Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

nothing to do and no place to go, find short cuts to crime in the dis- mal by-paths of poverty. Do we wonder at the moral breakdown of youth when we close our eyes to the plight of so many helpless young- sters who drift, in quest of recrea - tion, to the breeding places of vice? Full-time Chaplains are needed to wait on the poor afflicted ones of our County and City hospitals-to be available each hour of the day and night to comfort the sick and dying with the sweet solace of the Sacra- ments. To this supremely impor- tant apostolate will be assigned priests distinguished for zeal. sympa- thy , understanding and love of the destitute. ( in San Diego alone 6,500) are prac- tically lost to the Faith through lack of the facilities for religious instruc- tion. Their salvation and hope of future happiness is the underlying reason for this campaign. It will be necessary to increase the staffs of re- ligious educators by inviting to the Diocese Teaching Orders whose members are fully equipped to reclaim and instruct neglected children-to prepare them at least for the worthy reception of First Holy Commun- ion and Confirmation. To know- ingly deprive youth of the me~ns of salvation is nothing short of diabol- ical. . .. "Or what man is there among you , of whom if his son shall ask for bread, will reach him a stone." (St. Matthew, 7 :9). "The little ones have asked for bread and there was none to break it unto them." (Lam. 4:4). With the confusion of tongues and the babel of "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal" a solid ground- work of instruction in faith and morals was never more important. Our first program called for a Tubercular Sanitarium at Corona. Closer investigation, however, dis- closes the fact that a school for chil- dren at Corona is the more crying need. Franciscan Sisters, whose -4- Thousands of our children

Keystone in the Arch of Faith

Motherhouse at Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, have expressed a will- ingness to accept this school project. Another district school at Perris is a necessity to provide for hundreds of children there and in the neighbor- ing towns. With the Sisters of Mercy and other fervent missionaries of the present day, Our Sisters of the Holy Family and Catechists of Victory- noll , alert to the needs of the times, do not wait for the children to come -they go out into the highways and byways and by their "charity un- feigned :md sweetness in the Holy Ghost--wmpel them to come in". Hence the necessity of transportation. is The Brides of Jesus Christ who "follow the Immaculate Lamb whithersoever He goeth" have con- secrated their lives to the education of our children and the preservation of their faith. Though poor, they merit a decent home. There are un- speakable housing conditions among some of our Communities of 5isters. Some, like the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament at San Ysidro, are crowded into congested, rented quar- ters, some even teach in garages. Others each night are forced to use the corridors of schools for dormi- tories-for example, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart at San Ber- nardino and the Sisters of St. .Joseph of Orange in Brawley fight a heroic battle w ith the handicap of harsh and dilapidated dwellings unworthy of the gifts with which God has en- dowed the people whose children they educate. Can we be niggardly with those whose unstinted labors are sanctified by vigils, fast and prayer? By thi same token, the Ambassa- dors of Christ deserve a livable habi- tation-a home, plain and modest, but clean and equipped with even the bare necessities. Some of our priests live in tumbledown shacks, others in sacristies with no accommodations. The living quarters of priests in the Valley .ire near intolerable in view of the intense heat several months of -5-

All Grief and No Play

V. TO COMFORT THE COMFORTLESS

"They Shall Lay Their Hands Upon the Sick"

VII. SHELTER ANGELS OF MERCY

VI.

"GOING THEREFORE, TEACH"

Suffer the Little Children, and Forbid Them not to Come to Me

Princesses of The Church

"Break for Them the Bread of Life"

VIII.

GIVE THEM A HOME

"For the Laborer Is Worthy of His Hire"