Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

Official Organ of the Diocese of San Diego, July 6, 1945 ---------------------------~ Religious of Sacred Heart Open Convent Here I \ Edifice Blessed By Bishop qn Feast of Visitation, July 2 Newly-formed Institution Named For

Founder of Society, St. Madeleine Sophie In response to the invitation of the Most Reverend Bishop, the Religious of the Sacred Heart have come to the Diocese of San Diego to open a college for girls. Before this can be done, however, property must be acquired and the building erected. In the interim His Excellency has given the religious the use of the former seminary building at ·2600 Sari It j Diego avenue as a home, to be / 'l 4 known as the Convent of Saint 0( Madeleine Sophie in honor of the founder of the Society. Clarke, has .come personally to in• Reverend Mother Rosalie Hill augurate this work. • superior vicar of · the Society o; Bishop Blesses Convent the Sacred Heart for the Western In the presence of these re- Province, accompanied by Mother ! ligious and a small group of bene• Suzanne de Leon, Provincial treas- factors, the Most RevlH'end Bishop urer, a n d M o t h e r Genevieve offered Holy Mass and blessed the newly renovated building last Mon– Diocesan Clergy day, July 2, the Feast of the Visi• tation. His Excellency was as– sisted by the ~ev. Robert E. Mc– Mahon, S. J ., Lt. (ChC), USNR. Under the deft hands of the re– ligious, who have been working assiduously for several weeks,

Will Make Retreat The Rev. Francis A. Fitzgerald, CSSR. of Whittier, Calif., has been invited by the Most Reverend Bishop to conduct the annual re– treat for the priests of the San Diego diocese. Restrictions of war precluded the assembly of diocesan clergy in the Coronado Hotel, that hostelry being occu– pied by naval officers. Owing to the fact that the ranks of the clergy in the diocese have more than doubled in the last . 7

what wa-s San Diego's first junior seminary has been transformed in– to a beautiful convent. Character– istic of all convents of the Sacred Heart, the chapel is a gem of art where the richest treasures in liturgical appointments are as– sembled. Simplicity but elegance marks the furnishil.1gs throughout. Other Convents Send Gifts Convents of the Sacred Heart throughout the United States, in–

years, the retreat will be divided eluding Ma.nhattanville in New between the northern and southern York and all the way south to c~~nties. This year, ~o_wever, .suf- New Orleans, have sent good f1c1ent number of rel!g1ous priests wishes in the form of useful and who make their own private spirit- handsome articles of furniture ·ual exercise will be available to I many of which are destined to; meet the needs of people in various the future college to be erected parishes. when war priorities permit. All the diocesan clerics will Even though the new convent assemble at the Cathedral starting had not been formally opened, peo– Monday evening July 23 and con- ple from all quarters of the city, eluding Friday morning July • 27. alumnae of the Sacred Heart from Some priests will be the guests of Eastern an Midwestern colleges, local pastors. Others will be ac- called to express their joy and of– commodated in various lwtels. fer their services to the devoted The Mexican pastors in the religious. various counties of the diocese In a state111ent issued to tha will be house guests of the Most press, the Most Reverend Bishop Reverend Bishop in the episcopal expressed the utmost satisfaction '"esidence on Sunset Blvd. for the new foundation. He said \. The recent acauisltion tn tho in part: "l'he advent of the Religious ot __(Continued on page 5)

Convent of Saint Madeleine Sophi~

The religious are offering pri– vate lessons in French and Span– ish for adults. In a short time the number already here will be aug– mented by the arrival of Mothet Dolores Sarre, Mother Madeleine Lambin, Mother Helen Donohoe, Sister Elizabeth Seraszck and Sis- ter Melita .Attard. "It is the am- · bition of all of the religious ·to I cooperate in their small measure with His Excellency, Bishop Bud- I dy, in his great work for God in the Diocese of San Diego," Mother Rosalie Hill declared. Highlights of Saint's Life Because the foundation of the Society of the Sacred Heart in San Diego is to be known a.s the Convent of Saint Madeleine So– phie, the religious offered the fol– lowing notes of interest on her life: Saint Macleleine Sophie Barat, whose pa,rents were simple French Burgundian peasants, was born in 1779, a.nd after a life devoted to the service of her Lord, died in 1865. Because o.f the heroism of her saintly life and works she was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1925. U. S. House Opened iJi 1818 ,From her childhood Saint Made• leine Sophie had a. tender love fo1• the Divine Heart of Jesus which was to crystallize in the foundation of the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800. It was in J the year 1818 that Mother Barat sent the first band of Religious of the Sacred Heart under Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne to America, where a house was op– ened at ai11t Charles Mi sour!.

the Sa,cred Heart to ·th1s dfocese is one of the greatest blessings since its formation nine years ago this July. These brilliant edu– cators, distinguished for their scholarship, have singularly fav– ored San Diego in establfshing a foundation in this city. I Humble Beginning · "Knowing something of their magnificent achievements throughout the East, Midwest and South, and in our own common– wealth, the stately San Francisco College for Women at Lone Moun– tain, we count it a great privilege to have members of this learnecl and fervent society identified with ' this diocese. The fact that they are willing to start in a humble way augurs well for future de– velopment. For the present they plan regular instructions in Chris– tian Doctrine for children of Old Town and vicinity, and the organi• zation of Sodalities of the Chil– dren of Mary for both young and adttlts and a Tabernacle Society. These initial tasks lay the foun– dation for mighty works that will reach far into future gerterations and beyond. / "The members of their teach– ing faculties hold academic and I collegiate degrees from Stanford, San Francisco and other .univer• sities. They form the vanguard of the nation's educators, specializ– ing in liberal arts, philosophy and · kindred sciences. They themselves have been empowered to grant collegiate degrees/'

Two-fold Objective Saint Madeleine Sophie gov– erned the Society as Superior Gen– eral for over sixty years, unceas– ingly urging her religious to have an insatiable desire for the glory of the Sacred Heart. It was said of her that she had two great loves-that of the Sacred Heart and of-children. Willingly she bore crosses, eager to suffer for iove of the Sacred Heart' and to gain souls to Him. The saint practiced humility and charity to an heroic degree. Re– markable for her gracious kind– ness to all while on earth, she continues to obtain both spiritual and temporal blessings from the Sacred Heart for those who in• voke her aid. Today the Society of the Sac– red Heart has colleges, academies and free-schools throughout Eu– rope, in Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. _