Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS to commemorate THE GOLDEN SACERDOTAL JUBILEE of THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR }AMES P. BRADY Prothonotary Apostolic to His Holiness, Pope Pius XII Vicar General of the Diocese of St. Joseph Celebrant ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1947 THE MosT R'EvEREND CHARLES HUBERT LEBLOND, D. D. Bishop of St. Joseph presiding Those assisting on ceremonies:

"Thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year .... for it is the year of jubilee" (Lev. XXV: 10).

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, MOST REVEREND BISHOP; RIGHT REVEREND AND BELOVED JUBILARIAN; RIGHT REVEREND ABBOTS; RIGHT REVEREND MON- SIGNORI; VERY REVEREND AND REVEREND FATHERS; VENERABLE SISTERS; DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND FAITHFUL PEOPLE: cp ERMIT me to voice the felicitations of your revered Bishop, priests, and people on this blessed day which the Lord has made. That the Divine Benefactor, from Whom comes every good and perfect gift, has been pleased to endow our beloved Jubilarian with physical energy to carry on, with qualities of soul to plan wisely, with singleness of purpose to invoke splendors of Divine grace which have adorned half a century of priestly life, rejoices the Church of God and, indeed, calls for a solemn act of gratitude. 3

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THE REVEREND CHARLES s. NOWLAND THE REVEREND AUGUSTINE F. McNEILL THE REVEREND ROBERT READY, 0. S. B. THE REVEREND DONALD S. MILLER THE REVEREND VINCENT BARSCH, 0. s. B. THE REVEREND ALOYSIUS FELLING Sermon by THE MosT REVEREND CHARLES F. BUDDY