Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (2)

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"When we see," Macaulay wrote again, "through what vicissitudes the Catholic Church has gone in the pa t, it is difficult to imagine how s~e can ever perish in the future. ' "She has seen the rise of all the governments of Eur- ope, and who shall say that she will not see the fall of them?" The last step in this furtherance came Wednesday when Bishop Buddy was solemnly installed at SL Joseph's church. To Catholics the occasion was epochal, as must , be to them any establishment of a new bishopric as the Church grows. To non-Catholics it was of almost equal importance because it noted and proved the growing im- portance of the city and of the great and rich tel'l'itory which is tributary to it. San Diego is now the center of affairs for the Cath- olic Church in San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and a new and unusual prominence already has come to San Diego because of this fact, for the establishment· of a new diocese is not a matter of everyday occurrence, even with an institution as great and .widespread as the Catholic Church. This will mean that all the financial affairs of the diocese will be handled i in San Diego, all the rmportant gatherings of the diocese will be held here, and, in short, the city will be made, through the erection of the diocese, not only more impor- tant but more wealthy. San Diego has always been proud of her history. The plan of civilizing and Christianizing the Indians of the Pacific Coast, which we know as the Mission·system, has provided a chapter in American annals which is not ; equalled for beauty and significance by any other thing in I the early history· of the United States on either coast. In it. there was no fanaticism, no cruelty, no selfish ag- l grandizment until the wealth which the Mission had created excited the cupidity of the civil government. Un- like .the beginnings of civilization on the Atlantic Coast, we had in California none of the hatreds, the religious antagonisms, the witch-burnings and the blue laws of Puritanism. On the contrary, the Mission system was designed to build up, to nurture the Indian and not to destroy him, to make the land more fruitful for him- and all these things were done until civil powers grabbed and wrecked, almost overnight, the g-reat successes of the padres. • The coming of the Americans and the inclusion of California in the possessions of the United States did not stay the destruction of the Missions, but it did remove the avaricious Spanish and Mexican governors and sol- I diers from power, and then, as southern California began to- grow, the Church grew with it. Today Bishop Buddy has his cathedral church in a city of 180,000 people, and I he will rule over 13 large and prosperous parishes in San Diego itself, 24 in the county and 73 in the diocese. The Herald wishes him well in his administration of the diocese. He comes to us after a mo t successful ca- reer not only as a churchman but as an administrator, ex- ecutive and organizer, and the foundation which has been laid for him by his experience in the past will rebound to 1 the benefit of San Diego probably imrneasureably as his endeavors here begin to bring fruit. It may not be amiss to remind San Diegans, too, that I in the- administration of the affairs of the Catholic Church here by Archbishop Cantwell of Los Angeles, who for many years was also Bishop of San Diego, much bene- fit has accrued to us. It was during his administration j that some of the most important parishes in the city were, established and their churches built. UnclE'r his di:t-ection, too, has come the success of the hospitals, orphan asyl- 1 urns, schools, clinics and lay organizations of various kinds I which mark decirledly the importance of this part of l soutH h1 California. A I J

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Explanation of the Coat of Arms ot The Most Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego in California Pierre De Chaig•non La Rose, Camden, Massachwsetli! Designer of the Above Shield DIOCESAN ARMS In Iconography, or representation by symbols, the usual s~b?l of San Diego (Saint Didacus) is the Spanish olla or ~tew-pot, to mdica~ his boundless charity, the Saint having often demed himself food m order to teed the poor and hungry.. This cooking pot appears frequently in Spanish heraldry, and is familiar in the arms of the Guzman ~St. Dominic's) Family. Saint Didacus ha

The New Bishop's Motto In Consilio Sanctorum "Deus, qui glorificatur in Consilio Sanctorum." "God, vVho is glorified in the Assembly of the Saints." (Psalm 88 :8)

Bishop Buddy comes from the Diocese of St. Joseph in the Province of St. Louis. He was born on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Diocese of San Diego is in the Province of Los Angeles. Hence the appropriateness of the motto: In the assembly of the Saints-In consilio sanctorum, 'rhe Patron of the City of San Diego is St. Didacus (San Diego), a Spanish Franciscan Lay Brother (1463). Franciscan Fathers, under the leadership of Junipero Serra, O.F.M., began their zealous apostolate • in California at San Diego, July 1, 1769. This motto is also adopted in affectionate tribute to the memory of the beloved and saintly Bishop Francis Gilfillan, third Bisho11 of St. Joseph.