Dr. Jose Rizal certificate of membership to Temple de Honneur et de L'Union, a Masonic lodge in Paris under Grand Oriente de France.

In Oct. 14, 1891 Jose Rizal applied for admission to Temple de Honneur et de L'Union, a lodge in Paris under Grand Oriente de France. This lodge further inculcated in his heart the French Masonic motto and principle of “Liberty, Fraternity and Equality”. Dr. Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera, Dr. Ariston Bautista, Juan Luna, Dr.Felix Pardo de Tavera, Valentin Ventura and Antonio Vergel de Dios and his brother were prominent and active members of this lodge. Rizal was 30 when he was scheduled for conferral on October 14, 1891. Some of his comrades including Graciano Lopez Jaena, Mariano Ponce, and Marcelo H. del Pilar, were also active Masons. Rizal, on the other hand, was more placid.