by Father Jacob Maurer | Oct 12, 2024 | Catholic communities of the Olympic Peninsula (Parish Family 49), Parish life, Reflections |
This month begins the implementation of several liturgical changes at two of our churches in our parish family – Queen of Angels (Port Angeles) and Saint Joseph (Sequim). This was preceded by an extensive series of meetings, emails, and generally a lot of...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Oct 8, 2024 | Pastor's post |
The last two weeks have been pretty wild. The installation Mass on the memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels was wonderful. Despite having made the Oath of Fidelity several times in my life, I was surprised at how nervous I was before the Mass. I am particularly...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Oct 6, 2024 | Catholic communities of the Olympic Peninsula (Parish Family 49), Parish life, Reflections |
I am pleased to share with you the audio of our monthly parish family townhall gathering. As always, you may watch the video here – and I’ve included the timestamps below for reference & easy access – but the best way to navigate the video is to watch it on...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Oct 3, 2024 | Pastor's post |
Though only half-way done, this week has already been a whirlwind. The installation Mass this Wednesday at Queen of Angels turned out quite nicely, especially for an evening celebration in the middle of the week! I was pleasantly surprised at how many people were able...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Sep 28, 2024 | Pastor's post |
A visitor (on top of the crucifix) at Queen of Angeles – he stuck around for several days before departing, but impressed me with his reverence at Mass This pastor’s post from last week is going up late due to my website being down most of the week –...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Sep 20, 2024 | Pastor's post
While I seem to be in the minority, I’ve been delighted by the turn to cooler weather these last few days – suddenly several layers of vestments doesn’t seem quite so burdensome! 😉 Mario joins Yoshi and…himself (!) on my entertainment station...