Brethren,
Please attend the following meetings; these are important meetings prior to our Consecration this 30 January 2010.
9 January 2010, Saturday at 6:00 PM, Foundation Members Meeting : Bro Manny Santos Residence, 84 Burrinjuck Dr Woodcroft NSW 2767.
17 January 2010, Sunday, at 6:00 PM, Lodge Jose Rizal Re-Installation Rehearsal. Castle Hill Masonic Centre.
24 January 2010, Sunday, at 1:00 PM, The Grand Master and the Ceremonial Team will be in attendance. Consecration of LJR Rehearsal and Re- Installation Rehearsal. Castle Hill Masonic Centre.
Castle Hill Masonic Centre, corner Showground and Old Northern Roads, Castle Hill NSW 2154.
Together brethren,
Bro Manny Maniago
WM designate
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Rizal 113th Death Anniversary - 30 Dec 2009
NHI: Rizal’s dying wishes unfulfilled
By Jerry E. Esplanada [Philippine Daily Inquirer]
First Posted 02:05:00 12/30/2009
MANILA, Philippines—Unknown to many Filipinos, most of Dr. Jose Rizal’s wishes on his death remain unfulfilled, including the nonobservance of his execution on Dec. 30, 1896, according to National Historical Institute (NHI) Chair Ambeth R. Ocampo.
Speaking at a recent Metrobank Foundation lecture series on best teaching practices, Ocampo said the national hero left the following instructions in an undated letter to his family, written in Fort Santiago before he was shot: ”... Bury me in the ground, place a stone and a cross over it. My name, the date of my birth and of my death. Nothing more. If you later wish to surround my grave with a fence, you may do so. No anniversaries. I prefer Paang Bundok [where Manila’s North Cemetery now stands, as my burial place].”
These final instructions were not followed, except for the construction of a fence around his grave—the Rizal Monument at Luneta Park in Manila.
“There is no cross on his grave. Instead of the simple piece of stone above his grave we have a whole obelisk topped with three gold stars and a statue of him. The simple inscription with his name and dates of birth and death may be there in elaborate bronze, but you have all sorts of other inscriptions around the grave,” said Ocampo, who writes a column for the Inquirer.
Neither was Rizal’s request to be buried in Paang Bundok complied with, “so there he lies in Luneta close to the spot where he was shot,” Ocampo said, adding:
“Worse, every year there are two anniversaries celebrated there: his birthday on June 19 and his death day on Dec. 30. On the latter, the president of the Philippines leads the nation in a Rizal Day celebration, when Rizal didn’t want any.”
The same information was presented by Ocampo in his book “Rizal Without the Overcoat,” a collection of essays on the national hero.
Day of mourning
The observance of Rizal Day goes back to the decree issued by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo on Dec. 20, 1898, declaring Dec. 30 as a “national day of mourning” for Rizal and other casualties of the revolution against Spain.
The first-ever commemoration of Rizal Day was held in Manila by Club Filipino on Dec. 30, 1898, which coincided with the unveiling of the Rizal Monument in Daet, Camarines Norte.
On Feb. 1, 1902, the Philippine Commission enacted Act No. 345, which set Dec. 30 of each year as Rizal Day.
Today, President Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to again lead Rizal Day rites at the Rizal Monument in Baguio City.
Vice President Noli de Castro, on the other hand, will lead wreath-laying rites at the Rizal Monument at Luneta Park.
Other wreath-laying ceremonies will be held simultaneously at the Rizal Shrines in Calamba, Dapitan City, San Nicolas in Ilocos Norte, Davao City, and Cebu City, among other places nationwide.
Pending legislation
Early this year, Ocampo expressed full support for the proposed transfer of Rizal Day from Dec. 30 to June 19. It was believed that the move would give Rizal the prominence he deserved instead of the seeming afterthought squeezed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
In June, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading House Bill No. 5408 seeking to move Rizal Day to June 19.
The Senate, however, has yet to approve the proposal, which seeks to amend Executive Order No. 292, or the Administrative Code of 1987 which covers the commemoration of Rizal’s death anniversary.
Manila Rep. Jaime Lopez, who sponsored HB 5408, said June 19 was the appropriate date to mark Rizal Day because it was the hero’s writings, and not his death alone, that triggered the 1896 revolution and that roused Filipinos to unite in order to win independence against foreign domination.
Why Rizal Day on Dec. 30
But last year, Dr. Pablo Trillana III, former NHI chair and Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, wrote a piece in the Inquirer stating what he described as the “compelling reasons why we should continue celebrating Rizal Day on Dec. 30.”
Said Trillana: “Rizal’s death, not his birth, is the greater event... The newborn Rizal, like any newborn, held nothing more than the promise of a life that could be filled with meaning. His death, on the other hand, summed up his life, held the record for what he had become, and defined its meaning.
“Births, deaths or days of great achievements can be milestones for commemoration. The fundamental objective is to choose an event which locks the lives of the hero and his nation in a tight embrace of context and meaning... Rizal’s death, more than his birth, embodies that spirit.”
Practical reason
In his Dec. 21, 2006, column in this paper, Ocampo wrote: “While it is traditional and proper to celebrate the national hero’s martyrdom, there is a more practical reason for a change.
“Each year, Rizal Day passes by almost unnoticed because the official ceremonial wreath-laying in Rizal Park takes less than half an hour and even if it is aired live on TV, radio or the Internet, almost everyone is asleep at 7 a.m., enjoying the holiday and the cold December weather...
“One would think that moving Rizal Day to June 19 would provide a logical excuse for reflections on nationhood by having a weeklong celebration that begins on June 19. Unfortunately, people are so comfortable with the present setup to even consider change.”
25-volume of hero’s writings
In his Jan. 9, 2009 column, Ocampo wrote: “There are people who think we should wear long faces and commemorate Dec. 30 with somber thoughts of death and martyrdom and ‘Ultimo Adios.’
“I would rather that people read Rizal’s novels and discuss them instead of repeating stock phrases and praises that have numbed our youth. Better yet, try and read Rizal’s other writings, those that were not forced on you in school,” including the little known volumes in the complete 25-volume compilation of the hero’s writings.
Further readings:
A Biographical Sketch
On Wikepedia
By Jerry E. Esplanada [Philippine Daily Inquirer]
First Posted 02:05:00 12/30/2009
MANILA, Philippines—Unknown to many Filipinos, most of Dr. Jose Rizal’s wishes on his death remain unfulfilled, including the nonobservance of his execution on Dec. 30, 1896, according to National Historical Institute (NHI) Chair Ambeth R. Ocampo.
Speaking at a recent Metrobank Foundation lecture series on best teaching practices, Ocampo said the national hero left the following instructions in an undated letter to his family, written in Fort Santiago before he was shot: ”... Bury me in the ground, place a stone and a cross over it. My name, the date of my birth and of my death. Nothing more. If you later wish to surround my grave with a fence, you may do so. No anniversaries. I prefer Paang Bundok [where Manila’s North Cemetery now stands, as my burial place].”
These final instructions were not followed, except for the construction of a fence around his grave—the Rizal Monument at Luneta Park in Manila.
“There is no cross on his grave. Instead of the simple piece of stone above his grave we have a whole obelisk topped with three gold stars and a statue of him. The simple inscription with his name and dates of birth and death may be there in elaborate bronze, but you have all sorts of other inscriptions around the grave,” said Ocampo, who writes a column for the Inquirer.
Neither was Rizal’s request to be buried in Paang Bundok complied with, “so there he lies in Luneta close to the spot where he was shot,” Ocampo said, adding:
“Worse, every year there are two anniversaries celebrated there: his birthday on June 19 and his death day on Dec. 30. On the latter, the president of the Philippines leads the nation in a Rizal Day celebration, when Rizal didn’t want any.”
The same information was presented by Ocampo in his book “Rizal Without the Overcoat,” a collection of essays on the national hero.
Day of mourning
The observance of Rizal Day goes back to the decree issued by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo on Dec. 20, 1898, declaring Dec. 30 as a “national day of mourning” for Rizal and other casualties of the revolution against Spain.
The first-ever commemoration of Rizal Day was held in Manila by Club Filipino on Dec. 30, 1898, which coincided with the unveiling of the Rizal Monument in Daet, Camarines Norte.
On Feb. 1, 1902, the Philippine Commission enacted Act No. 345, which set Dec. 30 of each year as Rizal Day.
Today, President Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to again lead Rizal Day rites at the Rizal Monument in Baguio City.
Vice President Noli de Castro, on the other hand, will lead wreath-laying rites at the Rizal Monument at Luneta Park.
Other wreath-laying ceremonies will be held simultaneously at the Rizal Shrines in Calamba, Dapitan City, San Nicolas in Ilocos Norte, Davao City, and Cebu City, among other places nationwide.
Pending legislation
Early this year, Ocampo expressed full support for the proposed transfer of Rizal Day from Dec. 30 to June 19. It was believed that the move would give Rizal the prominence he deserved instead of the seeming afterthought squeezed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
In June, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading House Bill No. 5408 seeking to move Rizal Day to June 19.
The Senate, however, has yet to approve the proposal, which seeks to amend Executive Order No. 292, or the Administrative Code of 1987 which covers the commemoration of Rizal’s death anniversary.
Manila Rep. Jaime Lopez, who sponsored HB 5408, said June 19 was the appropriate date to mark Rizal Day because it was the hero’s writings, and not his death alone, that triggered the 1896 revolution and that roused Filipinos to unite in order to win independence against foreign domination.
Why Rizal Day on Dec. 30
But last year, Dr. Pablo Trillana III, former NHI chair and Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, wrote a piece in the Inquirer stating what he described as the “compelling reasons why we should continue celebrating Rizal Day on Dec. 30.”
Said Trillana: “Rizal’s death, not his birth, is the greater event... The newborn Rizal, like any newborn, held nothing more than the promise of a life that could be filled with meaning. His death, on the other hand, summed up his life, held the record for what he had become, and defined its meaning.
“Births, deaths or days of great achievements can be milestones for commemoration. The fundamental objective is to choose an event which locks the lives of the hero and his nation in a tight embrace of context and meaning... Rizal’s death, more than his birth, embodies that spirit.”
Practical reason
In his Dec. 21, 2006, column in this paper, Ocampo wrote: “While it is traditional and proper to celebrate the national hero’s martyrdom, there is a more practical reason for a change.
“Each year, Rizal Day passes by almost unnoticed because the official ceremonial wreath-laying in Rizal Park takes less than half an hour and even if it is aired live on TV, radio or the Internet, almost everyone is asleep at 7 a.m., enjoying the holiday and the cold December weather...
“One would think that moving Rizal Day to June 19 would provide a logical excuse for reflections on nationhood by having a weeklong celebration that begins on June 19. Unfortunately, people are so comfortable with the present setup to even consider change.”
25-volume of hero’s writings
In his Jan. 9, 2009 column, Ocampo wrote: “There are people who think we should wear long faces and commemorate Dec. 30 with somber thoughts of death and martyrdom and ‘Ultimo Adios.’
“I would rather that people read Rizal’s novels and discuss them instead of repeating stock phrases and praises that have numbed our youth. Better yet, try and read Rizal’s other writings, those that were not forced on you in school,” including the little known volumes in the complete 25-volume compilation of the hero’s writings.
Further readings:
A Biographical Sketch
On Wikepedia
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Management Meeting: 27 Dec
Brethren,
A Wonderful Christmas to you and your family and May the New Year brings you Health, Wealth and Happinness.
We will have a Management Meeting at 5:00PM, Sunday, 27 December 2009 at Castle Hill Masonic Centre. Please make an effort to attend. Thanks.
Agenda: Consecration: Program, Tickets, Raffles, Souvenir, Barong, Presentation, Other Business.
Together Brethren,
Bro Manny Maniago
A Wonderful Christmas to you and your family and May the New Year brings you Health, Wealth and Happinness.
We will have a Management Meeting at 5:00PM, Sunday, 27 December 2009 at Castle Hill Masonic Centre. Please make an effort to attend. Thanks.
Agenda: Consecration: Program, Tickets, Raffles, Souvenir, Barong, Presentation, Other Business.
Together Brethren,
Bro Manny Maniago
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
LJR Family Christmas Gathering: 12 Dec
Brethren, ladies and friends,
Please mark off 12 December, Saturday for LJR Family Christmas Gathering at the Castle Hill Masonic Centre starting at 4:00 PM.
We would like to meet each extended family members and basically to have fun and share the spirit of Christmas. More details will follow first week of December.
Thanks and we' ll see you all there!
Together Brethren,
Manny Maniago
WM-Designate
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Note re logo above: This is the official monochrome logo of our new lodge. Thank you for WBro Bob Briones and daughter, Nichole for helping us design this logo.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday BBQ & Golf Day: 29 Nov
Brethren, Ladies & Friends,
This morning [Saturday 21 Nov] I went to Sefton Golf Links and booked the barbeque area and golf next Sunday, 29 November 2009 [tee-off after lunch, about 1:30-2:00 PM].
Kerrie, the Pro in the Golf Shop mentioned that there are four hot plates to be shared by attendees and we could occupy empty tables in the shaded area. First come best dressed. We intend to have the barbeque lunch at 11:30 AM and have fellowship onwards. Please donate $5.00 for the barbeque and cold soft drinks.
We can tee off after lunch [between 1:30-2:00 PM] and just pay the Green Fee of $14.00. I booked for 3-4 groups, but Kerrie said they can accomodate more or less groups as this is public course. We hope to see as many brethren and ladies, even if you are not golfer, please join the fellowship. All welcome!
Address: Sefton Golf [Links] Club
160 Rose Street, Yagoona NSW 2199
Phone: 9743 9436
Thanks,
Bro Manny Maniago
WM-designate
This morning [Saturday 21 Nov] I went to Sefton Golf Links and booked the barbeque area and golf next Sunday, 29 November 2009 [tee-off after lunch, about 1:30-2:00 PM].
Kerrie, the Pro in the Golf Shop mentioned that there are four hot plates to be shared by attendees and we could occupy empty tables in the shaded area. First come best dressed. We intend to have the barbeque lunch at 11:30 AM and have fellowship onwards. Please donate $5.00 for the barbeque and cold soft drinks.
We can tee off after lunch [between 1:30-2:00 PM] and just pay the Green Fee of $14.00. I booked for 3-4 groups, but Kerrie said they can accomodate more or less groups as this is public course. We hope to see as many brethren and ladies, even if you are not golfer, please join the fellowship. All welcome!
Address: Sefton Golf [Links] Club
160 Rose Street, Yagoona NSW 2199
Phone: 9743 9436
Thanks,
Bro Manny Maniago
WM-designate
District 32 Meeting: 26 Nov
Representatives of Lodge Jose Rizal No 1045 will attend the District 32 meeting as scheduled by VWBro David Keelty this Thursday, 26 November at 7:30 PM at the Castle Hill Masonic Centre.
According to VWBro Manny Maniago, WM-designate: "Invitations and flyers [of the Lodge Jose Rizal Consecration] have been made and copies were distributed to several lodges already. A number of brethren would like to attend the Distict 32 meeting on Thursday, 26 November 2009, to represent Lodge Jose Rizal 1045, meet the other members of the district and distribute the invitations and flyers for the Consecration.
Consecration will be on Saturday, 30th January 2010, at 3:00PM. An Occasional Lodge will opened by the Grand Master of UGL NSW & ACT to consecrate the new lodge; and around 4:00 PM, reinstallation and investiture of officers will follow. Consecration banquet will be held at Castle Hill RSL Club at 6:30 PM for 7:00 PM. Cost for the banquet will be $50.00 per person."
Occasional Lodges are traditionally convened by a Grand Master to make Masons at sight:
"The prerogative of the Grand Master to make Masons at sight is described by Dr. Albert Mackey as the eighth of the Twenty-Five Landmarks of Free Masonry. To quote Dr. Mackey:
"It is a technical term, which may be defined to be the power to initiate, pass and raise candidates, by the Grand Master, in a Lodge of Emergency, or as it is called in the Book of Constitutions, 'an Occasional Lodge,' specially convened by him, and consisting of such Master Masons as he may call together for that purpose only; the Lodge ceasing to exist as soon as the initiation, passing, or raising has been accomplished, and the Brethren have been dismissed by the Grand Master."
According to VWBro Manny Maniago, WM-designate: "Invitations and flyers [of the Lodge Jose Rizal Consecration] have been made and copies were distributed to several lodges already. A number of brethren would like to attend the Distict 32 meeting on Thursday, 26 November 2009, to represent Lodge Jose Rizal 1045, meet the other members of the district and distribute the invitations and flyers for the Consecration.
Consecration will be on Saturday, 30th January 2010, at 3:00PM. An Occasional Lodge will opened by the Grand Master of UGL NSW & ACT to consecrate the new lodge; and around 4:00 PM, reinstallation and investiture of officers will follow. Consecration banquet will be held at Castle Hill RSL Club at 6:30 PM for 7:00 PM. Cost for the banquet will be $50.00 per person."
Occasional Lodges are traditionally convened by a Grand Master to make Masons at sight:
"The prerogative of the Grand Master to make Masons at sight is described by Dr. Albert Mackey as the eighth of the Twenty-Five Landmarks of Free Masonry. To quote Dr. Mackey:
"It is a technical term, which may be defined to be the power to initiate, pass and raise candidates, by the Grand Master, in a Lodge of Emergency, or as it is called in the Book of Constitutions, 'an Occasional Lodge,' specially convened by him, and consisting of such Master Masons as he may call together for that purpose only; the Lodge ceasing to exist as soon as the initiation, passing, or raising has been accomplished, and the Brethren have been dismissed by the Grand Master."
Friday, November 6, 2009
Foundation Members Meeting: 14 Nov
Brethren,
VWBro Manny Maniago, WM designate; announced a members meeting, Saturday 14 November 5 PM at WBro Rudy Romerosa's residence in Doonside.
Please bring a plate/dish or drinks to share. All welcome.
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Important Update: LJR 1045 Approved by Grand Master
I am pleased to announce that the Grand Master, MW Bro Greg Levenston; on the recommendation of the Board of Management has approved the granting of Charter to our Lodge Jose Rizal No 1045 in terms of Regulation 12.6.5 of the Book of Constitution [UGL NSW & ACT]. I have received this letter of confirmation from RW Bro Peter Court.
Consecration ceremony as planned on the 30th of January 2010 at Castle Hill Masonic Centre, followed by a banquet at Castle Hill RSL Club. RWBro Doug Grigg, the Grand Director of Ceremonies [GDC] will coordinate with us in regards to the ceremonial proceedings.
Please make all the efforts to attend our meeting on Saturday, 14th November at 5:00 PM at "Lodge Romerosa" at Doonside.
Together brethren,
Bro Manny Maniago
WM Designate
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