Installation Mass

“My dream, my goal for this archdiocese is that each Christian, each day, has a goal of listening” to God’s will “to understand and say yes to his plan.”

The bulk of the bishop’s homily focused on his longtime adherence to what he calls “the four Ls”: listen, learn, love, live.

“He steps into a massive new role leading 2.5 million Catholics in New York,” but will be “grounded by his love of God, the poor and the people he serves.”

NEW YORK (OSV News) — A day before his installation as the 11th archbishop of New York, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks gathered with the press in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a place …

“If there is no encounter with Jesus, who is the living Lord, then everything we do in the church is some form of entertainment.”

“When I look back over my life, I can see how everything has prepared me to serve you, to walk with you, and to love you,” Bishop O’Connell said.

“We cannot stand by and say we love God and look away from our neighbor, even if they are here legally or not,” Bishop Garcia said.

“Be one with me as we show the shepherding love and care of Christ to all in this local church,” Archbishop Rivituso said during his homily.

The church’s universal mission that brought missionaries to British Columbia 200 years ago compels the faithful to evangelize today, archbishop says.

Being a church that knocks on doors means “you move out of your comfort zone, that you’re brave and fearless and bold,” Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski said.