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Lacrimosa Dies Illa

05 May 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Chant, community, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

The Reverend Michael Wagner passed to God in the early morning hours of May 2, 2018. Since then, we’ve been caught in the whirlwind of planning and work, with hardly a moment to take it all in. On the night of his death, our parishes came together to chant Solemn Vespers from the Office for the Dead. Rev. Nicholas Wichert, […]

+J.M.J.+

01 May 2018 Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Meditations, Prayer, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, Saints

Mary’s month of May begins with a day for her husband. Today, celebrated around the world as “International Workers’ Day” is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. There’s poetry to the fact that the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin begins by putting the focus on her husband, and therefore on their family life. Imagine the Holy Family of […]

One Week On

17 April 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, Deacon Mike Teskey, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Wagner

It is a week since Father Wagner collapsed and was taken to hospital. Since then, his parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation have had hour-long holy hours/prayer vigils, alternating every night. These are continuing. At Holy Rosary, we somewhat impulsively put his biretta on the altar. Many people were profoundly moved by this gesture, so it has remained there since, […]

Please Pray for Father Wagner

11 April 2018 2018 transitions in Tacoma, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Very Rev. Gary Zender

On Tuesday, April 10, Rev. Michael Wagner, Priest Administrator of Visitation and Holy Rosary Parishes in Tacoma collapsed during the celebration of the holy Mass. He was admitted to hospital with an irreversible brain hemorrhage. The doctors have advised his family and the archdiocese that he is unlikely to survive. Much of his family is with him now. Archbishop Sartain […]

Schedule for Holy Week

22 March 2018 Chant, community, Deacon Mike Teskey, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, OCIA, Prayer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation in Tacoma, Washington. It’s less jam-packed than previous years, but there’s still a lot here! Wednesday Tenebræ is not to be missed. And of course, the Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit of the […]

A Liturgical Lent: a Review and a Look Forward

20 February 2018 Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo MSpS, Chant, Deacon Mike Teskey, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, OCIA, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Jerry Sherbourne, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Review, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

At my parish of Holy Rosary in Tacoma, we had a lot going on for this first weekend of Lent. Think of this as a look into the life of a parish pursuing the vision of the New Liturgical Movement during Lent. You could almost consider this a snapshot review of our parish liturgical life. Friday Although not strictly liturgical, […]

Ash Wednesday

14 February 2018 Annual, Chant, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” And with those words, our Lent has begun. Holy Mother Church calls us to make these next forty days until Easter a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Lent is a pilgrimage, in a sense, through time if not space, through death to resurrection. A pilgrimage of penitence. Let […]

Candlemas

02 February 2018 Francine my love, Fun, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Mary, Rev. Michael Wagner, 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 Dedication of an Altar

14 January 2018 2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, community, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

The Dedication of an Altar is a rare ritual in the church. Normally, it takes place within the larger dedication of a church or chapel. However, this coming week, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg will be dedicating a new altar at one of our local Tacoma parishes. The altar in question was originally commissioned by the parish of Saint Joseph and its […]

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 […]

Rorate Cæli

18 December 2017 Chant, community, Francine my love, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

This past Saturday, our parish of Holy Rosary celebrated a Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This particular tradition is known as the Rorate Mass, for the first word of its entrance antiphon (Introit): Roráte cæli désuper, et núbes plúant jústum. Aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the […]

Rorate Mass in the Ordinary Form

25 November 2017 Chant, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Moments in Time, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

You are invited to an Advent tradition: a Rorate Mass on Saturday, December 16 at 6:00 AM. I can already hear the questions forming. What is a Rorate Mass? And why on earth would you have one at six in the morning? Well, here’s the FAQ, as the kids say. What is a Rorate Mass? It is a Solemn Votive […]

Ad Orientem Training

23 September 2017 Cardinal Sarah, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

At our parish of Holy Rosary, we sometimes celebrate Mass on the High Altar. This method, where for much of the Eucharistic prayer the Priest and the people are facing the same direction, is known as ad Orientem. For many years, we have celebrated Mass this way at the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and at least one Sunday in Advent. […]

In Praise of Altar Servers

10 September 2017 Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, community, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy, Very Rev. Gary Zender

Last Thursday, we celebrated a funeral in our parish of Holy Rosary. Nothing unusual in that. The one constant of life is the inevitability of death. This particular funeral was that of a priest, Rev. Dominic Hahn. He was born in 1937, was baptized and grew up in our parish, graduated from our parish school, became a Benedictine monk, and […]

On Vestments

12 July 2017 Exhortations, Rants, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

There is a tendency in the modern world to minimize the use of vestments in the liturgy. In my early days as a Catholic, it was not unusual to see a priest celebrate Mass wearing only an alb and a stole. Often, this was taken as a sign of humility on the part of the celebrant. It is, in fact, […]

Summorum Pontificum: Tenth Anniversary

07 July 2017 History, inside baseball, Latin, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

TEN years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI caused to be published the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. With the stroke of a pen, the ancient rites of the Mass (last edited in 1962) could suddenly be celebrated by any priest of the Roman Rite. Deo gratias! This ancient form of the Mass, the so-called Extraordinary Form, is a great gift to […]

Changes 2017: Welcome Father Wagner!

03 July 2017 2017 transitions - Holy Rosary / Visitation, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Wagner

This weekend, Father Michael Wagner celebrated his first Masses at our parish of Holy Rosary as its Priest Administrator. In his homily, he gave us a thumbnail sketch of his life and vocation story. Welcome Father Wagner! Within ten minutes of meeting him, he had already given me a catechesis on the correct placement of the Stations of the Cross […]

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