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Candlemas

02 February 2020 Annual, Francine my love, Fun, Holy Days, inside baseball, Mary, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

Today was once one of the most solemn feasts of the year. It’s gone by several names over the millennia: the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas. Coming forty days after Christmas, it was even once the end of the Christmas season. Even today there are relics of […]

The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Epiphany Confusion!

05 January 2020 Annual, Holy Days, inside baseball, Seasons

Happy twelfth day of Christmas! I hope you’re enjoying your twelve drummers drumming. Depending on what calendar you happen to be using, today might very well be the Epiphany for you. If so, happy Epiphany! Traditionally, though, the Epiphany is celebrated on January 6. Since the calendar reforms of 1970, any diocese may choose to move the celebration to the […]

Ceremonies Explained for Servers – Again

04 December 2019 Bishop Peter J. Elliott, inside baseball, resources, Review, The Sacred Liturgy

Now that a copy of Bishop Elliott’s latest book is finally in my hands and shipping from both the publisher and Amazon, it’s time to reprint my initial review, below. I did some minimal editing for clarity, and I’ve added a note about the illustrations at the end. As an additional note, I will be revising our Altar Servers Training […]

Saint Cecilia

22 November 2019 Annual, Chant, Francine my love, inside baseball, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Polyphony, Prayer, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, Saints

In honour of Saint Cecilia, whose feast day it is today, I’d like to invite you to Saint Patrick Church in Tacoma this evening for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. Music will be provided by Mrs. Victoria Solenberger and Ms. Amy Gallwas. For several of the songs, they will be accompanied by a schola, which includes my very lovely bride. […]

Welcome Archbishop Etienne!

03 September 2019 2019 Transitions in Tacoma, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Prayer

Today, on the feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop of Seattle for these past nine years. His Coadjutor Archbishop Paul D. Etienne has automatically succeeded him as head of the Archdiocese of Seattle. Welcome Archbishop Etienne! The Northwest Catholic introduced him: Archbishop Etienne (pronounced AY-chin), 60, was archbishop of […]

Ceremonies Explained for Servers

28 July 2019 Bishop Peter J. Elliott, inside baseball, resources, Review, The Sacred Liturgy

Bishop Peter J. Elliott is the author of two invaluable books for the celebration of the modern Roman Rite. They are basically the Fortescue of the Ordinary Form. His Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite and Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year, which in my parish we sometimes call the Red Book and the Green Book, are now to be joined […]

Saints Joachim and Anne

26 July 2019 History, inside baseball, Mary, Saints

Although they are not mentioned in scripture, tradition remembers the names of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s parents as Saints Joachim and Anne. Today is their feast! Their names are first recorded in the Protoevangelium of James, written probably in the second century. This is one of those works that mix facts with fancy to prove a point, so we must […]

The Feast of Saint James

25 July 2019 Annual, Camino, History, inside baseball, Mary, Prayer

Santiago Apóstol Today is the Feast of Saint James the Greater, known throughout the Spanish-speaking world as Santiago. He was one of Christ’s Twelve Apostles. Saint James is the patron saint of the archdiocese of Seattle, and therefore today is a solemnity within our archdiocese. May you have the joy of the feast! James and his brother John were natives […]

Holy Rosary, Transitioning Again:
a Plea for the Future of our Parish

05 May 2019 2019 Transitions in Tacoma, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop Paul Etienne, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo MSpS, community, Deacon James Fish, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner

My parish of Holy Rosary has been going through a rough year. I’ve restrained myself from speaking too much about it, although I did have numerous posts on the inciting incident: the sudden collapse and then death of our pastor Father Michael Wagner last year. Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, Tacoma Following Father’s death, we had a string […]

Peter and Paul and Catherine

29 April 2019 Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop Paul Etienne, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Pope Francis I, Prayer

More than eight years ago, I was at the Mass for the installation of Archbishop Sartain. Now, it appears, we are welcoming the man who will eventually be his successor. Archbishop Paul Etienne Pope Francis has appointed the Most Reverend Paul Etienne, currently Archbishop of Anchorage, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle. You can read more about it in the Northwest […]

The Kairos of Easter

23 April 2019 Annual, Holy Days, inside baseball, Meditations, Seasons

There are two kinds of time. There’s the kind you can measure. That’s the kind we live through sequentially, moment to moment. The Greek word for this is “kronos”, where we get words like “chronometer” and “chronicle”. Then, there’s the other kind. The Greeks call this “kairos”. This is the time when God acts, when eternity breaks into linear time. […]

Introíbo ad Altáre Dei – the Prayer and the Posters

28 March 2019 inside baseball, Latin, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

At our parish of Holy Rosary, the clergy and servers pray Psalm 43 (42) before Mass in the narthex. Well, since we were forced to move to the auditorium this past November, we pray it in the hallway outside. This psalm begins with the antiphon, “I will go to the altar of God”, or in Latin, “Introíbo ad altáre Dei”. […]

The Phantom of the Octave

19 January 2019 Divine Office, Holy Days, inside baseball, The Sacred Liturgy

The Church used to celebrate many Octaves. Many great solemnities, and even some older feasts of lesser liturgical stature, had an Octave. Some holy days are so holy that a single day can’t contain them. Take Easter, for instance. The ancient tradition of the Church is to add an entire week to the Sunday that is Easter, making it actually […]

Rorate Mass Resources – in the Ordinary Form

12 December 2018 Chant, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Latin, Mary, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

Last year about this time, our parish of Holy Rosary celebrated a Rorate Mass in the Ordinary Form. And what, pray tell, is a Rorate Mass? The name comes from the opening words of the Entrance Antiphon, Rorate cæli desuper, Latin for “Drop down dew, ye heavens”. The Rorate Mass is a Solemn Votive Mass in honor of the Blessed […]

Initial Thoughts on the Sacred Liturgy Conference, 2018

29 July 2018 Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, Chant, Divine Office, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, Msgr. Gerard O'Connor, Prayer, Rev. Gabriel Mosher OP, Sacred Liturgy Conference, The Sacred Liturgy

Last month, I attended the Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon. This is the second time I’ve attended, the first being back in 2016. It’s a transforming conference, and the daily conference liturgies in particular have made, and continue to make, a deep impression on me and others. Obviously, it’s difficult to sum up a four day conference in just […]

The Feast of Saint James

25 July 2018 Annual, Camino, History, inside baseball, Prayer, Rev. Paul Brunet, Saints

Today is the Feast of Saint James the Greater, known throughout the Spanish-speaking world as Santiago. He was one of Christ’s Twelve Apostles. He is the patron saint of the archdiocese of Seattle, and therefore today is a solemnity within the archdiocese. I am saddened that no Tacoma parish seems to be celebrating an evening Mass for this occasion. Edited: […]

Sacred Liturgy Conference 2018

27 June 2018 Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Sacred Liturgy Conference, The Sacred Liturgy

This morning I’m off to the train station to attend the 2018 Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon for the next four days. I last attended in 2016, when it was held at Mount Angel Abbey. On that occasion, I made Archbishop Sample belly-laugh, an achievement I carry with me to this day. I was unable to attend last year, […]

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