JOURNEY TO THE EAST: A Photo Essay of This Year's Installation Rites

The brethren of Model Lodge No. 373 made a promise to attend every installation ceremonies this year within Masonic District RIII-D. But this was not to be as work, crazy schedules, and things unforeseen came into the way. Bro. Shubert Ciencia for his part managed to attend the ceremonies of only 6 Lodges which he tried to capture with his camera and are featured in this photo essay. He apologizes to the other Lodges he missed and promise to attend their installation rites next year.

Brother Shubert has been a photography hobbyist since 2006. His photos have been published in various web sites, travel maps, magazines, brochures, and newspapers. His take on the Central Luzon Sate University’s main gate was used by the Philippine Daily Inquirer for that university’s centennial feature article. And just recently, several of his images were published in “Huling Hudhud ng Sanlibong Pagbabalik at Paglimot para sa Filipinas Kong Mahal”, a book authored by National Artist for Literature Rio Alma. Brother Shubert’s favorite subjects are old churches and various noodle recipes which is posted in his flickr account and narrated in his personal blog --- “Shooting Churches, Eating Noodles”.