Please Pray for Father Wagner
Rev. Michael Wagner
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 has flown back to Seattle to be with his spiritual son.
The hospital has requested no visitors outside of immediate family and clergy and archdiocesan staff.
Please continue to pray for Father Wagner, for his family, and for his parishes.
There was a prayer vigil last night at our parish of Holy Rosary. The Very Rev. Gary Zender, Vicar for Clergy for the Archdiocese of Seattle, offered Benediction. Reverends Stinson and Insco of the F.S.S.P. were in attendence, along with perhaps three hundred parishioners, friends, and visitors.
There will be a prayer vigil at 7:00 pm this evening at Visitation Church, and at Holy Rosary on Thursday at 7:00 pm.
The Friday 7:15 am Mass has been canceled, but all other Masses will be celebrated as scheduled, including School Masses.
My prayers are with him and his family. He is a wonderful priest.
I don’t know Father Wagner but please be assured he would be included in my Rosary this morning. Also I will include the inventions of his family at this difficult time. Saint Padre Pio, please intercede for a fellow priest. God bless you all
Saw on Facebook…so very tragic…God grant him comfort in this dark valley…praying for your priest.
——Your Jewish friends at Tikkun Olam California
Shalom and Toda Raba for your prayers for Fr Michael Wagner. I knew him briefly, but can say that he stood out as a man of honor, integrity, kindness, wisdom, erudition. I believe in miracles – I saw many “small” miracles in Israel, and know that our Creator Lord’s compassion is infinite, so praying for a big one. “Nothing is impossible with G-d” Shalom.
Yes – he definitely has my prayers.
Prayers for all concerned, may we mercifully be granted a miracle, we need our priests so very much! I must decide what to “give up” to show God i mean it as i ask Him to heal this priest and help all priests with the graces they need and heal them all please in the name of Jesus the Christ, Amen.
I am confident, he is on a journey to meet his Heavenly Father, where he will be welcomed with open arms. God bless Father Vagner .
Father Wagner was there when I needed him even though I was from another parish. He ha made such a difference in my life. Father I love you and pray for you. Our father saw that youdidwell by his pro leans needed you home. I pray for you night and day.
Remembering Fr. Wagner with fondness and admiration from his time as Parochial Vicar at St. Michael’s Parish in Olympia. Prayers for him, his family and his parishioners in this most difficult time.
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So sorry to hear this, father Mike is my best friend ,I ‘ll pray he will get better and does what he always loves to do.