8TH CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATED WITH A TRIPLE TREAT

Model Lodge was constituted as a regular Lodge on May 17, 2007.

To commemorate the 8th year of this milestone, the 3rd edition of the Lodge's traditional "Takbo para sa Bahay ni Kuya" fun run was held covering a distance of 3 kilometers from the Temple construction site to the Sto. Domingo National Trade School and back.

District Deputy Grand Master Bro. Jerome T. Malaca arrived after the fun run with Bros. Rhommel A. Martinez (District Grand Lecturer) and Rey Samonte (District Treasurer) and joined the participants for breakfast. 

He also delivered the occasion's inspirational message and drew the lucky winner of a brand new top-of-the-line mountain bike from a raffle draw that was held to help raise funds for the continuing construction of the Lodge's Masonic temple.

The Lodge's acknowledged founding fathers, Bros. Prudencio J. Eelegado and Monico G. Delgado, also gave the members of the Lodge and their families a walking tour of the Lodge-under-construction and shared with them vignettes that helped shaped the history of Model Lodge No. 373.

After the fun run and raffle draw, a tennis clinic for the members and their families was held at the Central Luzon State University in partnership with Model Court No. 55 of the Order of the Amaranth.

The tennis clinic is part of the Lodge's continuing effort to diversify the mode of its fraternal fellowships while at the same time expanding the participation of immediate family members in its out-of-the-Lodge activities and strengthening ties with Appendant Bodies. 

The day's activities was highlighted by a lunch tendered by the Lodge for the activity organizers --- Bro. Virgilio G. Santos who supervised the fun run and raffle draw, and Bros. Jose A. Matutino, Jr. and Elpidio F. Dizon who took care of the tennis clinic.

2ND DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING

"Serbisyong Makatotohanan para sa Kapatiran at Mamayan!"

This year's Masonic theme have big words, but doable.

And just how was presented by District Deputy Grand Master Bro. Jerome T. Malaca during the second District Council meeting of Masonic District R3-D that was hosted by Cabanatuan Lodge No. 53.

The meeting was attended by all Masters, Senior and Junior Wardens, and Grand Lodge Inspectors within a jurisdiction of the District and also included a review of Masonic protocol and guidelines.

Bros. Shubert L. Ciencia, Nathaniel N. Elegado, and Aquilino M. Valino, Jr. represented the Lodge in the meeting as Master, Senior Warden, and Grand Lodge Inspector resperctively.  

BRIGADA ESKUWELA AND A SUNSHINE VISIT IN TALAVERA

Reaffirming its commitment to support the charity and community service work of Appendant Bodies, Model Lodge provided the Brigada Eskuwela project of Model Court No. 55 of the Order of the Amaranth with cleaning materials that were turned over to the Rogelio DG Valdezoto and Felix T. Pascual Elementary Schools in Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija.

The Lodge also sent a team led by its “Adopt-a-School Project” coordinator Bro. Wilfredo G. Pagay which assisted Model Court No. 55 in the distribution of the cleaning materials to the recipient schools.

Later after the distribution, the Brigade Eskuwela project team paid a sunshine visit to Sis. Daisy V. Hierco --- the better half of Model Lodge’s Assistant Treasurer Bro. Fitzgerald A. Hierco --- who is currently recovering from a surgery. 

A SUNSHINE VISIT IN SAN ANTONIO

The brethren of Model Lodge condoles with the family of Bro. Sergio R. Francisco, one of its Past Master of the Lodge, whose father was finally called to the Celestial Lodge above after a long and fruitful life. 

A delegation led by the Master of the Lodge and Sis. Jocelyn Villanueva-Dela Cruz of the Order of the Amaranth conveyed the expression of sympathies during a visit to the wake of the dearly departed at the family residence in San Mariano, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija.

LODGE PAST MASTER INSTALLED AS GRAND LODGE INSPECTOR

The Lodge's immediate Past Master --- Bro. Aquilino M. Valino, Jr. --- was recently installed as the assigned Grand Lodge Inspector for the Mario S. Garcia Memorial Lodge No. 306 in Cabanatuan City.

District Grand Lecturer Bro. Melvyn G. Sandoval presided over the installation rites that was witnessed by officers of Masonic District RIII-D led by District Deputy District Grand Master Jerome T. Malaca who later delivered the keynote speech.

THE 2014 DISTRICT TURN-OVER RITES IN 10 FRAMES

Bro. Juan Jerome T. Malaca of General Llanera Memorial Lodge No. 168 formally took-over as the District Deputy Grand Master of Masonic District RIII-D from Bro. Roberto O. Morales of Talavera Lodge No. 273 in a turn-over ceremony that was witnessed by Grand Master Bro. Alan LM Purisima who was the Guest of Honor and Speaker,  and Past Grand Master Bro. Pacifico Aniag at the Lakewood Golf and Country Club in Cabanatuan City.

Several outgoing District Grand Lecturers were recognized for their outstanding work during the turn-over ceremony including Bro. Manolo M. Mercado who is a Past Master of Model Lodge and the recently installed Grand Marshall of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines.

The ceremony  also occasioned the formal appointment of Bro. Lamberto B. Miranda, one of the leading pioneers of Model Lodge, as a District Grand Lecturer and of Bro. Aquilino M. Valino, Jr. --- the immediate Past Master of the Lodge --- as the assigned Grand Lodge Inspector for the Mario S. Garcia Memorial Lodge No. 306.

After the program, the Model Lodge delegation to the turn-over ceremony presented the District Deputy Grand Master and District Grand Lecturer Bro. Rhomel A. Martinez with their jerseys as honorary members of the 373 Bikers.

A SUNSHINE VISIT IN BONGABON

Model Lodge condoles with the family of its Charter Master, Bro. Prudencio J. Elegado, whose father passed recently passed away.

The Lodge's expression of sympathy and solidarity was conveyed to the bereaved family by the Master of the Lodge --- Bro. Shubert L. Ciencia --- who headed a delegation to Bongabon, Nueva Ecija where the remains of the dearly departed lies in state.