{"id":107651,"date":"2023-02-27T15:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=107651"},"modified":"2023-02-27T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:00:12","slug":"saint-patricks-dispensation-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-patricks-dispensation-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Patrick&#8217;s Dispensation, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>rchbishop Paul Etienne has granted to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Seattle a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17, 2023 the commemoration of Saint Patrick. Of course, I belong to Saint Patrick parish in Tacoma, and this day is our patronal solemnity. 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Of course, I belong to Saint Patrick parish in Tacoma, and this day is our patronal solemnity. Therefore, we were dispensed anyway &#8211; but it&#8217;s nice to see [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2319,"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 - Saint Patrick's Dispensation, 2023","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[91,3,102,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archbishop-paul-etienne","category-moments-in-time","category-saint-patrick-parish-in-tacoma","category-saint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Guinness_St_Patricks_9501.jpg?fit=950%2C950&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-s0j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88206,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-patricks-dispensation\/","url_meta":{"origin":107651,"position":0},"title":"Saint Patrick&#8217;s Dispensation","author":"Thom","date":"07 March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has granted to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Seattle a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17, the commemoration of Saint Patrick. Western Washington Catholics can enjoy their corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick\u2019s Day this year without worrying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Archbishop J. Peter Sartain&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Archbishop J. 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The Northwest Catholic introduced him: Archbishop Etienne (pronounced AY-chin), 60, was archbishop of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2019 Transitions in Tacoma&quot;","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\/Etienne-Arms.jpeg?fit=745%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Etienne-Arms.jpeg?fit=745%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Etienne-Arms.jpeg?fit=745%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Etienne-Arms.jpeg?fit=745%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106272,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/parish-x\/","url_meta":{"origin":107651,"position":2},"title":"Parish X","author":"Thom","date":"05 April 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Lentiest of Lents finally drew to a close, I was reminded that for our (former) parish of Holy Rosary this time of suffering has lasted not 40 days, not 400 days, but for years. 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First and\u00a0foremost, Archbishop Etienne will be live streaming the\u00a0Holy Week and Easter liturgies from Saint James Cathedral, and we encourage you to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Archbishop Paul Etienne&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Archbishop Paul Etienne","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/archbishop-paul-etienne\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/91899681_2896719020435860_1324273227790286848_o.jpg?fit=931%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/91899681_2896719020435860_1324273227790286848_o.jpg?fit=931%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/91899681_2896719020435860_1324273227790286848_o.jpg?fit=931%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/91899681_2896719020435860_1324273227790286848_o.jpg?fit=931%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106373,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-corpus-christi-invitation-to-holy-rosary-parishioners\/","url_meta":{"origin":107651,"position":4},"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. 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