IMES 2014-42: THE DAYS OF BLUE, YELLOW, AND GRAY

With perhaps the biggest enrollment of the year, more than 80 officers from the 17 subordinate Lodges of Masonic District RIII-D attended this year's 42nd batch of the Institute of Masonic Education and Studies (IMES).

Among them are the Master, the Senior and Junior Wardens, the Secretary, and the Assistant Treasurer of Model Lodge who marked each day of the first week with the colors of Lodge: [1] blue for Day 1 when Bro. Samuel Fernandez walked the enrollees through "Masonic History", [2] yellow for Day 2 where Bro. Renato Driz presented the intricacies of "Lodge Management", and [3] gray for Day 3 and Bro. Manuel Pineda's enlightening topic on "Liturgy, Ceremonies, and Rituals".

Blue Day also saw the presentation of a tennis jersey to District Deputy Grand Master Jerome Malaca which officially made him a member of the 373 Tennis Club, while Yellow Day was highlighted by a photo ops with the DDGM and Bro. Edison Rivera who was elected as president of this IMES's Matikas Class.

Gray Day was somber as the Lodge's IMES enrollees paid their respects to the late Bro. Dante Garcia who will always be fondly remembered as one hell of a funny man and a dear friend who will be terribly missed...