Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

THE SOUTHERN CROSS, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945 Italian Soldiers' Chapel Blessed By Bishop

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The l\lost Reverend Bishop blesses the chapel built by an Italian service unit at Camp Ono near San Bernardino. The Rev. Joseph R. Nunez, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe church; the Rev. Hyacinth Rossati, O.SS.T., of St. Bernardine's church, and the Rev. Thomas A.' Matthews, pastor of Holy Ros- ary church, were among His Excellency's assistants for the blessing, Holy Mass and Confirmation. The Rev. Louis I. Cimmino is Catholic chaplain at the camp.

The mass was interrupted after the gradual for the actual cere- mony o{ consecration. As tht> Litany of the Saints was sung, Bishop Kelleher lay pros~rate before the altar and three times the archbishop pronounced a blessing over the prone form. The new bishop then knelt be- fore Abp. Cushing and the ro- consecrators and the three pre- lates placed both their hands on his head as the book of gospels was placed on his shoulders. After the imposition of hands, the archbishop sang the consecre- tion preface, the head and i:ands of the new bishop were ano1med and he was presented with the instruments of his office. The crosier, or pastoral staff, w~s the gift of pupils of St. Catherme of Genoa school, Somerville. After .the archbishop gave the pontifical blessing, the new bishop was enthroned and presented t_o the people, to whom ~e gave Jus first blessing. He will cel~bra~e his first pontifical mass m h:s own parish at St. Catherine's a,t 10 a. m. Sunday. Today's consecration was the second in Massachusetts in two days and most of the hierarcny came to Boston from Fall River where they participated yester- day at the installation of the Most Rev. James L. Connolly a~ coadjutor to Bishop James K Cassidy of Fall River. Among those at the Cathedral rites today were Bishop Henry J. O'Brien of Hartford; Bishop John F. O'Hara. G. S. G., of Buf- faio; Bishop Matthew F. ~rady of Manchester, N. H.; Bishop Gerald T. Bergen of Des Moines , Ia.; Bishop Francis P. Keough of Providence; Bishop Daniel F. Desmond of Alexandria, La.; Bishop Thomas A. Emmet, S. T., of Jamaica, B. W. I., and the Rev. James E. Walsh, M. M., su- ' perior general of the Maryknoll Mission Order, Maryknoll, N. Y. Many priests serving a assist- ants to 1he consecrators were close friends of Bishop-elect Kel- leher for many years.

Cathedral Throng Sees Hub Bishop Consecrated On the feast day of the Sacred Heart, the Most R;ev. Louis F. K~lleher, D. D., was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Boston by A1:chbishop R1c~ard J. Cushmg to~ay at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in impressive, centuries-old ritual of the Catholic Church.

The newly consecrated bishop's brother and . his six sisters were seated in a front pew of the Cathedral, which was thronged with ranking leaders of the clergy, the armed services and the city and state and with faith- ful from various parishes in which he has served. Abp. Francis J. Spellman of New York served as senior assist- ant consecrator and Bishop Ed- ward F. Ryan of Burlington, Vt., was junior consecrator. The sermon was delivered by the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, bishop of San Diego and a class- mate of Bishop Kelleher, who paid tribute to the character of the new bishop and to the qualities which had marked bishops of the church through the centuries. The ceremonies opened with the reading of the Apostolic Mandate in Latin and English by the Rt. Rev. Jeremiah S. Minihan. chancellor of the archdiocese, and the canonical examination of the new bishop by Abp. Cushing. This was followed by the cele- bration of the pontifical mass, after Bishop Kelleher had been garbed in full pontifical vest- ments.

BISHOP LOUIS F. KELLEHER, ARCHBISHOP CUSHING Solemn Ceremonies Attend Consecration at Cathedral