Writing

For a long time, I thought calling was something you answered once, in a singular brave moment of certainty. But the longer I live, the more I suspect vocation unfolds slowly across a lifetime, through a thousand quiet acts of saying yes long before we fully understand what we are becoming. I wrote about that long and winding journey toward priesthood, toward inhabiting a call I spent years trying not to want and could not ultimately outrun. On June 20, I will be ordained to

Why I Am Choosing the Name (and Vocation) of Mother As I prepared to preach this Mother’s Day and as I stand only weeks away from ordination, I found myself reflecting deeply on what it means to become “Mother Nicole.” It is a title I have sat with quietly for a long time now, turning it over gently in prayer and conversation and contemplation. And the closer ordination comes, the more certain I become that this is not simply a preference in language, but a vocation within th

This was announced today in the https://stpaulsnewnan.org newsletter: There are moments in life when two truths exist side by side. This is one of them. In many ways, this feels like coming home. St. Paul’s is the place where I was confirmed, where my discernment first began to take shape, and where God quietly planted seeds that would grow over many years. Though I have left Newnan multiple times, moving to other states and even living internationally twice, this community h