Any Freemasons in here?
Azmik
In 2 months I will be turning in my petition for the Degrees of Freemasonry.
Here is a quote by General Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino Hero:
"I am closing my address with a confession.
Since becoming a Freemason, I forgot hate. Instead, I learned to love - to
love God and my fellowman. I am now at ease with my own conscience. I only
do what I think is right, and shun all evil. I also forget fear. I can be
alone no matter where I am, what I do, or where I go.
A clean conscience makes a man brave. I hope that Freemasonry has had the
same influence upon all of you, which is an assurance of a better world to
live in, and a happier humanity to live with."
How insightful huh? I know at least one of you is a Mason. The role
Freemasonry has played in the Philippines is significant. I am looking
forward to joining the world's oldest and best Fraternity.
Later,
Azmik
P.S. don't even try to persuade me not to join :)
Rat
Azmik,
I am not a freemason, but have been considering becoming one.
These NG's may be of interest to you:
(if you dont already know about them)
alt.freemasonry
alt.masonic.members
alt.binaries.freemasonry
Let me know how you progress in your quest.
Kapayapaan
Rat
DomingoJ
As you may be aware, while membership in the Craft does hold many attractions,
many Filipinos otherwise favorably disposed to joining are hesitant to do so -
given the Catholic Chruch's stance on Freemasonry.
Could you please shed some light on this ? Also, could you list names (and
confirming sources, if possible) of prominent Catholics who were also
Freemasons ? Some have claimed that even an American Cardinal (Spellman, I
think) and many other high clergymen were members.
Pietro E Reyes, III
joining an illustrious fraternity. Best of luck and success to you and the
Freemasons.
+++++++++++++
Azmik wrote in message ...
Red Angel
>This is Azmik.
>
>In 2 months I will be turning in my petition for the Degrees of Freemasonry.
Far from discouraging you, I, among others would like to encourage you
and support you in this undertaking you have begun. You, well into
your journey in this road of life, are moving on.
No doubt, we in SCF are "...confident of this, that he who began a
good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of
Chirst Jesus"(Philippians1:6).
Keeping in mind that the Craft is not an end to itself but a means to
assist us in our journey, our pilgrimage of life, our pilgrimage of
trust, our pilgrimage of faith.
Best of luck and God's blessings be favored on you.
Red Angel
Dirty Sick Pig
that Lodge's door NOW!!
D.S:P~~
Ouch! (Being dragged around by a cable)
Azmik wrote:
> This is Azmik.
>
> In 2 months I will be turning in my petition for the Degrees of Freemasonry.
Azmik
Dirty Sick Pig wrote in message <35C1DD8F...@filthy.pigsty.org>...
>GO FOR IT, BROTHER! Why the 2-month germination, though?
Peace,
AZMIK
Rat
>
> In 2 months I will be turning in my petition for the Degrees of Freemasonry.
>
I wouldnt try to persuade you either way.
I found this list below in alt.freemasonry:
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Many men whose names have been instrumental to the history and
development of
our civilization have been Freemasons. For your specific information,
the
following are but a few of the many famous historical figures that have
engaged
in Freemasonry.
EXPLORES: Hiram Bingham (Discoverer of Machu Picchu), James Bruce
(Discoverer of
the source of the Blue Nile), Adm. Richard E. Byrd, Christopher "Kit"
Carson,
William Clark, Merriwether Lewis, and Robert E. Peary.
WORLD LEADERS: Emilio Aguinaldo (Phillippine Patriot and General),
Miguel
Aleman (Mexican President 1947-52), Eduard Benes (President of
Czechoslovakia
1939-48), Sveinn Bjornsson (1st President of Iceland), Napoleon
Bonaparte's
four brothers, King Charles XIII (King of Sweden 1748-1818), King Edward
VII and
King Edward VIII (Kings of England, 1901-10 & 36, respectively), Francis
I and
Francis II (Holy Roman Emperors, 1745-65 & 1768-1806), Frederick the
Great (King
of Prussia 1740-86), George I & George II (Kings of Greece, 1845-1913 &
1922-47), George IV & George VI (Kings of England 1760-1820 & 1820-30),
Gustavus
VI Adolphus (King of Sweden 1792-1809), Kamehemeha IV and Kemehemeha V
(Kings of
Hawaii (1854-63 & 1863-72) Leopold I (King of the Belgians (1831-65)),
Peter the
Great (Emperor of Russia 1689-1725), William I (King of Prussia
1861-88),
William II (King of the Netherlands (1792-1849), William IV (King of
England
(1830-37) and many others.
UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS: George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew
Jackson,
James Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, William
McKinley,
Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D.
Roosevelt,
Harry S. Truman and Gerald Ford.
RELIGIOUS LEADERS: Bishop Carl J Sander (United Methodist Church),
Rabbi
Seymour Atlas, Dr. James P. Wesberry (Former Exectuive director of the
Southern
Baptist Publication Sunday), The Reverend George W. Truett (President of
the
Southern Baptist Convention), The Reverend John A O'Brien, Ph.D. (Roman
Catholic
Preist and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame),
Cardinal
Mariano Rampolla (Roman Catholic Cardinal), James C. Baker (Bishop,
Methodist
Church, organized first Wesley Foundation in U.S.), Hosea Ballou
(Founder,
Universalist Church), Robert E. B. Baylor (Baptist clergyman, founder of
Baylor
University), Preston Bradley (founder of the Peoples Church), Father
Francisco
Calvo (Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica in 1865),
Hugh I.
Evans (National head of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.), Most Reverend
Geoffrey
F. Fisher (former Archbishop of Canterbury), Eugene M. Frank (Methodist
Bishop),
Reverend Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (Methodist Episcopal minister and
author)
Titus Low (President of Methodist Council of Bishops) Dr. Martin Luther
King,
Jesse Jackson (Operation P.U.S.H. and AME Baptist Church) and many
others.
UNITED STATES PATRIOTS: Francis Scott Key (wrote our National Anthem),
Ralph
Bellamy (wrote our Pledge of Allegiance), Paul Revere, John Paul Jones,
Benjamin
Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry and many others.
MILITARY LEADERS: Generals John J. Pershing, George Marshall, Douglas
MacArthur, Joseph Stillwell, Johnathon Wainwright, Curtis E. LaMay, Omar
N.
Bradley, Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Claire L. Chenault, Mark Clark, James
Doolittle,
Admirals David G. Farragut (First Admiral of the U.S. Navy), Ernest J.
King,
Richard Byrd and many others.
POLITICAL: Sir Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Thomas Dewey,
Everett
Dirksen, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, John Marshall, Barry Goldwater, Hubert
Humphrey,
Bob Dole, Strom Thurmond, Thurgood Marshall and others.
SPORTS: Grover C. Alexander, Cy Young, Jack Dempsey, Arnold Palmer,
Tyrus R.
"Ty" Cobb, Carl O. Hubbell, Christopher "Christy" Mathewson, Mordecai
P.C.
Brown, Gordon "Mickey" Corchran, Avery Brundage, Albert "Happy"
Chandler, Branch
Rickey, Knute Rockne and many others.
ENTERTAINMENT: Gene Autry, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Caine, Joe E. Brown,
Bob
Burns, Eddie Cantor, Charles D. Coburn, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody,
Donald
Crisp, George M. Cohan, Cecil B. DeMille, Richard Dix, Walt Disney,
Douglas
Fairbanks Sr., W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Arthur Godfrey, David W.
Griffith,
Harold, Lincoln Gray(Creator of Little Orphan Annie), Oliver Hardy, Jean
Hersholt, Harry Houdini, Bob Hope, Sir Henry Irving, Al Jolson, Charles
"Buck"
Jones, Buster Keaton, Edmund Kean, Harry Kellar, Harold C. Lloyd, Elmo
Lincoln(first Tarzan 1918), Lois B. Mayer(Formed M.G.M. Studios), Tom
Mix, Dick
Powell, Roy Rogers, Will Rogers, Peter Sellers, Charles S. "Tom Thumb"
Stratton,
Richard B. "Red" Skelton, John Wayne, Jack Warner, Paul Whiteman, Ed
Wynn,
Florenz Ziegfeld, Darryl Zanuck and many others.
COMPOSERS: Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John
Phillip
Souza, Richard Wagner, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Listz, and many others.
INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS: Samuel Colt (firearms), Sir Alexander
Fleming
(penicillin), Edward Jenner (vaccination) Simon Lake (first practical
submarine), John L. McAdam (Macadamized roads) and many others.
YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOUNDERS: Daniel Carter Beard (Boy Scouts), Frank
S. Land
(International Order of DeMolay), William Mark Sexton (International
Order of
Rainbow for Girls)
WRITERS: Robert Burns, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
(Sherlock Holmes), Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire),
Edgar
A. Guest, Rudyard Kipling, Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, Johathan
Swift,
Lowell Thomas, Voltair and many others.
SCULPTORS: Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum (together carved
Mt.
Rushmore National Memorial), Johann G. Schadow (Prussian Court Sculptor)
J. Otto
Schweizer and many others.
BUSINESS: Dave Thomas (Wendy's), John Jacob Astor (financier), Lloyd
Balfour
(Jewelry), Lawrence Bell (Bell Aircraft Corp.), William H. Dow (Dow
ChemicalCo.), Alfred Fuller (Fuller Brush), King C. Gillett (Gillett
Razor Co.),
Sir Thomas Lipton (tea), Fredrick Maytag, Andrew W. Mellon (banker),
James C.
Penny, George Pullman, David Sarnoff (father of T.V.), Leland Stanford
(railroads - Stanford Univ.) and many others.
ASTRONAUTS: Ed Aldrin, Gordon Cooper, Don Eisle, Virgil Grissom, Ed
Michell, Tom
Stafford, Fred Haise, and Wally Shirra.
=========================================================
Impressive isnt it?
Kapayapaan
Rat
Azmik
Thanks for your brotherly support.
I have been wanting to turn in my petition for the longest time. Now that I
have a steady job (stable income), I am ready to become a brother. I know
it won't be no cakewalk but I will try my best. I want to follow in the
steps of the Filipino heros and others in joining the Fraternity that "Makes
good men better...". To meet with others of different backgrounds and
ethnicities "On the level...". I wanted to join a fraternity in college
Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Fraternity, also popular in the
Philippines) but my schoolwork prevented me from pursuing this. My uncle is
one of the founding fathers of APO in Saint Luis University, Baguio.
Again, thanks for the words of encouragement. Rat, if you join your local
lodge we may someday meet, as brothers.
Peace,
AZMIK
Rommel P. Feria
Azmik wrote:
> good men better...". To meet with others of different backgrounds and
> ethnicities "On the level...". I wanted to join a fraternity in college
> Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Fraternity, also popular in the
> Philippines) but my schoolwork prevented me from pursuing this. My uncle is
> one of the founding fathers of APO in Saint Luis University, Baguio.
When I was in college, the pressure of joining APO was there primarily because
my dad and uncle founded the PI Chapter of APO (UST). However, I found that some
members of the fraternity are not worth being my fraternity brother (at least in
UP). That discouraged me. However, I have respect for the fraternity having
produced two presidents, Fidel Ramos and Bill Clinton, as well as an astronaut
of the Apollo mission - not to forget my dad and uncle and also my godfather,
who is now in the US.
Cheers!
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Rommel Palma Feria http://www.upd.edu.ph/~rferia
Biomedical Systems Group (P/G) r.p....@ieee.org
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
London SW7 2BT Tel.No: 44-171-594-8891
United Kingdom Fax No: 44-171-584-6897
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Lead, follow or get out of the way... <anonymous>
DomingoJ
Universtiy of Illinois ?
SoGent
respect you question and I hope you move on with your answer. Let me
know when you are in.
John
Azmik wrote:
>
> This is Azmik.
>
> In 2 months I will be turning in my petition for the Degrees of Freemasonry.
> Here is a quote by General Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino Hero:
>
> "I am closing my address with a confession.
>
> Since becoming a Freemason, I forgot hate. Instead, I learned to love - to
> love God and my fellowman. I am now at ease with my own conscience. I only
> do what I think is right, and shun all evil. I also forget fear. I can be
> alone no matter where I am, what I do, or where I go.
>
> A clean conscience makes a man brave. I hope that Freemasonry has had the
> same influence upon all of you, which is an assurance of a better world to
> live in, and a happier humanity to live with."
>
> How insightful huh? I know at least one of you is a Mason. The role
> Freemasonry has played in the Philippines is significant. I am looking
> forward to joining the world's oldest and best Fraternity.
>
> Later,
> Azmik
>
Rommel P. Feria
DomingoJ wrote:
> Is Fidel Ramos really an APO member ? If so, where did he join ? West Point ?
> Universtiy of Illinois ?
Yes. I am not sure where he joined it - maybe Uni. of Illinois. BTW, so is Bill
Clinton. =)
DomingoJ
recognized in Georgetown U. But I doubt very much if FVR is an APO member,
since there are no Greek frats in West Point, and that US frats tend to only
recruit undergrads.
I remember APO's initiation rites in UP as being particularly colorful -
candidates were required to streak across the AS (main) building in Diliman
stark naked.
On the matter of Fiipino Freemasonry, again, it is said that President
Ferdinand Marcos sought membership in the Craft, but for some reason did not
end up joining. Can someone shed light on this ?
Rommel P. Feria
DomingoJ wrote:
> Clinton's APO membership in APO is well known, APO was and is the only frat
> recognized in Georgetown U. But I doubt very much if FVR is an APO member,
> since there are no Greek frats in West Point, and that US frats tend to only
> recruit undergrads.
He might have joined it during his U. of Illinois days then. I know because my
dad gets updated as to the activities of the APO specially with such a member as
the President of the Philippines (ex).
> I remember APO's initiation rites in UP as being particularly colorful -
> candidates were required to streak across the AS (main) building in Diliman
> stark naked.
Aha! The famous Oblation Run done on their anniversary, Dec. 16.
> On the matter of Fiipino Freemasonry, again, it is said that President
> Ferdinand Marcos sought membership in the Craft, but for some reason did not
> end up joining. Can someone shed light on this ?
Really? Well, I think Macoy is a member of Upsilon, UP's homegrown fraternity.
DirtySickPig
DomingoJ
honorary membership.
I'd also like to clarify something about Freemasonry - apparently one has to
apply for membership, one is not "invited". Is this so ?
Rommel P. Feria
DomingoJ wrote:
> On FVR's supposed APO membership, maybe Tabako was given some sort of award or
> honorary membership.
Nope. AFAIK, he got it from the US.
stones...@my-dejanews.com
domi...@aol.com (DomingoJ) wrote:
> On FVR's supposed APO membership, maybe Tabako was given some sort of award or
> honorary membership.
>
> apply for membership, one is not "invited". Is this so ?
where you reside that is acquainted with you. He should take it from there
and provide you with the necessary information that you require.
>
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domi...@aol.com (DomingoJ) wrote:
> On FVR's supposed APO membership, maybe Tabako was given some sort of award or
> honorary membership.
>
> I'd also like to clarify something about Freemasonry - apparently one has to
> apply for membership, one is not "invited". Is this so ?
>
the brotherhood of Freemasonry. You need to locate a member of the local
lodge who is acquainted with you and ask him for a petition for membership.
At this point he should take your request and help you to obtain that of what
you are seeking.
dirtys...@my-dejanews.com
stones...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
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I just love your screen name. Quite symbolic of what I presume you to be. :)