Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

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Explanation of the Coat of Arms or The Most ReYerend Charles Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego in California Pi ene D<> Chaignon La Rose, Camden, Massach•~elte Designel' of the Above Shield DIOCESAN ARMS In iconography, or representation by symbols, the usual symbol or San Diego {S:ai:nt Didacus) is the Spanish olla or stew-pot, to indicate his boundless charity, the Saint having often denied himself food in order to feed 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 had a special devotion to the Passion, and died repeating the words of the chant: "Dulce lignum, dulce !errum, dulce pondus sustinet-Sweetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee" (Pange Lingua). This characteristic of the Saint ii symbolized by the three nails of the Passion. The old royal Spanish colors of gold and red have been employed- the "field" or background being of gold, in which is placed the Cross or our faith in red. In heraldry the olla is normally shown black, and the three Passion nails are also black in order to attain a proper color harmony. PERSONAL ARMS In the Bishop's personal insignia, the "field" or background consists or six horizontal stripes of red and green, which composed the field or the Borromeo Arms (St. Charles Borromeo being the Bishop's baptismal patron and also the patron of his father.) The Borromeo Coat of Arms consists simply of six horizontal stripes with a single silver diagonal stripe superimposed-called in heraldry a "bend." For this silver "bend" has been substituted a carpenter's silv.er square to represent St. Joseph, under whose patronage the Cathedral Church of the new diocese will be placed. In recognition of the fact that St. Didacus was a Franciscan, and also because the sons of St. Francis were among the !irst missiona:riee to preach the Gospel in Califomia, St. Francis is represented in the sheld, symbolized by his pierced hands, which bore the sacred stigmata. By a coincidence which now seems providential, Bishop Buddy was born on the Feast of St. Francis. This Saint is also his second baptismal patron. The Arms of the Farrell Family (the Bishop'!! mother, Annie Farrell Buddy) are very simple-a gold lion on a green background. This has been abbreviated to a gold lion's head.

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

1 Delegate Ill- Reception In St. Joseph Off Completion of arrangements for the consecration of the '.\lost Rev. Charles F. Buddy as first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of San Diego was an- nounced Monday. Because of illness, I the physician of His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, I Apostolic Delegate to the United ?tates, has advised against his mak- mg the tnp to St. Joseph. Accordingly, the Most Re,·. C. H. Le Blond, Bishop of St. Joseph, will be the consecrator. The co-consecrators will be the Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, Bishop of Des Moines, and the '.\lost Rev. Francis J. Monaghan, Coadjutor Bishop of Og- densburg. A reception in honor of the Papal Delegate. which was to have been held in St. Joseph's Cathedral Sunday, Dec. 20. the day preceding the consecration, has been conceled. Dinner for the visitine; Bishops will be served Sunday eYening at 6 o'clock at the Episcopal Residence. with Bish- op Le Dlond as host. Dinner for :\Ion- signori and priests will be sened in St. Charles Hall at the same hour.

Bishop Buddy comes from the Diocese or St. Jo-seph in the Province of St. Louis. He was born on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Diocese of Sau Diego is in the Province of Los Angeles. Hence the appropriateness of the motto: In the assembly of the Saints-In consilio sanctorum. The 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, 0.F.:Y.L, 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 Bishov Francis Gilfillan, thiJ:d Bisho1t of St. .Joseph.

SAYS MASS AT CONVENT. Los Angeles Archbishop Pays His Respects to Sacred Heart Religious. Archbishop J. J. Cantwell of Los Angeles, special guest of honor at the consecration ceremonies for Bishop C. F. Buddy here today, said mass this morning at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and was a breakfast guest of the religious at the convent. The archbishop is a friend of yearg standing of Rev. Mother A. Mullen of this convent. Others saying mass at the con- vent this morning and breakfast 1 guests with Archbishop Cantwell were Bishop Henry Althoff, Belle- ville, Ill.; Bishop William D. O'Brien, Chicago; Monsignor C. Gil- martin, Belleville; Monsignor J. Lyons, St. Louis; Monsignor J. W. Stenson, Omaha; the Rev, Sylves- ter Tucker, Cathedral, St. Louis; the Rev. Adolph Kuhlman, S. J., St. Mary's Kan.; the Rev. J. R. O'Neill, S. J., St. Louis, and the Rev. J. J. Bannon, S. J., Cleveland, Ohio.

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