Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

HAPPY THRONG GREET PRELATE AS THEIR OWN Pioneers and Babes in Ar1ns Arrive Early to Await Arrival Tuesday Coming through a st-0rm in the mid-west that held up their spe-1 cial train for two hours at Kan- ,.as City, the Most Rev. Charle~

Makes First Visit To lnl

housewh es and children in large numbers. Americans who had spent but a short time in San Di-

Family PttSent

Though the cro d hnd not no-

time. things as they stood about in lit- and Mrs. Daniel J, Redmond of tle groups waiting for their bish- Laurelton, Long Island, New York. op, hardly noticing the passing of Other relati\·es included an uncle, 1 Pauline A. Goldsmith, his niece, Then, e»actly at th e appointed M1~ Ann Elizabeth Dandurant, h_our for th e delayed train, it ar- and his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Farrell, an aunt, Mrs. ticed their arrival, B shop Budd:,·''> ego, and native sons and daugh- brother and sisters were among ters who had, like the Mexican tho"e to arri\·e on the peclal women, lived the history of the train. They included Dr. Edward Church in San Diego. There were P B.1ddy and .v!rs. ~uddy of St. pari hloners there who helped Louts: Sister Mary Magdalen, the Rev. Father Ubach bmld st. uperlor of Sacred Heart Aca- Joseph's Cathedral back in the dcmy, Ogden, utah: 1rs. Cecile ao·s. They talked abcut these B. Danduarant of St. Joseph, Mo..

rived a nd as ~ne concerted move-

John A McGee, all of St. Joseph. Other St. Joseph laymen in the

Francis Buddy, D. D., first Bishop ment, th e entire group nished to-

th e slowing party included

of Sarr Diego, arrived in his sel.' wa~d

t~e door of

John Goodrich, the Chicago,

city at 10:15

o'clock Tuesdav

tram. BJShop Buddy appeared in general agent

for

morning to be greeted by a great th e doorw~y, clo th ed in th e robes Rock Island and Pacific Railway crowd awaiting him at the Union of his office, took one st ep down Co., who provided the private car station. It was a typical San Di- an~. hesitated, looking down a n ct for the bishop's party, Mrs. Good- ego morning that the new prelate sm1lmg at his new flock. They . smiled back, for he was just as nch and their son, John Goodri~h, ~~~:~:~i~~/:el~~fve:a:;~a!:;: they had pictured him in their ~-• tah nd AMrsK. M. P. ~wler, MISS mind's eye F b thl ar a . ennedy, BJShop Bud- er parishioners, found on his ar- · . or a rea ess mo-, d , ment only the Spanish music of Y_ s secretary; Dr. an~ ~rs. H. rival-the sun blazing in the the band was heard, then ever _ Will Elders: W. ~- McGmms, per- heavens, blessing with its warmth one talked at once. Y sonnl representative of the mayo1 the new resident of San Diego, his I of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. E. Gray friends who travelled so manv The Bishop descendrd and Powell, Mr. and M:rs. T. G. Stack, miles to see him installed and walked slowly among the people and Mrs Elizabeth Immenschueh. those who would number them- toward the waiting car that was Among those from outside the selves among his friends of the to whisk him to his temporary city of St. Joseph who anived on future. home in Pt. Loma, where he the special train were Dr. and A feeling of excitement and ex- would presently celebrate his first Mrs. E. Scheetz and Mrs. c. Ham- pectancy hung in the air-a feel- I Mass in his diocese in the presence buechen, all of Belleville, III. ing that had been mounting since of his family, a few priests, and Members of the clergy in the special party included the Most I when word was flashed to San ed over and over again, "God Rev. Charles Hubert LeBlond, Diego tha.t F!!-t~er Buddy of St. --- Bis~op of st · Joseph, M?·· Joseph, Missouri, had been chosen Bless You,'' and "I'm glad to be Veiy Rev. Joseph M. Sullivan, S. week to week during those thre~ crowded about him, many thrilled dron, director of the St. Colum- j months, San Diego heard from that they were among the few ban's Foreign Mission Society, St. the middle-west of their new who were able to get close enough Columbian, Nebraska; the Right leader. They saw his picture and to him to kiss his ring. They Rev. Philip Ruggle, O. S. B., Ab- heard from former St. Joseph res- thrilled to his words, ''Does the bot of Conception Abbey, Concep- idents of his work and friendships sun always shine like this in San tion, Mo., and five St. Joseph pas- there. Everything they saw and Diego?" tors, the Rt. Rev. James P . Brady, heard, pleased them. They got Soon he reached his car and V. G., the Rev. Leo J. Ruggle, the up early Tuesday morning to be was gone, and it was not untii Rev. Charles Nowland, the Rev. present at the train to catch the then that the great throng real- P. O'Connor, the Rev. Ca.mill Ma- very first glimpse of the First ized that others had a1Tived with rosz, 0. F. M., and the Rev. Fa- Bishop of San Diego and to wel- the bishop from the middle west. ther Marron of Liberty, Mo. come him by their presence there. They had been so intent on every Boarded Train Some of them went to Mass anct move of the bishop that they en- With Bishop Buddy as he step- Communion first for their new ti.rely missed the disembarking ped from the train was the Rt. bishop's intentions, as did the Out of the remainder of the party, a Rev. Msgr. John M. Hegarty, V. Lady of Guadalupe parishioners, group of clergy and laymen anc F., and a party of San Diego and some of them were present at women who filled two special cars P riests who had boa1·ded the tr·am· . eight-thirty, without breakfast, that they might not be too late at San Ysidro and accompanied in case the train came In early. th e bishop and his party to the city. last election day, November 3, two Sisters of Mercy. He repeat-

th e His Excellcnc

the Most Rev. Charles F rancis Budd

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. .Y, by the Holy Father to guide the with you," as he was estjorted M., Marist Seminary, Brookland, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese cf San Diego m Cahforma. untenated see of San Diego. From I through the crowd. Children D. C., the Very Rev. Paul P. Wal- . . .

EIGHTEEN ORDERSOF SISTERS ARE REPRESENTED AT INSTALLATION: LUNCHEON HELD AT U. S. GRANT

sisted by J. R. Bloom of th e Grant hotel management. Bishop Buddy's sister , th e Rev. Mother Magdalene, superior of Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, Utah, was accompanied by an- other member of the Holy Cross order of Sisters. Other out-of- town orders represented included the Sisters of Providence, the Im- maculate Heart Sisters, the Social Service Sisters of the Holy Ghost, the Catechists. the Carmelite. Sis- ters (not cloiMered), the Sisters of Incarnate Word, t h e Domini- can Sisters from Chicago, the Franciscan Sisters, the Daughter s of Charity, and the Holy Family Sisters. Orders fron;:i within the city, many of whom were augmented by out of town visitors of their ord@rs, included the Holy Family Sisters, the Sisters of Mercy, the Blessed Sacrament Si..-;ters, th e Sisters of thp Precious Blood, the Sisters of st. Joseph of Orange. the Sisters of Nazareth a nd the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondo- let. Many of the visitors were guests at Mercy hospital during their vis- it here.

Never in the history of San Di- ego have nuns of such varied or- ders been congregated here as were present Wednesday morning in St. Joseph'& Cathedral for the Installation of Bishop Charles Francis Buddy, foT included in the nearly one hundred women reli- gious present weTc reprcsrntatives of eighteen different, orcters. While the clergy were being en- tertained at the El Cortez follow- ing the installation Mass, the nuns were served a fnll course dinner in the Italian room of the U. S. Grant. A half-hour's re- ception preceeding the dinner was held in specially prepared rooms arranged by the management oi the hotel. A1Tangements for the dinner were made at Our Lady of Peace Academy by the Rev. Moth- er St. Catherine, superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondo- let, which order was the first to come to San Diego over iifty years ago. Mother Catherine was as-

A Mexican band, dressed as the early Dons, was present to we!- come with their music the advent of their bishop. Old Mexican wo- men, who had lived in the histOl'y of San Diego were present with I black mantillas over their heads.

On the train also was a delega- tion of Knights of Columbus who to Jacumba early in the train and be among the first to I greet him. Members of the dele- gation were Grand Knight Wil- liam Mahedy; Dr. W. J. O'Brien, faithful navigator of the fourth degree; M. D. Goodbody, past grand knight; C. P. Hebert, past grand knight, and Joe Green, chairman of tha transpol'tation committee for the day, l drove morning to board the bishop's

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Indians from

the back country

were there to report his arrival

back to their people.

American people were there too. Catholics and non-Catholics, busi- ness men and professional men,