Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (2)

m 1 09, • ·oung Budd~ sign - f1ed h s desire to hood to Bishop aur1ce F. Burke of <::t. Joseph, and the youn;:- man •as ent to Rome a~ a studen there of the ·orth American Col- lege, a training . chool for future priest~ of thi country and other nauons o! the cont1nent. Father Buddy . pent six arduous years of • ludy i'l Rome, taking two ears of philsophy and four vran< o! theolo;:-v, rec iv!ng- in 1911 his doctor of philosph)· dc;:-ree from thf' Propaganda Universi y of Rome. Ordained priest on Sept. 19, 1914, in St. John Lateran Cathedral in Rome, home of Calhohcism, the young pnest spent another year of study m the historic city, and re- turned to St Joseph on July :?3, 1915. On Aug. 1, the newly returned priest was named assiertant pastor at the local cathedral and chaplain nte1 the prte •

IS ELEVATED TO BISHOPRIC Local Priest \\'ill Head San Diego Dioces wu a.nnouncr.d la•t night i;) the National Catholic Vl'eliare Confer- ence in Washington ~s bishop o! the new diocesf' of San Die;:-o, Cal., hr 01·dcr of Pope Piu~, accoiding to an Associated Pres- dispatch, Father Buddy, sho!'lly afle1· noti- ficalion by Thll Gazette of his cle- vation lo the high pontifical office, received confirmation of his supel'ior, Bishop C. F. LeBlond il from The \'Pt)" RP\', harles .i,·. 'Ruddy, rector of 5\t, Jo ·ph' Cath~dl'l!.l,

• femb r of Board of Health. Dunn the ·world War he ac ivc in the Red Cros., and no u a member of the board of heal h Other orgamza Ions to wh1c.-h he belon:::s are the Kn1:;hts of Colum- bus, Ea~ Hills Country Club, Order of Foresters, and the alumni a • o- a ions of Christian Brother• H1:::h School, St, Benedict'. College and ~t Mary·• Colleg-e, a;; well as the 'orth American College Alumni Assoc1at10n of Rome. Father Buddy has one si~ter in St. Joseph, • Irs. Louis J, Dandu- rant, 4:?4 South Ninth street; anoth- er sister, Sister Mary :Magdelene !Superior of Sacred Heart Academ); in Ogden, Utah, and a brother Dr Edward P. Buddy of t. Louis'. ·

NEW PRELATE Blesses Humble Worshipers

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a~ St. Joseph's H~spital. doorbells hi~ old co_unselor, Bishop Burk_e, ap- shattered the peace of the cathedral pomted him chancello_r a nd petson~l rectory last night as Father s~cretary. When B_ishop Fran~is Ruddy's hundreds of friends, hear- G1lf1llan succeeded Bishop Burke m i g of hi~ surprise elevation to the 1~22, Father Bud~y soon was made I nk of bishop, sent in congralula- Telephone bells and

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It was, as one of them phrased it th e Prtainly happy that Father Buddy The r,arnest. derw. devoted to his 'By golly, a surprise to us, but we•r~

of St. Joseph.

"It came as a complete surprise work a nd mmi st ?rmg amon~ lo me," exclaimed the priest, "as poor, was chosen m 1925 by Bishop pvaff chosen!" the first I knew about il was when Gilfillan to organize a. church for I Father Cornelius Cleary came into Negro Catholics of St. Joseph, and the cathedral and informed me of a church, started in a small, three- The Gazelle dispatch." room house, grew into the present brick structure which i!!f St. Augus- The title of rector ot the cathedral explained, will consist o( thr. San and administrator o! cemeteries Diego, Imperial, HiversidP and San was given to Father Buddy in Bernardino countir or CnliCornia, March, 1926, by Bishop Gilfallan, with the Church of St. JosPph in who saw that the priest possessed San Diego as ils Cathedral Church. administrative ability as well as a The new diocese bas been a µa rt ,sincere devotion lo the interests of or the Los Ang- lcs-San Diri-o dio- th e poor. ccse comprising eight counties wilh There followed rapidly appoinl- oycr 322.000 Catholic resident,;, and ments as a diocesan consultor, and now, with lhe separation or t.hc judge of lbe matrimonial court, both four southern California counti~s 'h: 011 ors bein~ given by Bishop. Gil• c1· th f11lan, like Bishop Burke, a behever lhat. make up the new iocese, e in Father Buddy's ability and lead· rema1111ng counties ~f Los Art°g~les, I ership, Otange, Santa Bat ara an en- But most proud of II · 1 tura will constitute the archdiocese is Father Buddy of :is' of Los. t,.ng-eles. creation of St. Vincent's cafeteria It will likely hr aflcr Jan. 1 h;· in January, 1930, a venture spon- fo1e Fat.her Buddy will go to hts sored by the St. Vincent de Paul new post, for ~he papal bulls from Society to provide food for the bun- Rome aulho11zrng his con_secr~tion dreds of impoverished, homeless must come b!'forr h~ relinquishes local people, and transients, who h.is present post as icctor. 811d then were becoming increasingly d1o~esan director ~( the _Pontifical I noticeable following the market Society for the P1opagation of th e I crash of the preceding fall. Fa ilh, he said last night. I All Groups Aided Project. Known ac TirelPSS "'orker. The caf t • t· e ena was opera mg un- The popular cl<'ric, who is kno.wn 1 der Father Buddy's direction for federal government took it over in lute and sick, wa,; horn in St. Jos- May, 1933, as a federal transient epb, Oct. 4, 1887, the son of the late bureau. During its years under Charles A. Buddy, a commission Father Buddy, the cafeteria and broker in wholesale fruits and pro- sheller was considered a model or· duce, who died in 1927. His mother, ganization for such ventures in the Annie Farrel Buddy, who died last state. In April, 1933, 96,000 meals March, also was born in St. Joseph, were served and 600 people were the daughter of Irish immigrants. housed in one night, records made Beginning his schooling at the possible, according to Father Buddy, "Litue Convent," on the corner of because of the co-operation of all Thirteenth and Messanic streets racial and religious groups, clubs s J d . . t . T. predecessor of the present cathe• an. mm1s ers of the city, who dral school, young Charles Budd:, united in making the shelter- continued his education at the olci restaurant a success. To Leave Ahout ,Jan. 1. The new diocc.·<', Father Budd)" tine's Church. to all classes of this cily as a. tire- less workrr on brhal( of the dt>RI i- three and one-half years before the

The Very Rev. Charle!I F. Buddy, whose a1ipointment a11 hi~hop of a ne\v diocese at San Diego, Cal., was announced yes- terday by the National Catholic Welfare Conference, by Mt of Pope Pim'l.

LOSE ST. JOSEPH LEADER d~ined at St.. John's Lateran cathe-/ made at st. Joseph's cathcdrnl while, dial m Rome 111 1914, he remained in he has been rector. He opened st.

Vmcent•~ cafeteria for

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I and housing of the poor in 1931, and operated it thrcz rears. caring for I thousands before the federal go\·ern- ment took it over. In 1925, he organ- I ized a church for Negroes here. _It i.~ txpected he will go to San Diego about February 1.

THE REV. CHARLES F. BUDDY BE SAN DIEGO BISHOP.

AJ)pl)inlnH'nt Come~ as Surpris!' to ' PJ"i!',-t \\"ho Has 'l'akrn J>i·o111i• llt>Ut Pa1·t iu the C1t~·s \\'cl- fare \ \'or!.:,

(Bl/ Tile Star's Oion Sert•ice.)

OSEPH, Mo., Nov, 6.-St. Joseph

Will lose one of its most popular Cath- olic clergymen and a leader in civic

Christian Brothers' College, In 1933, a chapel was opened on and philanthrnpic work early next enrolled at 81. Benedict's College in Second street, where the cafeteria year when the Very Rev. Charles F. Atchison, Kan.. whP-re he look two and shelter were located, and serv- Buddy takes up his new post as bishop years of high ,achoo! work in prep- ices for transient worshipers were of the d10cese of San Diego, Cal. aration for collc1

Buddy, 1s 49 years old and is rector of St. Joseph's cathedral here. He is active m civic, charitable and socio- logical work, is a member of the city board of he~(lh. and diocesan director of the Pontifical Society for the Prop- ae:at1on of the Faith. . He has served at the local cathedral smce 1915. after haYing recei\'ed his doctor of plulo. ophy degree in Rome II1s earl," schooling was received her~ ai:ict at Atchison. Kas., and the late Bishop M. F. Burke sent the Youno man to Rome to ·tucly at the North Amencan college. After being or-

THE VERY F. BUDDY OF ST. JOSEPH ••• NAMED BL5HOP OF THE NEW SAN Dr~GO DIOCESE. lhe Italian capital anvther , car studying and then returned home: M,rn · im RE\" CHARLES