Category: Children

Faith Formation for Children and Teens

9/2/2021

Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...

Registration ends September 30!

Online Registration

Questions contact:
Tere Delgado
tere@padreserra.org
(805) 482·6417 x347

St. Mary Magdalen School

1/17/2021

St. Mary Magdalen students develop their faith on a daily basis. They enjoy daily religion class, weekly Mass and a wide variety of extracurricular activities including football, basketball, volleyball, softball, and track teams. After school clubs also include Art Club, Bricks 4 Kidz, Soccer Club, STEM Club, and Chess Club.

TK through 8th grade applications are available on the school website at www.smmschool.net. Parents are also encouraged to call the school for a personal tour with the principal (805) 482·2611.

St. Mary Magdalen students put their faith into action by contributing hundreds of service hours to community organizations such as Many Meals, Operation Christmas Child, Get on the Bus, and Life Centers of Ventura County.

For more information or to contribute, contact pam@padreserra.org

Spark! at Home

4/25/2020

This page has been moved. Please visit Spark! at Home

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Cherubs Music Program

3/23/2020

Due to COVID-19, Cherubs classes are cancelled until further notice. Any questions, please email Lisa at cherubs@padreserra.org. Thanks!

Preschool through Grade 2

New Semester Begins
February 15
Saturdays
9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)
10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2
Carmel Room

Enroll today!

Tuition: $25 per child/ $35 per family per semester, payable to Padre Serra Parish.

Please register your child today!
Contact Lisa to ensure space is available:
(805) 217·6106, cherubs@padreserra.org
You can download the forms and send by email
or Fax to (805) 388·0512.

Registration Preschool

Registration K to 2nd Grade

Parental Photo Release Form

Parents Letter

Did you know that early childhood music can…

Help develop language and reasoning skills
Help enhance memorization skills
Help increase coordination and strengthen motor skills
Help develop pattern recognition
Increase relationships and social interactions with children and adults
Provide children with a healthy way to express emotions
Help develop good listening skills, so important for academic achievement.

Mardi Gras

2/25/2020

Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday," is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. In the past, people would clean out their cupboards, removing all the sugar, fat, and lard to prepare for the forty days of fasting ahead. Here at Padre Serra, we share a delicious dinner or dessert and talk about what we will do as a family to draw closer to Jesus this Lent.

Also visit: Children, Lent

Little Church

2/4/2020

Sunday preschool
9:00 am and 11:00 am Mass
Age 3 through Kindergarten

Sign up your little one for a fun time at church during Mass.
Children learn so much! From the Sign of the Cross to bible stories, songs and more.
Super fun to make friends and be at church on Sundays!! Parents love it too.
Register your child as soon as they turn 3.
soraya@padreserra.org

Stay and Play

2/3/2020

Sundays during the
9:00am and 11:00am masses
San Juan Bautista room

Miss Nicole and Miss Andrea lovingly care for your little one (12 - 36 months) while you go to Mass. Stop by to see all the toys and fun. You are welcome to stay to be sure your toddler is settled. This is a no-cost service.
teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: Children, Weekend

Stations of the Cross Family Craft

2/1/2020

Our Lenten Stations of the Cross Family Craft gathering has been cancelled. Kits will be available after Mass on Sunday for you to take home and work on this beautiful and prayerful project.

Come and join us in making a meaningful Lent project with your whole family!
This project will entail painting and decoupaging peg people. Once completed, this set has the characters you need to act out the Passion of Jesus, including everyone you need for the 14 Stations of the Cross.
Set this up in your home to remind everyone of Jesus' sacrifice for us and his triumphant resurrection.
Donation: $10 per family.
Contact: christine@padreserra.org

Altar Server Training

1/12/2020

Boys and girls grades five and up and high school teens.

Have you always been interested in becoming an altar server but just haven’t had time? This is your chance!

Boys and girls in grades five an up and high school teens are invited to join this truly special ministry.

Intense training, offered only once a year, to learn the order of the Mass and all the basics of serving covered in seven 2.5-hour sessions.

Join this inspiring group!

Sign-up: robert_shadduck@msn.com

Also visit: Altar Servers

Children's & Middle School Choir - CMSC

8/1/2019

Grades 3 - 8

Rehearsals Mondays
5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 5
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through May

Our Children's & Middle School Choir (aka CMSC) is open to boys and girls in third through eighth grades. Their "season" runs from September through May. CMSC sings at liturgy about once a month and rehearses every week on Mondays. The choir also is featured in the annual PSP Christmas Concert, singing alone, and in combination with the other choirs as well. Membership is open to all children who would like to participate and who are willing to commit to what's required. For questions and more detailed information about the requirements, please contact kathleen@padreserra.org.

There are occasional solo opportunities and one of the most important missions of CMSC is to form young people in music ministry - the idea that rather than a mere performance what the choir does at the liturgy is to lead the singing of the assembly, and to enable their own and everyone's sung prayer. Additionally, when the choir sings by itself at the liturgy, the purpose is to help everyone there who hears the music, including the singers themselves, to encounter Jesus. We are trying to teach all participants in all the choirs that it is a ministry of service to God's people and to the liturgy, and that worship "in spirit and in truth" is what we are aiming for.

To join CMSC, schedule a Vocal Checkup with our Children's Choir Director, Kathleen MacAller.

Also visit: Music Ministry

First Communion 2019

5/12/2019

99 young people received Jesus in communion for the very first time last weekend! May they, and all of us, be nourished by and respond to his love. Congratulations children and families on this milestone!

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Also visit: Children, Eucharist

Operation Christmas Child

10/22/2018

What will the students do?
Our elementary students, more than 100 of them, will be creating and wrapping beautiful gifts for poor, sick and suffering children in third world countries. Our Padre Serra third through fifth graders participate in this world wide outreach effort by filling shoe boxes with donated items, decorating the boxes and making a beautiful, personal card.

What they learn?
The children watch a DVD about this project and learn that not all children in the world have toys or pencils, or even an empty shoe-box.

What can you do as a parent?

Bring a shoe-box and some donated items listed below.
Stay and assist your child with this project if you are able to.
Wrapping the boxes can be challenging and so any additional help is appreciated. Besides, it's a rewarding project to be able to do with your child.
Donate extra supplies, if possible.

Suggested Gifts:

Toys: small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch a Sketch toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), slinky, etc.
School supplies: pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, coloring books, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books etc.
Hygiene items: toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
Other: Individually wrapped hard candy, lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, sunglasses, flashlights (with extra batteries), ball caps, socks, T-shirts, toy jewelry, hair clips, watches, small picture books, etc.

Please DO NOT include the following:

Used items
War-related items: toy guns, knives, etc
Chocolate, gummy, or perishable food items
Liquids: shampoo, liquid soap, lotion, bubbles, etc
Medicines: vitamins, cough drops, ointment, etc
Breakable items: mirrors, china dolls, etc

If you have any questions, contact the parish at (805) 482·6417 and ask for Christine at x349.

Also visit: Children

Family Life Matters

10/16/2018

How to Leave the Footprints of Faith on the Hearts of Our Children

A whole community experience for adults, parents, grandparents, and families to enjoy a meal and presentation by Deacon Manuel and Chella Valencia for adults and activities for kids.

In Jesus’ Jewish culture, children learned their faith from infancy from their parents. It was so imprinted on their hearts and minds that the children would sooner forget their own name than forget their faith. This evening is an opportunity to reflect: are we, as adults, parents, family, a and catechists, teaching our Catholic faith today in a way that our children will remember and really live their faith, have a lifelong relationship with Jesus, recognize God working in their daily lives, and be active disciples?

Questions: teresa@padreserra.org
Sponsored by the Adult Faith Formation and Children’s Formation.

Presentations:

Importance of Parents and Family

Footprints of Faith

First Communiion 2018

5/20/2018

Congratulations to our children receiving their first Holy Communion!

Go to Gallery

Also visit: Children, Eucharist

First Communion 2017

6/23/2017

One hundred young people received Jesus in communion for the very first time last weekend! May they, and all of us, be nourished by and respond to his love. Congratulations children and families on this milestone!

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Faith Formation for Children and Teens

Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...

St. Mary Magdalen School

Spark! at Home

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Cherubs Music Program

New Semester Begins
February 15
Saturdays
9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)
10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2
Carmel Room

Enroll today!

Mardi Gras

Little Church

Sunday preschool
9:00 am and 11:00 am Mass
Age 3 through Kindergarten

Stay and Play

Sundays during the
9:00am and 11:00am masses
San Juan Bautista room

Stations of the Cross Family Craft

Altar Server Training

Children's & Middle School Choir - CMSC

Rehearsals Mondays
5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 5
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through May

First Communion 2019

Operation Christmas Child

Family Life Matters

Presentations:

First Communiion 2018

Congratulations to our children receiving their first Holy Communion!

First Communion 2017

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This page has been moved. Please visit Spark! at Home

New Semester BeginsFebruary 15Saturdays9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)​10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2​​Carmel Room

Enroll today!

Sunday preschool9:00 am and 11:00 am MassAge 3 through Kindergarten

Sundays during the 9:00am and 11:00am massesSan Juan Bautista room

Rehearsals Mondays5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 55:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8San Juan Capistrano RoomSeptember through May

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​Congratulations to our children receiving their first Holy Communion!

NEWS CATEGORIES

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Blessed Sacrament Chapel Hours

Office Hours

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For emergencies requiringa priest after hours, such as serious illness or death, ​please call:

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Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...

New Semester Begins
February 15
Saturdays
9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)
10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2
Carmel Room

Sunday preschool
9:00 am and 11:00 am Mass
Age 3 through Kindergarten

Sundays during the
9:00am and 11:00am masses
San Juan Bautista room

Rehearsals Mondays
5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 5
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through May

Congratulations to our children receiving their first Holy Communion!

Past News
ARCHIVES

For emergencies requiring
a priest after hours,
such as serious illness or death,
please call:

Address

Staff Login

Contact Communication