For families with children in Spark! Grades 1 - 5.
(Younger and older siblings are welcome too; the workshop is geared to elementary age children and their families).

• Come as a family – plan about 1 hour.
• Go through 7 stations where children (with parent assistance) will make a craft representing each day of Holy Week.
• Follow along and honor Jesus’ last week on earth.
  Children will go home with a special symbol representing each day – from Palm Sunday through Easter – and instructions for how to celebrate Holy week at home.

To better help us prepare ourselves during this time of lent; we will have the opportunity to practice the three pillars of Lent: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.
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​May Holy Week become a rich experience for your family.

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

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

Have you always been interested in becoming an altar server but just haven’t had time? This is your chance! 
Boys and girls in grade 5 and 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 will be covered in seven 2.5 hour sessions.
Join this inspiring group!

Signup:
Robert_Shadduck@msn.com

Also visit: Altar Servers

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

Also visit: 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?

Miss Nicole lovingly cares for your little one (12-36 months) while you go to mass. ​Stop by and see all the toys and fun and meet Nicole. You are welcome to stay to be sure your toddler is settled. ​This is a no cost service.

​Also visit: Children, Weekend

Our parish charters Troop #257 for boys in grades 6-12. For more information about Boy Scouts in general please visit their website or the Ventura County Council.
​For more information about Boy Scouts, please contact:
Terry Tong 
​terrytong76@gmail.com

​For more information about Girl Scouts, please contact:
Karen Fraser
(805) 987 · 8432
fraserclan5@verizon.net

We have a loving and welcoming process at Padre Serra through which children 6 years of age and older are prepared to be received into the Church.

Infants and very young children are baptized based on the faith of their parents, godparents and the community. But school-age children, capable of having a faith of their own, are initiated through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) process, adapted for children.

​Children new to the process meet on Monday afternoons, starting in September, to begin learning about the Bible, Jesus, the Church, prayer, and how God is acting in their lives. They participate in some of the Faith Formation activities with the baptized children in the parish and gradually learn what it means to be a Catholic Christian.

Family members, especially parents, are encouraged to participate as much as possible in their child's journey to the sacraments. It is a wonderful experience for the whole family which integrates them into the life of the parish.

If you have a child six years or older who is not baptized or was baptized in another Christian tradition, please contact Catherine Shadduck for any questions or to register: catherine@padreserra.org or (805) 482·6417 ext 331. 

Also visit: Baptism, RCIA