Category: Rev. Michael Wagner

Changes 2017: It’s Official

2017 transitions - Holy Rosary / Visitation, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

The Northwest Catholic, the official magazine of the Archdiocese of Seattle, has published the official list of new priestly appointments for July, 2017. In among the quite extensive list, we of course find the outgoing pastor and the incoming priest administrator for our parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation. Well, at least we now have current photos of both of […]

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Custom and Tradition

2017 transitions - Holy Rosary / Visitation, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Moments in Time, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

Yesterday at my parish of Holy Rosary, we celebrated a votive Mass on the Marian altar. This was more or less our Mother’s Day Mass. We have been doing this for a couple of years now, and last year we added a Father’s Day Mass in June at the Saint Joseph altar. This is a laudable custom, and I hope […]

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Ch-ch-ch-changes (2017 Edition)

2017 transitions - Holy Rosary / Visitation, community, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

Years ago, I wrote a post titled “Hopes and Prayers for a new Pastor“. If the stats are to be believed, this is one of the most consistently popular posts on this blog. I wrote then: Being a pastor is one of the most difficult jobs in the world, I think. The responsibility of shepherding souls must be a great […]

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