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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 […]

Video: Two Years Ago Today

09 May 2020 Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

Two years ago today, we buried our pastor, Rev. Michael Wagner. This short, two-minute video was produced by our local newspaper. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. In memoria æterna erit iustus, ab auditione mala non timebit. Absolve, Domine, animas omnium fidelium defunctorum ab omni vinculo delictorum et gratia tua illis succurente mereantur evadere iudicium ultionis, […]

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02 May 2020 Annual, Camino, community, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Wagner

Since my conversion, May the second has loomed large in my life. Shortly after my baptism, I became an Oblate of the Order of Saint Benedict. Each year, we read through Saint Benedict’s Rule three times, a chapter or so each day. May 2 is one of the three days of the year where we begin the Rule again. This […]

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 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 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

28 June 2019 2019 Transitions in Tacoma, Annual, Chant, Deacon James Fish, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

The Divine Mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

How does the human brain wrap itself around the eternal and infinite love of God for His creation? How can can we even begin to comprehend the depth of love in Christ’s wounded heart as he pours Himself out for us sinners at Calvary? The truth is, we can’t. The saints and the mystics may catch glimpses, but we humans […]

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 […]

The Voice of God

03 May 2019 Camino, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Rev. Michael Wagner, Saints

Yesterday, following Vespers, I gave Father Wagner’s family the compostela from last year’s Camino. It seemed fitting, since I had walked for him. Indeed, the Pilgrim Office staff had written on it “Vicarie pro Rev. Michael Wagner”, indicating that I had walked as his substitute. Today I am reminded of something I wrote in my journal on this day back […]

Three May Seconds

02 May 2019 Camino, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Wagner

May the second looms large in my life. On this day in 2013, Francine and I walked into Santiago de Compostela for the first time, at the end of our first Camino. At this point, Francine had been walking for almost two weeks, and me for more than a month. I can’t describe the joy of that day. Arrival in […]

Vespers for the Dead

24 April 2019 Chant, community, Divine Office, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

One year ago, our parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation were deep in prayer for the health and soul of our pastor, Rev. Michael Wagner. Rev. Michael Wagner On April 10 2018, Father Wagner collapsed during the celebration of the holy Mass. He was admitted to hospital with an irreversible brain hemorrhage. The doctors advised his family and the archdiocese […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why We Walk

15 September 2018 Camino, Family, Meditations, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Michael Wagner

Prior to each of our previous Camino pilgrimages, I’ve tried to articulate why it is that we walk. Everybody’s answer is, of course, different. It has ever been thus. Before my first Camino, I had this sense that God was calling me to it, and maybe that was enough of a reason. Maybe it was partly the sense of adventure […]

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 […]

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

08 June 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Annual, Chant, Deacon James Fish, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Pope Saint John Paul II, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

How does the human brain wrap itself around the eternal and infinite love of God for His creation? How can can we even begin to comprehend the depth of love in Christ’s wounded heart as he pours Himself out for us sinners at Calvary? The truth is, we can’t. The saints and the mystics may catch glimpses, but we humans […]

Funeral Mass

10 May 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo MSpS, community, Deacon Mike Teskey, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy, Very Rev. Gary Zender

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In Paradisum

09 May 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Chant, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Michael Wagner

In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem. May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and […]

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