Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO, F IDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947

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at Marquette university in Mil- w a ukee, played against the • 'otre Dame ele,en. Benediction Given Vocal solos, band numbers, and pra yers for the success of thE! University Foundation were fol- lowed by a blessing and Solemn Pontifical Benediction of the Most B1essed Sacrament by His Excel- l lency, The Most Reverend Charlei F . Buddy, D.D,, Ph.D., Bil!hop of Se.n Diego. Deacons assisting were : the Rev. Thomas Lehane, pastor of St. Martin's church, La Mesa, and the Rev. Malachy O'Sullivan, pastor of St. Mary's church, National City. Acting as chaplains were: the Very Rev. Pat- i;ick Dunne, pastor of St. Vincent'.;i cnurch, San Diego, the Rev. John .. Purcell, pastor of Sacred Heart l Cl}urch, Coronado, and the Very i Rev. Francis Dillon, rector of St. ,!oseph's cathedral. "Nothing Too Much" "Just take a look at the young people h ere ,and see if they are not I worth while and deserving," said :Bishop Buddy. "You will agree that this is a tremendous task- but when the duty ls before us, nothing is too much work." I ?,fr. .Alfred F. Henderson, cam• I ,pb.lgn director of the University ~undation Fund introduced the prpgram. Some of the honored gil"ests wer e : De Graffe Austiu, airman of the San Diego County ard of Supervisors; Vincent T. dfrey, Councilman, representing , ayor Harley E. Knox; Admirt>l illiam H. Standley, U. S. Navy (retired) , former Chief of Naval 1 Operations, Commander W. G. I Brown, executive officer, Recruit- 1 :qient Training Command, Naval 'training Center, and Mrs. Brown; Irving Friedman, prominent civic leader; and William Parker, as- sistant secretary of the San Diego :Building Trades Council. Leaders Present ,, Also in attendance was a large group of priests from the city and county of San Diego, as well as the following prominent Catholic leader s in the drive: Nicholas J. Martin, KSG, chairman for San Diego County; Alphonse E. Gan- , ah!, chairman for Riverside Coun- ty; Commander William F. Ma- hedy, USNR, Mrs. Fred Gloor, I Roy F itzgerald, LeRoy Goodbody, Dr. John J. Prendergast, and Alvin A. Weigel. Highlights of the afternoon were vocal presentations by Miss An- toinette Petracich, Mr. Raymond J. McMahon and Miss Socorro Carreno. The All-City Par~hial school band and St. Augustine's High school band participated in the musical program. Summing up his intrest in the campaign and rally, Mr. Donald B. Smith said: "I think this is a wonderful thing for the city and county of San Diego. I believe th1e extensive program will be one step further in our plan to malce this a cultural and educational center. I will do everything in my power I to help this cause and see it go over." _ ____ j

AT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FUND RALLY

dustrial Engineer: ''I am overjoyed to program of Bishop establishing a

Catholic Uni- versity in San Diego. I think that the broad- ness of and the em- phasis on moral values indige- nous to the Catholic insti-

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t utes of higher learning will be of inestimable value to this com- munity." " * * BOB DOWNIE, P resident of Dow- I nle Brothers, Inc., Los Angeles : "While visiting in San Diego on business, I was pleased to learn :>f the Univer- / ,ity Foundation 11'und and of the educationa! I · md charitable institutions be- I Southern California for educational and charitable~ l3titutions, I am happy to make my own personal contribution / of $25. I "I firmly believe that Bishop Buddy has outlined a tremendous program of institution building t hroughout the four counties and when they are opened, they should be of great assistance to the entire four counties of San Bernardino 1 Riverside, Imperial, and s a~ Diego." • * * * CHARLES E. BLAIR, on!' of San D iego's most ahlE> huntsmen and proprietor o.f Hunter's Lodge, 745 E. St.: "San Diego, and in fact, South- ern California, has been operating 1 at a loss for l I youngsters in Southern California and elsewhere." ' 1 Additio,nal Parish Fund Committee Chairmen Named ~ames of chairmen of addition- 1 al committees of solicitors formed in parishes of th~ Sa:1 Diego dio- cese for the University Founda- tion Fund Campaign have been re- ceived during the past week. Inrluded are: Sacred Heart parish. Ri\·erside. Mr. E. F. Helfrich, chairman. St. l\.lary's parish. El Cajon. :Mr. Francis C. Eaton, chairman. I Immacultae Conception parish, San Diego. Mr. \Yilliam 11edusky, chairman. St . J ohn's pa!·ish. San Diego. Mr. \Yilliam Sapp, c:1airrna11. St. Anne's parish, :Xeedles . Louis ·w elch, chairman. \ ing proposed by Bishop Charles 11'. Buddy. "Knowing the g-reat need llOme time just for the need of a foundation of this kind. My very best goes to all of those in San Diego who can see, as I do, this real need for our

Pictured a boYe during Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sarrament, which concluded the t:nh-ersity Founda tion Fund rally held Iai.t Sunday afternoon in the organ !)avllion in Balboa park, San Diego, are the Rev. Thomas Lehane, the Rev. Ma- laehy O'Sulliva n, Hb E xce1Iency the )lost Rev. Charle'! F. Buddy, DD, Bishop of San Diego, and the Yery Re,·. Francis Dillon. In the background are Pat O'Brien, 1110,ie s tar who was featured spraker at the r allJ , and m em- bers of the clerg y. At r;gllt, the l\lost llevcrencl Bishop a nd Mr. O'Brien are :,ho11 n discussing the Knut!' Rockne lni.titute, one of the educational institutions to benefit from the liniversity Foundation I<'umL

Many Hear Plea for University Foundation Fund at Public Rally

· Pat O'Brien Urges Support ' 1 Of Huge Education Program Fifteen hundred Catholic parochial school children and student nurses took part in a Rally, featuring film star Pat O'Brien, before a capacity crowd in the Organ Pavilion in Balboa park, San Diego, Sunday after noon. The program 'was sponsored by the University Foundation Fund, with

Solemn Requ_iem Mass Celebrated For Father Moore Solemn ~lass of Requiem Coram Pontifice was sung at St. Joseph's cat he d r a 1 ·wednesday morning at 10 o'clock for the re- pose of the soul of the Rev. Doug- 1 las A . Moore. former secretary of the Most Reverend Bishop of San Diego. The Rev. Edward A. Johnson celebrated the Mass, the Rev. John Tahany was deacon, the Rev. Leo Davis, sub-deacon, and the Rev. I James Ludwig, master of cere- monies. Chaplains to "the :Most Re,·erend Bishop, who gave the absolution. after the .Mass, were the Rev. Daniel O'Donoghue and the Rev. H arry 11:itchell. Priests of the diocese. the stu- dent body of the Cathedral Girls' High School, a nd friends assisted at the :lfass. at which the Cathe- dral Girls' H igh School choir sang. (Th e follo '{'ing a cc o u n t of F athe1· ;lloore·t< death is rep;·inted (Continued on Page 3 ) A

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Donald B. Smith, San Diego civic leader, acting as chairman and master of ceremonies. "Catholic education, particular- ly today when t he world is pretty much topsy-turvy, is a great thing," Pat O'Brien stat ed. "Rock- ne did everything he could wit hin his own po\,·er for youth. That is why all of t his is so important.'' Lauds Cause Pat O'Brien por trayed the fa- mous Coach Rockne in ''The F our Horsemen of Notre Dame." H e said, "The building of a school for boys t o bear his name is a project that is naturally very close t o m y heart." Mr. O'B1ien , who arrived from Hollywood early Sunday to take par t in the rally, became acquaint - ed with Rockne during his student days. The star, \\·ho was educated (Continued on Page 2)