“It is a useless life that is not

consecrated to a great ideal.

It is like a stone wasted in
the field without becoming
part of an edifice.”
-JOSE RIZAL
 Rizal did not engage much in
Masonic activities, yet He just
delivered a Masonic writing
entitled “Science, Virtue and
Labor” at Lodge Solidaridad in
Madrid in 1889.
Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano Lopez
Jaena and Mariano ponce were
very active in Masonic affairs but
they aren`t awarded as Master
Mason.
 November 15, 1890, He became a
Master Mason and was awarded
the diploma of Master Mason by Le
Grand Orient de France in Paris
after 3 months.
The friars used religion to do what
they wanted such as enriching
themselves and inflicting as well
as prosecuting the Filipino
patriots;likewise, Rizal would use
free masonry as “his shield to
combat their cruelty.”
 March 1883, Rizal formally joined
the Masonic Lodge called Acacia in
Madrid. He believed that free
masonry would help him in his
fight against the friars in the
Philippines.
Through the influenced of Miguel
Morayta (a history professor at the
Univerdidad de Madrid), Rizal
joined Masonry under the Gran
Oriente de Español, adopting the
Masonic name: DIMANSALANG.
 Rizal met prominent Spaniards
who were mostly masons. He was
deeply impressed on how Spanish
Masons critized the government
policies and lambasted the friars,
which could not be done in the
Philippines.
RIZAL JOINS
FREEMASONRY
LESSON 4.4
“It is a useless life that is not
consecrated to a great ideal.
It is like a stone wasted in
the field without becoming
part of an edifice.”
-JOSE RIZAL