Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

Poor Sisters

Friday, December 24, 1937

'Doers Of The Word' Given As Definition Of .Catholic Action By the Rev. John Power, Diocesan Director of Catholic Action "I am the Good Shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know Me." That these words are true of the Son ·of God goes without saying for He is all eeing, but that these Vlords should be true even in a limited sense of man, is scarcely believable. Yet, it may be truth– fully said that the Shep-herd of the sheepfold of San Diego, San in this program? The fields of Bernardino, Riverside and Imper- lay activity are many and varied, ial Counties by personal contact too many to be dealt with in the and with the active cooperation space allotted, so we shall con– of a zealous priesthood, knows his fine ourselves to two or three sheep and more certainly do His phases of Catholic Action. sheep know him; ~md that they PERSONAL SANTIFICATION do know his "oice is amply at- IS FIRST NECESSARY tested as he meets flock nfter The first and e~ential work is flock in His Diocesan visitation. personal sanctification, a true and "Feed My lambs and feed My personal responsibility to Al– sheep". To fulfill this command thorough . understanding of our of the Master is not an easy task mighy God. "Charity begin at and yet the provisions that have home." A wholesome respect for been made, within less than a all lawfully-constituted authority, year, to carry out this command for all lawful authority is from in letter and in spirit is nothing God; as children respect and ob– short of marvelous. dience to parents whose counsels Through the generous coopera- are the counsels of God, whose tion of a devoted people, parish agents they are and whose words I churches have been erected in the of advice and guidance have been more thickly populated sections, learned in the hard mills of ex– and mission churches have been perience; as parents, a constant established in the more sparsely supervision over the many activi– populated parts of the Diocese. ties of your chilcb:en, their studies, But the Church of Christ is not the'ir amusements and their asso- the material edifice; it is the ciations. Let your chastisements congregation of the faithful, the be tempered and your love be not scattered sheep in the most re- misplaced. Thus you sanctify the mote districts gathered together fountain of the Chri5tian state. I under the standard of Jesus In our moral activities today, we Christ. are constantly coming in contact AGGRESSIVE AUXILIARIES with men and women who are CAN AID GREATLY seeking knowledge; knowledge of The Chief Shepherd •n D 'o- the eternal truth. Unfortunately - l a l 1· t . t t cese is not multiple neith . th in mos ins ances we are no " ' eris e · dt · thd·d· Pastor in his parish; hence the eqmpp~ 0 give e esire m- , necessity of enlightened, active ~ormat101:: men and women seek– and aggressive auxiliaries, men mg _the light ~nd we, who are the "children of light" unable to dis– and women of courage with the pel the darkness will to do: thoroughly versed and prepared to engage in every phase KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAITH of Catholic Action under the gui- SECOND ACQUIREMENT dance of their Shepherd and re- This brings us to the second spective pastors. phase of Catholic Action which is This brings us to the question: knowledge of our faith, knowl– What is Catholic Action? our edge sufficient to instruct others, Holy Father, Pope Pius xr, has which knowledge is attainable by defined Catholic Action as "the m'embership in your parochial participation of the laity in the Study Club. Apostolate of the hierarchy.'' And Personally sanctified and intel– what is the Apostolate of the bier- lectually equipped, we can easily archy? The Apostolate of t.,he find a place in the field of Catho–

Of Nazareth Conduct Home Under the benign influence of the great Cardinal Wiseman, the Poor Sisters of Nazareth were founded in 1851 at Hammer– smith by the French woman, Vic– toire Larmenier, who, as Mother Basil, became the first General of the Congregation. The Sisters were the first to I wear the religious habit openly in I England after the Reformation. and so Hammersmith was styled by the prejudiced and unlettered the "Pope's Corner". Then, as in Jater years, the Con– gregation received its subjects mainly from Ireland and by 1878. when Mother Basil died, had bi:- ' sides the foundation, Hammer– I smith, six Houses in the British Isles-Aberdeen. Cardiff, South– I bend, Oxford, Northampton, and Belfast. At the request of His Excellency, the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, the Sisters came to .California in the· year 1924, and on September 15 of that year, ground was brok– en for their first institution iu the Unite! States in Mission Val– ley, San Diego, by the late Very Rev. John Brady, V.F. Almost a ,lyear later, on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Car– mel, July 16, 1925, the Sisters ' moved from the little, temporary Convent on Georgia Street, to their present quarters. Holy Mass was celebrated that day by Father Brady, the only vis• itors presient being Mrs. Mary Mannix and her three da.ughters. Some one remarked it was a, pity that the youngest of the 33 chil– dren, a tot of two years, had cried so much when the sister left her for a few moments to receive Holy Communion. Mrs. Mannix commented that it was the finish– ing touch to a beautiful picture, showing the band between the Sisters and the little ones. The child now lays claim to be– ing the tallest at present in Na– zareth House, not a very diffi– cult goal to reach. since the ma– jority of the 100 children in the Home are under 12 years of ag·e. DEDICATED IN 1925 The Home was dedicated by His Excellency, the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, on November 15. 1925. Someone has said that there is an echo in Mission Valley. Early this year there were indescribable echoes in that hallowed spat when the dearly beloved and' devoted Bishop of San Diego, the Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, paid his first visit to Nazareth House. One boy of 13 years, a native son (since his forefathers were the ·'untutored children of Nature" of Father Junipero Serra's day) said "the Bishop talks like us." "Rath– er familiar?" you may ask. For the answer, glance just once at the face and bearing of the Pre– late, surrounded by his spiritual children, and there you will see 1 the living picture of One who also lived as a Man among men and Who forbade not the little ones to come to Him.

lic Action, whether it be :in the cause of the poor through the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the pro– motion of Catholic education in all its branches, the extension of the Catholic Press and literature, or by active membership in any one of the many diocesan paro– chial societies. The spread of Christ's kingdom on earth is, to a great extent, in the hands of the laity. Are we alive to our responsibilities, are we awake to our opportunities, are we hearers of the word only and not doers? The Shepherd leads the way, let us follow.

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"Go into the wrole world and preach the Gospel to every crea– ture.'' "The poor you have always with you." A stupendous task! A task which calls for the united ef– forts of Pope, Bishop, Priest and laity, all banded together under the Ctandard of the Cross, true soldiers of Jesus Christ. All im– bued with one motto; the restora– tion of all things in Christ. Jesus. What part may the laity play