Abbey Updates

The Monastic Community of Saint Martin’s Abbey announces the abbatial blessing of
ABBOT MARION QUI-THAC NGUYEN, O.S.B.

From Abbot Marion’s Holy Card

The Monastic Community of Saint Martin’s Abbey Joyfully announces the abbatial blessing of ABBOT MARION QUI-THAC NGUYEN, O.S.B. as ninth abbot of Saint Martin’s Abbey.

Most Reverend Paul D. Etienne, D.D., S.T.L.
Archbishop of Seattle presiding
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Feast of the Assumption
2:00 p.m.
Saint Martin’s Abbey Church
Lacey, Washington

 
You are cordially invited to join us virtually via the streaming of the blessing at
https://www.facebook.com/stmartinsabbey Log into Facebook before 2:00 p.m. and go to Saint Martin’s Abbey’s Facebook page to join the live streaming of the blessing.

Post pandemic, a formal welcome and reception will be announced via the Abbey website.

Abbot Marion’s Holy CardDownload

Abbatial Election of Abbot Marion

Abbot Marion, the ninth abbot of Saint Martin’s Abbey

Monday, July 6, 2020

It is with great joy that the monks of Saint Martin’s Abbey announce the election of our ninth abbot, Abbot Marion Qui-Thac Nguyen. Abbot Marion was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle in 2004 before joining Saint Martin’s Abbey, making his first profession of monastic vows on August 15th, 2013. Please join us in giving thanks to the Holy Spirit for guiding our community in the process of finding this most worthy successor to Abbot Neal Roth and let us also give thanks for his many years of service as we begin a new chapter for Saint Martin’s Abbey.

Thank you and God bless,

Br. Nicolaus Wilson O.S.B., Prior, Saint Martin’s Abbey.

Saint Martin's Abbey Coat of Arms
Saint Martin’s Abbey Coat of Arms

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Saint Martin's Abbey

The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Martin's, founded in Lacey, Washington in 1895 as a monastery of the American Cassinese Congregation, is a community of Roman Catholic men dedicated to providing Christian witness in the Pacific Northwest through its monastic life of prayer and work, education and service to the Church. Saint Martin's Abbey fulfills its mission through liturgical prayer and worship, through its support of Saint Martin's University and through its pastoral service to the local Church.
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Towards the end of Morning Prayer, the power went out. Breakfast in monastic refectory by candlelight. Welcome to the Middle Ages.
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Kenji will be received into the novitiate of Saint Martin's Abbey on February 2, the feast of the Presentation of our Lord. Please keep him in your prayers.
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Kenji Goodson

During high school, my religion teacher asked the class which of us thought marriage was their vocation. I raised my hand just to fit in with my peers, but it was then that I first felt God gently tugging me in a different direction.

I slowly began to discern over the next few years. During Mass I imagined what it would be like to become a parish priest. I went on retreats and gatherings with the Jesuits. At university and a later volunteer service at a middle school, I witnessed the ministry of Dominicans and Capuchin friars towards the students. Each time another small thread joined the others gently tugging at my heart, entwining to form a stronger and stronger bond. Though still I put off a full commitment, restlessly pursuing what the world had to offer.

But after being laid off from a software job, I saw it as an opportunity to reevaluate my priorities and make a serious step toward my vocation. God gave a mighty pull on the rope of my heart toward St. Martin’s Abbey. It was that inexpressible feeling of nervous love when I visited; when trying to describe it in romantic terms, I told my friends that I had found the one that I was going to marry. Now that I’m here, I pray that Christ continues to pull me closer to him with each little string of every moment.
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Jesse will be received into the novitiate of Saint Martin's Abbey on February 2, the feast of the Presentation of our Lord. Please keep him in your prayers.
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Jesse Pascua

As a kid, my family moved between different homes across the country many times. By high school graduation, there was no one I ever called my best friend. For most of my life, there was no one I trusted; not even God.

Years later, God met me in the Bible. At His baptism, the heavenly Father praises Jesus: 'This is my Son. He pleases me." When I read this scene on a retreat, it was as if the Lord spoke these words about me. He said "You please me. You are a gift."

My response was to trust God's care and love; something I never earned. The monk holds scripture as the backbone of his worship. Read the Bible, especially the Psalms, as your story. With an open heart, you'll hear what I heard that first time: "You are a gift."
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