News Scrapbook 1962-1964

August 30

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M~y 5, 1959 - It Was An Eventful Day That Saw Bishops Dream Come True

lmmarula R ,·arnpua' tyle of Spanish Co- lonial arch teclure. Crudfo1·m in hape, It follows II ba•ilica plan. Even whil~ the Immaculat.a \\"115 under· con trnrtion, its eat lower and colorful dome be<'ame inspiring landmarks. The dome ov .- the main altar 1. 100 !Pel higll, surmount- ed by a statue or Our Lady. A ower at the front, topped by a 300-po\lnd gold cross, is 167 feet tall, making the Im- maculata the tallest structure on the campus. At the b I B s Ing of the <"rnss, Hts Excellency s a id, "To those on land and sea may ,t be a beacon of hope and a symbol o! love." Seek Glimpse Already it has become such a beacon. In a short time, men of the sea have come to eagerly seek a glimpse of that inspiring beacon as their ships sail toward the Port of San Diego. And so, too, are the other buildings inspiring beacoru, to youth as they seek the educa- tion that will ca r r y them through a better life. Like the imposmg Arts and Sci- ence Building th~ last to be constmcted. Completion of the m R j o r phase of the builrling- pro- gram at Alcala Puk repre- s2nted an investment of ap- proximately 2 0 m ii 1ion dollars. 'Room for All' And the B is hop tressed from the beginning that it is for Catholic and non-Catholic alike, that no student would •I be barred because of creed or color. "'There ·• room for u~ all," he said. Thus the university has grown as one o! the bright beacons n the cultural and artistic achievements of San Dte,so thanks to the San Diego diocese's first Bishop, who haft th• vision, zeal, and courage to breathe life into a dream. August 30 It, too. is m tht

the nc1g-hborini: eountnes or Can 011 anrl M PX IC o. And from laska. Thal wns the beginnmg, 11nr1 lhcrr \\a!f no pau e. , ·ex• ramP the tart of work on the A!lminis ration Buildmg Then the • to.st Re v e re n d B1•hop pre sed plan.s for the College for • !en And in :Mar ·h, 1~5t, the doorR were opened to 30 st11- 1lents. And a month later the School of Law was opened. Three unit!< of a great uni- versity had been mRde to !iv• by a man who dared to dream - and more, make the dream flower mlo n 1 Offices Moved With the completion of lhl' Admmistration Building, the Bishop moved the Chancery offices Into the new edifice. He also established his of- fice• th e r e and his living quarters and his p r i v a t e Chapel o( the Holy Spirit. Th• staff of The Southern Cro•,, the diocesan weekly newspaper·. al o moved into the Adrnlnislratton Building. The Alcala Park campus had been establi hed a• the renter ot dioce~an activitie:--. Another gr ea l stt,11ctt1rP then b e g a n to n•e on th• ·a'l1pus. ! u rt her centering major d 1 nee an activ1t1es. It Wat\ the Immaculate Heart Seminary Building, one of the fmesL seminary builrlings in the \\'est. Work then wa• started on the law building, tn hp known ,s • tore Hall, and the start o( constrnclion was rustled on the Library Building, two more milestones in the fabu- lou• history o! the university. 200 Attend Mass When the Ia,•· building was dedicated, mo re t h an 200 Jurists and lawyers led by Justice Marshall S. McComb o! the California Supreme Court attended the Red Mass which opened the program. The next gro11110-breaking reremony wa• stag-ed for the

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Dl.\l.\.CULA.TA'~ BEAc·ri C\.l'T RED-ThA :lfa~s of th,- Holy Spirit, at which the ~lo,t Rr,·nend Bishop prrsldPs, marks the offi<'fal opl'ni~ of the -.chool year at t~P Unlver- t«·n. Suc·h an .~,f"nt i, pir(urPc( herr, and the Jmmaculata In all it nu,jesUr beanty h mirron·d in the photograph. ' 'His Excellency Voices 'Thoughts of Heart' '°'ity of ~an Die~o·" Collf"j!'P for

"In a university which has the courage to give the cruci- fix the place of honor in every lecture hall, in which the lives of the professors re- Clect p i et y, self-abasement and humility, t h e students soon learn, by the dynamic force of example, that vir- tue is strength and power, wisdom and knowledg~, sym- pathy and blesserlness; thaL lo be reverent, lo be tespecl-

fu!, obedient, gentle and considerate are but the corollaries of a cul- tivated mind. Learn what the nation is learning from the craze of !utile legislation. You cannot substitute man-made laws for the laws of God. You cannot le.;islate honesty into politics nor justice into <"ourls any more than you can leg1s- late goodness into peop,P." - .B 1s h o p B u d d y, 1 0 3 8, humble and

(Thoughts, P. 332). • • • "You wm never understnnrl the meaning of death until you understand the purpose o! life, and you don 'l havi> to go far to find that p •po•e. Our children learn it , ilh the first dawn of reason, l t is \he n ost lmpor cant truth of l fe anrt no knowled;:-e of later vea" can supplant ll. In fart, deeper slurlics only inlenslfy

this essential truth, that man was made to know God, to serve God, Flnd to love God in this life so as to be happy with Him forever in Heaven. To be sure, lhc constancy of our love is the le t of our I delity. The more arMnlly \\·e love Gort, the l110l'C failh- lly w c s~rve H m - m a worrl, we w,11 do rmu-h wh~n \H~ love much." Ri!-.hor, Rurldy, 1929, l1' ho 11 g h ls, r 3H!J.

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