Category: Holy Cross Church in Tacoma

Schedule for Holy Week

Holy Cross Church in Tacoma, Holy Days, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Saint Patrick and Holy Cross in Tacoma, Washington. The Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, continues through the Good Friday Liturgy, and doesn’t end until the Recessional following […]

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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Chant, community, Deacon Juan Lezcano OFS, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Cross Church in Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Erica Minneman, Moments in Time, Pope Benedict XVI, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy, Very Rev. David Mulholland, Vocation

The last few days have been full of endings and beginnings. Yesterday was the end of the Novemdiales, the traditional nine days of mourning following the funeral of a Pope. In the midst of these days, last Sunday our parish of Saint Patrick celebrated – is that the right word? – the Office for the Dead for the repose of […]

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Year of the Eucharist

Archbishop Paul Etienne, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Deacon Mike Teskey, General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Holy Cross Church in Tacoma, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Jubilee, Meditations, Moments in Time, Pope Benedict XVI, The Sacred Liturgy

Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle has proclaimed a “Year of the Eucharist” to begin on the external Solemnity of Corpus Christi, this coming Sunday. In his recent pastoral letter The Work of Redemption, he says: During the coming year, I ask every Catholic and every parish community to commit themselves to deepening our understanding and experience of the Eucharist, and […]

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