News Scrapbook 1969-1971

order's 9OO-year-history. Sponsors accompanying the Ladies in- cluded members of the Order and Nuns, one for each new Lady. - Reyman Photos

HISTORIC RITES - Honored men and women kneel at ceremony mvestm11 them as Kni1hts and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre. The lmmaculala Chapel rites were first ever held on West Coast in papal

S. D. Ceremony Links 900 Years and knelt before the bishop who placed word on the honoree's ri h houlder saying: "In virtue of the deer group, with Bishop Gorman officiating. The Ladies approached the al r a munion rail Each had a living give doctrine."

to His

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The La Jolla Civic C Grc estra performed at the Mass under direction of Thomas r-iee. singing the Mass of Virgil Thomson. Organist was Terrell Sazama. Sunday evening the Knights and Ladies were honored at a dinner in the Grand Ballroom of Hotel de! Coronado. Speaking at the dinner, Bishop Maher told the gathering that "to a material- minded modern the continuance or revival in our day, of a knightly order may seem an anachronism. To such a one, the forms of chivalry cannot serve to conceal the ubstance of high purpose, a .sort of romantic play-acting without a go I. ''These modern scoffers at ritual and ceremonial are the very ones who would suggest that anything that IS as old as ye:;terday has no relevance to this very hour. Their cynical attitude reminds us of what the masterful G. K. Chesterton called 'the romance of the future' " Noting that "we are living in paradoxical times," Bishop Maher said, "We have men who no longer preserve the memoirs of their great-grandfathers but

Clarence L. Ste

ol La Jolla kneels before Bishop e ts invested a Knight ol the Holy Selpuchre.

Leo T. Maher as

rt!Ce1ved, 1 appoint and declare you a oldier and Knight of the Holy pulchre of Our Lord Jesus Chri t. "Rec ive the Cross of Our Lord J us Chr!. t for your prot li n nd or that purpose repeat un · mgly, 'By the sign of the Cro , (leliv r us, 0 Lord, from our neml '" A the btshop recited the e words to each man, another Knight pmned the Cross on the new member. The Bishop bestowed the kiss of peace on the new Knight who rose and turned to Archbishop Ryan nearby who officially invested him with the white cape and black beret. Embossed on the left side of the cape i the order's insignia - a shield with one large cro s ·urrounded by four smaller ones. While the men were invested individually, the Ladies par• tici paled in their rites a a

is being pinned

The Cross - symbolic emblem of the papal order -

sponsor standing behind her, either a nun or lay woman

on the new member by a knight.

member of the Order. IIRI TIA ' VIRTUE Bishop Gorman

bccau e he dare not attempt the old ideals. "Thus it is that 'Knighthood' defies and depresses the moderns and dnves them to ards this ess future• "On the other hand - and again this is the relevancy of the !Continued 011 Page 61

"The future is a blank wall-on which every man can write his own name as large as he likes. But the past I find alread) covered with names like Plato. Isaiah, Paul, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and ·apoleon." Bishop Maher asserted that modern man invents new ideals

the

told

Ladies: "I remind you that if all men ought to consider themselves honored to practice Christian virtue, so much the more hould a Lady of the Holy Sepulchre use every means to obtain Christian perfection, and, by her actions and virtues, show herself worthy of the honor that she received and the dignity with which she is Invested Each of the Ladies had theJr Cross pinned on the brea t by their sponsors. The Ladies then were further exhorted: "Now that you .are a Lady of the Holy Sepulchre. strive to imitate those pious women who followed the Savior providing Him with the necessities of life, and with lively faith and tears of com- passion watched at His Holy Sepulchre." OTHER PARTICIPA~TS Other participants in the 90- minute ceremonies included In his homily, Archbishop Ryan reminded the Knights and Ladies that Catholic patriotism is "written on every page of American hbtory." He listed some of the famous Catholic names which played leading roles in this country's development. He told the congregation that people today no longer "read the record" of Christianity. "They only watch the witnesses to Christ who by our way of

Knights, Ladies Invested (Continuedfrom Page 3)

Kmghts and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre, the future is born in the womb of the present. The word womb is a very important word in the sentence, since it bespeaks of life, of growth, of development and progress. POSITIVE TERJ\tS "To speak of the future, we should speak in these positive terms. There should be nothing negative in our thinking or in our actions. We may reach into the future but never forget the past." Those invested were: Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bavasi of La Jolla, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Carey of Anchorage, Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. S. Milford Chipp of San Diego, Dr. and Mrs. Harry A. Collins of La Jolla, Dr. William J. and Dr Anita Figueredo QQm. of La Jolla, 7.:'ather 'Fraiicis Fish of Anchorage, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Gabriel of San Bernardino, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip illigan ol. Los Angeles. Also Dr. Eleanor M. Gernert of Riverside, Miss Rose Golik of Anchorage, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Greenwell of San Diego, Mr. Joseph L. Hemp of La Jolla, '.'.1r. and Mrs. William T. Hudson of San Bernardino, Mr. John J. and Mrs. Hermila de Tona Irwin of Rancho Santa Fe, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kerr of La Jolla, Mrs. Mary C. Knapp of La Jolla, Mr. and Mrs. B. John Logan of An- chorage. OTHERS CITED Also Mr. John 8. Lonergan of San Bernardino, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel K. Maddeford of An- chorage, Mr. Albert E. Maggio of San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Malich of San Ber- nardino, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Mehren of Rancho Santa Fe, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mc- Neany of Santa Rosa, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert J. Ninteman of San Diego, Bishop O'Flanagan, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Quirk of Rancho Santa Fe, and the Hon. and :\!rs. Warren E. Slaughter of Palm Desert.

in writing

who are engaged detailed and biographies of

authoritative their great-

grandsons Thi cult of the future Msgr Vincent Wolf of Fort may appear exciting but, in Worth, Texas, master of fact, it is not only a weakness ceremonies, and Sir John J. but a cowardice ........,... -2,L~·lolo!.l®anl of th,~e:..,_..___________,..., First Lieutenancy, who presented the Knights and Ladies to be invested. TI,IID BRA\'ADO "It is the peculiar evil of th.is epoch that even its pugnacity is fundamentally frightened, and the bravado i contemptible, not because tt is impudent. but becau e 1l is timid."

In his rush towards future visions of society, Bishop Maher continued, "modern man is forced Inwards the future by a certain sense of fatigue not unmixed with terror. with which he regards the past.

were

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others

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designated members of r. and Mr . Herman C. Kruse of Cazad ro Calif. They were invested i~ New Orleans, La., Oct. 4. the papal order -