Category: Very Rev. Gary Zender

Please Pray for Father Wagner

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 […]

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In Praise of Altar Servers

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 […]

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Notes on the Transitions,
Number 2 in a Series

2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy, Very Rev. Gary Zender

A week or so ago, Saint Joseph held a “town hall” to discuss the upcoming changes as they transition to an Extraordinary Form parish under their new pastor, Rev. Michael Stinson, FSSP. There were 44 parishioners in attendance, as well as Fr. Maurer and the Vicar of Clergy for the Archdiocese of Seattle, the Very Rev. Gary Zender. It seems […]

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