I love to preach and teach and to initiate people into the joy of a relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. 

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Father Nick Larkin grew up in Delta, CO and is the oldest of the three children of Rick & Rhonda Larkin. He heard the call to the priesthood at the age 3 through the witness of Pope Saint John Paul II. Father Nick is passionate about teaching the fullness of the Catholic faith, in an orthdox way, be it from the pulpit, RCIA, or giving talks. He is a Pro-Life, Eucharistic, and Marian priest and evangelist.  

He envisions Assumption Parish to be a place where young people and families come to grow in a deep life of mystical union with Jesus Christ, to become saints for the New Evangelization. The Sacraments are the heart of our parish and Father Nick seeks to celebrate them with deep reverence, tradition, and joy in the Holy Spirit.  

The parish, consecrated to Our Lady of the Assumption, takes two Marian apostles as it’s secondary patrons: Saint John the Evangelist, who was entrusted to care for the Blessed Mother from the Cross to her glorious Assumption, and Saint Maximilian Kolbe, who died on the vigil of the Feast of the Assumption, and robustly brought souls to Jesus through Mary. 

Father Nick is working to ensure that evangelization and formation in a life of deep prayer is at the heart of all that we do here.

The parish exists to bring Christ to souls and souls to Christ. We do so by fostering the following principles: 

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• to cultivate a culture of deep, mystical prayer, grounded in the liturgical life of the Church and centered on adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to the Blessed Mother

• to foster Biblical catechesis at every level through bible studies and Lectio Divina

• to grow a culture of frequent use of the Sacrament of Penance as a springboard for ongoing conversion 

• to develop an apostolic impulse in the staff & school faculty that flows from the grace of their Baptism and personal abiding in Christ 

• to promote priestly & religious vocations through prayer and retreats 

• to invest in our youth & young adults so that they know they are not the future of the church but the present of the church, equipped to bring Christ into the secular culture 

• to forge men who are spiritual fathers and spiritual warriors and can effectively lead their families to heaven 

• to evangelize the poor in our community through works of mercy that invite them into the joy of the gospel and a life of prayer

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