Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

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Within the rebuilt St. Joseph's cathedral, Bishop Charles Francis Buddy yesterday pontificated at the first solemn high mass marking

the reopening of the church. Seating accommodations for 1100 were insufficient and a large crowd remained outside during rites.

'While Others War, We/Build,' Says Rector The pageantry of a Catholic dedi- catory ritual was unfolded before more than 2000 spectators yesterday as the Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, bishop of the San Diego dio- cese, blessed the rebuilt St. Joseph's cathedral at Third ave. and Beech st. The services began with a proces- sion, headed by a color guard. Uni- formed units of marine, navy and army personnel were followed by 'firemen and policemen in dress uni- form. Nurses wearing red-lined, blue capes and white caps, junior patrol members in red sweaters and white trousers, the new cathedral choir in buff robes, nuns in their somber habits, and the officiating clergy in [ gold vestments, escorted by plume- helmeted Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, combined to present a spectacle. USE CONSECRATED I Music was played by the Bonham Brothers Boys band during the dedi- cation services, at which the bishop blessed the walls of the cathedral, and consecrated its use to the serv- ice of God. Trumpeters heralded the bishop's I entry into the cathedral. Solemn high mass followed. The sermon I was delivered by the Rev. Franklin Hurd, cathedral rector. The congregation filled all avail- able seats-accommodations double those of the old church-and hun- dreds remained outside on the cathedral steps to hear the sermon which wa:; broadcast by amplifiers.

BONFffiE OF WEALffl "All the skill that the discoveries of the ages had given him in teach- ing the forces of nature to minister to his comfort and his pleasure, he now turned to the uses of destruc- , tion. Of the hoarded wealth of the world he made a bonfire. And when at last utter exhaust10n -called an a1mistice to the long drawn-out conflict, man, still reeling and stag- gering from the intoxication of his blood-lust, can only prepare for a resumption of the terrible warfare in our own day. "From the beginning, two great forces contended for supremacy in the early colony's affairs. One, the state, and the other the church. The two are separate and therefore dis- tinct, but the two can never, if both will live and grow to their best purpose, be radically opposed. They make up the dualism of social life. The state which drives out the church will die. The church which which will disregard the state I strikes itself a deep wound. REALIZE NEEDS . "Side by side must these two go, each realizing the need of the other and each most seriously attached to its own idea. To expect each at all times to be most sweetly considerate o! the other is too fond a hope, for they are both made up of human beings, and human beings are weak. But in the end the good should pre- vail and each of the two great rep- resentative functions of social life should be given their expression- 'the things of Caesar and the things of God.'

SEAT OF FOUNDING "We witness today the dedication of this noble cathedral," Father Hurd said, "set up for the honor and glory of God as the mother church of California. For it was in San Diego that California began, and _it was in San Diego that the church m California began. "From far and near we come, pre- late• and priest, man of affairs and simple artisan, toiler in the fields and in the shop, Catholic and non- Catholic, and whosoever can read and understand the language of the spirit, which these chiseled sto~es proclaim, for they speak of faith and hope and charity and that ul- timate peace which long ago was announced to the astonished watch- ers of the night in ·far-off Bethle- hem. 'COME NOT BLINDLY' "Toda~, while the scarred earth trembll~ with the impact of falling churchc~ 'and the air rings with the angry protests of the young against the impositions of the past, we come not blindly or unaware to set up a new altar and to venerate the chair of authority which gives a name to this new cathedral. "A bugle blast was all that was needed and all the hopes and the delusions of the twer;.tieth century fell. Like a savage, barbaric man leapt .out of the cages of school and 1 university, forsook the quiet pur- suits of ordered peace, and became a frantic madman.

HERE WE BUILD "In other nations war marches constantly forward in a program of destruction. Bombs blast away the material fabric of the church; doubt, discouragement, despair, b at t e r away its spiritual fabric. The Great Shepherd of Christendom sorrows for the future of his flock. But while others destroy, we build. We build this temple to the glory of God and as the dwelling place to Him, who brought peace on earth to men of goodwill. We build it in honor of St. Joseph, builder himself, a man of goodwill, and a man of peace." Originally scheduled to reopen for Christmas, the cathedral dedica- tion had to be postponed when a labor shortage developed and re- : modeling was delayed. The church has three marble altars, mahogany pews with cushioneli kneelers and art glass work, all produced in San Diego.

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