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The Bishop’s Bonanza
BY REV. NOEL C. BURTENSHAW
Most innocently I approached my hard working
widowed aunt for her answer. Even to the
economically uninitiated, her rough laboring hands
were indicative of her life style. It was work. And then
more work. The job of bread finder and winner had
always been her lot.
But suppose the tides of fortune turned. Suppose a
bulging bonanza came through the door. Suppose the
pennies rained and a wild wonderful windfall
miraculously appeared in her lap. Wouldn't it be
grand? Wouldn't it, in the words of the Fair Lady
Eliza, "be loverly"?
So my youthful unsolicited question was, what
would she do if she won the Irish Sweepstakes? One
hundred and fifty thousand tax free dollars to doodle
with. A fortune to ease and to please. A mind resting
security shawl banishing the minute to minute worries
haunting her every day. What would she do?
Her response was immediate, all embracing and
scholarly in the quick-fire reply of that moment. She
would have to enjoy the wonders of a voluminous
wake, resulting in her on-the-spot passing, from the
daggers of sheer shock. The matter was closed.
But miracles do happen and fortunes do appear.
Monday morning next will be no usual first day of the
week for our Archbishop. Sitting beside the dreaded
heap of weekend mail and workday schedules on his
episcopal desk will be a full fortune. A heaped-high,
U.S. mint sized fortune. It will sit there in its naked.
natural, green and wrinkled state. A fortune -- all
$350,000 worth.
It will sit there still, throbbing with potential,
satisfying the gaze of all viewers - but only
momentarily. The gasping moments must quickly end
for the heap will quickly disappear like the smoldering
self destruct tape of the "Mission: Impossible" series.
Hands, waiting and prescheduled, will administer
swift justice to the fortune to be. Those hands will
appear out of every avenue of need in our Home
Missions. They are hungry hands of long standing
service. From the hills of North Georgia, they will
come, ready to lay more bricks. From inner-city
projects of poverty, they will rush. From departments
where mercy is dispensed to families, children and our
golden aged warriors.
Seminaries will reach out for new born pulpit
voices to train and educational programs will stamp a
just claim for the minds of the young - gospel disciples
of tomorrow. All will parade past the rapidly declining
heap till the last crisp dollar dissolves.
The Charities Drive will have come and gone.
Another year of generosity. Another year of perfect
teamwork.
Soon the lone green item on the desk is the
just-received commercial from Rich's. The stereo
combination it pushes, even at sale prices, is way too
expensive to consider. Another year, perhaps.
The Bishop's Bonanza has faded into history.
Monsignor Beltran Named Bishop Of Tulsa
Charities Drive Targets
Atlanta Pastor Selected
“ ... The nine-year history of this Drive has demonstrated its importance to the
Archdiocese and, also, your desire to participate in the growth of the Church in this
area. Your generosity has allowed us to care for our needs and responsibilities in the
areas of social services, pastoral care, and religious formation. Your spirit, blending
love with sacrifice, has enabled us to make tangible the love of Christ, and to witness
our faith in a concrete way.
“We can be proud of what we have accomplished together. But we are a Pilgrim
Church. Thus, we must move and grow and find meaning not only iri what we have
done, but also in what we can do today and in the future to shoulder the tasks which
we undertake as followers of Christ...”
— Archbishop Donnelian
“ ... We have moved from being cellar dwellers into a comfortable position at the
top. The statistics show that Catholics are now the third largest denomination in
Georgia.
“In 10 years we have opened 14 new parishes, all energetically alive. And more are
in the hopper. New vigor - yes. But new needs also. The expanding Church means
expanding service. That’s why our Drive of Charity is important - more - is vital...”
“ . . . A fundamental reason for the existence of Rural Social Services is the belief
that ministerial involvement at the grassroots level with the economically poor is a
necessary component and primary arena of work for social justice ...”
(Continued on page 2)
BY MICHAEL MOTES
Pope Paul VI announced the appointment on February 28, 1978, of the Reverend
Monsignor Eusebius Joseph Beltran, pastor of Saint Anthony’s Church in Atlanta, as
the second Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The announcement was made in Washington
by Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate in the United States. The Bishop-elect is
43 years old.
Bishop-elect Beltran was bom in Ashley, Pa., on August 31, 1934, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Beltran. He attended grammer school and high school in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., graduating from Marymount High School in June 1952. His family
moved to Gainesville, Georgia, in 1953.
In September 1952, he entered Saint Charles Seminary in Philadelphia where he
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studied for eight years. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Saint Charles in
June 1956.
On May 14, 1960, Bishop-elect Beltran was ordained by the late Bishop Francis E.
Hyland at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. From June to September 1960,
he served as assistant pastor of Cathedral Parish.
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| served until October 1961. His other parish assignments have included Pastorates of St.
o Mary’s in Rome and Holy Cross in Chamblee. Since June 1972, he has served as Pastor
a of Saint Anthony’s.
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Arcntisnops Office
756 West Peachtree Street, N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
The announcement of the appointment of Monsignor Eusebius J. Beltran,
Vicar-General, as Second Bishop of Tulsa is a source of great joy despite our
regret at his departure from Atlanta. The new Bishop is known here for his
quiet kindness, his apostolic zeal, his generous giving of time and talent in the
service of God’s Church and God’s People. His gifts and his experience have
contributed much to the work of the Church in Atlanta and he will be sorely
missed here. But he has always responded generously to God’s call and the
clergy, religious and faith of Tulsa will be blessed in his leadership. Our
prayers and our affection go with him.
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Archbishop of Atlanta
Inner City-
Archbishop Donnelian Congratulates Bishop-Elect
Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Vol. 16 No. 9
Thursday, March 2,1978
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