Tuesday, January 5, 2010

ARCHBISHOP JEROME LISTECKI INSTALLED; KNIGHTS PROVIDE HONOR GUARD AT MASS

A Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree honor guard escorted Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki to and from his Mass of installation at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee.
Twenty-six Sir Knights from the 11 Fourth Degree assemblies in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee made up the honor guard for Listecki, installed Monday as the 11th archbishop of Milwaukee.
More than 1,200 people attended the Mass. Clergy at the installation liturgy included Most Rev. Pietro Sambi, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to the United States; Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York; Francis Cardinal George of Chicago; Edward Cardinal Egan of New  York; Adam Cardinal Maida of Detroit and Edmund Cardinal Szoka of Detroit.
The K of C honor guard was led by Wisconsin Eastern District Master Carl Duch, former Eastern District Master Erwin Jankowiak and District Marshall Michael G. Jordan. Guard members from Assembly 1207 were Gary Brown and Joe Hanneman.