Category: Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P.

Our 2018 in Review

2018 transitions in Tacoma, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg, Blog Ephemera, Camino, community, Deacon James Fish, Deacon Mike Teskey, Family, Francine my love, Fun, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Pistachio House, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Sacred Liturgy Conference

This has been a crazy year. Here at Pistachio House, we had designated 2018 as the “Year of Hygge“. This was going to be the year that we concentrated on coziness. Pistachio House would be finally made into the cozy home we imagined. There would be coffee cake, walks, and new furnishings. It started out strongly enough, and it certainly […]

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We Walk by Faith

Camino, community, Francine my love, Fun, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Francis Xavier Kikomeko, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

Last weekend, my beautiful bride Francine and I did some walking, and it got me to thinking about the spirituality of walking. I’m always amazed at what you can accomplish by walking. Modern psychologists say that walking makes us smarter, but the idea is hardly original to them. Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking. (Saint Augustine) This is […]

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Lacrimosa Dies Illa

2018 transitions in Tacoma, Chant, community, Divine Office, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

The Reverend Michael Wagner passed to God in the early morning hours of May 2, 2018. Since then, we’ve been caught in the whirlwind of planning and work, with hardly a moment to take it all in. On the night of his death, our parishes came together to chant Solemn Vespers from the Office for the Dead. Rev. Nicholas Wichert, […]

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Please Pray for Father Wagner

2018 transitions in Tacoma, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Very Rev. Gary Zender

On Tuesday, April 10, Rev. Michael Wagner, Priest Administrator of Visitation and Holy Rosary Parishes in Tacoma collapsed during the celebration of the holy Mass. He was admitted to hospital with an irreversible brain hemorrhage. The doctors have advised his family and the archdiocese that he is unlikely to survive. Much of his family is with him now. Archbishop Sartain […]

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My 12 Favourite Posts of 2017

Annual, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, Blog Ephemera, Francine my love, Fun, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Jerry Sherbourne, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Yesterday, I posted a list of the most popular posts of the past year on this blog. However, the things I like are not always the most popular. I know this comes as a shock. I’ve been charitably described as eccentric, and I’m just going to go with that. During the past twelve months I’ve written some posts that I […]

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The Extraordinary Form and Mutual Enrichment

Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Latin, Meditations, Moments in Time, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

This morning for the first time I served at a public Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. It was a votive Mass of Saint Joseph, celebrated at Saint Joseph church in Tacoma by the Rev. Caleb Insco, F.S.S.P. This is only the second time I’ve served at the Vetus Ordo, and I was extremely nervous. Throughout the […]

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Summorum Pontificum: Tenth Anniversary

History, inside baseball, Latin, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

TEN years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI caused to be published the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. With the stroke of a pen, the ancient rites of the Mass (last edited in 1962) could suddenly be celebrated by any priest of the Roman Rite. Deo gratias! This ancient form of the Mass, the so-called Extraordinary Form, is a great gift to […]

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God in the Streets of Tacoma

Annual, community, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma

Depending on what calendar you use (Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form), and whether or not it is a Holy Day of Obligation in your diocese, today(or last Thursday) is (or was) the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Happy Corpus Christi! Whereas Holy Thursday is a celebration of the institution of the Eucharist, Corpus Christi is […]

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Thank you, Fr. Insco

Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma

Before, during, and after last night’s vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Rev. Caleb Insco, F.S.S.P., heard Confessions at Holy Rosary. Fr. Insco is a newly-minted priest serving at St Joseph. I am grateful for Fr. Insco’s zeal and charity, and I would like to publicly thank him for his service to the Lord and to the […]

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