Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

Explanation of t he Coat of Arms of The fo:--t Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of an Diego in California Pierre De Chaignon La Rose, Camden, Massachu sets Designer of the Shield • DIOCESAN ARMS: In iconography, or representa- 1 tion by symbol , the usual symbol of San Diego (Saint Didacus) is the Spanish olla or stew-pot, to indicate his boundless charity, the Saint having orl-: · - en denied himself of food in order to I Sweetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on ·1thee" (Pange Lingua). This characteristic o fthe Saint is symbolized by the three nails of the Passion. r I The old royal Spanish colors of gold and red l7ave ' been employed-the "field" or background being of gold, in ·which is placed the Cross of our faith in red. In her- aldry the olla is normally shown as black, and the three Passion nails are also black in order to attain a proper color harmony. PERSONAL ARMS: In The Bishop's personal in- signia, the "field" or background consists of six hori- zontal stripes of red and green, which composed of the Borromeo Arms (Saint Charles Borromeo being the Bishop's baptismal patron and also the patron of his father). The Borromeo Coat of Arms consists simply of six horizontal stripes with-a single silver diagonal stripe 1 superimposed-called in heraldry a "bend." For this sil- ' ver "bend" has been substituted a silver carpenter's square to represent St. Joseph under whose patronage the Cathedral Church of the New Diocese will be placed. In recognition of the fact that St. Didacus was a Franciscan, and also because the sons of St. Francis wel'e among the first missionaries to preach the Gospel in Cali- ' fornia, St. Francis is represented in the shield, symbolized by his pierced hands, which bore the sacred stigmata. By .a coincidence which now seems providential, Bishop Buddy was born on the feast of St. Francis. This saint is also his second baptismal patron. The Arms of the Far- , re11 Family (the Bishop's mother, Annie Farrell Buddy) are very simple-a gold lion on a green ba~kground. This has been abbreviated to a gold lion's head. feed the poor and hungry. This cook- ing pot appears frequently in Spanish heraldry, and is familiar in the arms of the Guzman (St. Dominic's) Family. Saint Didacus had a special devotion to the Passion, and died repeating the words of the chant:_ "Dulce lignum, dulce ferrum, duke pondus sustinet-

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41 .., Hundred, of bouquets of flowers were sent to the bishop's new -.,. San Diego home by his future parishioners. The spectacle of his c!evation at tracted thousands in and around St. Joseph's Cathedral., 6ccne of Biahop !!_uddJ'.' 4 elevatio_n. _;;;;......-.. . ..-::holoby1'.o! \~a~I':' ::~m~u•r,

IN CONSILIO SANCTORUM

THE NEW BISHOP'S MOTTO "Deus, qui glorificatur in Consilio Sanctorum." "God, who is glorified in the Assembly of th,, Saints." (P salm 88.8) Bishop Buddy comes from the Diocese of St. Joseph in the Province of St. Louis. He was born on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Diocese of San Diego is in the Province of Los Angele . Hence the appropriateness of the motto: "In \ the assembly of the Saints-In Consilio Sanctorum. The Patron of the City of San Diego is St. Didacus (San Diego), a Spanish Franciscan Lay Bi:other (1463). Franciscan Fathers under the leadership of Junipero Se- rra, O.F.M., began thefr zealous apostolate in California at San Diego, July 1, 1769. This motto is also adopted in affectionate tribute to \ the memory of the beloved and saintly Bishop Francis Gilfillan, third Bishop of St. Joseph.