3rd Degree Conferral - July 19, 2011

Raised to the third degree of Masonic craft, our congratulations to our newly raised brother!
Bro.Marsolito Cruz

Masons on the Moon

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

On July 20th, 1969 Aldrin followed Armstrong down the ladder to be the second man on the moon because he was farthest from the door of the Lunar Module "Eagle".  Aldrin was a member of Montclair Lodge No. 144 of New Jersey 

Brother Leroy Gordon Cooper

Was an Astronaut in the Mercury Space Program and was "raised" a Master Mason in Carbondale Lodge No. 82 in Colorado, April - 1960

Bro. Edgar D. Mitchell

Mitchell was a Demolay Chevalier and member of Artesta No. 29 in New Mexico

Brother Virgil I. Grissom 

was made a Master Mason in Mitchell Lodge No. 228 at Mitchell Indiana

Bro. James B. Irwin

was made a Master Mason at Tajon Lodge No. 104 Colorado Springs

1st Mason on the moon

3rd Degree Conferral - June 21, 2011

Raised to the third degree of Masonic craft, our congratulations to our newly raised brother!
Bro.Danilo Perez

Happy 150th Birtday Kuyang Pepe!

Rizal was made a Master Mason on November 15, 1890 at Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid, Spain. He affiliated with a lodge under the jurisdiction of Grand Orient of France on October 14, 1891, and was made honorary Worshipful Master of Nilad Lodge No. 144 in 1892. There he delivered a lecture entitled “La Masoneria”. Influenced by Miguel Morayta, a history professor at the Universidad de Madrid, Rizal joined Masonry, under the Gran Oriente de Español, adopting the Masonic name, Dimasalang. He was automatically excommunicated, expelled from the Catholic Church, a fate decreed for all Catholics becoming Masons since 1738 and reaffirmed by the CBCP in 1990. Rizal had plenty of illustrious company including Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Ladislao Diwa, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Juan Luna, Deodato Arellano, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, H. Pardo de Tavera, and so many others in the Propaganda Movement and La Liga Filipina.