ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 30, 2011, THE BRETHREN OF SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS GATHERED AT 6AM AT THE OLD MUNICIPAL HALL OF SAN PEDRO LAGUNA, TO PREPARE FOR "OPERATION [FREE] READING GLASSES" SCHEDULED FOR 7AM AND GEARED UP TO DONATE ONE THOUSAND (1,000) READING GLASSES TO ONE THOUSAND ADULTS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.  SPL292 CHARITIES  "OPERATION [FREE] READING GLASSES" COMMITTEE CHAIR BRO. AARON JEFFREY B. MONTENEGRO AND THE WM OF SAN PEDRO LODGE 292, WB ARMANDO CAZZOLA HAD COORDINATED THE FORMATION OF A SCREENING COMMITTEE WITH BRO. FILEMON SIBULO, M.A., OFFICE OF SAN PEDRO MAYOR CALIXTO CATAQUIZ WHO HAD TASKED THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO BROADCAST THE SCOPE OF "SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 CHARITIES" OPERATION [FREE] READING GLASSES FOR INDIGENT ADULTS AND ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF VARIOUS BARANGAYS. THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROJECTS OF "SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 CHARITIES", INSOFAR SUCH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AND DONE WITH MONTHLY FREQUENCY, ALTERNATING AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4TH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING STUDENTS TO HELP THE DESERVING INDIGENT STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE, WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING, INDIGENT, STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS, MEDICAL MISSIONS, DENTAL MISSIONS, WELLNESS SEMINARS, ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISATERS (E.I. FLOODS BROUGHT ABOUT BYB TYPHOONS), AMONG OTHERS.
THE "OPERATION READING GLASSES " WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FROM 7AM TO 11,30AM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLONTEER OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND  OPTOMETRISTS COORDINATED BY DR. OPHTHALMOLOGIST MALCOM REMO OF THE MANILA PAMANTASAN, A MASON, MEMBER OF  OF SAIGON LODGE.
BY 7AM IN THE WAITING AREA PROVIDED WITH CHAIRS BY THE MUNICIPIO, ALREADY WERE PRESENT OVER 500 WOULD BE RECIPIENT OF READING GLASSES. BY 12 NOON, ALL GREADING GLASSES HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED, AFTER EACH RECIPIENT EIYSIGHT HAD BEEN PROPERLY TESTED. PATIENTS WHO NEEDED PARTICULAR EYE TREATMENT OR SPECIAL CORRECTIVE  GLASSES (OTHER THAN READING GLASSES) HAD BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE NECESSARY CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTIONS. MAYOR CATAQUIZ PAID A VISIT FROM ABOUT 10AM TO 10,30 AM AND COMMENDED THE SAN PEDRO MASONS FOR THEIR CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO THE POORER COMMUNITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY. THE MAYOR WAS INFORMED OF THE NEXT PROJECT OF THE SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 CHARITIES, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE DENTAL MISSION SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011.
AFTER COMPLETING THE "OPERATION READING GLASSES, THE WM TREATED THE DOCTORS, THE PARTICIPATING MASONS, THE EVER ACTIVE DEMOLAY, AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO HAD HELPED TO REGISTER THE RECIPIENTS , TO A LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE RESTAURANT 3820, NEAR THE SLEX TOLL STATION. THE LAST GROUP OF MASONS ENDED THE FELLOWSHIP AT ABOUT 5PM.   

THE ANNUAL DISCOM [DISTRICT CONVENTION] WAS HOSTED BY MAKILING LODGE NO.72 AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITORIUM, UP LOS BANOS. THE DAY STARTED WITH BREAKFAST SEVED AT THE CANTEEN OF THE AUDITORIUM AND THEN THE LODGE WAS OPEN AND WORKS PROCEEDED AS SCHEDULED. THE FOCUS POINT WAS THE REPORT OF LODGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTHS  ELAPSED SINCE THE 2011 INSTALLATION.
THE WM OF THE SIX LODGES OF LAGUNA ORDERLY READ THEIR REPORTS, STARTING WITH THE WM OF SAN PEDRO LODGE No.292 AND ENDING WITH THE WM OF MALINAW LODGE No.25.
THE EVENT WAS BRILLIANTLY COORDINATED BY VW ARTEMIO "BUTCH" DEL ROSARIO, MASTER OF CEREMONIES, PRESIDED BY THE VW DDGM BORIEL ALEXIS ALBANO, WITH VW GREGG TABUENA [DISTRICT SECRETARY] EXPERTLY HANDLING AND FEEDING DOCUMENTS, FILES AND STATISTICS.
THE GUEST SPEAKER R.W. SANTIAGO GABIONZA, ENGAGES IN SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ABROAD, WAS ABLY REPRESENTED BY VW T. KALAW III , DDGM OF NCR "F" WHO DELIVERD R.W. GABIONZA KEY NOTE SPEECH.
AFTER LUNCH, THE TEAM OF MAKILING LODGE No.72, HEADED BY THE WM ESPIRITU MERCADO, OFFERED A REMARCABLE AND INSPIRING PERFORMANCE OF  THE RITUALS OF THE LODGE OF REMEMBRANCE.
FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWED.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 15, 2011  DISTRICT CAUCUS  IN DR.J.P.RIZAL (CALAMBA) LODGE 270 WAS CALLED BY DDGM VW NORIEL ALBANO TO PLAN THE PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL DISCON SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 29.
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DEMISE, WAKE, MASONIC RITES, FUNERAL, MASS AND BURIAL OF VW OSCAR JAURIGUE, DGL  MASONIC DISTRICT R.IV.B
ON  OCTOBER 3, THE WM OF SPL292 SENT TWO FLORAL WREATHS TO THE RESIDENCE OF THE DECEASED VW DGL OSCAR JAURIGUE, WHERE THE DGL BODY WAS LAYING IN STATE.
IN THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 4 THE WM AND A DELEGATION OF SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 ATTENDED THE WAKE IN CABUYAO, LAGUNA FOR THE DEPARTED VW BRO. OSCAR "OCA" JAURIGUE INCUMBENT DGL OF DISTRICT R.IV.B
ON THE NIGHT OF WEDNSDAY OCTOBER 5 A DELEGATION OF SAN PEDRO LODGE 292 ATTENDED THE MASONIC FUNERAL RITES FOR THE DEPARTED VW OSCAR JAURIGUE DGL. AT THE HALL OF DR.J'P.RIZAL (CALAMBA) LODGE 270. 
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, SPL292 WM ARMANDO CAZZOLA, ACCOMPANIED BY PDDGL VW RENATO MOGOL, AND BRO. AARON B. MONTENEGRO, ATTENDED THE FUNERAL MASS AND BURIAL OF VW DGL OSCAR JAURIGUE, IN CABUYAO
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IMES- GLP "INSTITUTE OF MASONIC EDUCATION AND STUDIES" COURSE OF MASONIC HISTORY.  OCTOBER 5 & 10, 2011
ON WEDNSDAY OCTOBER 5, 2011  FROM 6PM TO 9PM  AND ON MONDAY  OCTOBER 10, FROM 6PM TO 9PM, SPL292 WM ARMANDO CAZZOLA KEPT THE COURSE OF MASONIC HISTORY ON "THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT", "LA LIGA FILIPINA" AND "PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION" FOR THE IMES CLASSES 2011 - 07, IN THE PRESENCE OF IMES DEAN AND MASONIC HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHAIR, VW SAMUEL FERNANDEZ.

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011, THE LODGE WAS OPEN AT 1.30 PM AND AFTER THE READING OF MINUTES AND FINANCIAL REPORTS, THE WM BROUGHT THE FOCUS ON THE COMMITTEE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, TO REPORT ON THE MANY LODGE ACTIVITIES OF THE PAST MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THIRD DEGREE CONFERRAL, FAMILY DAY , MEDICAL MISSION, ORGANIZATIONAL CAUCUS FOR THE LODGE GOLF TOURNAMENT "TEMPLE CUP", DISTRICT SPORT-FEST, VISIT TO OUR BEDRIDDEN LODGE MEMBER, AND FORWARD PLANNING FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER LODGE AND DISTRICT'S ACTIVITIES.  
THE LODGE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER WAS THEN DISTRIBUTED BY BRO AAROM MONTENEGRO, CHAIR OF LODGE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.
EVENTUALLY AFTER THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE LODGE WAS TRANSACTED, THE LODGE WAS CLOSED AND A LIVELY FELLOWSHIP  STARTED. 
FOOD WAS SERVED BY THE USUAL CATERER, COURTESY OF THE WM.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, DISTRICT SPORTFEST
THE SPORT-FEST WAS ORGANIZED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE BAKERS' HALL OF UP SAN PEDRO AT 9AM ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25. THE TEAMS OF THE 6 LODGES OF LAGUNA, WEARING THEIR ASSIGNED COLORS (SAN PEDRO LODGE No.292 WAS WEARING BLACK "T" SHIRTS WITH THE LODGE LOGO), STARTED GATHERING AT THE SITE  AT 8AM. THE VARIOUS GAMES COMPOSING THE COMPETITION WERE PLAYED ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY THE MASONS, IN SPITE OF THE CONSIDERABLE HEAT OF THE DAY. SAN PEDRO 292 FINISHED AS THE FIRST RUNNER UP, DR. JP.RIZAL 270 FINISHED FIRST OVERALL.
THE SPORT-FEST ENDED UP WITH FELLOWSHIP UNTIL LATE EVENING.
THE WM OF SAN PEDRO 292 HAD TO LEAVE THE SITE AT 11AM BECAUSE OF HIS IMES ASSIGNEMENT FOR THE DAY, TO LECTURE FOR THE MASONIC HISTORY CLASS AT 1PM AT IMES -GLP.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011, IMES MASONIC HISTORY CLASSES.
STARTING AT 1 PM, ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011, FOR IMES [INSTITUTE OF MASONIC EDUCATION AND STUDIES] EXTENSION CLASSES 2011 -JACOBO ZOBEL, SPL292 WM ARMANDO CAZZOLA HELD THE MASONIC HISTORY COURSE ON "PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT", "LA LIGA FILIPINA", "HILIPPINE REVOLUTION', AT THE PRESENCE OF VW DAMUEL FERNANDEZ, IMES DEAN AND CHAIRMAN OF MASONIC HISTORY DEPARTMENT.