Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR.

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Cantwell, _letropolitan of Southern California, sent one of the first tel - grams to Father Buddy, a· follows: "i\'armest congratulations. You come to a ~Plendid dioce e and to noble priests. You are welcome. Thanking the Holy Spirit, we wish you length of years and happy days." Fa her Buddy has three sisters, ::-.!rs. 'inth street: ::-.Irs. Daniel J. Redmond, Long Island, ,. ·ew York; Sister ::-.fary Mag– delene, Superior of Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, rtah, and a brother, Dr. Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis. James Farrel of thi · city and P. P. Buddy are uncles. John A. ::-.IcGee of St. Jo– seph is a cousin, as are Dr. Thomas E. Horner, Atchison, Kan., and Dr. Loui. J. Dandurant, 424 South

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Because 01 his ability and leader- Gilfillan ap– pointed him diocesan consultor and judge oi ~he matrimonial court. I In January, 1930, Father Buddy cre- ated St. Yincent's Cafeteria, a venture t. Vincent de Paul Soci ty to provide food for the hun– dreds of impoverished, homeless local people and transients, who increased in number following the market crash :;hip, the late Bishop Created St. Vincent's Cafeteria sponsored by the

FATHER BUDDY TO BECOME

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Rector of St. Joseph 11 s Cathedral to Head San Diego Diocese

of the preceding fall. The cafeteria was ope1·ated under Father Buddy's direction for three and one-half years, before the federal gov– ernment took it over in ;\lay, 1933, as a federal transient bureau. In April, 1933, the cafeteria and she!- ======-=---=--------== 7 ter, which was considered a model or- ganization in the state, served 96,000 Thomas ::-.IcGurk of St. Louis. meals and 600 people were housed in The Diocese of San Diego, of which one night, according to records. Bishop-elect Buddy has been named Because of the co-operation of all the first Ordinary, was erected in Sep– racial and religous groups and the tember when the new Ecclesiastical united efforts of the clubs and min- Province of Los Angeles was insti– isters of the city, the shelter-restau- tuted. The Diocese of San Diego, em– rant was a success. bracing San Diego, Imperial, River- In 1933 a chapel was opened on Sec- side and San Bernardino Counties in ond street, where the cafeteria and California, was formerly part of the shelter were located, and services for Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego. transient worshipers were given under The Church of St. Joseph in San Diego Father Buddy's direction. has been designated the Cathedral He recently was appointed vice- Church. official for the diocese, an honor given Plans for the consecration of Father by Bishop C. H. Le Blond. Buddy will not be completed until Member of Board of Health after the Papal Bulls are received here. It is likely that it will be Feb. During the World War Father Buddy 1 before he goes to his new post. was active in Red Cross and now is, =================

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a member of the Board of Health.>= Other organizations to which he be- longs are the Knights of Columbus, East Hills Country Club, Order of For– esters and the Alumni Associations of Christian Brothers High School, St. Benedicts' College and St. Mary's Col– lege, as well as the North American College Alumni Association of Rome. Lover of Youth Father Buddy has a great love for children. His recreation is often spent with them playing their games. He started the Cathedral Club for young people and is interested in juvenile sociological and welfare ac– tivities. The cafeteria service, a great accom– modation ,also originated with him. It was Father Buddy who arranged to take care of undernourished chil– dren of the Cathedral School and it was he who started the annual clinics I at that school. Sisters and nurses from St. Joseph's Hospital and doctors gave I their services for those clinics.

Timely Observations. The hol)Or that comes to the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, bishop-desig– nate of the newly created Catholic diocese of San Diego, will bring pleasure to the priest's many friends, and they number men and women of a11 creeds and of f\one. Father Buddy is what we all like to consider our ideal spiritual lead– er, a he-man with the courage of his convictions who retreats not an ipch where :fundamentals of faith are concerned, yet withal so con– siderate, so thoughtful of the opin– ions of others that his tenderness in dealing with those of other creeds is one of his most striking characteristics. San Diego, Cal., will receive a civic leader when Bishop Charles F. Buddy assumes his bishopric, if the new prelate follows the example he established as a St. Joseph priest. Notwithstanding ·his onerous duties at St. Joseph's Cathedral the priest :round time to devote to civic af– fairs. His sponsorship of St. Vin– cent's cafeteria in the early days of the depression probably will be re– membered in this city for many years to come. The priest never dis– closed the fact himself but it was known to a few that St. Vincent's cafeteria was made possible through the generosity of bis mother, Mrs. C. A Buddy. She donated the build– ing which housed the ca!eteria. The c1v1c activities of Father Buddy included work every year in the Community Chest, the Civic Music Association and other groups. More recently he accepted appoint– ment to the municipal board of health under Mayor Phil J. Welch, and has been a constructive force In the present administration. And why should not ministers of the GC\jlpel give o! their time and talents to civic enterprises? By their very training they should be ideally fitted to work out the va– rious and pressing problems that confront municipalities in this strife-ridden world. St. Joseph has been fortunate in that there are some splendid gentlemen of the cloth who do take an active inter– est in municipal progress. Yet there a1·e some more who hang back, and confine their activities to the lim– ited scope o! their own immediate congregations. That is unfair to the city and unfair to their own con– gregations.

The Most Reverend Charles F. Buddy, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop-Elect of San Diego

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While he was kneeling in the Cathe- 1 dral last Monday evening about 10 o'clock, the Rev. Father Cleary of the Cathedral staff brought word to Fa– ther Buddy of his elevation to the newly formed Diocese of San Diego in California. The news was announced I in Rome and given out in Washington by the National Catholic Welfare Con– ference. Most Rev. C. H. Le Blond, Bishop of St. Joseph, confirmed the I report of the Cathedral rector's ap– pointment. Shortly after the news came, Bishop Le Blond wired official notice to Fa– ther Buddy's immediate family, con– sisting of Sister Mary Magdalen, C.S.C., Superior of Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, Utah; a brother, Dr. Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis; Mrs. L. J. Dandurant, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Daniel J. Redmond of Laurelton, Long Island, N. Y. Son of Pioneer Residents Bishop-elect Buddy was born in St. Joseph, Oct. 4, 1887, the son of the late Charles A. Buddy, a commission broker in wholesale fruits, who died in 1927. His mother, Annie Farrel Buddy, who died last March, also was born in St. Joseph. As a child of 6 years he was placed in the "Little Convent" of the Sacred Heart, Twelfth and Messanie streets. After his First Communion, made at the convent, the faithful little acolyte attended Christian Brothers College. He then enrolled at St. Benedict's Col- I lege, Atchison, Kan., where he took two years of high school work in / preparation for college. His college course was begun at St. 1 Mary's College, St. Marys, Kan., now a Jesuit school of theology, where he oecame interested in journalism and became editor of The Dial, student newspaper. as well as president of the junior class. He graduated from St. Mary's with high honors, winning sev– eral medais for oratory and scholar- hip.

Studied In Rome

A Spiritual Leader

In_ 1909 Father B~ddy, at the ~~g- 1 Father Buddy has for years given ' gestion of the late Bishop M. F. Burke, Retreats to groups of boys and girls was sent to ~ome as student at the in various cities. He encouraged devo– North Amenc~~ Co~lege. Fa th ~r I tion to the Blessed Sacrament by ap– Buddy sp~nt six years of s_tudy m pointing groups of parishioners to Rome, takmg two years of philos?~hy make adoration every half-hour on the ~nd four ?'ears of. theolog_y, receivm~ First Friday of each month. m 1911 his Doctoi of Philoso;-ihy ~e In 1923 Father Buddy inaugurated gree from the Propaganda Umversity an information forum, at which no of Rome. names are taken, no questions asked, Ordained In Rome and those attending are placed under Ordained priest on Sept. 19, 1914, no obligations. Last year 156 were in St. John Lateran Cathedral in converted to the Catholic faith through Rome, the young priest spent anot~er , that forum. Since its beginning it has year of study in the Eternal City, gained more than 1,000 converts for and returned to St. Joseph on July I the Church. 23, 1915. I Congratulatory Messages Rapidly Promoted Hundreds of beautiful messages have On Aug. 1 the newly returned come in from all over the United priest was named assistant pastor at States, but what is especially en- 1 the local Cathedral and chaplain at couraging to the Bishop-elect are the St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1917 Bishop many heartfelt expressions of loyalty Burke appointed him Chancellor and and most cordial welcome from the personal secretary. priests and religious institutions ~f the When Bishop Francis Gilfillan sue- new Diocese of San Diego. Archbishop

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ceeded Bishop Burke, in 1922, Father Buddy was made director of the dio- cesan branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Organized Negro Parish The devoted priest was chosen in 1925 by Bishop Gilfillan to organize a church for Negro Catholics in St. Joseph. The church, which started in a small 3-room house, grew into the present brick structure which is St. Augustine's Church. Rector of the Cathedral I In 1926 Bishop Gilfillan conferred upon him the title of rector of the I

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