HANCEVILLE, Alabama - Cardinal Raymond Burke, former archbishop of St. Louis, will officiate Mass on Dec. 8 to dedicate the new John Paul II Eucharistic Center on the grounds of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville.
The noon service will be broadcast worldwide on EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded by Mother Angelica, 90, who lives at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville.
Burke was archbishop of St. Louis from 2003-2008 and currently serves in Rome as the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church after the pope.
The Mass will be held in the chapel at the shrine, adjoining the monastery, and will be followed by a procession to the Eucharistic Center.
The center will not open to the public until spring of 2014. Named in honor of Pope John Paul II, the center is dedicated to celebrating the importance of the Eucharist for Christians.
The noon service will be broadcast worldwide on EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded by Mother Angelica, 90, who lives at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville.
Burke was archbishop of St. Louis from 2003-2008 and currently serves in Rome as the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church after the pope.
The Mass will be held in the chapel at the shrine, adjoining the monastery, and will be followed by a procession to the Eucharistic Center.
The center will not open to the public until spring of 2014. Named in honor of Pope John Paul II, the center is dedicated to celebrating the importance of the Eucharist for Christians.