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Sunday, April 17, 2016

THE STORY OF A PARTNERSHIP

Since its inception as a regular Court, it has always been clear to Model Court that as a Masonic appendant body, its primary mandate is to support the charity work of Blue Lodges.

Model Court then being sponsored by Model Lodge No. 373 has slowly assumed a leading role in implementing the Lodge's signature charity projects --- the annual "Operation Tuli" and "Adopt-a-School" project in particular. 

In 2015, the partnership was extended to include the Munoz Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites that was then presided by Venerable Master Oliver Almeria who is a regular member of Model Court No. 55.

And this year, that partnership rolled off with a community medical outreach and nutrient supplementation project that benefitted 131 urban poor families in Sangitan, Cabanatauan City. 



WB Jojit Floro of Model Lodge No. 373, VM Val Santos of the Munoz Bodies, and RM Baby Liza Ciencia of Model Court No. 55 personally supervised, with their respective members, the day-long project at the Sangitan Market that was supported by the AVRS Pharmacy who provided the attending doctors, the free medicines, and the nutrient supplement for young mothers and their babies who are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition. 



More than a partnership project, the event is of course a family affair since all participating Masonic bodies are related: VM Val Santos being a member of Model Lodge; a number of Model Lodge members, including WB Jojit Floro, being members of the Munoz Bodies and Model Court; while all of Model Court's Honored Ladies are either married or related to Masons who are members of Model Lodge and the Munoz Bodies.  

What is also significant is that for the first time, a non-Masonic private sector organization is involved --- the AVRS Pharmacy --- which is of course part of the overall effort to promote Masonic values in the community and Philippine society in general.



But for Model Court, the activity was conducted not just for activity's sake but to forge a closer relations with Blue Lodges and Masonic appendant bodies while at the same time realizing its relevance both as a civic and Masonic organization.  

Saturday, April 9, 2016

6th ROYAL MATRON INSTALLED

On the day when the Supreme Court decided with finality that Grace Poe is eligible to run for president while government soldiers and Abu Sayyaf bandits clash in Basilan, HL Baby Liza L. Ciencia was installed as the 6th Royal Matron of Model Court No. 55 with her real life partner, SK Shubert L. Ciencia, as her Royal Patron in a solemn ceremony presided by SK Danilo D. Angeles, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Royal Patron.


But more than just an installation ceremony, the occasion also symbolized Model Court's complete break from the uncertainty of a "Baby Court" to its evolution as a full and mature Amaranthine Court, the confidence evident in each and every officers' submission to the solemn vow of their respective obligations, loud and clear as the royal hue of blue that was the event's theme, and firm and measured as the hands of HL Haydee F. Floro and and SK Marionito L. Guerrero that guided the ceremony as the Installing Marshall and Installing Aide, respectively.     


The event also served as a testimonial to HL Jocelyn V. Dela Cruz who volunteered to serve another year when her time in the East ended in 2014, for the sake of the Court's continuity, until such time that the Honored Ladies of Model Court are prepared to assume the mantle of leadership in its every year of Amaranthine Service, to which the Court will always be grateful as it applauded its immediate Past Royal Matron's uncrowning ceremony for the second and last time, minus the flowers and the Past Royal Matron pins, but with all the love and appreciation, to both her and SK Wilfredo G. Pagay who escorted her second year in the East.     


Poignant too was the moment when the Honorable Mayor Mary B. Abad, the occasion's Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker, recounted her last moments with the late WB Restituto Abad who was then running for reelection as mayor of the Municipality of Carranglan before assassins felled him, and how she would have become a member of the Order had not the force of circumstances intervened. 


And finally, the flowers were offered in homage to the last Royal Matron of District 5 to be installed, with HLs Marieta M. Recometa and Elenita B. Alfonso --- both Past Grand Royal Matrons --- as principal witnesses, as Nueva Ecija's Amaranthine Season for 2016-2017 begins.  



The Officers of Model Court No. 55 for 
Amaranthine Year 2016-2017

HL BABY LIZA L. CIENCIA & SK SHUBERT L. CIENCIA
Royal Matron and Patron

HL MA. CECILIA P. LANDINGIN & 
SK ARNEL M. LANDINGIN
Associate Royal Matron and Patron

HL MARY GRACE M. SANTOS & HL MELITA M. SIOSON
Conductress and Associate Conductress

SK ANGELITO E. DELA CRUZ & 
SK FITZGERALD A. HIERCO
Secretary and Treasurer

H. LIGAYA F. PAGAY
Standard Bearer

HL JOCELYN V. DELA CRUZ & HL GLENDA DC. RAVELO
Marshalls in East and West

SK NATHANIEL N. ELEGADO & SK JAMES P. MATA
Prelate and Musician

HL KATRINA RAEDAMELLA PIA M. SIOSON & 
HL IMELDA F. MATA
HL KRYSTYN RAEMERIKKA MAYE S. ROXAS & 
HL LORELYN R. JIMENEZ
Truth, Faith, Wisdom, and Charity

HL ROSARIO JUDY P. MACALINAO (PRM)
Historian

SK WILFREDO G. PAGAY (3 Years)
SK JOJIT DL. FLOR (2 Years)
SK SERGIO R. FRANCISCO (1 Year)
Trustees