Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

f RIENDS LAUD BISHOP BUDDY AT RECEPTION 1 Prelate's Work 1n City Praised by Six Speakers His years of labor 011 behalf of the poor and his achievements in the field of social welfare and devotion I to his parish were recounted in pro- fusion yesterday by speakers at Central High School wh·o at a pub- lic reception eulogized Bishop Charles F. Buddy, seated wilh bent head in the red robes of his high church office. In the crowded school auditorium, flankrd by admiring friends of St. Joseph business, professional and religious circles, Bishop Buddy , heard Mayor Phil J. Welch, Bishop C. H. LeBlond, Col, John D. Mc- Neeley, Joseph E. Corby, Fred Karr and Dr. Daniel Morton laud him as a :

Bishop's Mother Praised.

"An intelligent, pious woman" was Doctor Morton's description of Bishop Buddy's mothe1·, whom he prais~d for her deeply religious philosophy. Reiigion was "so intimate a part of her nature, that she could not conccdl it," said the speaker, for '•in it she moved and breathed and had her being. It was a joyous, happy cheerful, glorious experience that never left her for a moment; that permeated all her conversa- tions; that motivated all her acts, and that guided her in the upbring- ing of her children. Power of ob- servation, judgment, sense of values, wit, humor, command of language, sincerity and loyalty were 3Jl qualities of her mind and heart." With such a father and mother, said Doctor Morton, the atmosphere of the home was "religious, with all its implications of responsibility to God and church, of affection for each other, of family solidarity, of faithfulness in the discharge of the secular duties of life." Origin of a Good Llfe. I · It would not require the vision of I a prophet, the physician re.marked, / "to foretell what kind of men and women the Buddy children would grow up to be." Doctor Morton later said, in ex- planation of "all this talk about the Buddy family," that "if you would understand the whys and where- fores of a good life, seek out its origin and the environment in which it was reared." In the home life, he continued, "noble and useful characters can- not grow and develop except in the presence of that mysterious influ- ence which we call religion,. acti- vated by the sunshine of God's presence." Doctor Morton said that he had been attracted by Bishop Buddy's personality as a child, for "even in childhood he had a strong bent to- ward the religious life. He delight- ed to serve as aco!yte at the altar at the convent. He even had a little altar at his home." l The future bishop "always left the impression he was thinking of the deep things of life, and trying to find himself and properly place him&elf where he could do the most good," Bishop in Response. In closing, Doctor Morton quoted Francesco Giovanni, apostolic sec- retary to Pope Boniface IX: "And so at this Christmas-tlmE' I greet you, not as the world sends greetings, but with profound es- teem, and with the prayer for you now and forever that the day breaks and the shadows flee away." Mr. Karr, speaking as an associ- ate of Bishop Buddy in the opera- tion of the cafeteria and shelter, lauded him for his untiring devo- tion to the project; "His talents, education and ex- perience make him fitted for the hierarchy of the church," said Mr. Karr. The bishop, when the depres- sion was at its worst, went out reg- ularly to the stricken victims of economic disaster, g1vmg them comfort and ministering to their needs, continued the speaker. Yet Bishop Buddy remained calm and congenial, despite his unfaltering activity on behalf of the poor, Mr. Karr said. Bishop LeBlond, under whom the new bishop was a priest, said that "he has been a true friend," and that St. Joseph will miss his famil- iar face and voice, as well as his good deed~. I Bishop Buddy, speaking last, said he was grateful for the training st. I Joseph had given him and briefly warned against the "red flame" of communism vthkh in Mexico, Rus- i sia, and now Spain is threatening the church. _____ ,. _____

Friends Laud

Bishop Buddy

at Reception

Continued From Page One. memories wil] come gently from out God's sanctuary. We will think we hear his kindly voice again." .Warmly praising the bishop for bis activity in establishing St. Vin- cent's cafeteria and shelter "when the greatest depression America ever has known had gone on until even famine struck among the lowly and unemployed," Colonel 1;[cNeely asserted "it was he in par- ticular who did not stand idly by and wait for government relief. I Charity with him knew no sectarian frontiers, nor frontiers of race, 1 creed 01· color, "Upon that station of mercy which he e~tablished there were no ~olts or locks, anr:l at nights its lights burned brightly as a beacon to white and black, to Catholic and Protestant, lo Jew and Gentile." Tho speaker touched briefly on civil and religious strife in other I countries, in saying "It is a comfort to know that Bishop Buddy is to remain here in his own free native land, where our highest boast of freedom is that not one of our states has ever burned closed or confiscated a synagogue' or church of any religion, here where anarchy can never raise its hideous head, I where the Commune can never shake its bloody fist in the face of God, where all men are free to worship Him according to the dic- tates of their conscience." Life in Buddy Home, "Pr·oud submission" and ''digni- fied obedience," continued Colonel McNeely, characterized the bishop's services as a pastor. "We feel that your crozier will glitter as a diamond in God's sun- light, for we know you will wear the mitre of a bishop as you wore the vestments of a priest," the speaker concluded. In painstaking detail, Doctor Mor- ton, a lifelong friend of the bishop, speaking on behalf of other religious faiths, traced Bishop Buddy's spiritual development from I his boyhood days to the honor which was conferred on him last Monday. "For nearly ha1f a century," said Doctor Morton, "I have enjoyed the honor of serving the Buddy family in the 1·elation of family doctor." The veteran St. J . ph physician paid eloquent tribute to the bishop's family life, praised bis father for "honesty, integrity and financial re- sponsibility," and for his love of "good literature, music and art." Charles Francis Buddy's father, according to the speaker, ''recog- nized the advantages of an educa- J Lion for its dual value of self-cul- ture and fitness for life's work. He had clear, definite and wise ideas of the manner in which a home I should be governed, and an intimate knowledge of the manner in which to instill into the hearts of the children love, affection and respect for father, mother and each other."