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Ching chosen to lead Masons in 2012-2013
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Posted on Feb 04 2012
By Clarissa David
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Wilfredo “Boy” Ching, the Filipino Mason who once served as the worshipful master for the Free and Accepted Masons of Emon Lodge No. 179, has been chosen anew to lead the fraternity under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines for 2012 to 2013.
Besides Ching, other incoming Mason officers are Edwin Arenas, senior warden; Pepe Crisostomo, junior warden; Casiano Bostre, treasurer; Daniel Banez, secretary; Victor Brana, auditor; Edward Cornette, chaplain; Isagani Benoza, marshall; Romeo Malasarte, senior deacon; Melvin Demonteverde, junior deacon; Bro. Celso Gianchand, orator; Danilo San Pedro, lecturer; Roque Pagalanan, Jr., almoner; Robert Murdock, Senior Steward; Jeffery Warfield, junior steward; Amando Neglerio, organist; and Elias Buenaventura, tyler.
The new set of officers will be installed in a ceremony today at 6pm at the Saipan World Resort’s Royal Taga Hall.
Ching recounted yesterday how difficult it was to be the leader of all Masons on island for the first time.
“But at this point, I have more exposure to all the masonic behavior and tenets, that’s why I’m looking forward to becoming worshipful master once more,” he told Saipan Tribune.
Masonry, Ching said, is a “fraternity” and “a way of life.”
“It is the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God. Whatever teachings we learn we hope to act it out naturally in the outside world,” he added.
According to Ching, the very symbol of masonry reflects the character of a mason or “a man dealing with another man.”
A mason’s straight or upright ways would help attract more “petitioners” or individuals who want to join the fraternity.
However, Ching described the process of getting into the fraternity as a “very humbling” one since no kind of educational attainment, social status, or amount of wealth matters when one decides to be a petitioner. “Everybody is on the same level,” he added.
Ching expressed optimism that he will be able to achieve his target progression for the lodge through more exposure to charitable works.
“I hope to have more activities that demonstrate our community involvement and I enjoin every member to practice the masonic character inside and outside the lodge,” said Ching.
