Youth Ministry
Announcements
Spring SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE POSTED ON SIGN UP GENIUS!!!!
Please use Sign Up Genius for volunteering for service events.
Participation in Youth Ministry Activities will require completion of the online Youth Ministry Registration Form (one time for the entire school year), and completion of the online Youth Ministry Activity Permission Form (for each individual activity). You can access each form by clicking on the "plus" sign to the right of the form title in the boxes above. Once you have completed the form, click the Submit button to complete the process. THIS CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PHONE DEVICE, PLEASE USE A COMPUTER.
Any Confirmation forms needing my signature can be sent to me through the office. Students/parents are responsible for keeping track of service hours.
Learn about the places we visit:
Organizations We Serve
Spring SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
All service opportunities are for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade unless otherwise specified.
Manna on Main Street:
- Students will serve the evening meal to the community and clean up.
Giving Tree Projects:
- Help assemble various bags for the needy: snack bags, toiletries, craft bags, etc.
- In class — Building Better Citizens Project
SPARK Senior Center:
- 8th graders only
- Students are selected during the school year so that all can be given the opportunity to attend.
- Visit with seniors, share conversations, help serve lunch, and work on projects with seniors, etc.
St. Mary Manor:
- Help with crafts, play games, etc., with the SMM residents!
Face to Face Ministries:
- Serve meals being served in Germantown
St. John Hospice Casseroles:
- Make casseroles at Mater Dei that are served to the SJH Men's Homeless Shelter. (part of Catholic Social Services)
Garden of Health Farm:
- North Wales
- Help on the farm with spring planting, etc.
Soda Tab Collection (ongoing)
- Please save soda (aluminum)tabs during the school year.
- Bring them into the school office anytime! T
- Ronald McDonald House uses them to gain proceeds to help support the house for families in need of lodging while their children are in the hospital.
Marthas Community Farm(CSS): 1350 Pawlings Rd. Audobon, PA 19403
- Help harvest crops, work around the farm grounds, etc.
- Produce is grown for local food pantries, including CSS Martha Food Pantry in Norristown.
- Bring garden gloves, water bottle, snack, wear old clothes(pants, sweatshirts, etc, hats), and boots/sneakers.
Sock and Granola Bar collection & assembly for the homeless
- Look for more information soon.
Welcome to the Mater Dei Youth Ministry webpage! I have been with Mater Dei/ St. Stanislaus for the past 17 years as a faculty member, Parish Youth Minister, and the past 13 years as a classroom aid, substitute, and Campus Minister for the school community. As the Campus Minister, it is my goal to provide students in grades 6,7,8 and all families in the Mater Dei community, with meaningful opportunities to grow in their faith through service to those in need. I look forward to meeting our new Mater Dei students and continue working with the Junior High students in our Youth Ministry activities!!! THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OTHERS!
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"Peace is Built in the Heart"
Pope Leo XIV’s words remind us of a powerful truth: peace doesn’t start in the world around us—it begins within each of us. It is shaped by love, nourished by prayer, and strengthened by our desire to live as Jesus taught.
At Mater Dei Catholic, we embrace this call to be peacemakers. Pope Leo’s message speaks to everyone, but especially to our children, who are growing into the people God created them to be. When peace lives in our hearts, it flows into our words, our choices, and our relationships.
When every heart becomes a home for peace, then our school, our homes, and our entire community can become places of kindness, forgiveness, justice, and joy. Pope Leo is calling us to be different—to build peace through the way we live, speak, and treat one another each day.
This year, let us journey together as builders of peace—rooted in God’s love, guided by His truth, and strengthened by His mercy.
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