Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

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