Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

Meath, Ireland, the courageous parents of our esteemed Jubilarian emigrated to this country, journeyed westward from Reading, Pennsylvania, treked their weary way along rough roads beset with dangers and privations. Leaving St. Joseph, April 16, 1858, they nearly drown~d in fording the Platte river but arrived two days later, at their destination in Nodaway County. There they helped to lay the foundations for the new Mount Angel Abbey at Conception, where the learned sons of St. Benedict, in Gregorian harmonies, chanted the Divine Office, unfolded the beauty of the liturgy, and stimulated a fervent Catholicity; where the people, whether laboring in the fields or worshipping in the great Abbey church, served the Lord in gladness. With good reason, then, Conception Abbey and Conception College share the honors of this memorable day with the Grand Sulpician Seminary of Montreal. 14

As our beloved Jubilarian sanctifies the fiftieth year of his priesthood, he may well repeat the soul-stirring prayer of the Royal Psalmist:

"Lord, thou hast pro-ved me, and known me: ... Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: My path and my line Thou hast searched out ... Behold, 0 Lord, Thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: Thou hast formed me, and hast laid Thy hand upon me. I will extol Thee, 0 Lord, for Thou hast upheld me; I will stand upon my watch and fix my foot h " upon t e tower . 15