Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ALCALA PARK SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92110 0 3 Presented to the K. of c. Library by Miss Mary Hickman life-long housekeeper of Bp. Buddy's, 9 Feb. 1970

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One new Archbishop was created, eight priests were elevated to the Episcopacy, four Bishops took new of- fices and ' three Bishops died in the United States during the year 1936. The Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, Bish- op of Los Angeles and San Diego, was created Archbishop of the newly con- stituted Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The newly named members of the Episcopacy are: The Most Rev. J0- seph M. Gilmore, Bishop of Helena; the Most Rev. William L. Adrian, Bishop of Nashville; the Most R'i)V. R. T. Guilfoyle, Bishop of Altoona; the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of San Diego; the Most Rev. Francis J. Mona- ghan, Coadjutor Bishop of Ogdens- burg; the Most Rev. M. S. Garriga, Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi; the Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, Aux- iliary Bishop of Philadelphia; the Mosi Rev. Thomas Megan, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of the newly created Pre- fecture Apostolic of Hwaikingfu, Honan, China.

lUUS. WOU The 1937 bill for new battleships tops all records. Even the poorest of the poor nations plan construction of mon- ster fighting ships. It seems no nation is ever too poor to forge weapons of ,destruction. * * * * If Uncle Sam were to lop off two battleships from his costly prepared- ness program and use the money for building jails and penitentiaries, we might then have sufficient prison ca- pacity for our needs. The Federal Bureau of Investigation puts the total criminal army in this country at 3,500,000. Crime of all kinds is flourishing. Murder is still a favorite form of crime. Americans annually kill one another at the rate of 1,000 a month! Police Lieutenant George Schattle of Cincinnati declares that "murder is the easiest crime in the United States to get away with." We need more prison capai::ity. For one of the reasons why so many thou- BUt

An Address by Daniel Morton, M.D., St. Joseph, Missouri, cJ~– livered at a Pub11c Farewell Meeting in Honor ot Charles Francis Buddy, Bishop o~ the Catholic Church, Sunday, Decem– ber twenty-SeNenth, 1936.

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It 1s right and proper that the citizens of St. Joseph should gather this Sunday afternoon to say Farewell and God ,Speed to one of their number who will shortly leave us for other fields of labor, and, to express our satisfac– tion and pride in the fact that he has been consecrated to the sacred office of Bishop in the great Church which he has se~ved so faithfully. In view of the fact that St. Joseph is not given to d~ing this sort of tbing, but is rather slow w appreciate and reoognize present or former citizens who have rendered notable service at home or attained distinction abroad, this public expression or good will toward Bishop Buddy for his worth as a man, and his work as a churchman and public-spirited citizen, is especially to be noted · and com.mended •. May we not hope that it marks the beginning of a more generous attitude, than hns heretofore obtained, toward :men and women living in our midst who have done things worth while, and whom any city should be glad to honor and acclaim. For nearly half a century I havG enjoyed the honor of serving the Buddy family in the relation of family doctor. I have soon the children come, the family c·irclc extend its bounds, tho homo complete, assembled around tho hearth and altar, haP!' Y in its unity, father, mother and children. I have seen illness invade and bo repulsed, I have soon Death stalk, with hideous mien, and ruthlessly and forever break the continuity of this happy family life. Four times have I seen this unwelcome visitor carry away a member of this homo until father and mother and two children wore gone and only a segment of the sometime un– broken circle remain. May I dwell for a moment on tho beauty of this homo ltfo which I have been privileged to observe and share in part. Tho father was a stalwart man in physical and mental make– up, with a strong zest for life ~n business he was known for honesty, integrity and financial responsibility. Sucess came

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to him in generous rewards. Ho was a friendly man with many friends. "He that would have friends must first show himself friondly.n Ho had a large, active brain, and a strong, cultural side to his porsonality. He loved books and good literature and music and art. He had gathered a fine library, culled from tho best literature of the world; examples of the best thought of tho great masters of all time. Ho recognized tho advantage of an education for its dual value of self-culture and fitness for life's work. All of the children wore given a college educa– tion without rcfcroncc to tho oxponso entailed. He had clear, definite and wise ideas of the manner in which a homo should be governed, and an intimate knowledge of tho manner in which to instill into tho hearts of tho children love, affection and respect for father and mother and each other. Tho laws of tho home wore obeyed by all and single. Ho was a loving husband and father as I had ample opportunity to know. Tho mother was an intelligent, pious woman whom I always greatly admired. I hardly know how to characterize her, but I think of her as being, first, deeply religious, and living hGr religion. She did not display it, but it was so intimate a part of her nature that she could not conceal it. In it she moved and breathed and had her being. It was a joyous, happy, cheerful, glorious oxpcrioncc that never left hor for a ruoment; that pormc– atod all hor conversation; that ~ otivatod all her acts and that guided her in the up-bringing of her children. It was of the very essence of her life, Mentally, she was the peer of any one. Power of observation, judgment, sense of values, wit, humor, command of language, sincerity and loyalty wore all qualities of her mind and heart. With such a father and mother, tho atmosphere of this homo was, first of all, religious, with all its implications, of responsibility to God and Church; of affection for each other; of family solidarity; of faithfulness in tho discharge of tho secular duties of life. My observations of tho Buddy homo gE:V ~ mo to know that hero the best qualities of domestic life blossomed and flowered. Surely it would not rcquir8 tho vision of a prophet to foretell v1ha t kind of men and women tho children

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of tho Holy Cross. To give up this young daughter, to surren– der their ambitions for a domestic and social career for her was a severe test of the religious faith of the father and mother. They met the test and made tho sacrifice, and, later on, wore to go through the same experience exactly with another daughter, Miss Lillian. Sister Mario Loretta became Dean of tho Conservatory of' Music at St. Mary's College, and, later on, Doan of St. Mary's College. For eighteen years she was connected with this institution of learning as pupil and official. She died while Dean of tho school, midway of life, consecrated to her work and capable therein, a lovely character, a useful life snuffed out at tho height of its usefulness. Dr. Edward P. Buddy became a doctor of medicine, graduating from St. Louis University. Last November ho rounded out twenty– five years of service on tho faculty of that institution and re– ceived the silver modal given to all members of the faculty who had served for a quarter of a century. He is now one of tho prominent doctors of St. Louis, recognized for his professional ability, and his worth as a man. I have always prized his friend– ship. Miss Helen, like the other girls, went to St. Mary's College and there graduated. Returning to hor homo she lived thGre until her death, a beam of light helpfully, lovingly and tenderly caring for her parents in their declining years, and preceding her mother to the grave by only a few months of time. A lovely character · she was ·! Miss Cocilo, also a graduat0 of St. Mary's College, married tho la~c Dr. Louis J. Dandurant, one of my best pro– fessional friends; a fine doctor and a fine man. He and his little boy met a tragic death by drowning, Mr~. Dandurant and her little girl, Ann Elizabeth, escaping as though by a miracle. That little Ann Elizabeth 1 now grown to a beautiful young womanhood, has followed the way opened by her mother and aunts, and is a pupil at St. Mary's College to-day. This is the one instance in tho history of St. Mary's College where six girls of the same family have attended that school. Mrs. Dandurant has shown tho greatest fortitude in tho disaster that befell her home, and with courage and devotion has faced her shattered hopes and devoted her life to the only child rtmaining from the wreck of the homo •

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Miss Lillian, aftcrnard Sister Mary ~.;agdalcn, like her sister, Marie, professed as a religious and bocamo a Nun of the Holy Cross. She was aftcrrmrd Dean of St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, and for tho past three years has been Superior of tho Sacred Heart Academy at Ogden, Utah- She has shoTTn tho greatest devotion to her religious life and uork, and is capable and efficient therein. TTith a delightfully attractive personality, she gracefully adorns the order to TThich she belongs, and is a most valued mc:11bor thoreof. Miss Ilene TTas educated at St. Mary's College, as wore h0r sisters, and became a member of St. Joseph's fine corps of school-teachers than which there is none bettor. May I say in this connection that ~o might evidoncc a more magnanimous spirit toward this fine body of public servants. It would not hurt us to speak of thc;-a v-;i th good Y:ill and pride, and to bo even a little generous in tho matter of remuneration for their services. Lot us not forget that buildings do not make a school system; only high-grade instructors can do tho. t. N'1arrying, Miss Ilene bccamo Mrs. Daniel J. Redmond of Nm·;r York City whcro she noTT lives as uife and mother to grace a happy homo. I submit t~~ record as one any fmuily has a right to bo proud of. And lest so:·1c one may say, 11 For Goodness sake, i-7hy o.11 this talk about the Buddy family; i,hat has that to do ni th Bishop Buddy? 11 I \7ould ansi7cr; 11 t ~y dear friend, it has everything to do y;i th Bishop Buddy. 11 If you r:ould understand the whys and i.-;hcro– forcs of a good lifo, seek out its origin and the Gnvironmcnt in \7hi ch it 1;as reared." Wo seem riilling to admit that if one :-;ants to raise good crops, one must first have good seed to plant, good soil to furnish plant food, and plenty of sunshine to make the plant grou. But thoro is o.nothor ossontial olomont ,-:-i thout nhich good seed, good soil and sunshine aro incapable of acting to bring about tho grOi:,·th of a single plant. It is chlorophyl, a mysterious substance that gives to all plant lifo its groan color. It is chlorophyl uhich onnb1os a plant to take t~1c simple clements of nature-carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and others, and make them into the complex substances of Tihich it and its fruit is composed. Plant life builds up. Animal 1ifc docs exactly the opposite; it takes the complex structures of plants for food, toars thorn to pieces, and reduces them again to the simple elcmon ts from r.-hi ch the,y originally

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the difference botuccn the t110 kingdoms. And so in our homes, as in the plant uorld, the simple elements of charactor-building– love, mutual affection , truthfulness, honesty, sincerity, regard for tho feelings and rights of others are just as essential to th~ development of character and personality, as carbon, hydro– gen and oxygen aro essential for the creation of the plant and its fruit. And as in tho plant uorld , nothing can gro~ to full fruition oxcopt in tho presence of chlorophyl activated by sun– shine, so in the home lifo, noble and useful characters cannot gror:- and develop except in the prosence of that mysterious in– fluence which ~c call religion, activated bv the sunshinG of God's presence. My observation of life convinces me of this as a fc.ct, from 1-;-hich there is no variation or shado...-:- of turning. Therefore, I have d11ol t upon tho home from r;-hi ch Bishop Buddy sprang to explain tho phenomenon of his life, and to account for the qualities that havo made that life useful. Woll, some one may say again, "Vlha t docs a doctor know about sudh things?n These arc things that ovory one should kno-r:-, whethe r he be doctor, lawyer, me rchant, prince, carpenter, sailor, farmer or ~hatnot. I mnkc no apologies for speaking of them in an analysis of tho lifo of Bishop Buddy . And so, TIO ore hero this afternoon to honor Charles Francis Buddy, Bishop of the Catholic Church, uho has lived in our midst nll his life, and TThom TTO shall so sorely miss in all tho vmrk of community betterment- religious, social and cf.vie. When first I came into the Buddy family as doctor nearly fifty yeo.rs ago, Bishop Buddy Tias a baby in his mother 's arms . I havo knoun him continuously since that ti~c, through child– hood, youth, young manhood and nmturo life. Ho probably cannot remember tho time 1.hcn h0 did not kno~ mo . Bishop Buddy was given tho same educational opportunities that tho other children of tho family u0ro given, and than special training for his lifc-,mrk as a priest. He ucnt to tho Little Convent of the Sacred Heart, Christian Brothers' College, St . Benedict's College, St. Mnry 's College in Kansas, and the North .American College in Rome whore ho remained for six years preparing himself for the priesthood, and Tihore ho vms ordained a priest in 1914. Returning to St. Joseph in 1915 he bccam8 Assistant Pastor at the Cathedral and Chaplain to St . Joseph's Hospi ta.l ~

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I ,ras attracted by his personality as n child. I ~atchcd ~ith interest tho development of this young life. My boys, too, "ere gro,;ing up at this time, and I of ton thought of '\"ih& t I ~-:as doing to c.ducoto them, and of ,;.tint Iu. Buddy i7D.S doing to educate Charles Francis ns his mother delighted to coll him! Mr. Buddy o.nd I often conversed about the education of our children. The young man 1;a.s qui ck to toke ndvnn tago of his opportuni ti cs, his mind 1.-as alert, reccpti vo and rotenti vo. Steadily upTard he 1;cn t in his educational co.recr. It became evident even in his childhood that ho had a strong bent to~ard tho religious life. Ho delighted to serve as acolyte at the altar at the Convent. He even had a little al tor at his homo ..-.-i1cn he ·:·ns a ncro child. And so I think the family early in the life of Chnrlos Francis began to realize that he hnd been called of God to be a priest. This opinion nas confirmed as the yoe.rs of his boyhood r;ent by and his youth came into full development. Ho 1,ns a hc2lthy, 1:holcsome boy, a. thoushtful youth -i:.-i th ,-:-horn I ho.d mnny cor..to.cts. Thero 1:ns o.1-r:-ays left upon me the impression that he ,·:as thinking of the deep things of life, nnd trying to find himself, and prop8rly plnco himself nhorc ho could do the most good. Ho did not talk of a business co.reer. He did not sc.y, "T""."hon I become established in business ni th my fo. thcrrr nor 11 V:hen I got rich I 1.-111 do thus. nnd so." Ho talked to me about social ~ork, the poor, the troubled ones, the sick o.nd nfflictod, the handicaps of tho colored people, the under-privileged children. During tho passing of the yocrs Y:c had convcrsotions o.nd sncitc!1cs of convGrso.tions G.bout various organizations ~it~ ~hich I ~cs connected- The Tuberculosis Society, Tho ~clfnrc Bocrd, The County F~rm, Tho ~oslcy House, its creation and manngo:-ncnt and its ,-:-ork nr.1ong tho forcisn lo.borers 0.t Tho Stock Yards, The Momorio.l Home for Aged People, The HoDc of tho Friendless, o.nd tho unfortunate young TTomcn and their babies, and Tho Home for Li ttlc Vinndcrors, and Tho Noyos Hospital. He ~as evidently sincere in all this and socking informc.tion end prnctical experience in an intelligent study and survey of St • .Joseph's social problems. Vii th all of this nork I ,-:-o.s closely identified, and \"ii th the origin of some of it I had much to do. To mo it r;ns most grn ti fying to knoTI tho t hero i70S n young mc.n \.'ho pro::ii sed much for the social up-lift of St • .Joseph. ~nen ho become n priest and Assistant Pastor of tho Co.thodral, Clnd Chaplain to St.

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Joseph's Hospital, I ~as happy in the kno~lcdge that his oppor– tunity ho.d corac to do the things that I kne1 r:orc in his heart to do. At St . Joseph's Hospital 1.cre the patients of tho ~clfarc Board. I 1.as a member of that board, and at the head of its Modiccl Depcrtment. For years Father Buddy and I hero norkcd together, o.nd hero he ministered to those poor sick people in a fashion and a ~ny that uas n blessing to them that 1.ords cannot appraise. I never kncTT him to force upon any of our patients 1,ho TTcro non-Catholics any service that could in tho least offend their sensibilities. They all recognized in him a servant of tho Good God '\:ho ·::as trying to help ther.1 bear their bi ttcr lot . And they Y cro gra tc..ful. On va.rious occo.sions ho.vo I consulted -r:'i th Bi shop Buddy about proposed changes in tho program of the various social cctivi tios r•ith -r:-lJ.ich I T:'os connected and hc.vo found him o safe: counselor . He and I did not al~ays sec eye to eye , and nt timos could only agree to disagree. On more than one occnsion have I yielded my opinion to his and found him to have boon right in his judgment on the issue involved. On tho other hand, I have been able at times to giv8 him data in connection ,ith social ~ork that ~as useful in helping him to a correct under– standing of vexing social problems thc.t -r:oro difficult of solution. Mnny times he hes been helpful to mo , and nl ric.ys r:o.s I r0cei vod -r:i th c. hco.rty 1:clcomo, nnd dismissod ,-;ri th equally hearty good till . T~c responsibility for the home life of his \.ido.. cd mother foll upon him as ho tas tho only son living in St. Joseph. His solicitude for the rclfare of his ~other and tho other members of tho femily living 1.i th her ,7nS deeply mnrked. He discharged in full tlH, duties of a son to,·:nrd a mother in hor declining yea.rs, and of a brother tornrd tho sisters at home. Those sisters, too, dido. loving service in tho troubled years ~hen the fn~ily 1.~s disintorgrcting and bore their part of the burden ~ith p2tionce o.nd fortitude. Women cnn endure the grind of long-continued misfortune 1;hen men "'ill break under the strain. With ell the co.ros of the Cathedral Parish upon his heart, he yet found time to often visit his fnmily and cheer and hearten them in those yco.rs that marked tho ending of the family life as a unit . A sorrouful thing it is to sec the b,rc.,o.king up of n homo, something -r;hi ch inevi to. bly comes to all

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homes ~ith tho passing of tune. I do not think it ncccsscry to prolong a dcscri::,tion of the many good quoli tie:s ,:hi ch I helve di scovcrcd in this man, or to recite the many things that I hnvo kno~n him to do for the betterment of those distressed, hard hit, discourcred ond confu:-,ed -r:i th tho tragedies of life thnt hod befallen them. Another spanker r:ill dY:oll upon tttcsc things. For myself, I ncknOi.-:lcdgo in this open fashion that Bishop Buddy has been o helpful, inspiring influence in my life. For the City of St. Joseph, I nm o ~itnoss to tho feet that ho has boon a benediction to thousands of our citizens to 1.hom tho rood of life T.-~ns rough and 1:00.risomc, and blocked by ovor~holming disaster. It is my belief thot tho most nccoptnblc service that one ccn re:ndcr God is doing good to one's follO\:-mcn. Bishop Buddy ~cnt nbout doing good. Docs not th2t comnnss it all? C~n I say nnything better thnn that about him? And nor: I om sure thn t I voi cc the scnti:ncn ts of ell 1.hcn I bid Bishop Buddy good-bye in tho beautiful longuogo of that old Apostolic Secretary to Pope Boniface IX, Francesco Giovanni of five hundred yo~rs agonc- lfAnd so nt this Christmo.s-timo I great you, not as tho ~orld sends greetings, but ~1th profound ostocm, and ~1th the prayer for you no~ and forever thn t tho dny brcnks and the shndo-r;s floe n1,oy. 11

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BISHOP-ELECT OF SAN DIEGO

The Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, S. T.L., Ph.D., bishop-elect of 8an Diego, whose picture arrived too late last week for the regular Friday edition. The new prelate will be consecrated in .St. Joseph, Mo., where he has spent his entire years as a priest and will then come to San DieGo, probably about the first of February.

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Because thy days and hours are spent In bringing joy and sweet content To souls whom Christ to thee has sent He loves thee. Because, in spite of toil and care, In sun or rain, in storm or fair, Thy heart is one with His in prayer He loves thee. Because, forgetting self each day, Thou tread'st with Him the narrow way, Beside thee all thy life He'll stay, And love thee.

FATHER BUD YIS APPOINTED 8 SHOP OF SAN DIEGOJ CAL. Consecration Rites to Be at Cathedral Where He Has Served Since 1915. Forty - Nine - Year - Old Priest Has Been Prominent in Civic Affairs. In 1·ecognition of twenty-two years of outstanding service as a priest, the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral, has been selected as bishop of the newly created diocese of San Diego, Cal. The order of Pope Pius elevating Father Buddy to the bishopric was announced last night by the Na– tional Catholic Welfare Conference, and came as a complete surprise to the priest. Ma~y Congratulations. Among the hundreds of congrat– ulatory messages received by Fa– ther Buddy this morning was one !rom Archbishop Cantwell of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, who will be his immediate superior at his new post. Priests at the cathedral today commented on the fact that Father Puddy wa.'3 praying in the cathedral when he received news of his ap– pointment. He had been to a Com– munity Chest meeting in the city hall earlier in the evening, then had made calls on sick members of his congregation. Returning home he entered the cathedral and was en– gaged In prayer when an assistant broke the news to him. Plans for the consecration of Fa– ther Buddy will not be completed until after the papal bulls are re– ceived here. It is likely that it will be Feb. 1 before he goes to his new post. Active in Several Fields. The forty-nine-year-old priest, ac– tive in civic, charitable and socio– logical work here and a member of the city board of health, will be consecrated at services at St. Jos– eph's Cathedral, where he ha,i;1 served since Aug. 1, 1915. Extensive improvements have been made at st. Joseph's Cathedral dur– ing the time Father Buddy has been rector. The church has been entirely redecorated and many new figtures have been installed. In 1923 Father Buddy inaugurat– ed an Information forum at which no names are taken, no questions asked, and those attending are placed under no obligation. Last vear 156 were converted to the Catholic faith through that forum. Since its beginning it has gained more than 1,000 converts for the church. Open Relief Cent~r. Father Buddy as rector started the publishing of an annual bulletin for the Ca.thedral. The Cathedral bulletin gives the financial and spir· itual standing of the church. Last year a total of 143,197 com– munions were given at the Cathe– dral, which has a membership of 2,711 as shown by a recent census. In 1931 Father Buddy opened St. Vincent's cafeteria on North Second street. Thousands of poor were fed and housed there during the three– vear period before it was taken over by the federal government. The project of the priest was highly praised here and in many other parts of the United States and local authorities gave it credit for hold– ing crime to a low point during sev– eral bleak winters. During April of 1933 a total of 96,000 meals were served at the cafeteria. A chapel was opened near the cafeteria for "U,.rnrc:: ;., e ~ ORDER OF POPE PIUS COMES AS SURPRISE

ident of the junior class and ed– itor of The Dial. Bishop Maurice F. Burke sent him to Rome In 1909 to enroll as a student of the North American College after he had informed the bishop of his desire to become a priest. He continued his studies there for four years and received his doctor of philosophy degree from the Propaganda University of Rome. He was orda!ned Sept. 19, 1914, in St. John's Lateran Cathedral in Rome. He spent another year studying in Rome and returned to St. Joseph July 23, 1915. Organized Church for Negroes. Eight 'days after his return here he became assistant pastor of _the Cathedral and chaplain of St. Jos- ~ eph's Hospital. The late Bishop 1 Burke in 1917 appointed him as t chancellor and personal secretary and in 1922 Bishop Francis Gilfillan named him as director of the dioc– esan branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1925 Father Buddy organized a church for Negroes and through his efforts established St. Augus– tine's Church at Twenty-first and Angelique streets. In Mach, 19:26, the late Bishop Gil– fillan appointed him rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral and administra– tor of cemeteries. He later was named judge of the matrimonial court, diocesan consultor and vice– official of the diocese. Has Three Sisters. Father Buddy is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the East Hills Country Club, Order of Foresters and the alumni associations of the Christian Brothers' High School, St. Benedict's College, St. Mary's Col– lege and the North American Col– lege of Rome. Father Buddy has three sist11rs, Mrs. Louis J. Dandurant, 424 South Ninth street; Mrs. Daniel J. Red– mond, Long Island, New York; Sis– ter Mary Magdelene, superior of Sa– cred Heart Academy in Ogden, Utah, and a brother, Dr, Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis. John McGee is a cousin as are Dr. Thomas E. Horner, Atchison, Kan., and Dr. Thomas ! McGurk, St. Louis. P. P. Buddy is this uncle.

PRIEST SUBJECT OF 'TIME' STORY Bishop-Elect Charles F. Buddy Rates Article in This Week's Magazine. First St. Josephite to rate individ– ual attention in Time is the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, subject of a brief biographical and character sketch in this week's issue. The article about the St. Joseph prel– ate, recently elevated to the Roman Catholic bishopric of San Diego, is headed in Time's brisk·style, "San Diego's Buddy." It follows an ex– tensive description of the American tour of Cardinal Pacelli, highest ranking Vatican dignitary to visit the United States and regarded as probable successor to the present pope, Pius XI. Time's article, illustrated with a picture of Bishop-elect Buddy: "When Pope Pius XI set up a new archdiocese with Los Angeles as its center last month, and elevated Bishop John Joseph Cantwell to be archbishop, San Diego became a separate diocese. Last week the holy father made known bis choice for bishop of that see: A tall, husky, affable priest named Very Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, forty-nine, rector -of St. Joseph's Cathedral in St. Joseph, Mo. "Sorry to see Monsignor Buddy go to San Diego, which he has never before visited, will be a number of youngsters in St. Joseph's Cathedral School with whom he plays hand– ball, baseball, basketball, marbles. Those sports Charles Buddy, son of a wholesale fruit merchant, learned in St. Joseph streets. His baseball improved when he was sent, like many another bright youth with a vacation and the backing of his bishop, to the North American Col– lege in Rome in 1909. Ordained in the St. John Lateran Basilica in , 1914, he returned to St. Joseph, rose quickly in the shadow of its cathe– dral. Monsignor Buddy sits on the municipal board of health, aids in Community Chest campaigns, founded northern Missouri's first Negro Catholic Church, an informa– tion forum for people of all creeds, a river-front shelter and cafeteria which the government took over in 1934 as a transient relief bureau. In the shelter, whose motto was, •·we never ask questions," Monsignor Buddy did such good deeds as buy– ing haircuts and hair ribbons for little girls who thanked him be– cause, 'We wanted to look nice for Sunday school at the Methodist Church tomorrow.'" ---------· ~ .. " !/"

The Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy Who has been appointed bishop of a new dio– cese at San Diego, Cal. Started School Chmc,,. It was Father Buddy who ar– ranged to take care of undernour– ished children of the Cathedral School and it was he ·who started the annual clinics at that school. Sisters and nurses from St. Joseph's Hospital and doctors gave their services for those clinics. The Cathedral Church of the dio– cese to which Father Buddy has been assigned is at San Diego. Im– perial, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino counties form the diocese. Father Buddy, who, in addition to his duties as rector, is the diocesan director of the Pontifical Society fol' the Propagation of the Faith, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Buddy, His mother, Annie Farrel Buddy, died last March; his father died in 1927. To Rome in 1909. Father Buddy first attended school at the Little Convent, lo– cated at Twelfth and Messanie streets. He later attended the Chris– tian Brothers High School here and then went to St. Benedict's College at Atchison, Kan., where he took two years of high school work. He attended St. Mary's College at Rt. Mary's, Kan., where he was pres-

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course at St. Benedict's college, Atchison, Kans.; went then to St. Mary's college, St. Marys, Kans., and then studied in Rome, at ~he North American college, gettmg the Ph.D. in 1911 and the S.T.L, in 1913. He was ordained at St_; John Lateran's, Rome. From 191:.> to 1926 he was a curate at the St. Joseph' Cathedral, becoming rec– tor in 1926. He was chancellor of the dioce" e from 1917 to 1919 and since 1926 has been a dean. He founded in 1932, the famous St~ Vincent' cafeteria and shelter for the indiR:ent, which was taken over by the ·government in 1934 as a transient bureau and intake._ The Bishop-elect is a sportsman. rnter– ested in handball and baseball.

Washington.-The Very Rev. Dr. Charles F. Buddy, rector of St. ' Joseph's Cathedral, St. Joseph, Mo., has been named Bishop of the newly-formed Diocese of Sall Diego, Calif., ac~ording to wor~ from Rome received here toda-y. Born in St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 4, 188_7 and ordained in Rome Sept. 19, i914, he has been direc~or of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of St. I Joseph. Father Buddy i,; the son of I Charles Allen and Annie Farrell 1 Buddy. He got his primarr edu- \ cation at the Little Convent and the Chl'istian Brothers' schools at 1 St. J osqih, too;, his high school

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-Photograph by Shultz Studio. By the laying on of hands in the ancient ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church Fathee Charles F. Buddy, popular rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral, tomorrow morning will become Bishop Buddy. Today Fathe1· Buddy's title is very reverend. Tomorrow he will be most reverend. Bishops of Protestant churches carry the title right reverend. That title in Catholic churches is re- served for monsignors and abbots.

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chapel. All ,1Siting Blsters mor£> than 100 in number, \\lll be 'served dmner in the Cathedral Convent. Dinner t Robldo The consecration will be followed by a dinner in the crystal room of Hotel Robidoux, at ·hich the new prelate will be host to 350 vlsl g clergymen. The new prelate's coat of arms, done in red, green and gold, the coat of arlllS of Bishop LeB!on~. the American and pa.pal flags will decorate the room. The speakers' table will seat sixty-J!ix guests. The Right Rev. lo~lgnor Jame. P. Brady, P. A., chairman of the prie ts' committee on arrangement!, will be the toast- master, and toasts wil_l be given by the Very Rev. J. J. O'Neill, pastor of St. Patrclk's Church, St. Joseph, representing the officials of the dio- cese; the Rev. John K. Cartwright, Ph. D., D. D., pastor of the Im- maculate Conception Church \\'ash- ington, D. C.; the Rev. L~uis F. Kelleher, D. D., pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church, Cantoni Mass.; the Right Rev. :Monsignor John M: Hegarty, V. F., San Diego, Cal.; His Excelency the Most Rev. .Tohn J. Cantwell, D. D., archbishop of Los Angeles. and His Excellency the Most Rev. C. H. LeBlond, D. D., bi_shop of St. Joseph. The response will be ma.de by Bishop Buddy. The new prelate will say the first mass. after his elevation Tuesday mornmg at 8 o'clock at the Cathe- dral. It will be a requiem mass In memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Buddy. He also will chant the pontifical mass on Christmas morning at 5 o'clock. Is Accomplished Musician. The Benedictine monks have had the leading part in the great work of restoring to their pristine form the marvelously rich and varied liturgical chants of the Catholic Church, which came into being in the early Middle Ages. The monks of Conception Abbey sing the.se chants daily at their conventuai mass and the cho..... 1 recitation of the Divine office in the abbey chu1·ch and a.re for this reason ideally fitted to render them with the fullness of their intrinsic ar- tistic beauty. Dom Gregory himself is not only a highly accomplished organist, but also a church musician of national eminence. He is the editor of The Caecilia., a monthly magazine de- voted to Catholic Church music, published in Boston, Mass., as well as a regular contributor to The E Catholic Choirmaster, the official c organ of the St. Gregory Society of s America. He will accompany the o Schola Cantorum at the organ and will play a number of organ volun- tari~s at various I points in the Special Numbers Arranged. Two musical numbers have been specially arranged for the solemn processional entrance of the clergy and prelates into the cathedral s preparatory to tte actual consecra- tion ceremony. Both numbers will i be for organ and a brass choir con- sisting of two trumpets, French s horn and trombone. The first, ?: titled "Fle.stive March,'' is by .A 1- :r,, phonse Ma.illy. one of the greatest Belgian organists of tbe nineteenth century. ', The second entrance number, in E an identical arrangement, is from I the pen of an eminent Benedictine c composer, Dom Dominic Wan- ., densshwyler of St. Benedict's Ab- bey, Mount Angel, Ore. Brother Stanislaus Thomas, O. S. B., instructor in instrumental music at Conception College, Is the at·ra.nger of both these numbers. The organ pa.rt will be played by Dom Gregory, assisted by four St. Joseph musicians, Frank C. Alum- baugh, Wilis C. Maupin, W. E. Rob- inson and Smith Turner, who will play first and second trumpet, French horn and trombone. The proper of the mass of the day, which is the Feast of St. Thomas Apostle, will be sung by the Schola Ca.ntorium. The "Kyric" and "Agnus Dei" of this mass are compositions of the tenth century, while the ''Gloria" and "Sanctus" are of thirteenth century origin. The "Credo'' will be No. III of the "Vatican K)•riale," a relatively n1od- crn chant composition in the fifth mode. Orders to Be Represented, service. Tho following 1·eligious orders for women will be represented at the consecration. Holy Cross from Not:-e Dame, Ind.; Benedictine Sis- t~rs, Atchison, Kan.; Franciscan S1ste~·s, Maryville; Daughters of Cha:1ty '?f St. Francis de Paul, St. Louis; Sisters of Charity, Leaven- worth; Little Sisters of the Poor Kansas City; FeHcian, Holy Ghost'. St. Joseph and Precious Blood Sis- ters of St. Joseph. . These religious orders will not be in the procession, but will enter the church through the Little Flower

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RE F. BUDDY AS BISHOP TOMORROW Colorful Procession Planned as Part of Services to Be Held at Cathedral. CHURCH WILL ATTEND Special Arrangements Have Been Made for Music at Ceremony. ,\. procession, in which nearly 300 clergymen, Including many digni- taries of the Catholic Church, st•J- d~nts and laymen will participate, will be one of the most colorful parts of the ceremony tomorrow morning when the Very Rev. CharleB F. Buddy will be conse- crated bishop of San Diego at St. Joseph's Cathedral. The bishop-elect has served as pastor of the Cathedral for many years and elevation to bishopric wlll be m charge of the Most Rev. C. H. LeBlond, bishop of the diocese of St. Joseph, and the co-consecra- tors, the Most Rev. Gerald 'l'. Ber- gan, bishop of Des Moines, and the 11ost Rev. Frnncis J. Monahan, co- adjutor bishop of Ogdensburg, N. Y. To Start at 9:15. The procession is expected to len.ve the rectory, which adjoins the Cathedral on the flouth, at 9:15 o'clock, and will march to the church, down the center aisle and into the sanctuary or other places t"Cserved for the participants. Leading the procession will be Boy Scouts. Then will come gradu- ate nurses of St. Joseph's Hospital in full uniform and the g.aduate i;tudents of the Sacred Heart Con- vent and the Christian Brothers High School in cap and gown. Fol- lowing these will be the seminari- ans and masters of ceremonies, priests, monsignori, the fourth de- gree Knights of Columbus in full regalia and the bishops and their cha.plains. All of the clergymen will wear the elaborate vestments which the priests and prelates of the church reserve for such occa- sions. At the close of the procession will come the bishop-elect and his con- ,;ecrators. An auxillary guard of honor will be formed by firemen and police- men. A loud speaker will be in- stalled in the Cathedral so that those who a.re unable to get into the church may hear something of 1 the music and sermon on the out- side of the church. The musical portion of the con- secration ceremony will be sung by the Schola Cantorum of Concep- tion Abbey, under the direction of Dom Gregory Huegle, 0. S. B. The entire musical program, which in- cludes the chants of the pontifical mass, as well as those which are specifically a part of the a

I' BISHO -ELECT 1 A CIVIC LEADER A word picture of San Diego's bi:hop-elect is reprint- ed from the St. Joseph Ne,vs-Press, in paragraphs gleaned from the editorial column, "Timely Observa- tions," as follows: The honor that comes to the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, bishop-designate of the newly created Catholic diocese of San Diego, will bring pleasure to the priest's many friends, and they number men and women of all creeds and of none. Father Buddy is what we all like to consider our ideal spiritual leader, a he-man '\\'1th the courage of his convictions who retreats not an inch where fundamentals of faith are concerned, yet withal so con- siderate, so thoughtful of the opinions.of others that his tenderness in dealing with those other creeds is one of his most striking characteristics. San Diego, will receive a civic leader when Bishop Charles F. Buddy assumes his bishopric, if the new pre- late follows the example he established as a St. Joseph priest. Notwithstanding his onerous duties at St. Jo- seph's Cathedral the priest found time to devote to civic affairs. His sponsorship of St. Vincent's cafeteria in the early days of the depression probably will be remembered in this city for many years to come. The priest never dis- closed the fact himself but it was known to a few that St. Vincent's cafeteria was made possible through the gen- erosity of his mother, Mrs. C. A. Buddy. She donated the building which housed the cafeteria. The civic activities of Father Buddy included work every year in the Community Chest, the Civic Music ·As- sociation and other groups. More recently he accepted appointment to the municipal board of health under Mayor Phil J. Welch, and has been a constructive force in the present administration.

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Bishop LeBlonu Consecrator. I Bishop C.H. LeBlond of St. Joseph wlll be the consecrator and the co- consecrators will be Bishop Gerald T. Bergan of Deg :\Ioines, Iowa, and the Mo8t Rev. Francis Joseph Monaghan, coadjutor bishop of Og- densburg, N. Y. The sermon is to be delivered by the Most Rev. John J. Glennon, archbishop of the St. Louis province. Others who will participate di- rectly in the ceremony are the Very Rev. Basil Odermatt, O. S. B., Con- ception, Mo., as presbyter assigt- ant ; the Very Rev. M. F. Connor of St. Joseph, who will read the , apostolic mandate; the Rev. James I A. Murray, pastor of St. Francis De Paula Church, Chicago, and the Rev. Denig P. Mulcahy, pastor ·of the Immaculate Conception Church, Brookfield, Mo., deacons of honor; the Rev. Camill Marosz, 0. M. C., pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Church, St. Joseph, deacon of the mass; the Rev. John F. Bannon, S. J., St. Stanislaus Novitiate, Cleve- land, Ohio, subdeacon, and the fol- lowing assistant masters of cere- monieg, the Rev. Patrick J. O'Con- nor, the Rev. Cornelius Cleary, the Rev. Denis O'Duighnan, the Rev. Michael J. O'Rourke and the Rev. Charles S. Nowland, all of St. Jos- eph. To Chant Special Music. A loud speaker system has been installed so those who will be un- able to enter the crowded cathe- dral may hear the archbishop's ser- mon and the special music planned for the occasion. An auxiliary guard of honor composed of fire- men and policemen has oeen se- lected. Chants of the pontifical mass and the music especially for the conse- cration ceremony will be sung in Gregorian chant by the Schola Cantorum of Conception Abbey, under the direction of Dom Greg- ory Huegle, 0. S. B. The director will play accompaniment for the voices on the organ and also will play at various points in the cere- mony. Two numbers have been ar- ranged especially for the procession- al and will be played by Dom Gregory and four St. Joseph musi- cians, W. C. Maupin, W. E. Robin- son, Smith Turner and Frank C. Alumbaugh. The st. Joseph men will play two trumpets, a trombone and a French horn. New Prelate to Be Host. After the consecration service, the new prelate will be host to the visiting clergymen and dignitaries at a dinner in the Hotel Robidoux crystal room, which will be deco- rated with American and papal flags and the coats of arms of the new bishop and Bishop LeBlond. The new coat of arms is in red, green and gold. The Rt. Rev. Mon- signor James P. Brady, P. A., will be toastmaster. Dinner wll! be served for the vis- iting sisters in the Cathedral con- vent. The sisters will represent the following orders: Holy Cross from Notre Dame, Ind.; Benedictine Sis- ters, .Atchison, Kan.; Franciscan Sisters, Maryville; Daughters of Charity of St. Francis de Paul. St. · Louis; Sisterg of Charity, Leaven- worth; Little Sisters of the Poor, Kansas City; Felician, Holy Ghost, St. Joseph and Precious Blood Sis- 1 ters of St. Joseph.

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The elevation of the Very Rev. Charles F, Buddy (right) to the bishopric, in a colorful ceremony this morning at the Cathedral, will be in charge of the Mot1t Rev. C. H. LeBiond (left), bishop of the dioce!!e of St. Joseph,

FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 47 CONSECRATION OF THE VERY REV. DR. CHARLES Fo BUDDY DECEMBER 21 Solemn Ceremonies to Take Place in St. Joseph's Cathedral -Many Members of Hierarchy to Attend-Benedictine Monks to Have Charge of Singing and Music The date for the Consecration of

The Consecration will be at the Ca- thedral, at the altar where Father Buddy, twenty-two years ago, started his career as the youngest priest in I the St. Joseph Diocese. Father Buddy returned last Friday 1 from Washington, where he paid his respects to the Papal Delegate of the United States, the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Titular Archbish- op of Laodicea. He discussed plans for the San Diego Diocese with the Papal Delegate. A number of priests who were stu- dents with Father Buddy at the North American College at Rome are coming here from all parts of the United States for the service. The Consecration will be the first in ·St. Joseph since May 1, 1928, when Bishop Francis Johannes was conse- crated at the Cathedral. Father Buddy will not leave for San Diego until about mid-January. He will be installed as Bishop of that dio- cese about Feb. 1 at a Church cere- mony.

the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, Bishop-elect of San Diego, has been set for Dec. 21, Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. Many members of the Hierarchy have already indicated their intention to attend the solemn cere- monies. The Benedictine Monks of Conception Abbey have kindly ac- cepted the invitation of the Bishop- elect to take charge of the singing and music for the Consecration Mass. Archbishop John J. Cantwell of the newly created Archdiocese of Los An- geles has informed Father Buddy that he will come to St. Joseph for the Consecration. He will be Father Buddy's immediate superior in his new assignment. Archbishop John J. Glennon of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and several other Archbishops are expected to at- tend the Consecration service here, which, from present indications, will also be attended by about thirty Bish- ops, several Abbots and hundreds of priests.

pp('al. "If it were not tor some ambu• lance chaser th rights ot many o! the poor would ha\'e been tra.mp.c und r{oot by t;i,Tant1,, •Bi hop Buddy said. He closed rith an appeal to Knights of Columbus to awaken the public to a sense o! justice Thomas B. O'Meara~ grand knight of the St. Joseph council, prescn ed Bishop Buddy with a pur e, the gift of the councll. B. W. Murphy, a close friend of Bishop Buddy and a member of the Knights of Columbus for more than twenty-five years, lauded the new bishop for hit work among the poor of the city and pointed out hls q ltlcations for the post to which he ha been n'lmed. Career I Traced. H traced the bishop's activities from the days before ho was a ' priest to the present t,me and told of the work. that Bishop Buddy had done to make himself fitted for a high place in the church. Bishop C. H. LeBlond told of the rare honor It is to have a p1·iest of the St. Jo,eph diocese selected from among 30,000 priests in the United States for the bishopric of San Diego. The church, he pointed out, is almost militaristic in it· na• turc and It Is the duty of a priest to go like a good soldier to the post where he 1s transferred regardle:

Bishop Buddy Sees Cause for Alarm mCrime Situation. Addresses Knights of Colum- bus at Farewell Dinner Given for Him. coring the multiplicity of la tn he United States, Bishop Charles F. Buddy told a farewell dinner of the Knight. of Columbus last night at Hotel Robidoux that efforts to substitute the law_ of man for tho e of God have had a degrading result. He drew a sharp distinction be- tween ethical la\\yers and those who are not, declaring that the latter group ls respomnble for much of the crime In the nation, Last of 'Farewell Dlnne . The dinner at which the bishop spoke wa~ the final of a series of farewell dinners and receptions