FILANTROPHY, CHARITY
Philanthropy
has been an important focus of Freemasonry from the beginning.
Our members have founded or supported several significant charitable organizations,
including the precursor to the current ambulance service, the Movement Improvement
Institute, the Blind Institute, and the predecessor to the Deaf Institute.
Some
of Hungary’s greatest artists, politicians, and scientists were also part
of our brotherhood, including:
Kassák Lajos, Kazinczy Ferenc, Kossuth Lajos, Móra Ferenc, Count Széchényi
Ferenc, Székely Mihály, Tamási Áron, Wekerle Sándor, and Zsolnay Miklós,
among others.
Several
of Hungary’s greatest artists, politicians, and scientists also belonged
to our Fraternity.
Lajos Kassák, Ferenc Kazinczy, Lajos Kossuth, Ferenc Móra, Ferenc Széchényi,
Mihály Székely, Áron Tamási, Sándor Wekerle, and Miklós Zsolnay were all
Freemasons.
Those less familiar with the Craft often describe our Order as “globalist”
or even “unpatriotic.” Such accusations are difficult to reconcile when
one considers Brethren such as Franz Liszt, Endre Ady, Elek Benedek, Dezső
Kosztolányi, or György Klapka.
Lodges
do not solicit members. Every petitioner must find his own path to the Fraternity.
Among the requirements for admission is a belief in a personal God. Politics,
meanwhile, is considered a forbidden subject within the Lodge.