Anthurium Assembly No.5, IORG : About Us

Brief History of Anthurium Assembly No. 5

On May 10, 1980, Anthurium Assembly No. 5 of Cagayan de Oro City became the first Assembly organized and constituted in Mindanao Island.

It is jointly sponsored by Cadena de Amor Chapter No. 16, Order of the Eastern Star and Macajalar Lodge No.184, F&AM. This started a series of interests which led to the formation of the many more assemblies.

We meet every 1st Sunday at 8am-12nn and every 3rd Sunday at 12nn-3pm at the Maguindanao Masonic Temple, Capistrano-Pacana Sts., Cagayan de Oro City 9000, Philippines.

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What do we do during meetings?

During our Stated (Official) Meetings, we follow a certain format (agenda) that is written in our ritual book (guidebook) but we could add some info to suit our assembly's needs. For example:

1. Opening Ceremony
2. Roll Call
3. Call to Order
4. Reading of Minutes of Previous Meeting
5. Reading of Treasurer's Report
6. On-going Business:
    a. Committee Reports
7. New Business
    a. Reading of Petitions
    b. Balloting
    c. Initiation Ceremony
    d. Other Ceremonies
8. Announcements
9. Closing Ceremony

During informal meetings, we follow almost the same format with the exception of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

We also sing songs that is of Christian origin. Although we accept members of different religions (as long as she believes in One Supreme Being), we try to make sure that our songs would also fit all our members (making it an ecumunical song).

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What do the adults do during our Meetings?

We have 4 regular adults who always attend our meetings:
1. Mother Advisor
2. Rainbow Dad (a Master Mason)
3. Assistant Mother Advisor
4. Ritual Advisor

Although we have 15 Advisory Board Members, it is not compulsory for them to attend our stated meetings. However, they are very much welcome to join us and advise/counsel us in terms of running our organization. The 4 regular adults are also members of the Advisory Board, whose constant presence really helped us make our Time with Rainbow very profitable and pleasant.

Here is a picture of the 5 Lights after our 63rd Installation of Officers last January 7, 2007:

Here is another picture depicting the introduction of the Past Worthy Advisors of Anthurium Assembly No.5:

(note: Please ignore the date on the picture, it is incorrect as the cam was not formated with the exact date: January 7, 2007.)

The Grand Assembly

The Grand Assembly of the Philippines and Guam is our National Level authority that is presided by the Grand Worthy Advisor. The Grand Assembly's overseer is our Supreme Deputy to the Philippines, Mrs. Eleanor (Norie) Roque-Redor. All the Assemblies of the Philippines and Guam submits their Annual Assembly Reports to Mom Norie, who in turn submits these to the Supreme Assembly.

The Supreme Assembly

The Supreme Assembly is our International Headquarters. It is located at Oklahoma, USA. Every year, we submit our Annual Reports to the Supreme Assembly through our Supreme Deputy.

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