Archbishop Burke installed as head of St. Louis Archdiocese

Published: 2004-01-27

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Archbishop Raymond L. Burke assumed leadership of the church in St. Louis Jan. 26 before an appreciative gathering of some 2,000 people at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. At the installation Mass, the cathedral was alive in prayer, preaching, song and applause. The Mass included a reading in Vietnamese by Hien Thao Nguyen of St. Thomas of Aquin Parish in South St. Louis and in Spanish by Elena Kenyon, a Hispanic leader in St. Louis. In his homily Archbishop Burke delivered a message of strong support for families, Catholic education, the priesthood and consecrated life, the Eucharist, respect for life and Pope John Paul II. The homily was interrupted 10 times with applause, twice when Archbishop Burke discussed the need to protect human life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.

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