Congratulations, Father Stinson!

Rev. Michael Stinson, pastor of Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, has been appointed Superior of the North American District of the FSSP for a term of three years. Congratulations, Father!

The notice may be found in a no-nonsense press release from the FSSP.

Father Stinson has served in Tacoma since 2015, and I have always found him gracious and hospitable, even in cases where his guests were abusive of that hospitality.

Tacoma will be all the poorer for Father’s leaving us, but I have little doubt that he will use his talents and skills and undoubted holiness in his new position to the glory of God.

Congratulations, Father Stinson, and farewell. We will be praying for you.

O Jesus, Eternal Priest,
keep Thy priests within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.
Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Thy Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with Thy Precious Blood.
Keep pure and unworldly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.

Let Thy Holy Love surround them from the world’s contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit,
and may the souls to whom they minister
be their joy and consolation here
and their everlasting crown hereafter.

O Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us;
obtain for us many holy priests.
Amen.