Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1936 ISHOP BUDDY GIVEN WELCOME' Explanation of the Cocit of Arms of The Most Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego in California Pierre De Chaignon La Rose, Camden, Massachussets Designer of the Shield IN ROBES OF NEWOFFICE I

DIOCESAN ARMS: In iconography, or representa- tion by symbols, the usual symbol of San Diego (Saint Didacus) is the Spanish olla or stew-pot, to indicate his

boundless charity, the Saint having oft- en denied himself of food in order to 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, duke ferrum, duke pondus sustinet-

S\veetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on 1 thee" (Pange Lingua). This characteristic o fthe Saint is '-ymhnlizE>d hy the three nails of the Passion. , The old royal Spa_nish colors of gold an~ red have I been employed-the "field" or background bemg 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.

His Excellency, the Most Reverend CHARLES FRANCIS BUDDY, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego