Business matters presented by the guamanian magazine voltaire gasman is the grand master of the most worshipful grand lodge of free and accepted masons of the philippines he is part of an organization that might be one of the most misunderstood in popular culture they have over 6 million members
Worldwide and despite being in its 5th century the group remains shrouded in mystery some of the most famous men in history are members and they come from all facets of society mozart winston churchill douglas macarthur and john wayne were all masons and in modern times athletes like shaquille o’neal and john elway have
Pledged membership in fact according to armando cazola the president of the institute of masonic education and studies many of america’s founding fathers were the earliest and most prominent masons the constitution of the united states was made by masons the first president of the united states washington was a very prominent mission
His right is writings are still beautiful to read nasa what is missouri misery is a society that has to bring happiness to everybody in the world jefferson was amazing franklin was amazing just the signatories of the declaration of independence the signatories of the right of men they’re all missions freemason retraces
Its roots to organizations that regulated the actual craft for which it’s named these groups emerged in the 14th century and established the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients historically we come from the fraternity of operative medicines those who were building cathedrals in europe during the
Middle ages and so on in fact in reality in the 1600s and 1700s the upper class to society in in england the one that were already working for a new order you know that’s why maybe misconception and so so much came from that age why because at that time we were going
Against the absolute power of the kings so just who are the freemasons then are they a business association a religious group not at all says master gazmin although there are elements of each in the group structure before you become a mason first you must be you must believe in one super being
We are not a religious organization but we are very religious religious in the sense that before anything we get into we always invoke the blessings of god and the father almighty in addition to a belief in god prospective masons must believe in the immortality of the soul
Live an ethical life have a strong interest in the fraternity with a desire to participate in its charities and activities and must be a male 21 years or older who is ultimately approved by the other members you have to seek membership we do not offer membership we do not
It’s voluntary on your part to join masonry gasman and several of his top leaders were on guam recently for the masonic district convention guam has just 60 active members but they are part of the 20 000 strong philippine district which is made up of 400 different lodges
As a group the masons operate on three basic tenets truth as a divine attribute brotherly love and relief to help those in need if you see in the philippines for example anytime that there is a calamity you will see the mason first they are in person and with their health
Financial health and so on so but that is not our primary target primary target is the improvement of each member as a person so we have our own philosophy of life that dictate that we have to be good we do convert good men to better men that means doing something exemplar for society
Give me some examples of that well we are supposed to be model citizens in the community we set the example in the community for kum’s business matters i’m nestor lecanto Business matters presented by the guamanian magazine
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