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seek Buried Treasure It is not necessary for us to look to Europe for signs of discontent. Doubt and suspicion fill the at- mosphere at home. One political party has fallen a victim to the social disturbance. Men, like the foolish seekers after buried treas- ure in the ruins of the Old Mis- sions, are digging and prying at the very foundation stones of or- ganized government. They are heedless of the general ruin in the pursuit of pet economic theories. They follow every Pied Piper that lures them with any kind of cure- alls. The attack of the materialist Is made on every possible point. In the social order the rights of fatherhood and of personal free- •om are denied. Parents delegate their natural rights to others, and ,- rest content with being "pals" or l "big sisters" to children that are theirs to raise for God and coun- try. God's Order Denied The rights of property are laughed at. The right to have a noble ambition 1n life is con- demned. In the moral order free love and eugenics are destroying our American conception of mar- riage. In the intellectual order God is denied. or at least ignored. Religion is not considered 1n edu- cation, The philosophy that looks beyond the sense to a world that lives above matter is travestied as a fraud. Human life is held at such little worth that its disre- gar~ has made the highways a pen!. Suppression of crime is now taxing the ingenuity and every resource of our police depart- ments. A world, once religious and God- fearing, with complacency looks on. while religion is travestied, while sanctuaries are destroyed while men of God are slain whil~ consecrated virgins are defiled an~ while brother slays brother'. This new materialistic state drunk with its new found power,' would not only destroy religion but by every means at it.s disposal banish the very idea and thought of God ~ram human minds and deface His image stamped on human souls. Communism - the abortion of materialism-is an economic the- ory; but it is more. It is the bit- tere~t ,foe. of organized religion, of Christianity, and of the finest Ame~·i?an traditions. It completely sacrifices the individual on the altar of the community. Popes' Cries Lost Pro~ress we must. Let us avoid the pit~alls that are in our path. There 1s on the one hand the problem of curtailing •individual- ism so as to prevent for all time the exploitation of the worker and ?f the poor. On the other, there is the no less important problem of retai;iingyers4;mal liberty, with- out which hfe is not worth living, Th;e Popes these many years have pomted out the solution of the world's problems, but their voices for. gen~rations have been as men crymg m the wilderness. While we, as Catholics, are crit- ics of Communism and of its social theories, it cannot be alleged that the church is against the interests of the workers and in favor of the "status quo" or that easy policy of leaving well enough alone. No student of history will deny that the church has been the strongest champion of the well being of the worker. Nevertheless, the mission of the church, as it has been presented to you in the past, and as it will be represented to you in your new Bishop, is neither political nor eco- nomic. Just as the church can live in a monarchy, or a republic or an aristocracy, so can she liv;

DAWN OF NEW DAY CITED BY ARCHBISHOP Vital Force For Catholicism l Reborn In S. D., Says I Cantwell Traeing the history of the Catholic church's laho1·8 of faith and charity in Nouthera. California for aimost two cen- turies, Archbishop John J. Cantwell, D. D., heralded the re- birth of a new and vital force in San Diego Catholicism in his speech at the installation of Bishop Charles Francis Buddy in St. Joseph's cathedral today. Anxious Hopes Fulfilled "The induction of a bishop into the See of San Diego is the ful- fillment of anxious hopes, the dawn of a new day, and the prom- ise of a glorious future," the ruler of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told listening thousands crowded in hushed masses around the San Diego cathedral. "Your bishop comes to be a teacher and a leader ... he comes ready, also, to play a man's part in the social and civic betterment of this community," the arch- bishop declared. Warns of Politics In closing his address. Arch- bishop Cantwell warned his audi- tors they must cope against un- dermining forces in government, education and philosophy, if they wished to return to the religion of their fathers. Archbishop Cantwell spoke 1n part as follows: May it please Your Excellency: The first bishop of the two Cali- fornias-Upper and Lower-in the year 1840 entered upon a ravished and a lonely inheritance. The missions, once a riot of beauty, had lost all their loveliness. The Indians had been forced back to the wilds. Politicians laid greedy bands on the patrimony of the poor. The abomination of desola- tion stood in the holy place. Fra. Junipero Se1Ta these many years was sleeping his last sleep nigh the Mountain of the King in his own well loved Carmel. He and the man of God who followed him had come to California to fulfill a high vocation. · When Bishop Garcia Diego Y Moreno established his Episcopal See beside San Diego's silver strand he found here a pueblo of 150 souls. He moved his residence to the more promising and more firmlY established city on the Santa Barbara Channel. There he lived, and there his mortal re- mains rest until this day before the High Altar in the Mission Church.

His Grace, Archbishop John J. Cantwell, D.D., of Los Angeles, who this morning took Bishop Charles F. Buddy by the hand and led him to his throne, formally installing him as Bishop of the newly-

'Winter Now Past' The erection of this diocese of San Diego as a suffragan see of Los Angeles is a testimony to the devoted zeal of the priests and people of the new diocese. It is the witness of the Sovereign Pon- tiff to the importance of this com- munity, to its advancement in education, in art, and the cultural amenities of civilization, Your hearts rejoice when you see this city of your love accorded an im- portant ecclesiastical distinction. The induction of a Bishop into the See of San Diego is the fulfillment of anxious hopes, the dawn of a. new day, and the promise of a glorious future. You may well say: "The winter is now past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers have appeared in our land.... The fig tree hath put forth her green figs ; the vine and flower yield their sweet smell." The har- vest is yours to sow and yours to reap. May God grant that the glorious visi1m that once passed over this land will be seen again. Your Bishop comes to be a teacher and a leader. His mission, like that of the early Franciscans, is for the salvation of souls. He comes ready, also, to play a man's part 1n the social and civic better- ment of this community and in every activity that will make for a greater and better San Diego. He will recall spiritual traditions that lie dormant, and restore to those who have forgotten a belief in that God who for generations has es- tablished our government and made the United States of America the envy of the nations. 'Old Religion Gone' While we pay a well merited meed of praise to the intelligent and heroic work of the Jesuit and Franciscan Fathers in the great Southwest, it is well to remember that the descendants of the Cava- liers, Presbyterians, Qualrnrs, Bap- tists, Lutherans and the Wesleyans emulated one another in a desire to have their children instructed I in the Commandments of God and in their fathers' faith. That old sense of religion, un- happily, is nearly gone. The change is more marked in one place than another; but the gen- eral truth that men are unmind- ful of their dependence upon Al- mighty God iS, I think, self evi- dent. You may ask what is the cause of this forgetfulness of re- ligious principles, this popular ad- miration of theories foreign to Ame1ican thought, practice, and tradition? Christianity, you know, is a religion that must be learned. That faith is a virtue not of the will but of the intellect. Hence, St. Paul says: "How can they be- lieve unless they hear, and how can they hear without a preacher, and how can he preach unless he be sent?" So, unless the Chris- tian religion be taught some way or another it degenerates and finally disappears. Blames World's Unrest I You realize . . . the incessant cry that comes from all over the I land of empty pews and of the in- difference of American parents and of American youth to religious teaching. Even our own Catholic people, In their search for pleas- ure. 1n their pursuit of a good time, crowd the early masses in our churches. This absence of a practical be- Ilef in the existence of God and of man's accountability to Him is largely responsible for the unrest that is in the world today.

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and prosper under any economic system that does not violate the rights of justice. The church is in this world, but it is not of this world. To think so would be to harbor a delusion as carnal as that of the Jews who desiderated a Messiah to restore the ancient splendors of Zion. The church was not founded to solve unemploy- m71:t or to regulate the currency cnslS any more than she exists to achieve success in literature, in art, or drama, or music. Church For Peace She exists to bring to the world that peace of Christ which sur- passes all understanding. You, my dear friends, Catholic and Protestant, have a share in molding public opinion unto bet- ter things. You have a part in guiding the destiny of our nation. Today a new leader has risen among YoU. You must sustain his arms even as his companions lift- ed up the arms of Moses while the I Israelites fought in the plains be- low. You of the laity can help to bring back a forgotten God to His own people, You can be exem- t::lars of high thinking and of noble living. The task is yours, men and women. Laity's Help Invoked Most Reverend and dear Bishop, today f~r the first time you grasp the crozier of St. Didacus. May it be a support to you unto many years and happy days. Men of God-s