In their September 14, 2022 issue, the Diocese of Belleville’s newspaper, The Messenger, featured an article about our seniors who serve as ministers of Holy Communion and catechists in local Youth Faith Formation (YFF)/Parish School of Religion (PSR) programs (see article below). We thank The Messenger for sharing this unique aspect of... Read More
The Mater Dei community is proud to announce the members of the Mater Dei Hall of Honor Class of 2021, who will be inducted on May 7, 2021: Lieutenant General Eric Fick ’86, Richard “Pete” Jansen ‘57, Dave Kohnen ‘71, and Michelle “Shelly” Schuetz ’88. They will be inducted with... Read More
(from left) Megan Buller, Myles Buller, and Andy Buller are pictured with St. Vincent de Paul Society President Jordyn Muscarello after receiving donations that were collected during our 2021 Catholic Schools Week. The donations, which totaled $4,750, will assist Mr. Buller and his family as he continues chemotherapy treatments for... Read More
Joining Catholic schools across the nation, the Mater Dei community celebrated Catholic Schools Week 2021 the week of January 31 through February 6. The theme for this year was “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.” During this special week, in addition to fun-filled events, we also celebrated all members of our... Read More
We sincerely thank Bishop Michael McGovern for celebrating two Thanksgiving Masses at Mater Dei on November 25, 2020 – first with our juniors and seniors and then with our freshmen and sophomores! Enjoy his inspirational homily via the following link: Thanksgiving Mass with Bishop McGovern (November 25, 2020)
We will certainly miss hosting our in-person All Saints Day and Grandparents Mass, as we love watching our students and their grandparents after Mass, when they visit and walk the halls together! Please enjoy the recording of Fr. Chuck Tuttle’s All Saints Day and Grandparents Mass by clicking the following... Read More
The administration and faculty are pleased to recognize underclass and senior students for their accomplishments in the areas of academics, extracurricular activities, and service during the 2019-2020 school year. (Due to concerns related to COVID-19, one awards presentation was recorded, during which both underclass and senior awards were announced.) We... Read More
The Mater Dei family is proud to announce that our Catholic Schools Week Sumo Wrestling Charity Challenge raised an amazing total of $4,620 for Maren Poettker and her family! Maren, a three-year-old battling Neuroblastoma, is the daughter of Chris ’01 and Neely Poettker of Aviston, as well as the niece... Read More
Joining Catholic schools across the nation, the Mater Dei community celebrated Catholic Schools Week 2020 the week of January 26 through February 1. The theme for this year was “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” During this special week, in addition to fun-filled events, we also celebrated all members of... Read More
Members of the Mater Dei community are invited to join us for our all-school Masses (9:40 a.m.): Homecoming Mass: Oct 1, 2019 Grandparents and All Saints Day Mass: Nov 1, 2019 Thanksgiving Mass: Nov 27, 2019 Immaculate Conception Mass: Dec 9, 2019 Catholic Schools Week Mass: Jan 29, 2020 Ash... Read More
