To volunteer for the Tolention Bread Prep Party, Please click here.

Do you like baking...or buying baked goods? Click here to provide desserts for our buffet!

Interesting in volunteering before, during, or after the festival?  We need lots of help to set up, clean up, and keep the fun going? Thanks!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP. 

For more information Contact Lisa @ Lisa@stnicholascc.org

Make plans to join us on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

Schedule of Events

4:00 PM - Feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino Mass 

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM - Music, Food & Fun!

Grown-Up Prize Walk Give-Away Schedule

Please join us in the game area by the Old Church at the times below 

for your chance to win!

5:30 PM - $25 Gift Card from Lucky Dog Outfitters

5:45 PM - $20 & $30 Gift Cards from Nail Center Spa

6:00 PM - $25 Gift Card from Fusion Donut Cafe (We have 2!)

6:15 PM - $50 Gift Certificate from Hi-Tech Cleaners

6:30 PM - $50 Gift Card from HARBORNEST

6:45 PM - $100 Gift Card from Dolly Mama

7:00 PM - $100 Gift Card from GreenHouse Restaurant

7:15 PM - Certificate for 15 doz. Pacific Oysters & 15 lbs. of Manila Clams from DeNotta Seafood (Valued at $210!)

Please check out all of our festival food menus for to determine which items fit your dietary needs.  

Parking for Mass and the festival is available in the paved church and school lots, with overflow parking located at the LDS Church on Rosedale, the school athletic field, and other designated areas.  

**Please obey posted signs and  

instructions from our parking volunteers. ** 

There is absolutely no parking in fire lanes or other non-designated parking areas! Anyone attempting to park in these areas will be asked to move. This is for everyone’s safety. Thank you for your cooperation! 

Any vehicle parked in an accessible (ADA) spot must have a permit. This applies to the temporary ADA parking spots as well as the permanent ones. 

Back-in-only spots are designated as such to keep traffic flowing in a safe direction before and during the event 

Please note the traffic flow patterns that are marked on the map with red arrows. This is for the safety of all attendees. 

These areas are designated as “one way” for the duration of the festival: 

The lanes immediately in front of the parish office are open for travel in the direction leading BEHIND the church building towards the upper/school lot OR left into the last row of parking that leads to the exit. 

The road that runs behind the church building, traveling in the direction from the lower lot to the upper/school lot. Anyone who is in the upper/school lot will not be allowed to access the lower lot by this route. They must exit onto Edwards Drive and enter the lower lot from Rosedale Ave 

St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1246-1306) is the patron of boatmen, mariners, and sailors, which is why the early settlers of Gig Harbor chose him to watch over their endeavors.

By the 15th century, multiple accounts from sailors attribute their salvation from storms to St. Nicholas' intercession. Italian artist Giovanni di Paolo painted "Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving a Shipwreck" in 1457. A replica of the painting hangs in our vestibule.

St. Nicholas of Tolentino was born in Sant'Angelo, Italy, after his childless parents had made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Nicholas of Myra ("Santa Claus") to ask for a son. He was a studious, kind, and gentle youth who entered the Augustinian community while still a child.

He became a monk at age 18 and a priest at age 23. He had a special love for the poor, and miraculously cured the sick with bread he had prayed over. At the time of his canonization in 1446, over 300 miracles were attributed to him. In addition to being a patron of mariners, he is also Patron of the Souls in Purgatory.