News Scrapbook 1962-1964

-Diocese's Growth Reviewed From Bishop's Installation

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From a- M ISS1ON TOWER This issue of ThP Southern Cross is dedicated lo the fir~t Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, his priests and his people. It recordi- the achievemrnts of this young juri~- diction's first 25 years. lt 11otcs the triple :c;ilver jubi• lees of His Excellency, lhe dioce~e and the diocesan newspaper. lt was in Februan·, t9:n that the chief shepherd came from St. Joseph, Mo., to take charge of his new flock. In the months ahead he labored to establish the diocese. By Augu t, 1937, the inilwl work of organization. was complete. It was in that month that the Bishop purchased the privately owned 'outhern Cross from the Doughertv family of San Dirl?"o and made it his ' diocesan paper. The new,;paper's beginnings were modest; its c!l'culation was confined to the City of San Diego for the mo~t part: its ~ubscribers numbered less than 1,000. The growth of the diocese, the multiplication of par1 hes, the marvelou · mcrea, e in Catholic numbers have enabled it lo ex11and its influence :rnd develop its circulation. Today it is a week)~ visitor tn nearly 30,000 Catholic homes in the four counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, and lmpeifal. Estimated num- ber of its readers is 1 fi0,000. Weekly ii brings to them local, national, and in- ternational reports, comments, and interpretations of events of inte1est and value. lt i~ in fact a v.eekl~ hi ·tory of the Church in ae- on m the world, in the nation, and in the diocesC'. This special issue of Th<> outhern Cross tells the tory of His Excellencr's arlministrntion; it records tJ1e notable c,ents in lhc ]ife of the diocese; it etche~ the labors of the Bi. hop ano his flock. It reports the phenomenal increm,c in Catholic communicants throughout the diocese; it indicates the consequent need for new parishes, new schools, and other institutions. And it ~hows the successful effort made to meet that need. Facts spi>ak for themselves. Parishes have been more than tripled in the past :;.'i years. elementary schools multiplied fiYe times and secondarv schools increasP.d from five to 17. The University of San Diego has been established. These salient facts have been recorded in this ii:;sue and in it too tribute is paid to Bishop, priests, nuns, and people throughout the diocese for the unique apostolic achievements it thus has been able to record. Nor does it lose ~ight of the illustrious pioneers who brought the Cross of Christ to San Diego in the 17th Centur~· and their i;ucce:asors who maintained it here. And the great task continues. As ii develops The Southern Crogs will skekh il for the interest and edification of 1t~ readers. * .. .. The l "niversity of San Dieg·o was chartered in 1949. Construction began early in 1950, was com- pleted in 1960, and already it is an outstanding edu- cational venture. Ov~rlooking the Ba_v nf San Diego and Mission , Bay the university is loca~ cd on a bluff not far from the spot where Fray Junipel'o Serra first planted the Cros · in California. All of its seven major uniti; are styled in Colonial Spanish, a mode of architecture which recalls Cali- fornia's origins. Its art a]l';o connects education with its basic· sources, religion and philosophy, in the best European tradition. Art and architecture recall lhe finest days of Spain, of France, and of Italy, whose craftsmen were inspired by motives of religion and by the basic ideas of the good, the beautiful and the true. And these ideas are at work in every unit of the university-in the stately Irnmaculata, in the col- leges for men and women, in the school of law and in the seminary. They are at work in the lecture halls, in the departments of science, business and of domestic economy. And they exemplify the true aim of education which recognizes the continuity of the modern and the ancient and respects the fact that the new must be inspired by the finest ideals of the old. Thus. Newman's idea of a university i~ expressed not only in the program of studies but in the art and architecture of the Alcala Park campus. Even the great C:irdinal's l)rophecy about the universit:v he was de&tinPd to bead in Dublin, namely, that :,;tudents will come from afar. finds its confirma- tion in Alcala Park. They al'e here from L~tin Amer- ican countries. from the Orieut, from Europe, and from many states of the Cnion. 30

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San Diego 0iocese Growth Reviewed (Continued from Page l)

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Volunteering for the apos- tolate, the teachers study re- ligion and methodology under trained tutors before they undertake their apostolic as- signment. The School of Reli• gion was established in Sep- tember, 1961. Religious and lay cate• chists instruct 36,600 Catho• lie students of public elemen- , tary schools. More t h a n 85,000 youth of the diocese attend clas~ on religion, Missions Prosper Mjgsions San Diego de Al• cala, San L u i s Rey de Francia and San Antonio de Pala once again prosper, Pala " ministers to California's larg- est congregation of native ' Indians. The old missions are now among the 158 thriving parishes in the Diocese of San Diego, After 25 years of His Ex- cellency's administration, all serve to show that Father Junipero f!'nra did not sow rn vain. August 30

They read cour~es in the I arts and sciences leading to the bachelor's degree and, in some inst~nces, to the mas- ter's degree in arts. The col- lege is conducted by the Reli- gious of the Sacred Heart, re- nowned e d u c a t o r s in 13 countries. In addition to the nuns, the faculty includes several lay professors. Moth- er Frances Danz ii! president. Opened in 1954 The College for Men was opened in September, 1954. It is conducted by diocesan priests with Father John P. Cadden as president. Courses include ' not only the liberal arts and sciences but business administration. .I Other uruts of the univer·- 1.hty opened in 1954 include the School of Law the Knights of Columbus i1emo- rial Library and the Adminis- tration Building. Immaculate Heart Semi- nary. also on the campus, was opened in 1957. The Im- maculata, university church, f 1 was dedicated in 1959. I The colleges are accredited by the Western Colleges As- I sociation. The School of Law ' is accredited by the State Bar Association of California, and the State Bar of New York. Its approval by the American Bar Association places it a,mong the leading · law schools or Jhe nation, Other Units listed Other units on the Alcala Park campus are the Verona Fathers seminary, which pre- pares students for the priest• hood in missionary lands University Boys' High Schoo):. and the Athletic Center. Protestants and Jews 3.lJ well as Catholics helped to finance erection of this multi~ million dollar institution. Other colleges in the dio- cese are the Franciscans' San Luis Rey School of Philos- ophy, the Divine Word Semi• nary of the Little Flower in Riverside. Mercy Colleae of Nursing ai San Dieg/ and the Serviles' Our Lady of ·verside Semmar.v.____

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