{"id":105747,"date":"2020-08-31T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=105747"},"modified":"2020-09-16T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:53:08","slug":"an-end-and-a-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/an-end-and-a-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"An End and a Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A<\/span>s of yesterday, I am no longer a catechist, at least in the formal sense. Yesterday, Archbishop Etienne and Holy Rosary parish welcomed the Boylan-Nims family into Christ’s Church. And with them, our parish RCIA comes to an end, and by extension my role as its director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was our penultimate Mass as a parish, and it seems fitting that it would be the occasion to welcome such a lovely and faithful family into the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome home!<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Mass was celebrated outdoors at Noon, so you can imagine there were some heat-related issues, not to mention the usual COVID-19 restrictions and precautions – including a restricted number of altar servers and six-foot painted squares for proper distancing between households. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful and reverent Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opening Procession<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Archbishop preached on the importance of the Incarnation, not just of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity in time, but also of His eternal incarnation in the Holy Eucharist and in the hearts of the baptized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His Excellency, Most Rev. Paul Etienne, Archbishop of Seattle<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although this has been a tremendous amount of work over the years, I would not have traded it for anything. Catechesis is a joyful work, one of the many ways we can carry out the Lord’s great commission to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,\u00a0teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:16-20<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the years, the candidates and catechumens who have come to our program have strengthened my knowledge and built up my faith. They’ve also occasionally given me thank you gifts, including this morning’s coffee cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, all of you, for opening my eyes to the many ways God works in the world and in the hearts of His people, and for making me a better Christian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of yesterday, I am no longer a catechist, at least in the formal sense. Yesterday, Archbishop Etienne and Holy Rosary parish welcomed the Boylan-Nims family into Christ’s Church. And with them, our parish RCIA comes to an end, and by extension my role as its director. 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Our new Archbishop, Paul Etienne, has given our church a \"stay of execution\", suspending the destruction order for the moment, while he prays and consults. Tonight, I'm asking you to pray, as tonight his Excellency will be consulting with our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2019 Transitions in Tacoma"","block_context":{"text":"2019 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2019-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Holy-Rosary.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Holy-Rosary.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Holy-Rosary.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Holy-Rosary.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Holy-Rosary.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106452,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/orphans-no-longer\/","url_meta":{"origin":105747,"position":1},"title":"Orphans No Longer","author":"Thom","date":"01 July 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"July 1 2021, is the effective date of my parish of Holy Rosary merging into the parish of Saint Ann. It is a bittersweet moment. On the one hand, I am told that a decree officially suppressing Holy Rosary parish and merging it into Saint Ann will be published today,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2021 Transitions in Tacoma"","block_context":{"text":"2021 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2021-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image0.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image0.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image0.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106373,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-corpus-christi-invitation-to-holy-rosary-parishioners\/","url_meta":{"origin":105747,"position":2},"title":"A Corpus Christi Invitation to Holy Rosary Parishioners","author":"Thom","date":"21 May 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"brothers and sisters in Christ, It is now more than ten months since our last parish Mass was celebrated in our parking lot by Archbishop Etienne. Several months ago, the Archbishop announced that the four parishes of Holy Rosary, Saint Ann, Saint Rita, and Visitation would be merging into a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2021 Transitions in Tacoma"","block_context":{"text":"2021 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2021-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cc01-by-Emily-Gossard.png?fit=825%2C551&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cc01-by-Emily-Gossard.png?fit=825%2C551&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cc01-by-Emily-Gossard.png?fit=825%2C551&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cc01-by-Emily-Gossard.png?fit=825%2C551&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105716,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-end-of-holy-rosary-parish\/","url_meta":{"origin":105747,"position":3},"title":"The End of Holy Rosary Parish","author":"Thom","date":"14 August 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Holy Rosary Parish in Tacoma is being suppressed as of August 31, 2020. This parish began through the hard work and vision of German immigrants, who gathered in the Fall of 1890 to persuade the Bishop to grant them a new parish. 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It was celebrated, rather improbably and unexpectedly, at our parish of Holy Rosary. He reportedly began by saying, \"today I'm just here to pray with you.\" How I wish I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2019 Transitions in Tacoma"","block_context":{"text":"2019 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2019-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69889258_10156729006963262_5850791221559033856_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69889258_10156729006963262_5850791221559033856_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69889258_10156729006963262_5850791221559033856_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69889258_10156729006963262_5850791221559033856_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69889258_10156729006963262_5850791221559033856_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105852,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/final-mass-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":105747,"position":5},"title":"Final Mass Video","author":"Thom","date":"28 September 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"took this video of our final Mass at Holy Rosary as a parish community. It was originally live-streamed on Facebook. Since the Holy Rosary Facebook page is now taken down, I thought it might be nice for it to live here.","rel":"","context":"In "2020 - the end of Holy Rosary"","block_context":{"text":"2020 - the end of Holy Rosary","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2020-the-end-of-holy-rosary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-09-13-18.38.42.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-09-13-18.38.42.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-09-13-18.38.42.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-09-13-18.38.42.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105754,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105747\/revisions\/105754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}