Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

18, 0 1942

CAMP ELLIOTT, CALIF., DEC. 9TH-Leaving the Camp Elliott Marine chapel, Biahop Charle, Francia Buddy, of San Diego, i• flanked by an honor guard of officers after dedication ceremoniea in which the Biahop dedicated Amphibious Corpa area Marines to the protection of Our Lady of Providence, Reading from the left are Colonel Harold D. Shannon, USMC commander of the Midway ground forces d~ring the &lfttle of Midway, Lt. Comm, E. C. Lang, USN, comm anding officer of the Sea Bee Battalion at Elliott, Biahop Buddy who is also Military Delegate for the area, Lt. Col. Peter Schrider aviatio Hi<-er on the Amphibious Corps Staff, and Chaplain Paul J. Red" mood, Amphibious Corps Chaplain. (RELEASED BY PUB C RELATI NS OFFICE SAN DIEGO MARINE CORPS BASE.)

Official Organ of the Dioce

alifomia, Friday, December 18, 1942.

H. Excellen y To Broa ca t For Christm s The Most Reverend B' hop of San Diego will broadcast a mes- sage to this community a)ld to the entire diocese on Tuesday, Decem- ber 22, at 11:15 a. m., ov r Radio Station KFSD. The invitation for this appearance came fro Mr. J. E. Dryer, President of Diego "Heaven On Earth Club." This is the annual Chris as ra- dio message to the people which His Excellency has been invited to give since his arrival in 1937. The broadcast will be heard throughout the diocese of San Di- ego including the four counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, San Di- ego and Imperial.

CAMP ELLIO1J.-Marines in the Amphibious Cotaced under the protection of Our L:-fuI ceremonies of the Catholic Cht1d Charles F. Bu~dy, Bishop o~ S.,ar, presided at ded1cat10n ceremonies .,. .. ··-.. __ Fleet Marine Force chapel here. Chaplain William Maguire, USN, officiated at the afternoon Mass which was attended by hundreds of Marines still clad in their work- ing clothes. For many it was the second Mass, they had attended that day, since yesterday was the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception. An honor guard of armed Ma- rines preceded the Bishop and clergy into the Church and up to the Sanctuary. A personal guard of honor for His Excellency, Bishop Buddy included Col1'nel Harold D. Shannon, USMC, Lt. Colonel Peter Schrider, USMC, and Lt. Com- m a11der E. C. Lang, USN. Bishop Buddy, in his dedication sermon, told the Marines that na- tions who ignore God are infected with false philosophies, responsible for U1is war. "Men of the service," he said, "your mothers taught you to kneel in humble prayer. Those that scoff at prayer are not worthy of their mother's teach- ing." "Today the surviving citadels of C h r i s t i a n liberty, preserved through a thousand martyrdoms, stand arrayed against llie armed might of pagan tyranny," he I stated. The Bishop announced lliat there was no room in our armed forces for atheists because America was founded on faith. "When God is banished from the heart of a na- tion, justice and peace vanish with Him," he said. ''The soldier, in llie final analy- sis," llie Bishop told llie men, "is a messenger of peace. Well dis- ciplined armies not only wage war but lliey establish peace and main- tain it. When dissension rifts the great human family, when the so- called diplomacy, put to the test, crackles and goes up in smoke, we call upon the soldier. We send our armies to put an end to llie , cause of discord and bring us back "May llie courage of Christ in- spire you and may the powerful intercession of Mary Immaculate accompany you," the Bishop said in conclusion. "Be assured that when the stress has grown too strong, you can always call on Our Heavenly Mother, Star of the Sea, Who hears our prayer and Who even through the crash of falling worlds, will sustain you." * * * The statue altar furnishings and vestments were llie gift of the Most Rev. Francis Keough, Bishop of Providence, R. I.