Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

consists simply of six horizontal stripes with a single silver diagonal stripe superimposed - called in heraldry a "bend." For this silver "bend" has been substituted a silver carpenter's square to represent St. Joseph under whose patronage the Cathedral Church of the New Diocese will be placed. In recognition of the fact that St. Didacus was a Franciscan, and also because the sons of St. Francis were among the first missionaries to preach the Gospel in California, St. Francis is represented in the shield, symbolized by his pierced hands, which bore the sacred stigmata. By a coincidence which now seems providential, Bishop Buddy was born on the feast of St. Francis. This saint is also his second baptismal patron. The Arms of the Farrell Family (the Bishop's mother, Annie Farrell Buddy) are very simple - a gold lion on a green background. This has been abbreviated to a gold lion's head.

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The New Bishop's Motto In Consilio Sanctoru1n

"Deus, qui glorificatur in Consilio Sanctorum ." ··God, who i glorified in the As embly of the Saints." (Psalm 88. 8)

Co !SHOP Buddy comes from the Diocese of St. Joseph in the Province VJ of St. Louis. He was born on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The diocese of San Diego is in the Province of Los Angeles. Hence the appropriateness of the motto: J n the assembly of the Saints - 1n consilio sanctorum. The Patron of the City of San Diego is St. Didacus (San Diego) . a Spanish Franciscan Lay Brother ( 1463). Franciscan Fathers under the leadership of Junipero Serra, O.F.M., began their zealous apostolate in California at San Diego, July 1. 1769. This motto is also adopted in affectionate tribute to the memory of the beloved and saintly Bishop Francis Gilfillan, third Bishop of St. Joseph.