{"id":100318,"date":"2019-11-04T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T23:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=100318"},"modified":"2019-11-04T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T23:30:28","slug":"farewell-deacon-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/farewell-deacon-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Deacon Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/changes-2018\/rev-mr-james-j-fish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,696\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rev Mr James J Fish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rev Mr James J Fish&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?resize=176%2C223\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89602\" width=\"176\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?resize=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1 119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?resize=240%2C304&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><figcaption>Rev Mr James J Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">E<\/span>ffective today, Deacon Jim Fish has resigned his position as Pastoral Coordinator of our parish of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Holy Rosary (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holyrosarytacoma.org\/rev-mr-james-fish\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Rosary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once more, Holy Rosary is without pastoral leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please, in your charity, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/pray-for-holy-rosary-and-archbishop-etienne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"pray (opens in a new tab)\">pray<\/a> for our parish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev Mr James J Fish Effective today, Deacon Jim Fish has resigned his position as Pastoral Coordinator of our parish of Holy Rosary. Once more, Holy Rosary is without pastoral leadership. Please, in your charity, pray for our parish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Blatherings from the Blog: Farewell, Deacon Fish","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92,80,90,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2019-transitions-in-tacoma","category-deacon-james-fish","category-holy-rosary-parish-tacoma","category-moments-in-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-q62","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89601,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/changes-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":100318,"position":0},"title":"Changes, 2018","author":"Thom","date":"20 May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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The blessing itself is ancient. 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Chanted Vespers is a beautiful and traditional way of worship in our faith.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chant&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chant","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/chant\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LOTH-poster-Lent-2019.jpg?fit=776%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LOTH-poster-Lent-2019.jpg?fit=776%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LOTH-poster-Lent-2019.jpg?fit=776%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LOTH-poster-Lent-2019.jpg?fit=776%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":91005,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/holy-rosary-transitioning-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":100318,"position":5},"title":"Holy Rosary, Transitioning Again: a Plea for the Future of our Parish","author":"Thom","date":"05 May 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"parish of Holy Rosary has been going through a rough year. 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