{"id":105644,"date":"2020-07-06T18:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=105644"},"modified":"2020-07-06T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T01:17:06","slug":"abbot-marion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abbot-marion\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbot Marion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he monks of Saint Martin&#8217;s Abbey in Lacey, Washington have elected their ninth abbot. This is the abbey where Francine and I are Oblates. Here is the official announcement from the Prior, Brother Nicolaus Wilson, O.S.B.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"105645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abbot-marion\/abbot-nguyen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?fit=1095%2C1946&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1095,1946\" 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=\"Abbot-Nguyen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?fit=530%2C942\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105645\" width=\"228\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?w=1095&amp;ssl=1 1095w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?resize=240%2C427&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?resize=84%2C150&amp;ssl=1 84w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is with great joy that the monks of St. Martin\u2019s Abbey announce the election of our ninth abbot, Abbot Marion Qui-Thac Nguyen. Abbot Marion was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle in 2004 before joining St Martin\u2019s Abbey, making his first profession of monastic vows on August 15th, 2013. Please join us in giving thanks to the Holy Spirit for guiding our community in the process of finding this most worthy successor to Abbot Neal Roth and let us also give thanks for his many years of service as we begin a new chapter for St. Martin\u2019s Abbey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ad multos annos, Abbot Marion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The monks of Saint Martin&#8217;s Abbey in Lacey, Washington have elected their ninth abbot. This is the abbey where Francine and I are Oblates. Here is the official announcement from the Prior, Brother Nicolaus Wilson, O.S.B.: It is with great joy that the monks of St. Martin\u2019s Abbey announce the election of our ninth abbot, Abbot Marion Qui-Thac Nguyen. Abbot [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105647,"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: Abbot Marion","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":[108,24,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abbot-marion-qui-thac-nguyen-osb","category-community","category-moments-in-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abbot-Nguyen-small.jpg?fit=1095%2C767&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-rtW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109132,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-odo-of-cluny\/","url_meta":{"origin":105644,"position":0},"title":"Saint Odo of Cluny","author":"Thom","date":"18 November 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Surrexit Odo, plenus Spiritu Sancto, et monastici Ordinis decus per orbem renovatum est. 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