Priest Profile

MEET DEACON STAN & FRAN NECIKOWSKI

ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH, IRVINE

By STAFF     1/15/2016

YEARS MARRIED: 31

CHILDREN: 1

YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 1

HOW THEY MET: In Fran’s courtyard at a Fourth of July party

WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: Dinners with friends, watching movies or TV together

HIS ROLE AS A DEACON: Assisting at Mass and occasionally preaching; performing baptisms and leading Stations of the Cross during Lent and Friday Eucharistic Adorations; incarceration ministry and member of the Board of Directors for Mary’s Shelter

HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: Presiding at my son’s wedding

HOW HE WAS CALLED TO THE DIACONATE: I had been praying about what I might be called to do. Pastor asked Fran and I to consider the diaconate, and we decided to look into it.