RIzal report

RIZAL

TOPICS
Rizal Become a Mason
Financial Worries
Rizal’s Salute to Luna & Hidalgo
Studies Completed in Spain

RIZAL BECOME A MASON

MASONRY
 isang pandaigdig na kapatiran ng mga taong may malayang kaisipan.
 Sa buong kasaysayan, malalim ang hidwaan ng simbahan at mga

Mason sa buong mundo. Ramdam ito hanggang sa Pilipinas dahil sa paniniwala ng simbahan na erehe ang mga Mason at mariin nilang ipinagbabawal ang pagsapi ng isang katoliko sa kapatiran.
 Ngunit para sa kapatiran, hindi nila kinokontra ang pagiging isang
Katoliko o ano mang relihiyon ng isang miyembro at ang Masonerya ay hindi kailan man sumalungat sa mga aral na itinuturo ng simbahang
Katolika

MASONRY
Sa Madrid ay nakilala ni Rizal ang mga kilalang liberal ng
Espanya na ang mga ito ay kabilang sa samahan ng mga
Mason :
Miguel Morayta
 -estadista
 -propesor
 -mananalaysay
 -manunulat
 isang propesor ng Kasaysayan saUniversidad de Madrid na nakaimpluwensya umano kay Rizal na sumali sa masonerya.

MASONRY
Francisco Pi y Margal
 mamamahayag
 - estadista
 - dating Pangulo ng Unang
 Republikang Espanyol

MASONRY
Manuel Becerra
 Ministro ng Ultramar (mga kolonya)
Emilio Junoy
 mamamahayag at kasapi ng Cortes ng Espanya

Juan Ruiz Zorilla

miyembro ng Parlamento at pinuno ng
Partidong Progresibong Republika ng Madrid

RIZAL BECOMES A MASON
Rizal was easily impressed by the way prominent

Spanish Mason loudly & freely attacked the
Government & the Church
His friends persuaded him to join Masonry

RIZAL BECOMES A MASON
1883, Acacia Lodge No. 9, lodge in Madrid under

the Gran Oriente de Espaoa
Dimasalang – symbolic name in Masonry

RIZAL BECOMES A MASON
Why Rizal became a Mason?
Bad Friars in the Philippines, by their abuses unworthy of their priestly habit/ calling , drove Rizal to desperation & to Masonry
II. He needed the help of the Masons to fight the bad friars in the Philippines, for Masonry, to Rizal, was a shield to use in his fight against evil forces of tyranny. I.

RIZAL BECOMES A MASON

 Master Mason in Lodge Solidaridad, November 15,

1890
 Master Mason Le Grand Orient France in Paris,
February 15, 1892

FINANCIAL WORRIES
 Rizal earned a little money by working as a private tutor to

rich students.
 June 25, 1884 , won a greek prize & delivered a splendid speech at banquet honoring 2 Filipino titans of the brush
Juan Luna & Felix R. Hidalgo

RIZAL’S SALUTE TO LUNA & HIDALGO
 National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1884 both Luna &

Hidalgo won signal honors for their country.
 Luna’s canvans “Spoliarium” 1st prize
 Hidalgo “ Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace” 2nd prize
 At Restaurant Ingles in honor of Luna & Hidalgo, Rizal was invited to give the principal speech and saluted Luna & Hidalgo as 2 glories of
Spain & Philippines

STUDIES COMPLETED IN SPAIN
 Rizal completed medical course in Spain & awarded the degree of

Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central De Madrid, June 21, 1884
 After a year, Rizal studied & passed all subjects leading to the Degree of
Doctor of Medicine , however Rizal did not present his thesis required for graduation nor paid the corresponding fees, he was not awarded his
Doctor’s Diploma
 Rizal finished his studies in Philosophy & Letters and awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy & Letters by the Universidad Central De Madrid on June 19, 1885 with Sobresaliente