Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

Official Organ of the Di cese of San Diego, January 26, 1945

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Complete RELIGIOUS OF SACRED HEART VISIT CITY TO I SPECT SITE FOR WOMEN'S COLLEGE

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Little Flower's Aid So Profuse in 1938' Promoters Encouraged By Reaction To Announcement of $500,000 Drive Sought in New Dri;e For Funds For Seminary, Boys' Home First reaction to the drive announcement in last week's Southern The first campaign for finan- Cross has been most stimulating. Letters and telephone messages have cial help launched in the Diocese poured into the Chancery to encourage the promoters of this project, of San Diego in March, 1938, had The laity especially show great enthusiasm and agree that this is the special help from St. Theresa, the opportune time to assemble funds for the two great objectives-the Little Flower of Jesus. In fact, major seminary and the training school for boys. the returns were more than double Laymen ''olunteer --------------- what was asked for, more than During the past few days dif- Campaign of Prayers for Success Precedes Solicitation of Funds Doubled Goal in First Campaign

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At the imitation of the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, Bishop of San Diego, the Rev. Mother Rosa- lie Hill, RSCJ, provincial superior of the Religious of the Sacred Heart; the Rev. Mother Suzanne de Leon Grajeda, RSCJ, provincial treasurer, and the Rev. Mother ' Louise Williams, RSCJ, superior of the convent of the Sacred Heart in Menlo Park, Calif., arrived in San Diego last Sunday afternoon to inspect a tract of land offered as the site of the proposed San Diego college for omen., These devoted Religious, vitally interested in the cultural w~'fare of San Diego, visited the city two years ago and after a comprehen- sive survey expressed a willingness to buy the Bridges' property in Point Loma and to build thereon a I college for women. The rezoning / of this property was denied both 1 by the Planning commission and I the City council. Not easily dismayed, these vali- ant educators, distinguished for their learning, zeal and progres- , siveness, made a second visit to the city to lay the foundations which will mark the beginning of I a great institution of learning. of a just wage do not receive the grace to give. The Divine Bene• factor does not want their money, the Church does not need It. Peo- ple of wealth who have a ells• honest record find in ill-gotten goods the germ of remorse and the moths that gnaw away on all peace of mind and heart. For these their wealth dies with them and the world is no better than before they lived."

While in the city, the Religious were the guests of the Sisters of Mercy at Mercy hospital, where the Most Reverend Bishop offered Holy Mass Tuesday morning for the success of this far-reaching project. RECEPTION AT BISHOP'S HOME Last Wednesday afternoon the local Sacred Heart alumnae spon- sored a reception at the Bii;hop's residence on Sunset boulevard in honor of the distinguished visitors. During the reception a group of prominent Catholic laymen called to pay their respects and to ex- tend a cordial welcome to the Re- ligious for their establishment in San Diego. The Catholic commit- tee was followed by another larger group of civic leaders, councilmen and heads of city clubs, including 1 the president of the Chamber of Commerce. In an informal gather- ing they expressed their apprecia- I tion for the Religious of the Sa- I cred Heart and their vast achieve- · i.n the field of higher educa- tion, s.suring them of cooperation in the realization of a San Diego college for women. Mother Hill, on behalf of her community, in a few choice words thanked the civic leaders for their kindly gesture. The Most Reverend Bishop, ac- companied by his attorney, Nicho- las J. Martin, KSG, his business agent, LeRoy E. Goodbody, and two engineers, visited different lo- cations within the city of San Diego where property has been of- fered for the developme11t of edu- cational institutions. Contour maps and drawings had already been forwarded to the Religious.

''Later you wlll receive explana~ tory literature for distribution, For the present, however, you are earnestly requested to start a campaign of prayers in your parish church for the success of this ven- ture, because 'unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.' (Ps. 126-I). Invite the prayers of the children and let public supplication be of• fered during or after all the Sun- day Masses to invoke the Holy Spirit to inspire people of means to give generously. To give is · grace from God." The Most Reverend Bishop has also sent out an appeal to all communities of Sisters in the folll' counties of the Diocese, begging' their supplications for the success of the Little Flower fund and ask• ing them to accept appointments as members of the prayer com- mittee. As with all their under• (Continued on Page 3) (Continued from Page 1) takings, the response of the Sis- ters has been most generous. The Prayers of Children The educators in the various schools as well as pastors and catechists have been asked to in· voke the prayers of the children, because, as His Excellency stated, "they have the humility to pierce the clouds." With a month de• voted to prayer as the foundation stone, the 1945 appeal for funds must be a success. No Tainted Money In an address before the Serra club at last Friday's conference, San Diego's ordinary said: "We will not have to worry about tainted money, because promoters of sweat shops, shady transactions and those who defraud laborers

exceeded the most sanguine hopes. ferent parishes have discussed this Because the Little Flower al- campaign with their pastors and ways manages everything she does have agreed that the burden of do well, the new campaign for the work should be taken over by funds for a major seminary and groups of laymen, especially in a boys' vocational training center view of the fact that most of the will be under her patronage and priests are carrying a double load that of the Immaculate Heart of in caring for adjacent camps-the Mary, because no one ever asked diocese of San Diego being one anything of her that was not ob- vast military encampment. tained. A careful survey points clearly 1988 PLEDGES FULFILLED to the fact that the money asked The 1938 campaign had a 12- for is actually available, so that :E-Oint program. A recent visitor much depends on the method of to the Chancery, who remembered collecting it. details of the 1938 campaign, A group of prominent Catholic brought to the attention of Dio- laymen called on the Most Rever- c;csan officials that every single end Bishop, Charles F. Buddy, last (Continued on Page 3)

week expressing loyalty and of· fering their services to help sec- ond every effort to complete San Diego's needs as one of the great dioceses of the Church. Big Gifts Beat Gun While the actual soliciting of funds will not start until February 15, the big gifts committee con- templates substantial advance gifts to intensify the general ef- fort. Prayer Committee Formed His Excellency, Bishop Buddy, insists on the necessity of prayer- ful preparation. In a, letter writ• ten on January 17 and addressed 1 to the pastors of the diocese, he I stressed the need of prayers in this statement: '-----------

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