Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

ilors, Mar'nes Participate lorful Easter Pontifical

olemn Easter Mass 'Coram Pontifice' Sung .. Outdoors atMarine Base The solmen festival of Easter was celebrated at the U. S. l\1arine Base, San Diego, with ceremonies befitting its impor- tant place on the Church calendar. Holy Mass was celebrated at the Rifle Range connected

The episcopal ceremonies of Holy Week· dosed at St. Joseph's Cathedral with Solemn Pontifical Mass on Easter Sunday. This function pro\'ed one of the most colorful we have ever witnessed. His Excellency, Bishop Buddy, conclud- ed the Pontifical Mass by imparting the Papal Blessing. An O\'erflowing church then rose to _ its feet, Bishop and priests faced His ~rogram on Ee.ster Sunday our flag, soldiers and sailors and mornm~ alone easily proves that marines saltuted, the organ pealed I contention. At 6 :30 a.m. he l).ttend- forth introducto1·.1· har;:, the entire (Continued on Page 3)

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A large number of the enlisted men received Holy Communion e.nd I a sermon on the feast was deliv- ered. Holy Communion was again l distributed to the Base at 8 :00 o'clock where a much larger num- ber received it. In all, 768 Marines received Holy Communion here on Easter Sunday. The climax of the paschal ob- serve.nee was the High Mass at 10 o'clock attended by all ol the Base, sung by Rev. David H. Mc- Donald, USNR, Assistant Base Chaplain with the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy,, D.D., Bishop of San Diego presiding at the throne. The Mass was held in the great out-door amphitheatre which we.s very tastily decorated with lillies, palms and lights. The Mar in e Band directed by Capt. Talbot played the processional and reces- sional. A selected choir of over 40 voices chanted the Missa de An- gelis, using Werner's "Regina Coeli" for an offertory. The exe- cution of these pieces of Gregorian chant was exceptionally fine and reflected great credit on Corporal (Continued on Page 3.) 1 BISHOP PONTIFICATES

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COLOR GUARD Marines in dress uniform, carry ing the American the USMC Color Guard, also in parade dress, carried rifles. At the Elevation of the Mass the Marines presented arms, the military Guard of Honor stood at attention, saluting. GUARD OF HONOR Sixteen enlisted men - eight Marines, eight Sailors-formed e. Guard of Honor for the pontifi- cating prelate. In both the pro- cession and the recession they marched beside him. At their places in the sanctuary the Guard of Honor followed the rubrics governing a Military Mass. TRU~IPETEERS When the Bishop, in cappa me.gna, arrived at the foot of the lono- steps leading up to '+.he Caltedral, tmmpeteers broke into an impressive fanfare. After the blessing at the portals, the great Cathedral choir took up the "Eccc Sacredos Magnus." BISHOP INDEFATIGABLE The Shepherd Diocese is indeed procession into the Cathedral. Other members of

etter of His Excellen In Re 4-Point Program To Our Beloved People in the Counties of River- side, San Bernardino, Imperial and San Diego: Greeting.s and peace in the Lord! The Bishops of the United States designated Sunday, March 15, for a general collection to aid the devastated nations of the world. If one year ago the need was urgent, now it is desperate. The horrors of invaded territories have multiplied, af- fecting millions. How? By separation and destruction of families, by imprisonment in concentration camps, by unspeak- able, inhuman cruelties that spare neither the aged, nor women, nor tender children. Lack of food, clothing, medical care, bitter cold, starvation, pestilence, and, even worse than physical agonies, millions have been deprived of the sustainirig power of our holy religion-all these intensify the suffering. And now the frightfulness of war has engulfed our beloved country. May God be pleased to avert from us the afflictions harrowing other countries, where from tortured lives and broken hearts of parents and children comes the cry to each one of us: ''In the name of Jesus Christ send us help!" Can we close our eyes and harden our hearts to ·the plight of stricken humanity in di5tant lands? Prompt and generous giving on our part may save us in the future as it has doubtless saved us in the past a full measure of war horrors. Since you have been invoked in the name of our Saviour, I appeal to you in the name of Christ to help in ~his dire distress. Our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, will be asked to distribute most of the alms as he did so effec- tively last year. He has the organization avaHable to insure the certain delivery of your donation with- out overhead. In a word, if you give one dollar for bread and milk, one hundted pennies worth of bread and milk go to the starving. This appeal is intended to preclude the necessity of many differ- ent collections. Last year we begged help for the exiles of Poland, Lithuania, the Baltic States, Ger- many, Austria, Czechoslovakia, China, Mexico, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Italy and Scandinavia. Today .we must include Jugoslavia, Greece, Burma, the Dutch Indies, Borneo, the Philippines, anq Hawaii. We cannot of course .satisfy all the hunger, nor restore what a modern paganism has wrecked but (Continued on Page 5) '

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Bish p Buddy in Easter Servic At San Diego Marine Corps Base (Continued from Page 1) ~ay he traced for all, the opposi- 1 Irvin Burkhardt who trained the tion of paganism to Christianity, group. in the early ages of the Church, I ELOQUENT SERI\ION througl'lout the middle ages and After the singing of the Gospel, even today. He assured the sol- Bishop Buddy left the throne and diers that they were fighting for proceeded to the pulpit where he the "right," that their oo.use is delivered his Easter message to just. He concluded by assuring the congregation. them of the blessing of the Risen Bishop Buddy reminded his Saviour. hearers of the great responsibility At the conclusion of the Mass, which_ was theirs ~s defenders of His Excellency imparted the Epis- t~e _right . for which oo.use our copal Blessing and the procession D1vme Saviour died. In a masterly left the sanctuary to the strains of 'the Navy Hymn. The servers of the Mass were Privates Frances McAleer, and

Thomas Ganey. Private Joseph Daly was cross-bearer and Pri- vates Edward Fischer and Allen Haertjens were the acolytes. His Excellency, Bishop Buddy, was assisted at the throne by Rev. Harry Mitchell, Rector of the Jun- ior Seminary, and Rev. Maximilian Kubala, O.M.C., Secretary to the Bishop. BISHOP CONFESSES MARINES A noteworthy feature of the Easter Celebration took place Holy Saturday night when the Bishop heard confessions at the Marine Base. His Excellency's Secretary, Father Kubala, was also pressed into this service. The U.SMC felt signally honored; for ost of them it was their first "episcopal" Easter.