I just wanted to share where and when I will be celebrating Masses during my visit to Watsonville. I hope to see you!

Dear Family and Friends,

I’ll be visiting my family in Watsonville for Thanksgiving and just wanted to share when I’ll be saying Mass (this visit, all at Our Lady, Help of Christians):

• November 20-22, 24: 9 am Mass (as main celebrant)
• Thanksgiving Day: 9 am (concelebrating)
• Friday, November 24: 9 am Mass (as main celebrant)
• Saturday, November 25: 4:14 pm (concelebrating)
• Sunday, November 26: 8 am (celebrating, Solemnity of Christ the King)
• Monday, November 27: 9 am (concelebrating)
• November 28-29: 9 am (as main celebrant)

I hope to see you if you’re in town.

Since last summer I have been helping remotely in a department of the Legion of Christ’s Territorial Directorate (administrative offices) for North America called the secretariat. I’ve been an assistant to the Territorial Secretary. The secretariat handles all the records, correspondence, petitions, etc. of the governance of the Legion of Christ in North America. The Territorial Secretary takes the minutes for all the meetings of the Territorial Director and his Council, helps schedule meetings, etc. He’s sort of an administrative assistant for the territory.

On April 17th I’ll become the new Territorial Secretary. So I’ll be moving back to Cumming, GA in late April to be part of the Territorial Directorate community. The good news is I’ll be back in Cumming and I look forward to seeing old friends and parishioners from St. Brendan’s. The news that may disappoint some is that I won’t be part of the community of Legionaries that serve St. Brendan’s, so I wont be serving St. Brendan’s as I did from 2017-2020.

My time and ministry in Raleigh from 2020-2023 has been a great grace. I’m grateful to so many friends I’ve made in Raleigh. Please keep me in your prayers and count on mine as I start my new mission.

My new book of homiletic reflections for Ash Wednesday through Good Friday just went live on Amazon. Links are at https://fathernikola.org/liturgy-day-by-day/