WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES... A FREEMASON.......A Philantropist

It is with great sadness that we must report that at the age of 114 Years, 205 Days our Brother Walter Breuning was called to the Celestial Lodge at 3 p.m., Thursday, April 14, 2011.

Brother Walter was a 33° Scottish Rite Freemason in the Valley of Great Falls, Montana. He had been a Master Mason for 85 Years, 333 Days.

more story about Bro. Walter read here

Lodge No.16: Sinukuan Lodge

Article accompanying this photo from the Vol.IV (1926-1927) of the Newsletter

 Cable Tow reads:

Located in the Tondo District at 1001 Bilbao.
Known as the TEMPLE OF SOLOMON,
a big wooden building which for a time served the purposes
of legitimate Masonry but subsequently fell into the hands
of clandestine lodges.

This building was erected by Sikatuna, Inc. a corporation formed
in 1916 by members of Sinukuan Lodge No.16. was consecrated
on February 24, 1917.

While it was held by regular Masonry, the upper story was used
by the Lodge and the ground floor was occupied by the
Tondo Montessori Class.

The Lodges that met there were: Sinukuan No. 16,
Walana Lodge No.13, Dapitan Lodge No.21,
and Batong-Buhay No.27.

In this building the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands,
on December 8, 1920 held necrological services
over the remains of Bro. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
which had been brought back from Spain.

3rd Degree Conferral - March 29, 2011

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

Bro. Jupiter Tajonera
Bro. Eric Petalber

MRRML355 Annual Outreach Program

Knights of Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple (French: Ordre du Temple or Templiers) or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. The organization existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages.

Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favoured charity throughout Christendom, and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. Non-combatant members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking, and building many fortifications across Europe and the Holy Land.

The Templars' existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost, support for the Order faded. Rumors about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony created mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, took advantage of the situation. In 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured into giving false confessions, and then burned at the stake including its last Grand Master Jacques DeMolay. Under pressure from King Philip, Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312. The abrupt disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to speculation and legends, including Freemasonry which have kept the "Templar" name alive into the modern day.