Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

HRI TIA. 1 JT1' J l'Ll' 16, 1769

DEDICATED TO

The )fission San Diego de Alcala, where the Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, bishop of San Diego, will celebrate solemn pontifical high mass tomorrow morning at 11. The missioll was dedicated to the cause of Christianity by Fra Junipero Serra July 16, 1769.

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PONTIFICAL MASS TO BE CELEBRATED AT S. D. MISSION: Standmg before the altar of Mis- sion San Die"o de Alcala. above the graves of five Franciscan priests, one a martyr to the cause of Chris- tianity. the Most Re\'. Charles Fran- cis Buddy, bishop of San Diego, will celebrate solemn pontifical hii!h mass tomorrow morning at 11. It will cckbrate the birthday of the church and of civilization in California. July 16, 1769, 168 years ago. Fra Junipero Serra dedicated Mission San Die:;:o de Alcala to the cau.se of Christianity. It was the first of the famous California mis- sions. Among the Franciscan priests buried b('ncath the sanctuary of th<' mission is Father Jayme in whose honor a memorial has been erected on the banks of the San Diego river near the mission. Slain by Indians who attack<'d the mission in its early days, Father Jayme was the first martyr to the Christian re- Iii?ion in California.

Procession Planned

A the mission sacristy to the Grotto of Lournes, past the JaymP. memorial and back to the mission will begin ' at 10:30. The rnl<"mn mass in the mission will follow the procession. Bishop Buddy will be celebrant as- sisted by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John • M. Hegarty as arch priest; the Rev. Willi-am J. Casey as deacon, and the Rev: Nicholns Zabalza. A. R., as sub- deacon. The Rev. M. J. D'Connor will be mastC'r of ceremonies and the deacons of honor to the bishop will be the Very Rev. William P., Kelly, 0. S. A., and the Rev. Dan• iel o·Donoghue. Albert V. Mayrhokr, general lay cornmit1ee chairman, announced that Nazareth House will not be open to Yisltors tomorrow. The Richfield Oil Co. is installing a pubhc address system so that the 60 voices of the Cathedral choir under direction of Nino MarcC'lli with Royal A. Brown at the organ. may be heard by those assembled 1mdcr the ancient trees planted by , the Franciscan Fathers. The Yoicc of thf' bishop celC"brating the mass and that of the Franciscan Father who will preach the sermon als~ will be carried O\'er the system. Picnic To Follow Service After the sen·ices an all-day pic- nic will be h<"ld on the mission grounds. Sandwiches, ice cream and soft drinks will be ser\'ed by the Holy Name society. The Catho- lic Couth organization will have charge of games. The Nazareth House Boys' band will play in the afternoon. Dr. Gror,:c J. Couvrette with Boy Scouts will assist George Bereton, under-sheriff, and his men to di- rect traffic and police the grounds. Bus transportation, beginning at 9 a. m .. will be provided from the No. 11 street car at Cherokee and Adams aves. to the mission. solemn procession from

Mrs. Carrie Overshiner, member of a pioneer family that came to San Diego in 1851, went to the Presidio Hill celebration wearing pio- neer garb and singing songs of stagecoach days in the west.