Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

, FI IDAY. DECE.1BER 24, 1937

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at St. Jo eph's of Christrna,

Bishop Charles Francis Buddy to Celebrate :Midnight Christmas ~Ia Cathedral, Will Preach Sermon at Midnight and Noon; Hour Masses Given in All Churches of the Diocese.

The story of Christmas will be I told in all the Churches of the Diocese of San Diego in sermons on our Savior's Birth, in music of the great composer.,. rendered by the various parochial choirs and in the impressive ceremonies of the Church. Os our Savior was born in the dead of night and in an age when idolatry and ignorance obscured the heavens, Midnight seems the hour best fitted to remind us of His Birth. Hence, special per- ,mission has been granted to the Pastors of the Diocese to celebrate the first Mass of Christmas at Midnight. is the 'l)rogram of Services and Music eipecially pre- pared by the Pastors for their Solemn Services on the great Feast. Following His Excellency, the Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, D. D., will celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass, Midnight, at St. Joseph's Cathe- dral. The Right Rev. John M. Hegar- ty, Pastor, will be the Assistant Priest. Deacon and Subdeacon of the Mass will be the Rev. Thomas Early and the Rev. Edward Mc- Ardle. Deacons of honor to His Ex- cellency will be the Rev. Thomas F. Nolen and the Rev. The Rev. M. J . O'Connor, the Bishop's Secretary, will be the Master of Ceremonies, and the servers will be the boys of St. Joseph's School. ' His Excellency, Bishop Buddy, will preach the sermon. A chorus of 75 voices with Roy- al A. Brown, F. A. G. 0., Organist, will be directed by Nino Marcelli. Christmas music will be render- ed from 11 :30 to 12:00, Midnight. The music will consist of Or- gan Preludes before the Mass: Alleluia, from The Messiah (Han- del); the Visit of the Wise Men

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