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Celso V. Cardano, Jr., Named 2022 Hiram Award Recipient
The Hiram Award is for dedicated service to Freemasonry and a Masonic Lodge.
VAN NUYS, CA, April 9, 2022 – WB Celso V. Cardano, Jr., PM, a founding member of Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866, Free and Accepted Masons of California, has been named the Lodge’s 2022 recipient of the prestigious Hiram Award.
No date has been set yet for the award ceremony which likely will be open to the public.
The Hiram Award is presented to Masons for extraordinary, dedicated service to Freemasonry and to the Mason’s Lodge.
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Although the Hiram Award comes from the Grand Lodge of California, a local Lodge chooses its recipient. It is the highest honor given to a Mason aside from being the Master of a Lodge.
The Hiram Award is named as such in reference to an allegorical figure from the Bible that is central to Masonic tradition.
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Cardano has been a Master Mason for 14 years and is also a member of the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, and Al Malaikah Shriners. Having served in many roles, Worshipful Brother (WB) Cardano was Master of the Daylight Lodge for two years (before and during the pandemic) and previously the Master of another local Lodge. As such, he is given the honorific “Worshipful” or “Worshipful Brother.” (He is not worshiped, of course, the honorific is like calling a judge, “Your Honor.”)
Presently, WB Cardano also oversees and mentors other lodges in the San Fernando Valley as “Inspector” for the Grand Lodge of California.
Upon being chosen by the Daylight Lodge to receive the award, WB Cardano said this: “I am so thankful to be part of a Lodge with such amazing Brothers!”
Professionally, Cardano is an engineer, a real estate broker, and an entrepreneur. At all times, within and without Freemasonry, he is amiable, professional, caring, generous and a friend to all.
Congratulations to WB Celso V. Cardano, Jr., PM, on being named by Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge for this honor.
For more information about the lodge, go to http://clarencefsmith.org .
CONTACT:
David I. Karp, Newsletter Editor, Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866, F. & A.M.
818-515-9361, davidikarp@karpmediation.com
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