3rd Degree Conferral - Aug. 24, 2010

Raised to the third degree of Masonic craft, our congratulations to our newly raised brother! 

Bro. Arlie Abando

A Young Man and a Pawnbroker

A young man passed a pawnbroker’s shop. The money lender was standing in front of his shop, and the young man noted that he was wearing a large and beautiful Masonic emblem. After going on a whole block, apparently lost in thought, the young man turned back, stepped up to the pawnbroker, and addressed him: “I see you’re wearing a Masonic emblem. I’m a Freemason too. It happens that I’m desperately in need of $25 just now. I shall be able to repay it within ten days. You don’t know me; but I wonder whether the fact that you are a Freemason and that I am a Freemason is sufficient to induce you to lend me the money on my personal note.”

Three Great Reformists

Many say success comes in three while invariably too,  losses may also come in three. This was what happened in 1896, when in a year time Philippine Masonry lost its three favorite sons: the novelist, the journalist and the orator.