Illegal Conferral of Degrees of the Order

DeMolays,

     Below is the edict sanctioned by the Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay, of the Republic of the Philippines in relation with chapters conferring the degrees of the Order without meeting the Sacred Landmarks of DeMolay dated December 8, 2010. 

      For everyone to remember, here are the Sacred Landmarks of the Order of DeMolay:

      A DeMolay Chapter must be sponsored by a generally recognized Masonic Body or Bodies.

      Membership in a DeMolay Chapter  shall be limited to boys:

1.  Who are not yet twenty-one years of age.
2.  Who profess a belief in God and Reverence for His Holy Name.
3.  Who affirm their loyalty to their country and respect for its flag.
4.  Who adhere to the practice of personal morality.
5.  Who pledge themselves to uphold the high ideals typified by the seven cardinal virtues in  the Crown of Youth.
6.  Who accept the philosophy of the Universal Brotherhood of Man and the nobility of character typified by the life and death of Jacques DeMolay.

     Moreover, a petition for membership in the Order shall be received only from a boy who passed his thirteenth (13) birthday and who has not reached his twenty-first (21)  birthday, and who is recommended by two (2) members of the Chapter to which the petition is made, or by a Senior DeMolay holding a Senior DeMolay certificate, or by a Master Mason. In their case, the petitioner must be sponsored by a Master Mason in good standing, or known and satisfactorily vouched for by the Advisory Council of the Chapter.

Here is the scanned edict circulated in all Chapters. Click the image to enlarge.

Please be guided.

For God, For Country, For DeMolay.