Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

THE SOUTHERN CROSS, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1945

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HONORED GUESTS AT CHAPLAIN'S DINNER

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Standing by the head table at the recent NCCS dinner for area chaplains ate (readmg left to right): Miss Marie Thompso.n, NCCS-WD regional supervisor; the Very R-everend Thomas J. McNamara, Chancellor of the Diocese of San Diego; Miss Gertrude McGee, NCCS program consultant; the Most Reverend Charles F. Buddy, Bishop· of Sa-n Diego; Thomas K. Moylan, director 101 Bro~way NCCS club; Capt. W. A. Maguire, USN district chaplain and Terrence B. Halloran, NCCS regional supervisor. NCCS STAFF PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHAPLAINS

Official Organ of the Diocese of San Diego, May 18, 1945 Newly Named Prelate

FR. THOS. J~ McNAMARA RAISED TO MONSIGNOR

Holy Father Honors Chancellor For 33 Years of Zealous Work

His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, has elevated Very Rev. Thomas Joseph McNamara, Chancellor of the Diocese and pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, to the rank of domestic prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor.

The news has been made known to the Most Reverend Bishop by the Most Rev. A. G. Cicognani, D. D., Apostolic Delegate to the United States. In addition to his duties as pastor and Chancellor, a position he has held since ,July 1, 1940, Monsignor McNamara has done outstanding work as Diocesan Di– rector of Catholic Charities, .Dio– cesan Director of Hospitals, Dio– cesan Moderator for the USO and as a member of the Diocesan Con– sultors. Set up Nine USO Clubs He is a gifted executive and under his supervision have been organized and built nine NCCS– USO centers where Catholic serv– icemen and women have found something akin to parochial life. In ironing out the many problems of the three NCCS-USO clubs in the city proper and those iR Old Town, Bayview Terrace, Ocean– side, Barstow, Riverside and Indio, the newly-named prelate has per– formed an invaluable wartime service for the Diocese. He has also served as a staff chaplain for the Civilian Defense Corps. Charities Bead Five Years Appointed executive secretary of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in November, 1939, Father Mc– Namara has accomplished much in the line of Catholic social serv– ice. Under his leadership the pro– gram of the Bureau, designed to meet the needs of the Catholic families and individuals within the Community Ches~ area, has gone N~w Chnrth And Hall

steadily forward. Services include family case work; counseling and planning in marital maladjust• ments; budgeting; counseling and planning with unwed mothers; placement agencies for children to be admitted and discharged at Nazareth House (children's home in Mission Valley); placement of Catholic children in licensed fos– ter boarding homes · and other children's homes; case work serv– ice with Catholic families referred by the American Red Cross, the Department of Public Welfare, the Juvenile Court and the Pro– bation Qffice; verification, on re• ferral from the Children's Home Society of Californla, of the prac• tical Catholicism of families re• garding the adoption of Catholic children, and making available re• sources of public and non-sectar– ian agencies which meet special needs. In Demand as Speaiker An orator of great force and eloquence, the new monsignor has frequently represented '.His Excel– lency at various civic functions and has made the Church better known and respected by his radio (Continued on Page 2)

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The Right Rev. Msgr. Thomas Joseph McNamara, Chancellor of the Diocese of San Diego and pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish.