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Holy Week Marathon

community, Deacon James Fish, Deacon Mike Teskey, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Martin Bourke, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

I joke sometimes that Holy Week for an MC is like running a marathon. So this year, I used my FitBit tracking and figured out the distance I walked, starting with our Palm Sunday rehearsals and ending on Easter Sunday. This year, I clocked about 70km – that’s 43 miles. Given that a marathon is 26 miles, I actually walked […]

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Schedule for Holy Week

Annual, Chant, community, Deacon James Fish, Deacon Mike Teskey, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Martin Bourke, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation in Tacoma, Washington. It’s less jam-packed than previous years, but there’s still a lot here! Wednesday Tenebræ is not to be missed. And of course, the Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit of the […]

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Schedule for Holy Week

Chant, community, Deacon Mike Teskey, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, RCIA, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation in Tacoma, Washington. It’s less jam-packed than previous years, but there’s still a lot here! Wednesday Tenebræ is not to be missed. And of course, the Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit of the […]

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Tenebræ Debrief

Chant, community, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Days, inside baseball, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

Last night’s Tenebræ service was incredibly powerful. There were probably a hundred people in attendance, and we had half a dozen servers and the full choir. Fr. Wichert led. And the choir! Oh, they were fantastic! The last anthem, sung in absolute darkness, was absolutely heavenly. On a personal note, this is one of my favourite (para)liturgies that we celebrate […]

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Holy Week, Busy Week

community, Deacon Gary Rose, Francine my love, Holy Days, inside baseball, Rev. Jerry Sherbourne, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

Every year I take vacation during Holy Week. There are a couple of reasons for this, both spiritual and practical. On the spiritual level, I find that I need time to prepare myself. There may have been some work in the garden the past couple of days. I may also have resumed my habit from earlier in Lent of praying […]

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Schedule for Holy Week

Chant, community, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, RCIA, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation in Tacoma, Washington. There’s a lot here! Palm Sunday is a busy weekend, with extra Confession time. Wednesday Tenebræ is not to be missed. And of course, the Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 8 in a Series:
Farewell to Father Maurer

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

Father Maurer’s last Sunday Masses at Holy Rosary and Saint Joseph were this past weekend. Following the Noon Mass, a tremendous celebration was held for him in the old convent building. The noon Mass was positively packed. The last time I saw so many folks crowded into Holy Rosary was when Archbishop Sartain celebrated Corpus Christi here in 2013. I […]

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Tenebræ Recap

Chant, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Divine Office, Holy Days, inside baseball, Rev. Jacob Maurer, The Sacred Liturgy

Last night’s Tenebræ service was sublime. It lasted about an hour and a half, and just being in that gathering in deepening darkness as the sound of chanted prayer filled the church was an experience I’ll not soon forget. We had about eighty or so people there – far more than we had anticipated. We only printed about thirty service […]

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