Category: Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Notes on the Transitions,
Number 7 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Here is the text of the Q & A documents we handed out earlier this weekend. It includes the new Sunday and daily Mass schedules for Holy Rosary and Visitation. Coming Together in Christ Transitions at Holy Rosary and Visitation, No. 3 The parish transition teams are committed to answering your questions and keeping you informed about the upcoming changes […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 6 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Here is the text of the Q & A documents we handed out earlier this weekend. It includes the new Sunday Mass schedules for Holy Rosary and Visitation. Coming Together in Christ Transitions at Holy Rosary and Visitation, No. 2 The parish transition teams are committed to answering your questions about the upcoming changes at Visitation and Holy Rosary. Over […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 5 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Here is the text of the Q & A documents we handed out this past weekend, minus the pastors’ introductions. Coming Together in Christ Transitions at Holy Rosary and Visitation The parish transition teams are committed to answering your questions about the upcoming changes at Visitation and Holy Rosary. Over the next few weeks, we plan to print out sheets […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 4 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saints

Last night, the Holy Rosary and Visitation parish Transition Teams met together for the first time. The meeting was chaired by our incoming pastor, Very Rev. Nicholas Wichert. Also there were our current pastor, Rev. Jacob Maurer, and Leigh Stringfellow from the office of the Vicar of Clergy. This is a great bunch of folks. It was interesting to meet […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 3 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Last night, the Holy Rosary Transition Team met for the first time with our new pastor, Very Rev. Nicholas Wichert, as well as our current pastor, Rev. Jacob Maurer. The meeting was ably facilitated by a number of folks from the Archdiocese, including Deacon Eric Paige and Leigh Stringfellow from the office of the Vicar of Clergy. They were great, […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 1 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Latin, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Kenneth Baker S.J., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma

The very clever amongst you no doubt noticed in my previous post that our new pastor was not named pastor of both of our parishes. Let me explain. The parishes of Holy Rosary and St. Joseph have been joined at the hip for something like twenty years. They were first consolidated under a single pastor during the last of our […]

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The State of a Parish in Transition

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

Years ago, when we were parishioners at St. Rita, our long-time pastor retired. At that time, I wrote what has oddly become one of the most Googled posts on this blog, Hopes and Prayers for a New Pastor. At that time, I said: Being a pastor is one of the most difficult jobs in the world, I think. The responsibility […]

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