Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

Cathorc Women To Honor ishop / With Reception Honoring the Most Rev. Charleis !<'rancis Buddy, the County Coun- cil of Catholic Women will enter- tain Monday evening, February 15, with a banquet to which they will not only invite all Catholic wo- men, but their husbands as well, according to Mrs. A. H. Stuckey, president of the council. Plans for the banquet and re- ception will be completted this week-end and will be published in The Southern Cross next Friday. The banquet will take the place of the regular monthly luncheon meeting of the affiliation of wo- men's organizations. Irish House to Hold Tea Sunday For Bishop, Paa:ty Other Houses In Relations Group To Be Open Following the civic reception 1 honoring His Excellency. Bishop Buddy, on Sunday afternoon, the Irish Cottage committee in the House of Pacific Relations, Bal- boa park, will entertain with a tea honoring the bishop and his party. Other cottages in the group have planned to hold open house in the bishop's honor Sunday aft-

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RomC' in 1·csplrnd1mt pomp of ages will cnscl'oll another bril- liant chapter in church history Wednesday when Archbishop John Cantwell of Los Angeles in- stalls the Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, D. D., as Bishop of the newly created San Diego Diocese. Archbishop Cantwell is to leave Los Angeles by automobile to- morrow afte1·11oon foi· San Diego, where he wtll prearh the instal- lation ceremony at the solemn pontifical mass in St. Joseph's Cathedral-the first church built in the city aftN· the Franciscan Father Serra. He will be accom- panied by a small party of church dignitaries. It was the Franciscans who built in San Diego the first of California's famous missions. Bishop-elect Buddy is to arrive in San Diego-the birthplace of Christianity on the Pacific Coast by special railroad car Tuesday night from St. Joseph, Mo., ,vhere he recently was consecrated. It was there that h<> won na- tional prominence for his aid to the poor. To Celebrate Mass Bishop Buddy will be celebrant of the mass and the Right Rev. I Monsignor John M. Hegarty of San Diego will be the archp1·iest. Bishops attending wiil include Joseph J\I. Gilmore, Helena, Mont.; Robert E. Lucey, Amar- illo, Tex.; Philip G. Scher, Mon- terey-Fresno, Calif.; Gerald Shaughnessy, Seattle, Wash.; Charles Hubert LeBlond, St. Jos<>ph, Mo.; RobC'rt J. Arm- strong, Sacramento. and Daniel J. G<>1·kr, Tucson, Ariz. / Thr new dioc0sP comprises S,111 Dirgo. San Bel'llardino, Rivc1·sidf' and Impe1 ia I Counties. Bishop Buddy. Archbishop C:antwC>ll ::ind Father William Cant w c 11 of San Francisco, brnther to th<' Archbishop, will return here for additional cC're- monics. Bishop Honored Last Evening at Academy Dinner Sisters of St. Joseph of Caron- dolet at Our Lady of Peace Acad- emy, Villa Montemar. entertaineet Thursday evening with a dinner party honoring His Excellency, Bishop Charles Francis Buddy, D. D., and his guests. Included in the party were the Most Rev. Charles Hubert Le Blond, bishop of St. Joseph, Mo., the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. He- garty, V. F., find o~heIS.

. Snapped from the running board of his car, Bishop Buddy is seen conversing with a friend from the east.

SARAH L. ARDERY, Secretary

PHIL J. WELCH, Mayor

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI January 25, 1937

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Mr. W.. J. McGinnis, St. Joseph, Missouri. DEAR MR. McGINNIS:

Mrs. Dr. John A, Shea ernoon, the German cottage group having just completed redecora- tion of their house for the oc- casion. The Italian house, the Pan American, the Czecko-Slava- kian and the Japanese houses have also signified their intention of holding open house during the afternoon. Receiving at the Irish House will be Sir Albert and Lady Marie Mayrhofer, Dr. and Mrs. John J. Shea, Judge and Mrs. Frank Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. M. Glea- son, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Good- body, Mr. R. A. McGann and the Misses Mary McGann, Lucy Mc- Dermott and Anna Lynch.

On behalf of the citizens. of St. Joseph in whose esteem Bishop Buddy is held very high and very dear, I am asking you to repre- sent our peeple at the Installation of Bishop Buddy in San Diego. We regret that more of our St. Joseph People cannot be pres- ent at this installation but ask you to give Bishop Buddy our con- gratulations and best wishes. Our hope for him is that he will have a place in the hearts of the citizens of San Diego similar to the place he has made for himself in our hearts here in St. Joseph. Very Sincerely, (Signed) PHIL. J. WELCH, Mayor.