Reforms and Katipunan
Reforms and Katipunan
Reforms and Katipunan
August 1896 – before the discovery, the fifth and last election was held
Last Supreme Council
Andres Bonifacio – Supremo
Emilio Jacinto – Secretary of State
Teodoro Plata – Secretary of Justice
Aguedo del Rosario – Secretary of Interior
Enrique Pacheco – Secretary of Finance
(Kinds of Membership)
Katipunan expanded and Bonifacio decided to divide the members into three grades
The First – it was called Katipon, who wore black hood in the meetings
Z. Ll. B – Katipunan characters corresponding to the Roman A. Ng. B.meaning Anak
ng Bayan, it was the password of Katipon
The Second – it was called Kawal, who wore a green hood
Letter K – it was the symbol that the Kawal wears that can be seen on their medal,
beneath it was a crossed sword and flag, the password of Kawal was Gom-Bur-Za
The Third – it was called Bayani, who wore a red mask and a sash with green
borders
Rizal – was the password for the members to recognize each other in street
Counter signs of Katipunan – member placed the palm of his right hand on the
breast, and as he passed the other member he closed his hand, bringing the index
finger and the thumb together
The Katipon could graduate to the Kawal class if he had brought several members
into the society, while the Kawal could become a Bayani upon being elected an
officer of the society
(Celebrations)
February 17 – every year they are praying for the memory of the three priests
GOMBURZA
The catafalque was adorned with wreaths made of the makabuhay plant, the
symbol of immortality
They entered in single file and prayed for the souls of the departed martyrs and
swore to avenge their death
(Andres Bonifacio)
born in Tondo, a part of the province of Manila on November 30, 1863
his parents were Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro
he has three brothers and two sisters
Ciriaco
Procopio
Troadio
Espiridiona
Maxima
founder and organizer of Katipunan
Learned alphabet in a school conducted by a certain Guillermo Osmenña of Cebu
Andres was employed as a clerk messenger in the commercial firm of Fleming and
Company, later on he became the Company’s agent
He transferred to Fressell and Company as an agent
1892 – he met Gregoria de Jesus of Kalookan and fell in love with her
Gregoria was initiated into the Women’s chapter of Katipunan and chose Lakambini
as a symbolic name
1895 – Bonifacio , Emilio Jacinto, Restituto Javier, Guillermo Masangkay, And few
other went to Morong (Rizal) for a place to hide incase the society was discovered
Makarok and Pamitinan – they found this caves in San Mateo and Montalban
Bonifacio was the legitimate Father of the Revolution
(Emilio Jacinto)
born in Tondo on December 15, 1875
he is the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon
he studied at San Juan de Letran and UST
At the age of 18 he joined the Katipunan
Jacinto was acknowledge as the “Brain of Katipunan”
He was the editor of Kalayaan, the society’s newspaper
Aside from Kartilla, Jacinto also wrote:
Liwanag at Dilim (Lightvand Darkness)
Pahayag (Manifesto)
Sa mga Kababayan (To my Countrymen)
Ang Kasalanan ni Caín (Cain’s Sin)
Pagkatatag ng Pamahalaan sa Hukuman ng Silangan (Establishment of the
Provincial Government of Laguna)
Samahan ng Bayan sa Pangangalakal (Commercial Association of the People)
(KARTILLA)
I. L ife which is not consecrated to a lofty and sacred cause is like a tree without a
shadow, if not a poisonous weed.
II. A good deed that springs from a desire for personal profit and not from a desire
to do good is not kindness.
III. True greatness consists in being charitable, in loving one’s fellow-men and in
adjusting every movement, deed and word to true Reason.
IV. All men are equal, be the color of their skin black or white. One may be superior
to another in knowledge, wealth and beauty, but cannot be superior in being.
V. He who is noble prefers honor to personal gains; he who is mean prefers personal
profit to honor.
VI. T o a man with a sense of shame, his word is inviolate.
VII. Don’t fritter away time; lost riches .may be recovered, but time lost will, never
come again.
VIII. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.
IX. A n intelligent man is he who is cautious in speech and knows how to keep the
secrets that must be guarded.
X. In the thorny path of life, man is the guide of his wife and children; if he who
guides moves toward evil, they who are guided likewise move toward evil.
XI. Think not of woman as a thing merely to while away time with, but as a helper
and partner in the hardships of life. Respect her in her weakness, and remember the
mother who brought you into this world and who cared for you in your childhood.
XII. What you do not want done to your wife, daughter and sister, do not do to the
wife, daughter and sister of another.
XIII. T he nobility of a man does not consist in being a king, nor in the highness of the
nose and the whiteness of the skin, nor in being a priest representing God, nor in
the exalted position on this earth, but pure and truly noble is he who, though born
in the woods, is possessed of an upright cha¬ racter; who is true to his words; who
has dignity and honor; who does not oppress and does not help those who oppress;
who knows how to look after and love the land of his birth.
Bonifacio also created his Katungkulan Gagawin ng mga Z.Ll. B.
(The Duties of the Son of the People)