Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

Canonization of Blessed o her Cabrini In July to Give U. SG its First Citizen Saint

I S. D. Schools Will Allow Religious tEd~~,~!~~! ,!,~m}:_, ,, 1\ of communications before her, cast I the deciding vote. She then stated emphaticitllY, "I am not impressed by these communications. I have read them all over thoroughly, and many show those who wrote them were not clear on just what the;y were writing about. However, my vote is yes." Claims Against Best Interests The negative vote cast by Mrs, Fay was accompanied wit_h the statement that any reduction in the time used in the teaching of regular school subjects was again~t the best inlerei;ts of the school system, Dr. Alfred Tonness, president of the Inter-Faith council, assured the board that "the churches ~f San Diego will do their best m providing· religious education for the city's school children." He was backed by every member of the con,n 1 ittee, Representing U1e Cath· olic cnurch was Very :fl,ev. Fran· cis c: Ott,• public relations director of the Catholic diocese, and secre– tary of the council. . Explanation Given_ After the meeting Dr. Topness explained how the Inter-Faith

Ceremony In St. Peter's Will End Series Of Inquiries And Hearings Which Began In Chicago In 1928

When the name of Blessed Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini is added to the revered list of canonized Saints of the Catholi.c Church on July 7, she will be the first citizen of the United States to be so honored. The canonization ceremonies which will take place at the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City on that date will culminate a long series of inve:atiga– tions, examinations, judgments, rehearings and pronouncei-nents which began in 1928, - when the first "informing process".,________ was conducted in Chicago, the city in which she became a natur- alized American citizen. Since that time, there have been canonical hearings in Chicago and in Lodi, Italy, the seat of the dio– cese in which Mother Cabrini was : born. Jhe introduction of the cause of beautification of the BISHOP OFFERS MASS AT NAVAL HOSPITAL

On Tuesday, Api:il 16, at noon, the Most Reverend Ordinary. of San Diego offered Holy Mass at the Naval Hospital chapel in San Diego. This division of the Navy rated as the largest hospital in the world during the war. At that time, the number of patients mounting to over 15,000, the hos– pital extended from its present site to the former Exposition buildings in Balboa park. Among others, three Catholic chaplains staff the institution. At a cost of over $85,000 a perma- 1 nent chapel was built facing the entrance and close to the admin– istration building. It is of Spanish Renaissance architecture and seats 500 persons. In this impressive edifice the Most Reverend Bishop offered Mass for a large concourse of con– valescing officers. sailors and at– tending nurses. His Excellency was attended by officers and sail– ors of the Eleventh Naval Dist• rict. Judge Kelly Present Judge Edward J. Kelly, until recently Judge of the Superior court, a patient at Naval hospital, assisted at the Mass in a wheel chair. Judge Kelly, distinguished for his learning and jurisprudence together with a remarkedly I!atri– otic career, has been a devoted friend of .the Most Reverend Bish– op since his arrival in San Diego. The occasion gave the Bishop an opportunity to offer the Mass for Judge Kelly's recovery. Master of Philosophy The noted California jurist serv– ed with the rank of Captain in Company A, 13th Infantry, in Wor:ld War I. His oratory on many 11 o t ab 1 e occasions throughout Southern California stirred large audiences who were deeply im– pressed by the scholastic philoso– phy of which Judge Kelly ;"'as master and which he constantly employed in his addresses, but especia'l.ly while on the bench of the Superior Court. As other engagements preclu– ded His Excellency's attendance at the Navy hospital on Easter Sunday, he offered Holy Mass there on the second day of Holy Week.

foundress of the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was taken up by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Rome in March, 1931. A formal inquiry was initiated in Chicago, where in 59 special sessions lasting day after day for seven weeks, 40 witnesses, eight doctors and five nurses among them, testified to the heroic virtues of Mother Ca– brini and gave evidence regarding two miracles which were attribu– ted to the intercession of the mis– sionary nun. Two Miracles Recowtted In these sessions was unfolded the story of a young boy, Peter Smith of New York City, who was (Continued on Page 4) Holy Ghost Father To Give Retreat for Clergy,of Diocese The Rev. Walter van de Putte, C.S.Sp., LL.D., will come from Norwalk, Conn., to conduct the an– nual retreat for the clergy of the San Diego diocese from April 29 to May 3 at Hotel de! Coronado. While the retreat has been ar– ranged for diocesan clergy, mili– tary chaplains and the Reverend Fathers sojourning in the Diocese for their health are also extended a cordial invitation to attend. This will be the first diocesan retreat for priests to be given by one of the Holy Ghost Fathers, whose order ha,s recently accep– ted an invitation to assist in mis– sionary work in this Diocese, Father van de Putte, who was for many years a missionary, is now professor of philosophy and music at the Holy Ghost Fathers' seminary in Ferndale, Norwalk, Conn. A Belgian by birth, he studied at the University of Ghent in Flanders and at Mugret college in Ireland. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas J, Mc– Namara, Chancellor of the Dio– cese, has been appointed by the Most Reverend Bishop as modera– tor for the retreat. The only part of the retreat J which will be ope11 to the laity will be the holy hour at 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 1, when guests of the hotel and other visitors will be welcome. This is always an important occasion with many non-Catholics receiving a blessing and instruction in the Faith for the first time. Because of the retreat, the Con– firmation ceremony which has been conducted in St. Joseph's Cathedral the first day of each month for the last six years has

committee plans to put the pro– gram in operation in th~ public schools, repeating that f_inal de, tails must be worked out with Dr, Crawford. During the experimental p1Jriod, Dr. Tonness declared, the program will be limited to the fOl.\l'th, fiftn and sixth grade . pupils in only a limited n]Jmber of schools:' ' It was brought out later that this number was ten. In mosl ca1::1e::i, he went on, the centet'II io~ these inst1·uctions will be within walking distance of the stihools. Otherwise the churches have agreed to provide transpor– tation in order tq keep the time element at a mi.n\mum. It wA.s estimated that as many as 60 percent of the pupils in Urn three grade13 i~entioned will avail themselves of the opportunity for religious instruction, In some com· munities, he said, the attendance is 100 percent. Tonness said that those of Pro~– estant faith will attend religion

classes in one church center, under a single instructor and will st udy from ti1e same Illaterial, graded according to ages of the pupils. ' Christian Science, Jewish a~d Catholic faiths will conduct their own classes in each instance, Ton– ness said, but have been offered use of facilities in the Protestant centers in cases where non-Prot– estant churches are remote from lhe schools. . Instn1ctio11, Tonness said, will be provided by Protest~nt la! educators "whose academic quali– fications in most instances wou'.d qualify them for certification m . d't . Califo1·nia publlc ~..,ccre I ea schools." . . "\Ve would not feel at all Just~- 1 fied in seeking adoption of Uus I program unless we were able t~– maintain high standards amon,,,

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A large number of officers and enlisted men have been receiving Holy Communion each day at the 6:30 and 12 o'clock Masses in the chapel. This is edifying in view of the strenuous duties they have to perform and the long fast at the second Mass.