The Archdiocese of New York is installing its new leader, Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, on Friday.<\/p>\n
\tHicks will lead more than 2 million Catholics as the city\u2019s 11th archbishop.<\/p>\n
\tHicks said his theme for the special installation Mass focuses on gratitude and the mission of the Church, which includes building bridges and strengthening the faith.<\/p>\n
\tHicks said he\u2019s referencing the man who appointed him to New York, Pope Leo the 14th, and talking about people being missionary disciples.<\/p>\n
\tAmong those attending Friday\u2019s event are Hicks\u2019 siblings, his nieces and nephews, as well as clergy and friends he has known for decades.<\/p>\n
\tHicks held a news conference ahead of the installation and said his most pressing issue is helping people keep the faith at the center of their lives and pass it on to future generations.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cOne of my focuses is going to be evangelization,\u201d said Hicks. \u201cHow do we actually be disciples who make disciples; people who have been a part of the church but maybe not so much, how do we reengage? \u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe 58-year old succeeds Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who served New York since 2009 and reached the church\u2019s mandatory retirement age of 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Archdiocese of New York is installing its new leader, Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, on Friday. Hicks will lead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[54010,5555,98,100,99,4840,9,24,63,29588],"class_list":["post-125384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-archbishop","tag-archdiocese-of-new-york","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-catholic-church","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-st-patricks-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}