LA NAVAL LODGE NO.269 Under the Jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge

of Free & Accepted Masons of the PhilippinesPrimera Luz Filipina Lodge No. 69 Temple,

Binakayan, Kawit, Cavite

3 rd Friday of the Month Stated Meeting Schedule

Masonic District

RIV-A-2,Province of Cavite

ELECTED OFFICERS – MASONIC YEAR 2011

DESIGNATION NAMEWORSHIPFUL MASTER Bro. RAUL J BELESARIOSENIOR WARDEN Bro. FERDINAND A MANUELJUNIOR WARDEN Bro. JUREX B BILOGTREASURER Bro. PABLO V CERVANTESSECRETARY Bro. BERNARD O TAMONAUDITOR WB SEBASTIAN C SIGA-AN

FERDINAND A MANUELSenior Warden

RAUL J BELESARIOWorshipful Master

JUREX B BILOGJunior Warden

PABLO CERVANTESTreasurer

BERNARD TAMONSecretary

SEBASTIAN C SIGA-ANAuditor

APPOINTED OFFICERS

Chaplain Bro. APOLINAR M VERGARA Orator Bro. EDGAR A MANCITAMarshal Bro. GREGORIO M PEROCHO Senior Steward Bro. RICARDO B MARTIN

Senior Deacon Bro. FEDILES D SALLIDAO Junior Steward Bro. DON PINTOJunior Deacon Bro RENOIR D HUEVOS Organist Bro. TONY VENTURALecturer VW LEONARDO MENDOZA Tyler Bro ROMEO T TABIOS

VW ALFREDO A SANTOSJR

VW ROD JACA

Almoner Bro. MARCO ANTONIO P GINES

LIST OF PAST MASTERS

EDGARDO C PEREZ 1983-UD, 1984

EMMANUEL D GOB   1985  

ERLINDO A EROLIN    1986 

ALFREDO M MOISES    1987

FEDERICO D DELA CRUZ  1988

ADRIANO S ANASTACIO JR 1989

ARTURO Y CAPADA  1990 (Fist Term)

RENE LEANDRO P EBRO 1990 (2nd Term)

GODFREY A ALONDAY 1991

ANGELITO C MONGE   1992

REYNALDO D GENERILLO 1993

NEMESIO I DABAL 1994

RENERIO M ECHANO  1995

WILBERTO M FORMOSO  1996

RONELLO R DELA CRUZ 1997

EUGENIO E ALCOVINDAS JR 1998 

VICENTE C ESCALA  JR 1999

RUBEN R MACALINDONG  2000

BOBBY S GUINTO 2001

DANILO T ESTAPON 2002

ROLLY G ARIAS SR. 2003

RAE M JARDER 2004

FRANCISCO A CARRANZA 2005

RAMON Q MIRASOL 2006

JOSE R RIVAS  2007

NORLANDO GONZAGA 2008

ERNESTO VERROYA 2009SEBASTIAN C SIGA-AN

2010

 

History of La Naval Lodge No. 269                                     Most extracted from the La Naval Lodge No. 269 Directory 2002

 Our humble beginning can be traced through distinct effort of the then CDR CELSO ALVAREZ and LCDR EDGARDO C. PEREZ . Both gentleman were Philippine Navy Officers and  then incumbent Worshipful Masters of Cavite Lodge No. 2 and Primera Luz Filipina Lodge No. 69 respectively.There exchange of ideas and information during a District No. 10 Meeting in 1978 have lead to the creation of La Naval Lodge No. 269. Both Masters have  agreed each other to sponsor a Fellowship intended for PN Masons, for them to know one another in the daqrk as well as in the light. The fellowship held in August 1978 and participated by at least  35 PN Masons had became instrumental in the to the proposition of forming a PN Square and Compass Club. The election of Officers was immediately held then and there with then CDR FRANCISCO TOLIN who was elected President with WB CELSO ALVAREZ  and WB EDGARDO C. PEREZ as Vice President and Secretary respectively.

A monthly meeting were held thereafter until the senior officers were reassigned aboardship and to other units outside Metro Manila and Cavite areas which made the Club became idle. In 1983 however,  WB EDGARDO C. PEREZ together with WB VICENTE C. ESCALA JR., BRO .EMMANUEL D. GOB. VW ROMEO ARGOTA and VW OLIMPIO CASTAÑEDA revived the club membership not only for PN personnel but also to all interested Masons in Cavite. New set of Officers have been  elected and was  inducted at the then Sealift  Amphibious Command (SAC, now PHILFLEET) Officers Wardroom on October 1983 with WB PEREZ as President WB ESCALA, JR as Vice President  and BRO. GOB as the Secretary. With this turning point, the Club had once gain active which revived the interest of the old Masons and  attracted not only more members and  but also non-Masons to seek membership in the Craft.

 With the remarkably growing numbers of Navy personnel who were attracted and subsequently seeking membership to the Craft, the proposal to organize a new lodge inside the Naval Base was considerably acknowledge. With the support of VW CASTAÑEDA the then District Deputy Grand Master (DDGM),  a petition to form a new

lodge signed by 38 members of the Craft was subsequently  approved when the then Grand Master MW ROSENDO HERRERA issued the Dispensation on January 16, 1984 authorizing WB PEREZ , BRO GOB. BRO ERLINDO A EROLIN and all Masons therein listed,  to initiate pass and raise petitioners to the three degrees of Freemasonry.

LA NAVAL LODGE was constituted in an impressive Masonic and Naval Ceremony by MW HERRERA on January 20, 1984 with the GM, DDGM and the officers and member of the lodge in full white dress Naval uniforms . Both the GM and the DDGM were Ship Captains themselves. Thereafter,  WB PEREZ and the Brethren started the labors of the lodge  with the initiation, passing and raising of Bros VICTORINO PURUNGGANAN, FEDERICO DELA CRUZ, JOSE RIVAS and the late HERMINIGILDO MUNION in March 1984.  At the 1984 Annual Communication of the Grand lodge of the Philippines, the La Naval Lodge UD had proven its worth to be a duly constituted lodge. It won the approval of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines as a regular lodge under its jurisdiction and was assigned the Lodge Number 269. The Lodge was named after the "Our Lady of La Naval", the Patroness of the Philippines Navy. It was so chosen by the Brethren to emphasize  that the Chartered Members of the lodge were Navy personnel and person who were either in the related professions or friends of the Philippines Navy.

  Taking into consideration the fallowing facts the number assigned to the lodge maybe considered coincidental,  but the member there from would rather look at it as providential:  The origin of the Lodge could be traced to the late WB Celso Alvarez of Cavite Lodge No. 2 and WB Edgardo Perez of Primera Luz  Filipina Lodge No. 69.  La Naval Lodge had its initial Masonic labors in the Temple of Cavite lodge (the first light ). The first Masonic Lodge established in the Philippines was founded by two (2) Spanish Naval Officers and was known as La Primera  Luz Filipina (The First Light ). WB Perez, a Naval Officer and the first Worshipful Mater of La Naval  was raised and serve as Worshipful Master of Primera Luz Filipina Lodge No. 69. Taken together the numbers o0f Cavite Lodge No. 2 and Primera Luz Filipina Lodge No.69, formed the Number of La Naval which is 269. 

The Charter of the lodge was presented in a very solemn ceremony presided by MW REYNATO PUNO on June 30, 1984. On the same day, RW REYNOLD FAJARDO installed the officers of the lodge as fallows:

Worshipful Master                         WB Edgardo C. Perez PM Senior Warden                              Bro  Emanuel D. Gob Junior Warden                               Bro  Erlindo A Erolin Treasurer                                       Bro  Numeriano  Peña Secretary                                       Bro  Amado I. Aguila Chaplain                                        Bro  Richard Biteng Marshal                                          Bro  Efren Taduran

Senior Deacon                              Bro  Enrique Nicolas Junior Deacon                               Bro  Lamberto Capili Senior Steward                             Bro  Cecilio Binosa Junior Steward                              Bro  Alfredo Binauhan Custodian of work                         VW Romeo Argota Lecturer                                         WB Vicente Escala jr , PM

Auditor                                           Bro  Alfredo Moises Almoner                                         Bro Romeo Tapayan Master of Banquet                         Bro  Augusto Laudato Tyler                                              Bro  Victorino Purugganan

With all the formalities of setting up a lodge,  the Brethren set their eyes on erecting their own Masonic Temple. Fortunately,  a vacated building was found inside Sangley Point,  a former US Naval base.  Doubly fortunate was the fact that the Base Commander at the time was CAPT JUANITO CORTEZ PN (GSC) later Commodore who was very considerate on the needs of Navy Masons. He readily agreed to lease  at a token price the use of the building.  With the contract signed,  the brethren  through their close relationship with the Navy authorities were able to secure donations from various PN Unit Commander and Civilian friends.  The renovation of the building with Masonic paraphernalia was completed in 3 months time.

The dedication of the Temple for the Greater Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe was held on October 20. 1984 with the Grand Master, the Officers of the Grand Lodge and the Masons of District No.10 conducting a very impressive and symbolic ceremony.

As the Brethren meet regularly to transact business and conduct matters related to the craft as a duly constituted lodge,  La Naval Lodge No. 269 is proud to announce to the Masonic World its very memorable history with outstanding accomplishments.

The year 2000 marks the 16th year of our lodge existence, it boasts the hosting of the 69th District Annual Convention,  the first of its kind VWB ARTURO Y. CAPADA a retired  Commodore was the District Deputy Grand Master, and the Host Worshipful Master then was Brother RUBEN U MACALINDONG,  Bro BOBBY S GUINTO and Bro ANTONIO U CORONADO were the Senior and Junior Wardens respectively.

La Naval Lodge No.269, the Masonic lodge of men of the honored profession of the Naval service continues to be the vanguard of Truth, Brotherly Love and Affection in the armed forces of the Philippines. It continue to survived and lived  in harmony, for the last 22 years in observance to the universally accepted  tenets, principles and teaching of Freemasonry. Not until August 18,  2006 when  for some reasons they believed was right, at least 24 of its members under the name of the La Naval Lodge Number 269 have tendered their declaration  to dissolve their  ties  with the Most Worshipful Grand

Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines by virtue of La Naval Lodge # 269 Resolution 03-06.

In resolution, the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Phillipnes then under the helm of MW Romeo A Yu have issued an edicts  which was  approved by the brethren during the session at its Annual Communication on April 26-28, 2007 (Ref: Letter from Danilo D Angeles  to all Grand Lodges in Fraternal relation with the GLP dated July 4, 2007, published by http://glphils.org/edicts_4.html#) . The edicts resolved as read that "ONLY those persons specifically named are no longer recognized as Master Masons in  our Grand Jurisdiction  as their names were already expunged from  our Masonic records.

By  the blessings of heaven,  the La Naval Lodge No. 269  is still in existence and will continue its labor under the Jurisdiction of the MOST WORHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE PHILIPPINES (GLP) .

                                                                             

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

 Our sincere gratitude to the following:

             1.  Bro Ruben R Macalindong, PM, Bro. Danilo T Estapon, PM and Bro. Eduardo S Advincula  for their publication of La naval Lodge No. 269 2002 Directory from which the information regarding the history of La Naval Lodge No. 269 were extracted.

              2.  To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of  the Philippines for the information that facilitate the updating of the history of La Naval Lodge No. 269.

              3.  To the Brethren of La Naval Lodge No. 269 for their valuable information, advices and support which makes this website and its publications a reality.

 Our sincere apologies to the brethren or to any other persons who might be affected by whatever error or omissions that might be committed in the publication of this history of la Naval Lodge No. 269. Hence, any suggestions, recommendations to correct any error or omissions will highly be appreciated. 

                             

References: 

        La Naval Lodge # 269 Resolution No. 03-06

       http://glphils.org/edicts_4.html#  

       La Naval Lodge No.269 Directory 2002