Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

INSPI ATION GIVEN YOUTH BY BISHOP BUDDY IS FOUNDATIO FOR ACTIVITY DURING SEASON Development of Leaders of Ability Seen As Major Ac- tivity of Catholic Youth Organization; Local Diocese Represented at Western Conference By the Rev. Francis Ott, Diocesan Director The Catholic Youth Organiz:.- tion of the Diocese of San Diego, dies' Institute and St. Mary's following out a policy of steady I Players: and ?arish_ clubs of a and sure growth, has enjoyed a numbe1 of parishes, mcludmg the parishes of $t. Joseph's (now the / SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

ii Missionary Catechists To 'i Have New Brawley Home By Gilbert Reynolds construction and the quality of Construction of the new resi- munity room, dining rnom, kitch- workmanship and materials of , dence for the Catechists in Braw- en, service and dormitory. very high order, but of simple and I ley, which was begun in the mid- Public access may be had to the economical design. dle of November, will soon be com- reception room and Chapel with- Interior color generally is of plete. out entry to the day-time com- cream and ivory except where - The home is being built in ac- munity TOoms which in turn are touches of pale green brighten up cordance with the instructions of separated from the dormitory kitchen and service rooms and ex- ' I His Excellency, the Most Rev. wing. This aims to provide prop- , =======---------;- Charles Francis Buddy, D. D., er c01nfort and rest aside from 'posed wood ceilings of the Chapel Bishop of San Diego, and under the hours of ardous raily duties. and Community Room are respec- the supervision of Frank J. Lang- Upon inspection of the fine site tively of light walnut and silver ley, delegated for this work by by Mr. Wm. P. Lodge, A. I. A., ar- grey stain. His Excellency. chitect, and Gilbert Reynolds. who Later construction of a lattice prepared the plans, it was decided fence or low abode wall is con- The Very Rev. ,J. T. Clarkin, I l ,. f to locate the dormitory in a north templated with ear Y P anymg o Dean of Imperial County, assisted and south direction, thus taking quick-growing tamaracks for sum- by the Rev. Father Raymond, has advantage of the prevailing west- mer shade. [ been in constant touch with the erly breeze. The windows are Upon completion this residence operations. large and numerous w:'th cross will fill a great need and be a ! The residence , accommodating ventilation where fE:asible. The source of pride to the Catholic 12 Sisters, has a Chapel, com- building is of frame and stucco ipeople of Imperial Valley. :::......::::.:;.-:;.::...==.......:......:.:.::.::.~---..;__--------c

i Cathedral), St. John's, St.. Pat- rick's, as also the Sodality of Mer- cy Hospital. and the Mission Hills Catholic Club. Meanwhile, in the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, a concerted effort was begun to af- ford a co-ordination of youth ac- tivities. At first this work was placed in the care of the diocesan Holy Name Union by Bishop Cant- well. Later the groundwork of a Catholic Youth Organization took form, with San Diego one of the districts. The Associated Ca- tholic Clubs rallied to the Bishop's call and were found to be an idea! foundation for the C. Y. 0. here in this district. Came then the division of the diocese and the establishment of the Dioces~ of San Diego. When Bishop Buddy assumed leadership in his new see he saw in the ex- isting divisional organization in , the San Diego district a nucleus around which to build up a C. Y. 0. extending throughout the dio- cese. A new constitution has re- cently been approved by the Bish- op which embraces not only the central council of the see-city but also deanery councils in the oth- er sections of the diocese, namely, Imperial, San Bernardino and Riverside. While each deanery group, under the constitution. op- erates with freedom in affairs lo- cal to itself, yet all districts come under the supervision and guid- ance of the original central C. Y. O. council. RIVERSIDE ORGANIZED Riverside DeaneTy Council has been first to come under the ban- ner of C. Y. 0. among the district councils. Soon it is confidently expected the other deaneries will follow suit. In the field of ath- letics it is paTticularly desirable to have a systematic arrangement leading up to post-season play- offs for diocesan championships. While no national C. Y. 0. ex- ists as yet, still the San Diego youth have representation in a western-states regional conference the first convention of which was held last April in Salt Lake City under the patronage of Bishop Kearney. The inspiration for this convention came from the nation- al headquarters of the Catholic Welfare Council, that august group having secured the services of the Reverend Father Vincent Mooney, of Notre Dame, as na- tional youth director. Father Mooney is even now preparing a survey of Catholic Youth activi- ties throughout the country, with the end in view of benefiting dio- cesan youth organizations by mu- tual exhange of ideas.

:.....:.::.......:...::::___..::__===:::...- THE REV. FRANCIS C. OTT of National City, guides the activi- ties of the young people. year of commendable progress un- der the inspiration of Bishop Buddy, and has laid deep lthe foundations of a strong society for the good of Catholic youth here in the southland. The short his- tory of the organization thus far, while not at all spectacular, re- veals the qualities of leadership in an ever expanding group of young people. It is the particular aim of the C. Y. 0. to develop leaders of ability and zeal, and in this re- spect the organization has been eminently successful, thus assur- ing the continuance of its healthy life. INDEPENDENT WORK For years past various groups r.f young people, encouraged by zeal- ous spiritual leaders, have, inde- pendently of one another, engag- ed in various cultural, recreational and spiritual activities under Ca- tholic guidance. Some were par- ish groups, while others were more far-reaching in their membership. Attempts had been made in times past to effect some associaltion among these clubs, culminating, some two years ago, with the founding of the Associated Ca· J tholic Clubs. In the story of this foundation such names as Gerald McDonough, Vincent Garra, Alex Stewart and Joseph Whelan stand out, among others. The idea was to effect a means of getting to- gether the members of va1ious clubs for united Catholic activi- ties. On the rnster of the initial association were found the / ~nights of Columbus, Young La-