Setting masonry to action

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Language

English

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The Cabletow XXXVIII (1) July 1962

Year

1962

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SETTING MASONRY TO ACTION During the Grand Master’s dinner <>f z\pril 24, 1962, at the Scottish Rite Temple, Manila, Wor. Bro. Domingo C. Bascara (82) delivered a thought provoking speech in which lie stressed the need lor a better under standing of Masonry by the public Inspired by the idea, M. W. Wil liam H. Quasha, in his inaugural address as Grand Master, emphasized that one of his major plans was to make Subordinate Lodges undertake important community projects. “The image of a Mason today,” he said, “must be the man with a mission lor good. We must help the growth of the nation . . . We must give more of ourselves to the entire com inunity.” Immediately after his installation, he created a Special Committee on Education and Public Service com posed of the following: Wor. Bro. Domingo C. Bascara, Chairman Most Wor. Bro. Conrado Beni tez, Member Most Wor. Br. I.uther B. Bew ley, Member Most Wor. Bro. Werner P. Schetelig, Member Wor. Bro. Macario C. Navia, Member Wor. Bro. Sinforoso G. Padilla, Member Wor. Bro. Venancio Trinidad, Member Wor. Bro. Federico Piedad, Member Wor. Bro. Raymond E. Wilmarth, Member Bro. Joseph T. Howard, Mem ber Wor. Bro. Dominador R. Escocosa, Executive Secretary This Committee will not conflict with nor duplicate the work of the Joint Educational Committee of the Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council because it is designed pre cisely to help in the implementation of the program of the latter, and in addition, look for opportunities for other public service in our com munities. The Committee has had two meetings in which the Grand Master urged that conscious and organized efforts be exerted to prove that a Mason is part and parcel of the community, vitally interested in and personally concerned with its wel fare. In order that the Committee may be better enabled to plan programs which it can effectively carry out, it took stock of the "assets and liabi lities” of the Order in the Philip pines. The result is an interesting revelation of our strength as well as our weaknesses and the information adduced is helpful in our orienta tion for the task the Committee de sires to undertake. The findings show that the Fraternity has material and moral potentials for making its influence for good strongly felt wherever Masonry may be found in the country. In connection with the education al program of the Joint Committee, it is the consensus that members of 10 THE CABLE TOW July, 1962 Blue Lodges can do a great deal to help by writing individually to their Congressmen urging support for the Educational Stabilization Fund Bill. I'liis practice is something which is seldom, if ever, tried here but is consistently and successfully done by tax-paying citizens in the United States whenever they want their in fluence felt in important public is sues. The Committee also feels that much can be done by individual Masons acting through their Blue Lodges if they will establish good relations with their respective Pa tent-Teacher Associations as well as with Barrio Councils for the same purpose. In short, this Committee is a Guiding Committee which will at tempt to bring Masons, their Blue Lodges, and Masonry into more in timate identification with the com munity life of the nation. It is hoped that every Lodge will give a great deal of time to a discussion of the Grand Master’s Circular on this subject and that the results of their efforts will be reported to the Com mittee which will undertake to trans mit to the other Lodges information which will be helpful to them in ilicit respective projects. A A A There are but two ways which lead to great aims and achievements — energy and perseverance. Energy is a rare gift, — it provokes opposi tion, hatred, and reaction. But per severance lies within the affordings of everyone, its power increases with its progress, and it tardy misses its aim. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The New Death Benefit And Health Benefit Plans By W. B. Benjamin T. Araniego Having at heart the welfare of the brethren in this Grand Jurisdiction, our Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother William H. Quasha, Chair man of the Board of 'Trustees of the Acacia Mutual z\id Society, has placed in the hands of die brethren a challenge to accept a bold new plan, which is called the Group Death Benefit Plan. This will give to a member’s beneficiary a protec tion coverage of 1*1,000.00 for a yearly contribution of only Pl2.00. To be entitled to this protection (overage it is necessary that 90% ol the members of a Blue Lodge apply for this plan. No medical examin ation is required. Every brother is qualified for coverage under this plan irrespective of whether he is young or old and whether he is sickly or in good health. 'This plan will start on October 1, 1962. This P12.00 that will be col lected from each brother will be kept in trust by the Lodge Secreta ries until they have a 90% partici pation when the total collections will be turned over to the Acacia Mutual Aid Society, provided that they must turn in the list of mem bers and the collections to Acacia before October 1, 1962. If death occurs prior to October 1, 1962, only the amount of 1*12.00 paid by the brother will be return ed to the beneficiary. If death oc curs during the first year of mein(Continued <»i page 21) 11

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