Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

I Great Crow

resent Monday n St. Joseph for C remony I

THE SOUTHERN CROSS

Frie.lay, December 25, 1936

St. Joseph's Cathedral Church

The Most Joseph H. Scharlman, D.D., Bishop of Peoria ~haplains, Rev. Lawrence Cre- Rev.

'The which wended its way from the rectory to the Cathedral and down the center ai!'le, was led by the par- I i~h Boy Scouts. Graduate nurses I of St. Joseph's hospital. in full 1 uniform and graduate students of I the Sacred Heart convent and Christian Brothers high school students in cap and gown, follow- I ed next in line. Then the semin- I arians and the masters of cere- monies and the clergy in the ela- borate vestments which are re- served for such occasions. The Fourth Degree Knights of Colum- bus, in full regalia, formed a guard of honor. while an auxiliary guard of honor was formed of firemen and policemen. Each archbishop and bishop was attended by two I chaplains and at the close of the long procession came the bishop- elect and the consecrators. More than one hundred visiting nuns were present for the conse- cration, They did not form a part of the procession, but ent1:>red through an adjoining chapel to take their places in a reserved sec- tion of the cathedral. Present were Sisters of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Ind .. Benedictine Sisters of I Atchison. Kansas; Franciscan Sis- ters, Maryville; Daughters of Charity of St. Francis de Paul, St. Louis; Sister::, of Charity, Leaven- worth, Kansas; Little Sisters of ihe Poor, Kansas City, Mo.; Feli- cian, Holy Ghost, St. Joseph and Precious Blood Sisters of St. Jo- seph. Music By Abbey Choir Crowds of lay people who were unable to enter the cathedral be- cause of the great number p,·es- ent, were able to hear the sermon and the music as they stood on I the steps and about the cathE>dral, for a loud speaker carried the words of the ceremony to them. The music portion of the conse- cration ceremony was beautifully rendered by the Schola Cantorum of Conception Abbey, the chant.-; of the Pontifical Mass and of the parts of the actual ceremony be- ing in Gregorian chant under the direction of Dom Gregory Huegle, 0. S. B., a church musician of na- tional prominence. Dom Gregory accompanied the Benedictine monks at the organ and played a number of organ voluntaries at various parts of the service. Two musical numbers, especially arranged for the solemn processional entrance of the cler- gy and prelates preparatory to the a c t u a 1 consecration ceremony, were played on the organ by Dom Gregory, accompanied by a brass choir consisting of two trumpets, French horn and trombone. The:1- included the rich toned "Festive March," by Alphonse Mailly, one of the greatest Belgian organists of the nineteenth century and an identical arrangement from the pen of an eminent Benedictine composer, Dom Dominic Wan- densshwyler, of Mount Angel, Ore- gon. The two arrangements were made by Brother Stanislaus Tho- mas, O. S. B., instructor in instru- mental music at Conception col- lege. long procession.

Jany Prelates Present

Among

the hierarchy present

v1ston. Rev. Jeremiah O'Connor ~--~:-:;:-~----"7-~-:::--~-:-::--~~~..--------

were the following:

The Most Rev. August J. Schwert~

Archbishops ner, D.D., Bishop of Wichita _ The Most Reverend Francis J. Chaplains, Rev. Henry Schutten, Beckman, D. D., Archbishop of C.SS.R., Rev. Nicholas Mein- Dubuque, whose Chaplains were hardt. The Most Rev. Joseph Rev. Adolph J. Kuhlmfm, S. J., Schrembs, D. D., Bishop of Cleve- and Very Rev. James V. Flannery. land - Chaplands, Rev. Edmond The Most Rev. John J. cant- Connolly, Rev. John Moriarty. The well, D.D., Archbishop of Los An- Most Rev, Christian Winkemann geles-Chaplains, Very Rev. Wil- D.D:• Auxiliary Bishop of st'. liam P. Barr, C.M., and very Rev. Lom~--Chaplains, Rev. John Zie- William P. Kelly, 0.S.A., of San ~r:;5k1, i:ev. Francis WU_eta, O.M.C. Diego. J e Right Rev. Phrhp Ruggle, The Most Rev. Rudolph A. Ger- ~h.S.B., _Abbot Conception Abbey- k DD aplams, Rev. W. I. Conr·ad. en, . ., Archbishop of Santa R Fe-Chaplains, Very Rev. John J. ev. P. J. Gilfillan. The Right Cronin, C.M., and Very Rev. T. J. Rev. Martin Veth, O.S.B., Abbot Flavin, C.M. st · Benedicl;'s Abbey-Chaplains, The Most Rev. John J. Glen- Rev. Paul Waldron, Rev. Otho non, D.D., Archbi.shop of St.

Sullivan, O.S.B. Bishop Buddy Host To Clergy After Consecration Msgr. Hegarty Gave Word Picture of New Diocese Af Clergy Luncheon. Following his consecration as the first bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, the Most Rev. Charles Francis Bµddy was host to 350 visiting prelates and priests at Ho- tel Robidoux in downtown st. Jo- seph Monday noon. American , and chapal flags, together with the new prelate's coat of arms. done in r~d, green and gold, and the

Louis-Chaplains, Very Rev. John J. O'Neill, and the Rev. F. J. Ernst. Bishops The Most Rev. William L. Adi'i- an, D.D., Bishop of Nashville - Chaplains, the Rev. William F. Gott, the Rev. R. El. Graham. The Most Rev. Henry Althoff, D.D.. Bishop of Belleville - Chaplains. the Rev. S. I. Tucker, the Rev. P. J. Dooley. The Most Rev. Stanis- Jaus V. Bona, D.D., Bishop of Grand Island - Chaplains, thl' Rev. Thomas F. Coakley. Very ~ev. A. J. Elaufuss. The Most Rev. James A. Griffin, D.D., Bish- olJ of Springfield, Ill-Chaplains, the Rev. Paul Regan, M.S., the Rev. Herman J. Stier, C.P. 'The Most Rev. Edmond Heelan, Bishop of Sioux City-Chaplains the Rev. Henry Alberg, the Rev. Rev. Louis B. Kucera, D.D,, Bish- of Lincoln-Chaplains, Rev. op C.S.C. The Most Rev. Robert E Lucey, D.D., Bishop of Amarillo- Chaplains, Rev. Louis F. Keleher. The Most Rev. William D. O'Brien, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago-Chaplains, Rev. Joseph T. McGucken. Rev. Patrick H. Dolan, C.S.C. The Most Rev. T. C. O'Reilly, Bishop of Scranton- I Chaplains, the Rev. c. A. Maxwell. Rev. Marshall F. Winne, c. M. The Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter. Bishop of Indianapolis _ Chap- lains, Rev. Edwai;d Mallen, Rev. T. C. Fox. The Most Rev. Hem·y P. Rohlman, D.D., Bishop of Dav- enport-Chaplains, Rev. Bernard S. Owens, Rev. M. G. Rupp. The Most Rev. James H. Ryan, D.D., Rev. Henry W. Gross. Very Rev. James W. Donahue,

St.. Joseph's Cathedral, St. Joseph, Mo., where Bishop-elect Buddy has served since August 1, 1915. Extensive improvements have been made during his pastorate there and the cathedral has been entirely redecorated and many new fixtures installed-Cut, courtesy The Catholic Tribune.

coat of arms of Bishop LeBlond, Francis 0. McCarthy. The Most were used in decorating the ban-

quet hall.

Sixty-six guests were seated at

Raymond the speakers' table, over which the Richard J. Hennessy. The Most Rt. Rev. Msgr. James P. Brady, Rev. Fran:is M. Kelly, D.D., Bish- P. A., chairman of the priests' op of Wmona-C'haplains, Very ·committee on arrangements, pl'e- Rev. M. J. O'Farrell, Very Rev. sided as toastm,aster. Toasts to Thomas J. McNamara. The Most l the nrw bishop wf'TP mac1r hv thP Rev. Thomas F. Lillis, D.D., Bish- ___ I op of Kansas City-Chaplains, Rev. Victor M. Meagher, C.PP.S.. J. O'Flaherty, Rev.

Very Rev. J. J. O'Neill, pastor of St. Patrick's church, St. Joseph, . representing the officials of the ·diocese; the Rev. John K. Cart- wright, Ph. D., D.D., pastor of· the Immaculate Conception church, Washington, D. C.; the Rev. Louis F. Kelleher, D.D., pastor of St. John the Evangelist church, Can- ton, Mass.; the Right Rev. John M. Hegarty, V. F., San Diego, Cal.; His Excellency the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, D.D., archbishop of Los Angeles, and His Excellency the Most Rev. C. H. LeBlond, D. D., bishop of St. Joseph. Bishop Buddy made response, thanking his many guests for their presence at his consecration and for the many good wishes ex- tended to him for hlmself and for The Holy Father was spoken of in loving terms by his newest bishop in the brief talk given by Bishop Buddy. The new Diocese of San Diego I was presented in a word picture for the august group of priests his new diocese.

Msgr, .John M. Hegarty, V. F., representing the city of San Di- ego on the speaker:,• program at a luncheon for the clergy follow- ing the consecration, told of St. .Joseph's patronage of the new diocese from its earliest history.

Bishop of Omaha _

Chaplains,

Rev. Raymond McGowan, Rev.

Julius Haun.