Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday, the newly installed Archbishop Hicks delivered a striking first homily that set the tone for his ministry.
“This is a call to be a missionary church, not a country club,” he declared. “A club exists to serve its members. The church exists, on the other hand, to go out and serve all people — on fire, with faith, with hope and charity in the name of Jesus Christ.”
Hicks drove the point home by adding, “We exist to follow Jesus, who fed the hungry, healed those ill in body and spirit, rejected hatred and proclaimed love.”…