I have an exciting announcement to make: I have taken a job as the Director of Evangelization for the Diocese of Venice, Florida ^[1]! My family will be moving down to Florida in early August to begin the job.

As regular readers of my blog will know, over 17 years ago I began the Master’s in Theology program ^[2] at Franciscan University of Steubenville. My original plan was to find full-time work in the Church or an apostolate. Of course, life intervened and I had to put my studies on hold. So for the past 15 years I have worked in software development and raised my family. However, I never lost my desire to serve the Church full-time. For the past few years I have been doing much “part-time” apostolate: writing books and articles, hosting this blog, running the evangelization efforts at my parish, etc. I also have been finishing my Master’s degree, which I just received a few weeks ago. So I thought now was a good time to make the move to full-time apostolate.

Why this particular position? Simply put, I was very impressed with the bishop of Venice, Bishop Frank Dewane ^[3]. He has a deep love for the Church and a passion for spreading the Catholic Faith. In talking to him, I realized that here was a successor to the apostles who has an apostolic zeal. And I hear the weather there isn’t too shabby.

I still plan on writing books and articles even after moving into this position. Most likely, I will also continue blogging, but probably for the Venice Diocese instead of here. But I’ll keep everyone up-to-date as things progress.

Also, if any of my readers live in the Venice/Sarasota area, I’d love to hear from you! You can email me at eric@ericsammons.com ^[4].

Please pray for me and my family as we make this big move!