Category: Bishop Frank Schuster

The Worker and the Queen

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Mary’s month of May begins with a day for her husband. Today, celebrated around the world as “International Workers’ Day” is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. There’s poetry to the fact that the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin begins by putting the focus on her husband, and therefore on their family life. Imagine the Holy Family of […]

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Again, No

Bishop Frank Schuster, community, Deacon James Fish, Francine my love, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Carmine Sacco S.J., Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, Saint Patrick Parish in Tacoma, Saints, Very Rev. David Mulholland, Vocation
Arms of the Archdiocese of Seattle

This past Saturday, on the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, I received my letter from the Archdiocese of Seattle regarding my application for formation to the Diaconate. The answer, as it was eight years ago, was no. This time, there was no real explanation, just a carefully worded form letter. The last time my application was rejected, I wrote a heartfelt […]

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Called, Not Chosen

Bishop Frank Schuster, community, Francine my love, inside baseball, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Vocation

Last Friday morning, I was struck particularly by a psalm from the Office for Saint Agatha: O God, my God, for Thee I long at break of day: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my body longeth for Thee, As desert, arid land: thus I appear before Thee in the sanctuary, to see Thy power and Thy glory. For Thy mercy […]

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