Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

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Explanation of the Coat of Arms or The Most ReYerend Chal'les Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego in California P ie rre ] )p Chaig-nnn La Ro.s;e-, C'an1den, ~lassach•s c ttR Designc,· of the Abon• Rhicld DIOCESAN ARMS In Iconography, or representation by symbols. the usual symbol or San Diego (Saint Didacus) is the Spanish olla or stew-pot, to indicate his boundless charity, the Saint having often denied himself food in order to feed the poor and hungry. This cooking 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, !lnd died repeating the words of the chant: "Dulce lignum, dulce !errum, dulce pondus sustinet- SwPetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee" (Pange Lingua). This characteristic of the Saint i~ symbolized by the three nails of the Passion. The old royal Spanish colors of gold and red have been employed- the "field" or background being of gold, in which is placed the Cross or our faith in red. In heraldry the olla is normally shown black, and the three Passion nails are also black in order to attain a proper color harmony. PERSONAL ARMS In the Bishop's personal insignia, the ufield" or background consists of six horizontal st1·ipes of red and green, which composed the field or the Borromeo Arms (St. 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 superimposed- called in heraldry a "bend." For this silver "bend" bas been substituted a carpenter's silver square to represent St. Joseph, under whose patronage the Cathedral Church of the nPw diocese will be placed. In recognition of the fact that St. Didacus was a franciscan. and also because the sons of St. Francis were among the !il'st missionaries to preach the Gospel in California, St. Francis is represented . in the sheld, symbolized by hi s pierced hands, which bore the ~acred stigmata. By a coincidence which now seems providential. Bi hop Buddy was born on the Feast of Sl. Francis. This Saint is al~o his second baptismal patron. The Arms of the Farrell .Family (the Bishop's mother, Annie Farrell Buddy) are very sim1,Je - a gold lion on a green background. This has been abbreviated to a gold lion's head .

Most Rev. C. H. Le Blond, D.D., Bishop of St. Joseph

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The New Bishop's Motto In Consilio Sanctorum "Dell!>, qui glorificatur in Consilio Sanctorum:• "God, \\"ho is glorified in the Assembly or the Saints."

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 Angeles. 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. nidacus (San Diego), a Spanish Franciscan Lay Brother (1463). Franciscan Fathers, 1111der the leadership of Junipero Serra, O.F.'.\I., began their 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, thil·d Bishop ot St. Joseph.

Jlo t Rer. Gerald T. Bergan. Bishop of Des .U oines