Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, FRIDTY,

Bishop Buddy Interviewed in Former Home on Visit There Last Week · /Cf ,... I ST. JOSEPH, M:o .. March 19.- 1 asked t o gn·c the sermon at the A colorful, picturesque land, col- blessing. ored forever by the achievements His new home city, San Diego, of Catholic Faith-Southern Cali- 1 with its parks, broad boulevards fornia. the birthplace of Chlis- and sparkling water front, is a tianity and civilization on thq never-ending source of visual de- western coast-San Diego. resting lights, said Bishop Buddy. H I:! place of saints and martyrs-this especially extolled the "educated is the diocese of Bishop Charles people" of the community and its F. Buddy, he said last night in at: educational facilities. interview in St. Joseph's. follow- As a "stranger from a strange ing the funeral services for the land," he smilingly continued, he Most Rev. Johannes, bishop of had a few misgivings when he ar- Leavenworth. rived in San Diego. but his fears Bishop Buddy stayed over night, were allayed by the "kindness, at the home of his sister, Mrs. generosity and expressions or Louis J. Sandurant, 424 South faith" accorded him, Ninth street, and will leave to- Communism, special enemy of night for San Diego. the Catholic Church, is being vlg- "The people of San Diego gave orously fought on· the West Coast, me a most cordial welcome," said he added, and short shift is given the former St. Joseph priest, who . to communistic tenets b~ Califor- last fall was elevated to the bish- nians. opric by the pope. Bufiness is humming, and man- "Understanding and sympa- ufacturing, especially in the air- I thet.ic. the people and the news- craft line, is making San Diego a papers of my diocese have given happy. prosperous city these days, me splendid co-operation. realiz- said Bishop Buddy. ing that much work yet remains Bishop Buddy will say a special 1 for me in the establishing of the Mass this morning at 8 o'clock diocese." at St. Joseph's Cathedral.

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Bishop Buddy has an opportun- ity to absorb folk lore of the earl- iest Americans, the Indians, for he has four Indian parishes as I well as seven Mexican parishes. , This historic atmosphere-in the j land of the firs t Spanish padre.s to Christianize the Western shore of America-has invigorated the prelate spiritually and physically, and he is in excellent health dese- pite much traveling about his dio- cese, which contains 34,000 square miles. Last Sunday Bishop Buddy dedicated a new Mexican church at Uplands, Calif.. and he is con- s '.antly on the move throughout California, attending confer~nce,; connected with his work. He re- cently went to San Francisco and Fresno on church business, a_nd will return to St. Joseph April 14. for the blessing of the new abbot, Fathe1· Stephen. at Conception Abbey. Bishop Buddy has been

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