Archbishop Thomas Wenski visited St. Helen Church in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 21 to install a pastor and bless a new altar.

During mass, Wenski delivered an homily explaining his reasons for his visit, according to a release from the Archdiocese of Miami.

"At St. Helen’s Saturday evening for installation of Fr. Lucien Pierre as pastor and the consecration of a new altar. Multilingual liturgy reflected the composition of the parish community: Diverse but one Body, one Spirit and one Lord," Wenski wrote in a Jan. 23 Twitter post.

Fr. Lucien Eugène Pierre was installed as pastor after having been with St. Helen for several years, as stated in Archbishop Wenski's homily. 

"Today I come here to St. Helen’s for two reasons: One is to officially install Father Lucien Pierre as your pastor. Now, he’s already been here a while, with the title of administrator," Archbishop Wenski said in his homily, according to Archdiocese of Miami. "Whenever I appoint someone to lead a parish for the first time, I name him as an 'administrator' – then, when he gets some months of experience under his belt (and he hasn’t made a mess of things), we give him the title of pastor. Well, several years have passed since Father Pierre arrived here – and up until recently he never wrote me asking to be installed as pastor; and I never remembered to remind him to do so."

During mass, Archbishop Wenski also consecrated a new altar for the church. 

"As we dedicate this altar and set it apart for God’s service, let us also rededicate ourselves – as individuals and as a Catholic parish community – to work together for God’s kingdom – as disciples we follow Jesus along the Way of his Cross to the glory of Eternal Life," the Archbishop said in his homily, according to Archdiocese of Miami. "When Christ was sacrificed on Calvary, sin was defeated. On this altar, that same sacrifice will be made present to us each day, so that his victory over sin, death and the evil one, will also be ours."