Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

ARNING SOUNDED ON COMMUNISM BV' BISHOP c. f I BUDDY In Farewell Message to City He Points to Conditions in Foreign Lands. RECEPTION FOR PRELATE ATTENDED BY THRONG Six Civic Leaders Laud New Bishop for His Work in St. Joseph. In a touching farewell to the peo- ple of the city he has served for lwenly-two years as assistant pas- tor and later as rector of St. Jos- eph's Cathedral, Bishop Charles F. Buddy, consecrated a week ago as the first bishop of the diocese of San Diego, Cal., warned yesterday 11gainst the insidious dangers of communism. Catholics and non-Catholics alike filled the auditorium of Central High School yesterday afternoon for the reception at which six civic leadrrs, including Mayor Phil J, \Velch, lauded the new bishop for his work along religious, charitable 1 and civic lines. Gift Of Purse Presented. .T oseph E. Corby, who presided, on behalf of the members of the Ca- thedral parish, presented Bishop Buddy with a purse as a token of their esteem. "Although I shall be far away, m • thoughts and prayers shall al- ways be with the people of St. Joe- I eph." said Bishop Buddy. 1 "I shall not bid farewell, but shall use the Anglo-Saxon term 'goodby,' which means God be with you." Point& to Foreign Nations. In his warning against commu- nism, Bishop Buddy pointed to con- ditions in Russia, Mexico and Spain, ''In those lands the red flame of communism has burst out among many unsuspecting people. Let us not be unprepared against its dan- gers," the bishop said. The communist movement today has in America paid propagandists to pread its tenets among the peo- ple of this nation in an effort to tear down all that is good, right and just in government, Bishop Buddy said. Voice Filled Vritb Emotion. His ,:oice was packed with emo- tion as he told his audience: "If you wanted me to go away, I would have been a failure among thanked Bishop Charles H. LcBlond for his words of appreciation for his services as rector of the Cathedral, and said that t' e people of St. Joseph are to be congratulated on the choice of ~1r. Welch as mayor. He also praised the Council of Social Agen- cies and the county court. Speaking of St. Vincent's cafe- teria, which he had been praised by the prog1·am speakers for opening and operating, Bishop Buddy said i1,; operation was made possible by ;a II people of the city. Catholics, I non-Catholics, Jews and Masons gave aid and succor to the project. YOU" • H 0 e especially

Cit · Will "'1i Prelate. The speake1·s who paid honor to Bl~hop Buddy, in addition to Bishop LeBlond and )tayor \'.'elch, were Col. John D. McXeely, D1·. Daniel .lorton, Fred Karr and :Mr. Corby. Mr. Corby said the occasion was 011e when the ~arrow on losing Bishop Buddy should be smothered by pride over the honor "one so completely our own bas deservingly received." The city administi·ation will miss Bishop Buddy from the city family, ~aid Mayor Welch, who eight months ago appointed him to the city board o! health. Friend to All ··He has been a friend to all, re- gardle,;s of color or creed. He has i;!"iven his time unselfishly to public service. An outstanding citizen, a man of great personality be shall indeed be missed by the 'people of St. Joseph," said the mayor. Colonel McNeely, who has known Bishop Buddy since boyhood, em- phasized the humility of the new bishop, and said that the people of St. Joseph now are aware of what the people of Cleveland went through when Bishop LeBlond was transferred from that city to this. He told of Bishop Buddy's work in St. Vincent's cafeteria, and said: "\Vhen depresson came, when men, women and children lost heart, and when many were going hungry, Bishop Buddy did not wait for government. He knew no sec- retarian or religious bounds or frontiers. That mission that he es- tablished stood like a lighthouse in time of storm." Praised by Physicia1L I•'or nearly half a century the physician of the Buddy family, Dr. Daniel Morton spoke of the beauty of the home life of the bishop and told of the members of the family. He also dwelt on the bishop's early mterest in humanitarian problems. "For the city of St. Joseph, I am a witness to the fact that he has been a benediction to thousands of our citizens to whom the road of life was rough and wearisome, and blocked by overwhelming disaster," said Doctor Morton. "It is my belief that the most ac- ceptable service that one can ren- der God is doing good to one's fel- lowman. Bishop Buddy went about doing good. Does that not compass 1( all? Can I say anything better than that about him? Quot.es Apostolic Secret-ary. "And now I am sure that I voice the sentiments of all when I bid Bishop Buddy goodby in the beauti- ful language of that old apostolic secretary to Pope Boniface IX, Francesco Giovanni: "'And so at this Christmas time I greet you, not as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem, and with the prayer for you now ».nd forever that the day bre:i.!;s and the shadows flee away.'" Declaring that Bishop Buddy is eminently fitted for the new post for which he has been chosen Fred Karr, who worked hand in' hand wilh the prelate in the operation of St. Vincent's cafeteria ,said that it is the poor and the unfortunate of

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this city who wm mis, Bishop Buddy most. He told of the detail that fell to the !ot of Bishop Buddy to work o_ut 1n connection with the opera- tion of the cafeteria, but said that the cafeteria for the poor was only one of Bishop Buddy's great ac- complishments. St. !oseph_ by losing Bishop Buddy 1s makmg a sacrifice to help another city, San Diego, Bishop Le- ' Blan~ said. The occasion yesterday, be said, was one of happiness tinged with selfish sadness. "It is difficult to speak of Bishop Buddy, Words are not made to express the sentiment of one's heart when a friend speaks of a friend " Bishop LeBlond said. ' _"It is losses such as that of Bishop Buddy that a city or a man must take in stride." Reception on Stage. Since the day he arrived in St. Joseph a little more than three year~ ago Bishop Buddy spared notbmg to assist him with bis work Bishop LeBlond said. ' He closed by wishing the new bishop long years of happy labor in the diocese of San Diego. Following the program Bishop I ~uddy met the audience in a recep- tion on th: a..'.'..dl:rium stage. I

Indians Return To Reservation For Mass Sunday I nd ians from reservation El • .s near CaJo~ and Campo gathered at Manzamt0; reservation s <:l . . un ay m01 nmg for the first Mass in their new chapel, built by funds provid- ed _by the Marquette Leao-ue for Indian Missions. " · " The. Rev. Francis Dillon, who uUperv1sed the_construction of the chapel, celebrated the first M and despite the week-end rai~:s the _chapel was filled Sund ' mornmg. Indians who had ay moved away from the reservat1·on b f . Years e o1 e returned for the opening t I the chapel. o The chapel will be dedicated next Spring by San D' , . 1ego s new bishop, the Most Rev. Charles F Buddy. ·

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