Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko – The World is Quiet Here

Corpus Christi in the Desert

11 June 2020 Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon James Fish, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Justin McCreedy OSB, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

For seven years, on the Sunday Solemnity of Corpus Christi, my parish of Holy Rosary had an outdoor Procession of the Blessed Sacrament following the Noon Mass, taking Jesus through the streets of Tacoma and amongst His people. Rev. Jacob Maurer in the Corpus Christi Procession, 2013 This is a particularly special solemnity for our parish. Back in 2013, this […]

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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 […]

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Our 2018 in Review

31 December 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Blog Ephemera, Camino, community, Deacon James Fish, Deacon Mike Teskey, Family, Francine my love, Fun, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Pistachio House, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Sacred Liturgy Conference

This has been a crazy year. Here at Pistachio House, we had designated 2018 as the “Year of Hygge“. This was going to be the year that we concentrated on coziness. Pistachio House would be finally made into the cozy home we imagined. There would be coffee cake, walks, and new furnishings. It started out strongly enough, and it certainly […]

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Farewell to Father Francis

26 June 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Michael Wagner

For the last six weeks or so, our parish of Holy Rosary has been under the pastoral care of Father Francis Xavier Kikomeko. Father is from Uganda, and he spends his summers vacationing in the Seattle Archdiocese, filling in and helping out where he can. We are so grateful to Father! He is solid, orthodox, and joyful. Pretty much everything […]

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We Walk by Faith

06 June 2018 Camino, community, Francine my love, Fun, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

Last weekend, my beautiful bride Francine and I did some walking, and it got me to thinking about the spirituality of walking. I’m always amazed at what you can accomplish by walking. Modern psychologists say that walking makes us smarter, but the idea is hardly original to them. Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking. (Saint Augustine) This is […]

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Corpus Christi

31 May 2018 Annual, community, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

This coming Sunday my parish will participate in an outdoor Procession of the Blessed Sacrament following the Noon Mass. This will be the sixth year we’ve taken Jesus through the streets of Tacoma and amongst His people. Our interim priest, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, will celebrate the Noon Mass of Corpus Christi at the high altar, and eleven children of […]

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Changes, 2018

20 May 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Deacon James Fish, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Martin Bourke, The Sacred Liturgy

It seems like lately, we’re doing this every year. As was announced at the Masses this weekend, Holy Rosary and Visitation Parishes in Tacoma are getting a new pastoral team. Instead of a single priest, however, we’re getting a deacon and a priest, and their roles are not what you might expect. The Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain is appointing […]

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