairman is MW Rudyardo V. iag, PGM; VW Amante A. Liberato, Bunda, PGM, GMH. Members are AGS; VW Roberto L. Morales; and MW Rosendo C. Herrera, PGM, WB Reynaldo A. Garcia. GMH; VW Rafaelito R. Sacdalan; VW Nathaniel S. Golla; VW Edel- . Committee on Cemetery ito B. Amon; VW Nestor V. Tampol; Chairman is VW Eliseo D. dela Paz; VW Manuel C. Espiritu, |r.; and VW VW Orlando M. Mabutas, Vice- Raul E. Canon, |r. Chairman. Members are VW Ed- uard Y, Sevilla; VW Beda R. Qui- . Committee on Ancom ambao Jr.; VW Elson T. Tayko; VW Evaluation Nicolas B. Manipon; and WB Mc- Chairman is RW Alan LM. Puri- kentyre V. Cabrera. sima, DGM. Members are VW Ro- seller M. Malabanan; VW Benito T. . Committee on Charity Ty; VW Rolando F. Rocha; and VW Chairman is VW Benito K. Tan. Roberto L. Morales. Members are VW John T. Teng; VW Lucas T. Ty; VW Iohn Co Tan; and . Committee on Public Relations VW |ohn G. Sy. Chairman is VW Eliseo D. Dela Paz. Members are VW Albert S. Encar- . Committee on Information nacion; VW Archie O. Valeriano; Technology VW Raul E. Canon, Jr.; WB Mcken- Chairman is MW fuanito G. Espi- tyre V. Cabrera; and WB Armando no, Jr., GM. Members are RW Alan G. Cazzola. LM Purisima, DGM; RW Tomas G. Rentoy, SGW Bro. Noel R. Loyola; . Committee on Necrology and Bro. Iesus M. Tolosa. Chairman is VW Wilfredo G. Cay- etano. Members are VW Mariano |. . Committee on Financial Relief & Remoquillo; VW Emmanuel|. Di- Assistance Program (FRAP) esta; and VW Eduardo S. Chua. Chairman is MW Rudyardo V. Bun- da, PGM, GMH. Members ere MW . Committee on Masonic Associa- Danilo D. Angeles, PGM, GMH; tions and Clubs VW Manuel C. Espiritu, Jr., AGT; Chairman is MW Pacifito B. An- VW Amante A. Liberato, AGS; VW iag, PGM; MW |uanito P. Abergas, lsagani L Verzosa Ir.; VW Luthmyr PGM, Vice-Chairman. Members are P. Teoxon; VW Gamaliel E. Sarte; MW Avelinb l. Razon Ir., PGM; MW and VW Eliseo D. Dela Paz. Eugenio S. Labitoria, PGM; and VW Sixto S. Esquivias lV.

82 The Cabletow I Vol- 90, No. 2, "luly-August 2013 . Masonic Coordinating Council . Committee on Environment and Chairman is MW |uanito G. Espino, Disaster Preparedness |r. Members are l1l. |oven K. Chua; Chairman is VW Luis Tuazon; WB SK Rafael I. Roxas; HL Leticia S. Benito T. Ramos, Vice-Chairman. Flores; SK Simeon E. Flores; Sis. Fe Members are VW Iohn Co Tan; Abarquez Suaco; WB Jose S. Redor; VW Beda R. Quimbao Jr.; VW Ed- Bro. Jose B. Abejo;Hon. Rodel Riezl uard Y. Sevilla; VW Edwin P. Costes; S|. Reyes; Sis. Eleanor Roque-Redor; VW Eleuterio S. Logronio, ll1; VW Sis. Nenita Berdan; RW & lll. Tomas Orlando M. Mabutas; VW Elson T. G. Rentoy; and MW & lll. Romeo A. Tayko; VW Raul E. Canon ir.; VW Yu. TommY O. Que; and VW |oseph F. Dy.

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MW Juanito G. Espino, Jr. shakes hand with MW William Morris, Jr., Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free Antient and Accepted Masons of New Jersey with MW Danilo Angeles, PGM, Grand Secretary of the GLE VW Gamaliel Sarte, VW Rox Malabanan and two Filipino bros based in the U.5.

j I'ho f :hlarnu, \.'i \:,, Nr. 1 !,.1\ r',' ' ,i 7r I 83 Circular No. 5

GM Bspino fixes cabletow with California GL Circular No.5 shows how a dozen rough-mannered Masons can drag the 25,OOO members of the GLP into deep trouble.There's no better time than now to shape up-or ship out of the Craft.

Editor's Note

For nearl,v a decade, the (lrand u'ith respect. It issued the charter ior the l,odge of F. & A. N'I. of California (GLC) iounding of the Grand Lodge of the Phil- has watched with increasing concern the ippine Islands (GLPI) h 1912. reports oF bad beharior occurring among certain Fiiipino Masons in the state of Cali- It is our Mother Grand kdge. fornia. A rowdv iellou,ship, for instance, in a California neighborhood prodded the Tt; fix the problem, the GLP maclc residents to call 911.The police came and an initial step in 2012. MSf Sanriago 1. gathering. f,Iason broke up the A trilipino Gabionza, -Jr., PGM, issued Edict No. 259 was arested for driving uncler the influence requiring "Registration of Clubs, Sociedes of alcohol. and other similar Association of Nlasons Nlatters turned from bad to r,"'orse. and Admission of N{embers." It rvas meant Reports of hazing incidents br' \,Iasonic to rein in all tsilipino Masonic groups and clubs, with a big number oi Filipino mem- keep them in line with the GLP lau.s and bership, reached the GLC. policies. The GLC notihecl the Grand But the toughest job rvas ver to Lodge of F. & A. N{. of the Philippines come. (GLP). Communications were exchanged. It fell on the lot of I'tW Juanito Filipino N{asons with rough behavior u.'ere G. Espinq Jr., GLP 101 Grand N{aster, to hurting the name of the GLC. Hence, the grapple with the problem mano-a-mano- GLC wanted to deal u.ith these undesirable with so much risk at stalie. on its orvn terms, righr ar its ,,u'n rurf. IJou, a soft-spoken and unassum- The GLP scnt. in rurn. ncgoliauon ing Grand N{aster Licked a nearlv 10-vear-olcl parties to clear up iuriscliction issues,'among issue on one dar', on August 2, is told in Cir- others. But the GLC s'as grou,ing impatient. cular No.5. Of all the granrl loclges in rhe NIW Espino'.s Califtrrnia trip is, br world, Filipino Alasons rrust rrear thc GLC all means, a maior move fit for the books.

84 Tlre(ableto.ru ,.; ..,{'. ,, , . .r I .,t,Jnuit I i . Circular No. 5 GRAIID MASTER'S OFFICIAT YISIT TO THE GRAIID TODGES III THE T]I{ITEI) STATES OT AftIERICA

TO : ALL PAST GRAND MASTE,RS, DISTRICT DE,PUTY GRAND MASTERS, DISTRICT OFF'ICERS, GRAND LODGE, INSPE,C- TORS, STORSHIPF'UL MASTERS, WARDENS, BRETHREN

ln line with the objective of strengthening our fraternal ties and tenewing our Masonic commitments with other grand judsdictions, the Gtand Lodge of the Philippines had officral1y visited the four (4) Grand Lodges in the United States of America - California, New York, New Jersey and lllinois (Chicago),last August Lll,2013. The visit was composed of the Grand Master, MW Danilo D. Angeles, Grand Secretary, VY/ Roseller M. N[alabanan, Chief of Stafl and V\7 Gamaliel SarteJr., of[cial representative of R\W Alan LM Puri- sima, Deputy Grand Master The visit was highlighted by our first meet- ing at the Grand Master's Confetence Room with the Grand Officets of the Grand Lodge of California, our Mother Gtand Lodge. Fraternal pleasantries and warm exchanges with gteat enthusiasm were shared to us by MW John Lowe, Grand Master together with his Depury Senior and Junior Grand S7ardens, Grand Secretary, Grand Marshall and other Gtand Officets. A glimpse of the histotl, of our Grand Lodge and the fruternalimportance of the Grand Lodge of California in the formation of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines were also shared to them includ- ing the successful celebration of our Centennial Year last December 1,9, 20L2. Furthermore, the continuity of programs and activitieS in line of keeping the tenets of Masonry aflame in the PhiJiuppines through the 7-point program under a 5-year Development Plan were also discussed. Certain issues wete discussed and shed light off in connection with their protruding problems on hazing and other forms of public and private initiations by Masonic C1ubs and organizaions under their jurisdictions which are considered violative of their federal and state laws. The Grand Lodge of the Philippines assured them that the same acts are prohibited undet the Philippine government laws and that the same have been given premium by our Masonic constitution, Edicts and regulations. Mementos and gifts such as 100 Years Coffeetable book, Oration Book, Masonic Constitution, Centennial Monitor, Centennial Stamps, Centennial Currency, and Grand Master's pin were presented to MS7 John Lowe, his Deputy and Grand Line Officers and some tokens were also given by them. A cotdial invitation by M\)7 Lowe to attend their Annual Com- munications on October 4-6,2013 waS accorded to the delegation of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines of which the same courtesy has been extended by us to them in our 99th Annual Communications on April 24-26,201,4 at the SM Mall of.\sia. ln his letter dated August 5,2OL3, RWJohn Cooper, Deputy Grand Master, has expressed his appreciation of our official visit to them which have made the bonds of fraternalaffection between our two Grand Lodges strengthened. ln appreciation of the Book of Orations, he quoted a portion of MW Reynaro Puno's 1987 Grand Oration which

B6 The Cahletow i Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 20i 3 speaks to our challenge as leadets of Freemasonry, to wit:

"Masonry is enmeshed in a crucial bottle where there is no peace tolk, where there is no ceosefire, where there is no end except the end of time. This is the battle thot is wbged in the breost of every man, the battle in which mosonry seeks the expulsion of evil from the minds of mon ond the enthronement of righteousness in his heort. This is the bottle that masons fight with the square of morolity, the level of equolity ond the plumb of rectitude."

Official visits to the Gtand Lodges of New York, NewJersey and lllinois were done from August 5-9, 2OL3, where we had been frater- nally received by Filipino Masons and thdir respective Grand Officers. Gtand Master MW James Sullivan, R\fl Bill Thomas, DGM, and MW Libone, PGM, Grand Secretaq, of the Gtand Lodge of New Yotk cor- dially received us in their offices and later at the open lodge communi- cation by six (6) Filipino Mason lodges. N{W \)Uilliam Botris, PGM and Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of NewJersey. received us formally in his office and latet at a Toin communication by Plaridel Lodge No. 302 and Enterpris.e Lodge No. 31 where Filipino Masons were present. Lasdy, the N{illbury Lodge No. 127, Gtand Lodge of lllinois, formaily teceived us through their Grand Line Officers, Past Grand Masters, and Filipino NIasons. Once agatn) our ffaternal ties with our Grand Mother Lodge and othet patts of the grand jutisdictions in the United States have been strengthened by the official visit of the Grand Master and his delegation.

Attest: (Signed) . E,SPiNO DANILO D. ANGE,LES Master Grand Secretary

87 ByWB Jonathan R. Amoroso July!

The continuing desire to understand and go ofter the reol essence of one's existence is just as importont os one member, country's coll for independence, or o after his fellow triumvirate meadow's crop gathering, or landing on Julius Caesar. Before the calendar a newly discovered planetoid's surface. was changed, July was called Quin- tiles and was the 5tnt month of the (From the author! compilation of his Masonic essays entitled A Distinct Knock, 201 3, pp.26-27). Roman year. The Saxon name of July is Maed- What's the fuss aboutJuly? Monath, which means meadow Not much real1y. month. Hence, in four-seasoned As we discussed the declaration nations, the eath trips with its sax of Philippine Independence last through the jazz-crazed cicadas. morrth, many still afe not aware that Contours turn green-eyed with the this declaration was belatedly recog- growing vegetables, grains, and grass nized by Spain and the United3tates on the fields. Buttetflies pilot their cesnas. And chickens do the limbo on July 4,1.946 due to the Treaty of Paris, whereby the conquered Phil- dance on old Mac Donald's farm. ippines was ceded by Spain to the Time to reap what has been sowed. United States "in exchange for an Quite the opposite, in this coun- undetermined indemniry" Inciden- try whefe the greens of the west are too far-out to be seen, has tally, July is also the month the Unit- Julv ed States of America, Argentina, almost always been associated with Venezuela, Beigium, Peru, among the grays. But no matter how Kur-a other countdes, declared their in- Dante would violently argue that the dependence from their respective rains, dripping trees, wet and empty alleys, shied sunrise, and stades and colonizers. On Jui1, 20, L969, man first landed on the moon. moonless nights of July make him And more about histor1,. It ail sick and sad, I have always been started when Mark Antonyi the Ro- at home with the dark cloud and man general and orator, with the ca1- storms. And the reason is that July, endar and named one of its months fot me, is harvest time.

88 The {ab}etow I v,:1. *0, No. 2, .July-August 2013 Being botn on the 9th of July much desired and so difficult to at- many years ago,it is on this month, tatn. I lift up the fallen and shelter mofe than any othet months of the the sick; hark the orphan's cry, the year, when I introspect and look at widow's tear, the pain of th,j old and the mirror, so to speak, to see my the destitute. I am not church, nor own set of produce. Oftentimes, pafty, not school, yet my sons bear a and for some reasons, especialiy on fuil ie'iponsibility to GOD, to neigh- those nights before I blow my birth- bor and themselves. day cake and with the soaked wind Once again, just iike those July pettiflg my face, a muscled insomnia nights before the "anniversary of would force my mind down memo- my birth certificate," the soaked ry lane. Past the boy bathing in the winds becokon. But that will be rain. Past the teen-aget griping over alright. The continuing desire to his first gulp of gin. Past the col- underststanf snf go aftr the reai es- lege dude with-rebel friends tecit- sence of onet existence is iust as ing angry poems in the midst of the important in one countty's call for ratn and beet. Now atop the hill of independence, of a meadow's crop adulthood, horr do I see the wodd gatheiing, or landing on a newly dis- laid bare before my eyes, and what covered planetoid's sutface. is the rneaning of life I have known Before age one, I was taught well

thus far? In the essavt entided how to "close-open" my hands. By "I am Freemasonry, "rt is told that the doctrines of the craft, I rather the essence of life is to fulfillthe du- keep them open for the millions ties to God, country, neighbors, and of worthy men out there falling in onet self. A portion thereof reads stormy despair. as follows:

By signs and symbols,I teach the lessons of life and of death, and Ba kit kaila nga n the relationship of man with GOD and of man with man. My arms ng mundo ang ate widespread to receive those of lawful age and good report who mga Mason seek me of theit own free will. I accept them and teach them to use ANG SABI NI LOIS IANE my working tools in the building of sa pelikulang Superman Returns, men, and thereby find direction in hindi na raw kailangan ng mundo si their own quest for perfection so Superman. Mahirap yata matang- gap sa umpisa ang nasabing pasya.

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 89 Dahil katulad ng kamamihan - na Ngunit, sa paglipas ng mga taon, minsan nagging pay^t,uhuging mus- lumipas din nang hindi pansin ang mos, at mapatakan lang ng ambon mga makabatang pan^eimpan. At ang marupok na bumbonan ay si- ang mundo, hindi katulad ng likhang nusugod na sa ospital, hindi ko lang isip na komiko, ay hindi na'naisasal- itinuring na isang idolo ang pambi- ar^war, sa pagbaksak ng mga ero- hirang anak ni Jot-el. plano, sa pagtibak ng mga gusali, sa Malimit ko dng nilunggati na pagbitak ng lupa at pagguho ng mga magkaroon ng kagila-gilalas na kabundukar',^ts2'pagJantadngmga birtud ng isang taga-I{r1pton. Ayon kasuklam-suklam na kinapal buhat kasi sa isang saliga sa sikolohiy^, ^ng sa malalayong pangkalawan. bawat bata, dala na ring ng kanyang takdang kakayahan, ay kusang nga- ... mas kailangan mg mun- hahanap ng bayaning makikidam- do ang mga taong hand- dam' ing magmason sa mundong Kaya parang siml(uya,Dante tuty-tJloy na nawawalat. /d; 3,#:i#i';Ifl,H':'i::1J",#B l -u, kapa, mav tapi madalas ko nang pinnngui^p nu, naman ng kabutihan; hin- habang matulin ,ki;g ,i-riutuo, di man nakakalipag, abot dahan-dahan ko naming hinuhubad langit naman ang pag- ang a(ing unipotmeng polo.sa el- kakawanggawa; hindi man ementaty, at m nlagna kikinang ang malakas ang bisig, matikas pang-ilalim kong kasuotang asul at naman ang disiplina; and pula, may sinturon pang dilaw. Mas hindi man bakal ang kata- mabilis pa sa rumarag sang bala. wan, bukal naman ang ka- I{ayanglumipad sa magkabilang gu- loobanm handing umunawa, sali sa isang . Hindi ibon. Hindi eroplano. Ako na si Super- umintindi, at magmahal sa man. At akin ngang iiwan ang mga mga kinauukulan. Dahil libro sa mesa, lilisanin pansamantala sa mga ganitong trabaho, takdang-aralin upang maki- maisaayos ang ^ngmg maari nang paglaro sa mga ulap at mga. maya; - mundo. pagbubuhol-buholin ang mga ka- away ko sa kabilang barrio; at mzg- Hindi man sumalakay ar'g mga papasiklab sa aking hinahangaang makapangyalhzng katunggali, ang dilag, na kung hindi ako nagkaka- tao zy nzhaharap sa iba't ibang uri mali, Neriss y^t^ ang pangalan. mas ^ ng pakikipaglaban. Madalas,

90 The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 20'13 malubha pa sa paghahasik ni Lex Luthor, Gen. Zad, Gus Gorman, o Nuclear Man ang pagsabog n gat- ing mga kasalanan. Sinasadya man o hindi, tao ay nakalasakit ng ^ng damdamin ng kanyang kaPwa - ka- pamilya, kaibigan, at iba Paia wala naman tilagang kilamanan' Ang ttuflay rua pakikipagsapalatan, sa to- toong buhay, ay t^g g rraP sa ka- Iooban - sa puso at sa isiP, kung saan dapat binibithay nang maingat at maselang pagsusuri ang latak ng kasamaan sa taganas na kabutihan. umunawa, umintindi, Lt tnzgma- hal sa mga kinauukulan. Dahil sa Sa aking pagsubaybaY kaY Su- mga ganitong trabaho, maari nang perman, namangha ako nang taPa- maisaayos ang mundo. tan sa kakayahan at kagustohan ng isang na ipags anggalang ang Sapagkat sa Panana\xz rlg mga daigdig - iligtas ang bantayog ni Ub- mason, ang mundo - tulad din ng Sfall erty, ayusin ang naskang Great sarili - ay isang templong maligasgas of China, ibalik sa anyo naPin- mga tabiki. Kaya nga sa ^flg ^ng Pag- salang Mt. Rushmore, tPagcanggol g gawa at pagkukumpuni, bukod sa afig mg rraaapi, Lt sa m rarni P, kumpas, eskuwala at nibel, kailan- niyang katapangang-g w^. Ngu- gmr Ly dulos na makaPagPaPakinis nit, sa mahigit dalauzang otas kong sakarayagan at sa lahat ng kanYang panonood sa pinakahulin anngkadz hanggahang kasulokan. Parz saban- ng Man of Steel, akin ding nalfuiP dang huli, lumatag, dumulas, at ku- fla mas kailangan ng mundo ang malat angsimento ng magmamaha- sa mga taoflg handing magmasofl lan sa buong sangkatauhan. Ito lang mundong nrloy-tuloy na nawawalat. ang paraafl kung paano makakamtan \Wala mang kapa, may taPi naman ang tunay na kapayaPaan. At ang ng kabutihan; hindi man nakaka- susi dito sa misteryosong kaharian, lipad, abot langit naman ang Pag- sa aking pagkakailam. hindi nga si kakawanggawa; hindi man malakas Superman, bagkus, mga mason la- ang bisig, matikas flaman ang disipli- mang m aflfigpagsimulan. na; at hindi man bakal anglatawan, ^ng handing (ltong anikulo ay galllng din s A DISTINCT KNOCIC 2Ol 3, pahina 31- bukal naman ang kalooban, 32. Ang linalaman ng aklat na ito ay 32'Masonic essays'nl Matangal na Guro Jonathan Amoroso.)

The Cabletow I Vol. 90, No. 2, July-August 2013 91 Pinagsabitan Lodge No. 26 celebrates centennial

Chartered twice and yielding a ter. The first installation of officers member to the Grand East, Pinagsa- was held on October. 1,3, a month bitan Lodge No. 26 F. & A. M., lo- later cated at Sta. Cruz in Laguna prov- The occasion also sav/ the ferram- ince, turns 100 this year. ing of Makiling Lodge to "Pinagsa- A handout futnished to THE bitan" Lodge after a heroic batde in CABLETOW narrates its begin- the village oi same name during the nings on March 15,1912 when Ma- tevolution. sons Santos Carmelo, Amado Saul Pinagsabitan village was so named and Hermenegildo Aquino have when the Spaniards had stung a met and sat down together at the resident up in a tree at the roadside home of the last to forge a plan of leading to adiacent Pagsanjan town. putting up a Masonic lodge in town. On June 4, 1,9'1,3, the Gran The thtee foundets, along with bros Oriente handed the lodge's chafier; from Modesta Lodge in Manila, hence, its anniversary commemora- trooped to the regional office 6f th. tion. Gran Oriente Espafrol. In February 1917, Pinagsab- On September 1.2, 1912, the itan transferted its obedience to the Spanish Grand Orient issued a dis- Gtand I-odge,of the Philippine Is- pensation to the new lodge named lands (GLPD. On the 13th, it received "Makiling" numbered 344. The its new charter and number, 26. lodge went on to hold its first elec- The lodge has made 347 Master tion at Hotel Universal at Real Street Mzsons over the century. Its 2-term in Sta. Cruz. Mastet, .Werner P Schetelig (1937 to Bro. Roberto Moreno of Silanga- 1940), occupied the Grand East in

nan Lodge was elected its first Mas- 1948. _

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