Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J. – The World is Quiet Here

The World is Quiet Here

How the Assumption Saved my Life: a Reflection

15 August 2024 Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Camino, Francine my love, Holy Days, Mary, Meditations, Moments in Time, OCIA, Pope Saint John Paul II, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Seamus Laverty, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, Saints, The Sacred Liturgy, Vocation

It was twenty years ago today, and I was a pagan. Now when I say pagan, I don’t mean that I was unchurched or a “None”. No, I was a card-carrying member of an ancient Egyptian reconstructionist church. I am often amused by God’s little jokes. I was raised with no religion, but both my sister and I were sent […]

Saint Rita the Wounded

22 May 2024 Prayer, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Saints

Saint Rita, whose feast is today, is sometimes known as the patron saint of lost and impossible causes. Married at a young age against her will to a terrible, abusive husband, by her prayers she gradually reformed him into a proper Christian husband. After his murder, she entered the convent. This wounded saint received the marks of Christ’s thorny wounds […]

Again, No

13 February 2024 Bishop Frank Schuster, community, Deacon James Fish, Francine my love, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, Saints, Very Rev. David Mulholland, Vocation

Arms of the Archdiocese of Seattle

This past Saturday, on the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, I received my letter from the Archdiocese of Seattle regarding my application for formation to the Diaconate. The answer, as it was eight years ago, was no. This time, there was no real explanation, just a carefully worded form letter. The last time my application was rejected, I wrote a heartfelt […]

The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2019

30 December 2019 2018 transitions in Tacoma, 2019 Transitions in Tacoma, Annual, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Blog Ephemera, community, Deacon James Fish, Divine Office, Fun, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

Who doesn’t like top ten lists? These are the top ten post hits on the blog for this past year. Not all of the posts receiving the hits were necessarily written this year. Apparently, their appeal is enduring. In addition, for posts that are part of a numbered series (Novena to the Holy Deacons, I’m looking at you), I’ve only […]

The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2018

30 December 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Annual, Blog Ephemera, community, Fun, Mary, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner

Who doesn’t like top ten lists? These are the top ten post hits on the blog for this past year. Not all of the posts receiving the hits were necessarily written this year. Apparently, their appeal is enduring. In addition, for posts that are part of a numbered series (Novena to the Holy Deacons, I’m looking at you), I’ve only […]

The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2017

30 December 2017 Annual, Blog Ephemera, Fun, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Who doesn’t like top ten lists? These are the top ten post hits on the blog for this past year. Last year I published a similar list, and it’s interesting to see how they intersect. Not all of the posts receiving the hits were necessarily written this year. Apparently, their appeal is enduring. So let’s countdown! TEN: Maundy Thursday: Do […]

Rev. Carmine Sacco: Requiem Æternam

22 September 2016 community, Prayer, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J.

In your mercy, please pray for the repose of the soul of Rev. Carmine Sacco, S.J. Fr. Sacco was the pastor of St. Rita parish in Tacoma from 1979 to 2011. He was a solid rock in Tacoma’s Catholic community and touched the lives of generations of Tacoma’s Catholics. He was pastor at St. Rita’s so long that he once […]

Saint Rita the Wounded

22 May 2012 Francine my love, Rants, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Gene Delmore S.J., Saints

Saint Rita of Cascia

Saint Rita, whose feast is today, is sometimes known as the patron saint of lost and impossible causes. Married at a young age against her will to a terrible, abusive husband, by her prayers she gradually reformed him into a proper Christian husband. After his murder, she entered the convent. This wounded saint received the marks of Christ’s thorny wounds […]

A Pastor for the Interim

28 June 2011 community, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Kenneth Baker S.J.

Rev. Kenneth Baker, S.J.

Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues. (Henry IV, Pt. II) It appears that due to Fr. Sacco’s continuing ill health, we will have an interim pastor at our parish of Saint Rita. Here is what I’ve been able to cobble together from various Internet sources about the man who will shepherd us starting Friday, 1 July (the Solemnity of the Most […]

Please Pray for our Pastor

16 June 2011 Prayer, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J.

Please won’t you take a moment to pray for our pastor, Rev. Carmine Sacco? I just got an e-mail from the president of our pastoral council, which read in part: We received a call from Father Fuchs yesterday late PM that Father Sacco is back in Saint Joe’s. The emergency room folks told him that Father needs his gall bladder […]

Hopes and Prayers for a New Pastor

08 May 2011 Prayer, Rants, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Gene Delmore S.J., The Sacred Liturgy

We learned at Mass today that our parish priest, Rev. Carmine Sacco, S.J. is retiring some time this year. We also learned that the Jesuits have appointed Rev. Gene Delmore, S.J. to succeed him. A quick search revealed that Fr. Delmore is currently serving as associate pastor of Saint Joseph’s in Yakima, and that he is scheduled to leave there […]

Please Pray for Fr. Sacco

25 December 2010 Holy Days, Prayer, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J.

Please pray for Fr. Carmine Sacco, S.J., who collapsed while celebrating the Christmas Midnight Mass at St. Rita parish in Tacoma tonight. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Musing on a Funeral Liturgy

22 October 2010 Meditations, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., The Sacred Liturgy

Today I attended the funeral of a young woman named Renae Fusako Stewart. I have never met this woman, though by God’s Grace I may meet her yet. She was a convert, having asked for Baptism while in hospital after suffering a stroke. She was, by all accounts a cheerful and engaging young woman. Her health suffered terribly after her […]

A Call to Vocation?

23 November 2009 Francine my love, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Vocation

Today at Mass, two odd things happened. First, I should mention for those not Catholic that today’s second reading at Mass was from the Epistle of Saint James, specifically 2:14-18. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has […]

To Bring You Up to Speed…

27 July 2009 Family, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J.

Saturday was spent at Tacoma’s Ethnic Fest, an excuse for sampling foods from restaurants previously unknown and browsing through merchant kiosks of cultures entirely unfamiliar. Sunday was a surprise party for our pastor, Fr. Carmine Sacco, SJ. He was celebrating his 65th anniversary of becoming a Jesuit. No, that number is not a typo. He’s baptising the grandchildren of people […]