Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (2)

FATHER BUDDY TO

Cathedral and adminLtrator of ceme- teries. Because of his abilitv and leader-

Thomas :llcGurk of St. Louis. The Diocese of San Diego, of which

BECOME BISHOP ship, the late

Bishop · Gilfillan aP:- Bishop-elect Buddy has been named pointed hl.i. dioce an con!lu-ltor ar.d the first Ordinary, was erected in Sep- judge of the matrimonial court. tember, when the new Ecclesiastical Imperial River- ated S1: Vmcent s Cafet~na, a venture side and San Bernardino Cou~ties in sponsm ed by. th_e St. Vmcent de Paul California, was formerly part of the Society t? p1 ov1~e food for the hun- Diocese of Los Angeles and s D' dreds of 1mpovenshed, homeless local The Church of St Jos h . San Di~go. P eople and t. . t h . d . ep Ill an iego . ians~en s, w O mcrease has been designated the C th d 1 1°: number fol_lowmg the market crash Church. a e ra o! the precedmg fall. Plans for th . · . The cafeteria was operated under . e consec1 at1on of Father Father Buddy's direction for three and Bfud~y will not be completed ~ntil h If b a te1 the Papal Bulls are received one- a years,_ efore _the federal gov- here. It is likely that it wilJ be Feb ernment took 1~ over 111 :'.\11ay, 1933, as 1 before he goes to his new t · a federal transient bureau. pos • Created St. Vincent's Cafeteria Pro,·ince of Los Angeles was insti- tuted. The Diocese of San Diego, em- In Janu~ry, 19,30, Father Buddy ere- bracing San Diego,

Rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral to Head San Diego Diocese

In April, 1933, the cafeteria and shel- ter, which wa.s considered a model or- ganization in the state, served 96,000 meals and 600 people were housed in one night, according to records. Because of the co-operation of all united efforts of the clubs and min- isters of the city, the shelter-restau- In 1933 a chapel was opened on Sec- rant was a success. racial and religous groups and the

OUT-OF·TOWN GUESTS

AT CONSECRATION

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Among those attending the consecra- tion ceremony who were guests of Mrs. Louis Dandurant were Sister Mary

}fagdalin, Superior of Sacred Heart ond street, where the cafeteria and Academy, Ogden, Utah; Sister John shelter were located, and services for Berchmans, Fresno, Cal. ; Sister Fran- transi~nt wor~hip~rs 'Yere given under ces J erome, vice-president, and Sister Father Buddy s direction. . I Agnes Claudia, secretary of St Mary's I:I~ recently _was appomted ~ice- College, Notre Dame, Ind.; Mr. and I offlc1_al for the d10cese, an honor given Mrs. Daniel Redmond Laurelton Long by Bishop C. H. Le Blond. Island, N. Y.; Dr. 'and Mrs. 'E. P. Member of Boa rd of Health Buddy, Edward, Jr., Betty and Alice During the World War Father Buddy eJ an Buddy, St. Louis; Mrs. Will S. was active in Red Cross and now is Peters, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Ed Mc- a member of the Board of Health. Quirk, Atchison, Kan., and Mrs. Paul Other organizations to which he be- McGannon of New York City. longs are the Knights of Columbus, Other out-of-town guests included East Hills Country Club, Order of For- ?-Ir. and Mrs. John R. Herme$, Pitts- esters. and the Alumni. Associations of burgh, Pa.; Mr. and Mr s. George Chnst~an, Brothers High School, St. Neiger, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Maurice F. Bened1cts College and St. Mary's Col- Lennan, Chicago; Dr. and Mrs. Robert lege, as well ~s t~e :1"o_rth American E Schleuter, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. I College Alumm Assoc1at10n of Rome. B. Notzen, Kansas City; Francis Lover of Youth Schott, Kansas Ci Ly; Dr. and Mrs. Father Buddy has a great love ~or Fr~nk McLain. Des Moi_nes; Dr. and children. His recreation is often Mt s. Tom Horner, Atch ison; Edward spent with them playing their games. Clark, Miss Lucy Clark and Mr. and He started the Cathedral Club for Mrs. Joseph Ryan. Br.ookfield. Mo. young people and is interested in sociological and welfare ac- /1 MANY DISTINGUISHED ff~~f1~~

GUESTS VISIT CONVENT Archb1sh?P J. J. Cantwell of_ Los An- . .

I The cafeteria service, a great accom- ' modation ,also originated with him. I It was Father Buddy who arranged

The· Most Reverend Charles F. Buddy, Ph.D., D.D.,

Bishop-Elect of San Diego

to take care of undernourished chil- F;eles, sp~cial guest ?f hono1 _ at the - dren of the Cathedral School and it consecrat1011 ceremo111es f?r Bishop C. In 1909 Father Buddy at the sug- was he who started the annual clinics F. Bu_ddy ~et: MCo n ctay,tsaifdtlMasss th adt gestion of the late Bishop M F. Burke, at that school. Sisters and nurses from : 0 rntg ad e onbven 1 of tle actref was sent to Rome as stud~nt at the I St. Joseph's Hospital and doctors gave ti ear • tn· wast tlrea' as gutesTi North American College Father their services for those clinics. Aie hbre 1 1 gwus af . ide fconven, · t de . · . . . re 1s 0p is a nen o years s an - Buddy spent six years of s_tudy m A Spiritual Leader Ing of Reverend Mother A. Mullen of Rome, taking two years of philos?phy I Father Buddy has for years given the convent. and four years of theolog_Y, receivmg Retreats to groups of boys and girls Others saying Mass at the convent in 1911 his Doctor of Philoso~hy_ ~e- in various cities. He encouraged devo- that morning and who were breakfast gree from the Propaga n cta Umvei sity tion to the Blessed Sacrament by ap- guests with Archbishop Cantwell were of Rome. pointing groups of parishioners to Bishop Henry Althoff, Belleville, Ill.; Ordai ned In Rome nrnke ildOrntion every half-hour on the Bishop William D. O'Brien, Chicago; Ordained priest on Sept. 19, 1914, First Friday of each month. Msgr. C. Gilmartin, Belleville; Msgr. in St. John Lateran Cathedral in In 1923 FathP.r Buddy itlaugurated J. Lyons, St. Louis; Msgr. J. W. Sten- Rome, the young pnest spent anotl;ier an informailOil forum at which lio son, Omaha; the Rev. Sylvester Tuck- year of study in the Eternal City, nam I! fit'e taken, no questlotl§ asked, er, Cathe~ral, St. Louis; the Rev. and returned to St. Joseph on July and those attending ,u'e placed under [Adolph Kuhlman, S.J., St. Marys, 23, 1915. 1 no obligations. Last year 156 were Kan_.: the Rev. J. R. O'Neill, S.J., St. Rapi dly Promoted I converted to the Catholic faith through il::'OUIS, and th~ Rev. J. J. Bannon, S.J., I On Aug. 1 the 1;1ewly returned that forum. Since its beginning it Inl.8 pieveland, Ohio. priest was named assistant pastor at gai11ed more than 1,000 conv1>.rta for the local Cathedral and chapla~n at the Church. _ St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1917 Bishop Congratulatory Messages [TO HONOR BISHOP BUDDY ;Burke appointed him Chancellor a nd Hundreds of beautifui messages have The pupils of the Convent of the 8a- personal secret:u-y. come in from all over the United . . . Whert tfoihop ll'rands Gilfillan sue- States, but what is especially en- crnct _Hea_rt will gin a play Tuesday ceeded Bishop Burke, in 1922, Father couraging to the Bishop-elect are the I mornmg m the assembly room, follow- Buddy was made director_ of the di(}, many heartfelt _expressions of loyalty ing the Mass His ExcPllency the Most! cesa!'l branch of the Society fo1• the and most cordial Kelcome from the Rev. Charles F.' Buddy will offer in Propa&'ation of the Faith. priests_ and rel~gious i~stitutions ~f the the convent chapel. Following the • organized Negro Pari s h I ne" Dwcese or San _Diego. Archbisho~ child.ren's entertainment the Children 1 1 .1 • t h in Cantwell, Metropolltan of Souther · The devot-P" pries was c osen i . California sent one of the first tele of Ma.ry will meet the Bishop inform-I '1925 '- "' ·I op Gilfillan to organ ze • . ..,y u,s 1 . , "'t grams to Father Buddy as follows · ally in the S"OUth parlor at 10 ·30 o'clock . a t'htlrch for Negro Cal h ?hcs rn S · "Warmest congratulation~ You com~ · · 1 Joseph. The church, which . st arted to a splendid diocese a~d to noble in a small 3-room house, gre;V" m~o tlle priests. You are welcome. Thanking · t b1·1·c1· str·ucture Which 1s St. . . . p1esen ' the Holy Sp1nt we wish you length Augustine's Church. of years and ha'.ppy days." Rector of the Cathedral Father Buddy has three sisters, Mrs. Studied In Rome

While he was kneeling in the Cathe- dral last Monday evening about 10 o'clock, the Rev. Father Cleary of the Cathedral staff brought word to Fa- ther Buddy vf his elevation to the newly formed Diocese of San Diego in California. The news was announced in Rome and given out in Washington by the National Catholic Welfare Con- ference. Most Rev. C. H. Le Blond, Bishop of St. Joseph, confirmed the report of the Cathedral rector's ap- pointment. Shortly after the new.s came, Bishop Le Blond wired official notice to Fa- ther Buddy's immediate family, con- sisting of Sister Mary Magdalen, C.S.C., Superior of Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, Utah; a brother, Dr. Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis; Mrs. L. J. Dandurant, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Daniel J. Redmond of Laurelton, Long Island, N. Y. Son of Pioneer Residents Bishop-elect Buddy was born in St. Joseph, Oct. 4, 1887, the son of the late Charles A. Buddy, a commission broker in wholesale fruits, who died in 1927. His mother, Annie Farrel Buddy, who died last March, also was born in St. Joseph. As a child of 6 year.s he was placed in the "Little Convent" of the Sacred Heart, Twelfth and Messanie streets. After his First Communion, made at the convent, the faithful little acolyte attended Christian Brothers College. He then enrolled at St. Benedict's Col- lege, Atchison, Kan., where he took two years of high school work in preparation for college. His college course was begun at St. Mary's College, St. Marys, Kan., now a Jesuit school of theology, where he became interested in journalism and became editor of The Dial, student newspaper, as well as president of the junior class. He graduated from St. Mary's with high honors, winning sev- eral medals for oratory and scholar- ship.

Several members of the Fourth De- gree of the local Council formed a guard of honor at the consecration ceremonies of Bishol) Charles F. Buddy last Monday morning. Michael Good- body. Past Grand Knight of the K. of C., San Diego, represented the Cali- fornia Council. He wore the formal Fourth Degree uniform with cape and plumed hat.

In 1926 Bishop Gilfillan conferred Louis J. Dandurant, 424 South Ninth upon him the title of rector of the street; :Mrs. Daniel J. Redmond, Long Island, New York; Sister Mary Mag- delene, Superior of Sacred Heart

Academy, Ogden, Utah, and a brother, Dr. Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis. James Farrel of this city and P. P. Buddy I are uncles. John A. McGee of St. Jo- seph is a cousin, as are Dr. Thomas E. Horner, Atchison, Kan., and Dr.