Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (2)

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S. O.'S NEW BISHOP LIKES GOLF- BUT HE'S JUST A 'DUFFER' AT IT Charles Francis Buddy, No Mean Marble Shooter Either, In His Day, Reporter Discovers Ri sl1op Ch arles Fran cis_ Bu_dd:y laid as~de a Rports 1;age of The Sun, se ttl ed bis athletic six-feet-one m t o the cornf_ortable depths of an arm chair in bi_s t empoary h ome overloo~ong the By NED MORRIS

"Common sense is futile when defined as an individual interpre- tation of self-interest, and that is the common acceptance of it. When that kind of common sense accumulates and directs amassed millions, it is worse than useless. To the poor and to the hope of progress, riches seem to turn self- ishness into cruelty and then ty- ' manity's hope of progress is a discontented Millet and a Botti- I celli whose works make people ranny. Of more avail to hu-

\ PAY HOMAGE TO BISHOP BUDDY Archbishop Cantwell and

B' h

18 ops pe At Luncheon

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' think a kindlier thought of the P acific from Tivoli and Gmzot-st s out on Sunset Cliffs and ]poor and the oppressed. An Irish puffe d a t h is cig ar with reflective relish. harpist and a Palestrina whose A smile quirked up one ~01ner·" _ _ F_r_o_m-th-e--ll-.v-in_g_r_o_o_m of his resi-

GIFT PRESENTED

•

Following the glorious ceremony I souI- st ini~g str ains of iinstalla tion and the Solemn momentanly above their selfish

raise men of his mobile mouth a nd an infec-

dence Bishop Buddy led The Sun

tious chuckle tripped out as he photographer and reporter to his I tempox·1·zed over the question just private chapel on the floor abov_e. There was a glow of pleasure m his eyes as he pointed to the • h " h h d been.

T ·t·

1 ge o an a d

High Mass Wednesday morning, se ves; an

i 1an, or

Bishop Charles Francis Buddy a Murillo, who would turn men's ' put to him, w ic a . k" . b t was honored by the priests of the "'.orld's common sense. They des- , w~:nha~uwe{iof~~ t~:,~ngs:

golden taberna_cle

in the center

Diocese of San Diego with

a PlSed the successful men and the flect ivily at your bishop's ring last of th.e altar with the announce-

luncheon at El Cortez hotel at respectability of their day -

as Wednesday when you became first ment. Gift From Priests

which some 300 members of the they in turn were dispised. Their bishop of San Diego "

"That is a gift from the priests

·r·

d th . · ·ct eu 1 ea ism con- tributed to the service, the im- 1·

f t

His Fir st Ring

b d h

clergy and

special

guests were sacn ice an

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the indirect an-

iocese.

very o y

as een

S'"er e s'pokceanme while a twinkle so kind to me since I came to this land of sunshine." The bishop picked up a gold and played tag wi th d~ep emo_ ion . e- hind his eyes," it is th e firS t nng silver chal'ice, beautifully enam- r have ever worn. You see, my d , t b

presen ·

Served in the elaborate Spanish provement, th e peace a nd happi-

ness of mankind. They were ex-

Don. room at El Cortez, the lunch- eon was made resplendent by the trao rdin ary. .

father , who was a wholesale con:i- mi·ssi·on mer·chant, didn't believe m

elled in Munich, Bavaria , an studded with jewels. Pointed to a cluster of diamonds on the stem

colorful robes of th!=) prelates and

"When Saint Francis of Assisi

t ... 1

rings for young men. So rd never of the chali'ce he sai·d, w1·th rever-

'')y

eau uu

cen erpieces. thoughts t c1 people who dwell in worn one before in all my life. I'm

Souvenir menues bearing a_ pie- heaven.

not entirely unconscious of this ence in his voice:

·rt f

1 rom my i diamonds were once set in a brooch my mother I "And this is a g1 parents. Those bishop pointed with mock dismay at his desk, piled high with con- gratulatory telegrams ·and corre- spondence with which he has been too busy to keep abreast. "My normal wor mg ay, e explained, "is from 14 to 16 hours I and I u~ually. s_leep only seven I hours a mght, nsmg at 5:30 a. m., b_ut there has been so much to do I smce I got, here. Yesterday I had 1 r my first walk along the beach and • · took advantage of being alone to I , Surmounting the desk at which ' the bishop had pointed was a por- trait inscribed to him by Mmleto ' k" d " h ., wore." Once downstairs again, the I

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15 op

ture of the new Y ns a e marked each place.

"They w~•re all men without the decided tol relinquish his patri-

Reception In Doubt

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. 1 mony and the peace and comfort

Whether

the parade

and

ted

c1v1c

reception

for Bishop

w h O

Hegarty,

he of hi"s fatl 1er's house, he was not

presen

Charles F. Buddy would be I held as scheduled today, was indefinite at a late hour last If the rains continue as"'expected, the reception will The parade was scheduled to begin at 11:15 a. m., at the I Indian Village and march to the Organ Pavilion. . The pro- the pavilion was nio-ht. · I offic1a s 'd sa1 . be postponed, gram at

bishop with a substantial check using con;.mon sense--he was ex- t new diocefe, acted as master of himself of his father's clothes and 1 as the gift of the clergy of his traordin;ary. When he stripped

1 d d

ceremorues.

went ciut 1·n tatte1·s to preach pov- it was not common sense.

pea ·ers me u e

the Mo st Rev. Philip G. Scher, erty,

D. D., bishop of Monterey-Fresno, When Father Serra and his com-

who el.-tended a welcome to,Bishop

f Old

1 ft th

e com or O

pa1;': 0 ns e

. hb

Buddy as his nearest neig

onng Sp~m and came to struggle and th e Most Rev. Daniel st~rve with the Indians of Cali-

bishopric;

scheduled for 2 p. m.

J. Gercke, bishop of Tuscon, Ari- zona. who spoke on "The Holy Father"; the Most Rev. Charles llubert Le Blond, bishop of St. Joseph, Mo., and Bi..'\'JJ.op Buddy's former sup.erior, who spoke on the toast, "Our New Bishop"; and John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of , His Excellency, the M,ost Rev.

f rnia, they were no using com- , o be born and live with the low- fiest of the poor, with the outcasts Wh c,., · t d ~,ns "d ct on sense. en eCJ e

one yet, although I am, of course, enJ·oy a period of meditation."

filled with awe and reverence or the office of which it is a symbol." The ring, which has been kissed

'of society, he was not using com- by hundreds of Catholics, priests Giovanni Cicognani, Archbishop and laymen alike, since Bi~hop /of Laodicea, Italy, Apostolic dele- 1 1 mon sense as the world defines Buddy arrived and will be kissed gate who represents Pope Pius XI by thousands more as he travels at Washington, D. c. rt wished "I t was n ever common sense to up and down t he 34.000 square him success in his ecclesiastical miles of his diocese in his capacity labors in his newly created diocese. leave the r ich and caS t one's lot as leader and supreme teacher of Golf For Recreation it.

Los Angeles, whom Msgr. Hegarty with the poor. Those who did so 100,000 communicants, is a beauti- introduced as the 'foster father of were extraordinary-and by these ful example of the jeweler's art. the new diocese,' responded to the extraordinary, only, the world has Siberian Amethyst

These will be

so heavy (the

bishop is charged with administer- ing the temporal as well as the that he fears he will have little time during his early months here "I play a very poor game of I e rmg 1s golf," he said, "but I enjoy it tre- A huge, clear Siberian amethyst, spiritual affairs of his diocese) surrounded by 24 diamonds, it is . McGee, friends who accomoamed for his f.avorite recreations, golf- the Bishop here from St. Joseph, ing and walking. a gift from Mr. and Mrs. John_ A. thi Y k Th h ld f th . . s i or , e eavy go o 1 carved with a sheaf of wheat and mendously. I used to play hand- . . ted j a cluster of grapes-the bread and ball. baseball and basketball, bu wine of reli-gious ritual-a mitre, they are getting pretty strenuous ssoun,

t "0

oas '.

rovtnce ·

been helped.

Bishop ~uddy Respo nd ed An expression of gratitude was \ given by Bishop Buddy in his re-

"When Bishop Buddy was con-

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h Mi

secra e m

a~n

o~ep '.

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f I was conferring mth him about Mo. Fashioned by Tiffany in New

sponse.

e voice

an s or

t th I some of t e arrangemen s or

·d

1m a

e I day. While many details were dis-

the welcome accoi e~ train Tuesday mommg, for generosity of everyone to him for I cusse '. the .

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upon was that the poorest of the church on the day of his lnstalla- 1 the symbol of his authority, and, I •I above these, a dove, symbol of the f those poor with us.' The unusual ! The bishop, clad m a house cas- the headpiece designating a bish- . , . 1 t h c. · . . 10z1ei, h " h ic · . people should have space 1n the ops 1a1u, e h H 'd 'W ust h He ion ere. e_sa.i ' e m ave Holy G~ost. .

for me now

I was born October

e success

e ms a a 10n

is 4, 1887, you know, on the Feast Day of st. Francis of Asissi." A question about his reported skill as a marble shooter brought that characteristic twinkle which

ce1emorues and fo~ the ente1 ta11:- ment extended himself and his t·

guests

the

luncheon.

. 1

M O

thanked

James

c arng e o quality of the thought impressed , sock, t he_~lowing _black robe wi~h even the dignity of his ra~k can- purple _p1p111g, w~1ch h_e wears m not suppress, back to the bishop's sang several me and on m return home peo-

Long Beach, who numbers, accompanied by Arthur

•

. the privacy of his residence, was eye: describing t he ring when the door-

Y ,

•

ple asked me, What ki nd of a them this one point of insistence . B' h ?' I told man 1s, our new 1s op.

"Yes" he admitted "I did used

Bembar.

. h.

bell rang. A maid was wit m ear- to play marbles with the young- shot, but the bishop hastened _to sters every spring back in St. Jo- uld the door hrmself to welcome W1l- seph. In fact, I played earlier this 1 liam ?· Mc•~innis, who ?ame to year." · San Diego with him and will speak After one such hour of relaxa- at the public reception in his hon- t· h . t d h t th

Msgr. Heg~rty, toastma ste r, m- troduced Bishop Buddy to the priestly gathering in words that I m!ght be used as mforma m ro- . 1 • t

"d th t f

·t th ;;;_{:e 1 cru:Ict::.•

iJs

~~ns~ct

I do not thmk that my deduc-

ct·

to th

f h"

10n,

e 1ecoun e .

e me

ree

ductwn

e peop e o

lS 10- 1 tion embodied the oft-condemned or as representative of the mayor little girls who almost tearfuJJy

cese. Msgr. Hegarty's introduc- I Virgilian logic 'Ex uno ctisce o~-

of St. Joseph, Mo.

told him. that_ they simply had to have their hair cut that day and

tion follows:

nes.' Rather do I think that the

Church For Poor

I McGinnis'

"In my recent reading I came upon a saying of the great poet- is ins 15 tence, represen- Buddy naturally into reminiscenes tation of the poorest, gave the of his work in his native city. His "The poor kids were in rags," philosopher of Weimar. Speaking keynote to a great and extraordi- modesty about his accomplish- he continued, "so I took them to of literary men and artists in gen- nary character-the theme of ments there made it necessary to a barber shop, had _their hair cut, 1 • " • d · / a drag from him the fact that a told the barber to give them fresh 1 eral, he said, The wml_ Ample Reward · t f h" • - arrival led Bishop could not afford to do so. pom O

18 serv- great symphony. For those who cafeteria he operated for victims blue hair ribbons, got them some wait 24 hours. I had not thought of the depression fed as many as chocolate bars and took my ample much about their msistence upon itual foresight to stand by and 96,000 people in a single month. reward_ in the form of watching the tragedy of a short delay, but (who are the defend the poor have always been He also told enthusiastically about the smiles on then· faces . I a_sked them why they could not have the spiritual vision, the spir-

ed only by the extraordinary." "It may be humiliating to us I

I that the average . .· . progress. The

his experiment in establishing a the poorest of "church for

"As they were about the good-bve, one of them asked me

to say wait.

maJ011ty) contribute nothmg to the few and the extraordmar.v conformists who who alone have contributed to hu- I tamely walk the cowPath trodden manity's progress." by the masses through the age~~---

"Imagine how I felt when the I could go to th:i Methodist Sunday 0 chool tomorrow.'" li'ee. 1•:c had to look I)icc so l\"C

poor," near the cafeteria, where if I did not want to know why youngest of the trio piped up: 'You

worshippers were welcomed

in thc:v had ii>si,:i: d that the lr ir-

overalls or tatters and where no rnLt in~ must be c,r:1c collections of any kind were ever day-that it could not pa.ssibly that Ycry

b hi d leave no mark e n . achieve fame and fortune within the traditional rut, but they leave nothing to posterity. Th ey ma:y I

taken.

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