PITTSBURGH 0 4 7 9 8 0 0 0 3 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY /&> Òt 140th Year. CXL No. 38 15 cents Fshiblishcd in 1844: America's Oldest Catholic Newspaper in Continuous Publication Friday. December 7, 1984 Bfishop Bevilacqua reviews first year in Pittsburgh By STEPHEN KARUNCHAK Affairs; member o f the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, "It's been a very happy year, but It's hard to member of the Vatican Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, etc. If all of the above wasn't believe It went so fast and that I'm beginning my enough, this summer, he was a participant in a 18- second year in Pittsburgh." day fact-finding tour studying the condition of That's how Bishop Anthony Beviiacqua described his first year as bishop of the Diocese of refugees in six African nations. With all those responsibilities, how does he Pittsburgh. Dec. 11 will mark the first anniversary of his presentation of credentials that severed his manage? With difficulty,'' the bishop said. To manage, he ties with his native diocese o f Brooklyn. N.Y., and said that he organizes his time and priortizes his his becoming the 10th diocesan bishop of obligations. He added that he has good assistants Pittsburgh. assuming responsibilities while he is away from "I didn't accomplish all that 1 wanted." Bishop Beviiacqua continued. "It's been a year of finding Pittsburgh. The bishop's day begins at 5:30 a.m. with and discovery, a year of excitement and warm morning prayer. Unless he Is scheduled to celebrate acceptance. liturgy on a ceremonial occasion, he offers Mass in "in particular, it has been a year of learning. I the chapel of his Oakland residence. After Mass is expected to get to know the diocese in a year. In his quiet time, a time devoted to reading, usually reality, it will take much longer, due to the great size theological journals, church history, etc. and the great number of people in the diocese. It's Bishop Beviiacqua gets to his office in the been a learning experience that will take several Diocesan Office Building. Downtown, usually by years. 1 don't think it will ever end. It will take a 9:30 a m As a rule, no morning meetings are while to meet the priests, Religious and laity of the scheduled: the mornings are left free for diocese." correspondence and telephone calls. In the What has Bishop Beviiacqua learned during his afternoon, appointments begin at noon and run tenure in Pittsburgh? until 5 p.m. "It's very evident the great love that the people of In the evening, there are speeches to make, Pittsburgh have for their priests and their bishops. Confirmation to administer, and pre-Confirmation "I've learned that I will have to take one day at a sessions to attend. On those rare, unscheduled time and I've learned to rely on the assistance of Bishop Bevilacqua 'It's been a yearojjlndings and discovery, a year of excitement and evenings, the bishop said he tries to keep current others. Much work was done by my predecessors, warm acceptance.' on his correspondence, prepares an upcoming especially by Bishop Leonard. homily, or reads. He gets to bed early, usually after “I've learned that people want to be touched reading a few pages of a adventure or detective personally by their bishops and priests. We are a advice or recommendations, but a bishop must novel community. People appreciate their bishops and The two have different responsibilities, he said. make decisions by himself. Bishop Beviiacqua added that the above schedule receive them as individuals. Auxiliary bishops are given their responsibilities by When it comes to decision making on subjects isn't rigid. Mornings can also mean a visit to a 'The role o f a bishop transcends national and and are under the supervision ofadiocesan bishop. pertaining directly to the Pittsburgh Diocese. parish school or a meeting of a board or international boundrles. There are vast needs of "Being a diocesan bishop...you make the Bishop Beviiacqua said he depends on input from commission. Afternoons can be spent visiting a the suffering that must be met — hunger and decisions and you are responsible for them. You Aux. Bishops John B. McDowell and Anthony G. hospitalized priest or giving a luncheon address. homelessness, mental and physical handicaps, have to Initiate programs and you don't know how Bosco as well as members of the chancery staff and One negative thing about being bishop, he said, unemployment and poverty, especially a poverty of they will tum out; you take all the risks and their diocesan department heads. was that he couldn't fulfill all of the invitations that the spirit caused by rejection." consequences. In addition to being bishop of Pittsbuigh. Bishop he has received to attend Masses, parish functions, Bishop Beviiacqua came to Pittsburgh after "All the dissatisfied priests. Religious and laity Beviiacqua serves on numerous commissions and etc. serving In Brooklyn for 34 years— 31 as priest and come to the bishop and you have to solve their committees. Among them are: chairperson of the "I still feel new and pleasantly excited about three as an auxiliary bishop. He was asked about problems." National Conference of Catholic Bishops Pittsburgh." Bishop Beviiacqua said. “I still don't the difference between being an auxiliary bishop Being a bishop, he said, is, in a sense, lonely. He Committee on Migration and Tourism; and being a diocesan bishop (formerly theordlnary said that decision making is done by the bishop chairperson of the NCCB Committee on Canonical (Continued on page 2) of the diocese). himself. He said that a bishop can go to others for Long-range solutions urged I n s i d e Papal talks Americans’ generosity toward Ethiopians praised When Pope John Paul U President Reagan Nov. 29 to use his full powers to provide consequences of the famine will last for at least another finished his five-year-long series NC NEWS SERVICE more emergency aid. Eighteen U.S. bishops were among year. of talks on married love and birth He appealed for a "bold and imaginative Initiative" Religious leaders praised the generosity of Americans the 162 religious leaders who signed the statement read control Nov. 28. he said he had from Europe's political leaders and said that “food and tried to deepen understanding of and Europeans toward starving people in Ethiopia but at a Washington news conference organized by Bread for the World. financial resources should be made available from the the 1968 encyclical "Humanae called on governments to provide more emergency food community on a scale comparable to the tragedy which Vitae" (Of Human Life). Story on aid and urged long-range solutions to the problem in The religious leaders asked the president to spearhead Operation Africa, "a bold and unprecedented mission of confronts Africa at this time." page 6. drought-stricken central Africa Auxiliary Bishop P. Francis Murphy of Baltimore, who Organizations channeling aid to Ethiopia have justice and mercy, to halt immediately the unconscionable starvation currently running rampant participated in the Bread for the World conference in estimated that as many as 10 million of the country's 42 Washington, said he had a "deep sense of hope" in the Pastoral million people are threatened with starvation. A relief on the African continent." They asked Reagan to have U.S. aircraft deliver food generosity o f the American people. "America needs a new official said Nov. 28 that only 8.000 tons of food were transportation equipment to areas of urgent need, to An example of that generosity came from the Diocese of experiment in cooperation and available for a country that needs 100.000 tons per make efforts to reach regions beyond the access of Covington Ky.. a diocese of a little more than 100,000 collaboration" to revitalize Its month. aircraft to redeploy non-emergency grain shipments at Catholics, some in Appalachian mission territory, where social sense, says the first draft of Famine has also hit Chad and Mozambique and sea to key African ports, and make available resources more than $100.000 was collected for the famine victims. the U.S. bishops' planned threatens Niger, Sudan. Mali and Mauritania designated for emergency responses. Father Tom Middendorf. director of the diocesan pastoral letter on Catholic As of Nov. 30. Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid In London Cardinal Basil Hume, president of the mission office, said some of the donations reminded him teaching and the American agency of U.S. Catholics, had received $6 million in Council of European Bishops' Conferences, said a of the Gospel account o f the poor widow contributing her economy. Jerry Filteau discusses donations. "dramatic response" is needed from the European last penny to the church collection. this section in the third of a five- (The Diocese of Pittsburgh has received 8226,000 In Economic Community. He told of people out of work or sick who donated to the part series on the draft. Story on contributionsfor Ethiopia Fr. John A. Harvey, director of In a statement to the EEC Council of Ministers released cause and of a little girl who broke open her piggy bank to page 7. the Mission Office, reported.) Nov. 29 Cardinal Hume said Europeans have reacted to contribute. U.S. religious leaders and members of Congress urged the crisis with unparalleled generosity but the (Continued on page 3) Theatre review "A Little Night Music", chosen as the opening production of the St. M aiy of M ercy gets Playhouse season, is a fitting musical choice for the dedication of the new Rockwell Theatre, named for Willard F.