Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

ity Wlll Prelate. The speakers who paid honor lo Bbhop Buddy, in addition to Bi~hop LeBlond and 1ayor \'\'elch, were Col. John D. McNeely, Dr. Daniel Morton, Freil. Karr and _fr. Corb)', Mr. Corby said the occasion wa • one when the sorrow on losing Bishop Buddy should be smothered bl' pride over the honor "one so completely our own has deservingly received." The city administration will miss Bishop Buddy from the city fanuly, :-aid Mayor Welch, who eig-ht months ago appointed him to the city board of health. I Friend to AIL "He has been a friend to all, re- gardless of color or creed. He has given bis time unselfishly to public service. An outstanding citizen, a man of great personallty, be shall indeed be missed by the people of St. Joseph," said the mayor. Colonel McNeely, who has known Bishop Buddy since boyhood, em- phasized the humility of the new bishop, and said that the people of St. Joseph now are aware of what the people of Cleveland went through when Bishop LeBlond was transferred from that city to this. He told of Bishop Buddy's work in St. Vincent's cafeteria, and said: "When depresson came, when men, women and children lost heart, and when many were going hungry, Bishop Buddy did not wait for government. He knew no sec- retarian or religious bounds or frontie1·s. That mission that be es- tablished stood like a lighlhouse in time of storm." Praised by Physician. 1l

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thLS '\\ho v,ill ml"S Bishop ' I He told of the detail that fell to the Jot of Bi hop Buddy to vork out i'l connection with the opera- , tion of the cafeteria, but said that{ the cafeteria for the poor was only one of Bishop Buddy's great ac- complishments. S • Joseph by losing Bishop Buddy is making a sacrifice to help another cit)·, San Diego, Bishop Le· Blond said. The occasion yesterday, he said, was one of happine.ss tinged with selfish sadness. ''It is difficult to speak of Bishop Buddy, Words are not made to cxprPss the sentiment of one's heart when a friE-nd speaks of a friend," Bishop LeBlond said. "H is losses such as that of Bishop Buddy that a city or a man mu>

lo Farewell Message to City He Points to Conditions in Foreign Lands. RECEPTION FOR PRELATE ATTENDED BY THRONG Six Civic Leaders Laud New Bishop for His Work in St. Joseph. In a touching farewell to the peo- ple of the city he has served for twenty-two years as assistant pas• tor and later as rector of St. Jos- eph's Cathedral, Bishop Charles F. Buddy, consecrated a week ago as the first bishop of the diocese of San Diego, Cal., warned yesterday against the insidious dangers of communism. Catholics and non-Catholics alike filled the auditorium of Central High School yesterday afternoon for the reception at which six civic leaders, Including Mayor Phil J. ·welch, lauded the new bishop for his work along religious, charitable and civic lines. Gift of Purse Pre Joseph E. Corby, who

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behalf of the member: thedral parish, presei Buddy with a purse a: their- esteem. "Although T shall b my thoughts and pt·ay way be with the peopl eph," said Bishop Budd "I shall not bid farew use the Anglo-Saxon te which means God be w Points to Foreign · In his warning agai nism, Bishop Buddy po ditions in Russia, Mexic "Tn those lands the l communism ha~ burst many unsuspecting pee not be unprepared aga gers," the bishop said The communist mov has in America paid p to spread its tenets am ple of this nation in tear dov.'11. all that is go just in government, B ~aid. . Yoice Filled With His voice was packe t ion as he told his a udl ''If you wanted me I wouid have been a. fi you." T:Ie especially than Gh.a.rles H. LeBlond f< of appreciation for bi! rector of the Cathedr that the people of St. J b congratulated 011 t Mr. Welch as mayc praised the Council of cles and the county co Speaking of St. Vil teria, which he bad bee the program speakers and operating, .Bishop ils operation was mad a.11 people of the cit) non-Catholics, Jews gave aid and succor t(