Altar Servers are 5th-12th grade students who assist our priests and deacons during weekend Mass and Holy Days of Obligation. If your child is interested in becoming an Altar Server, please complete the Altar Server form.

Essential Pregnancy Services Baby Bottle Drive

Fill Bottles and Change Lives: Support the important work of Essential Pregnancy Services (EPS) with your financial contribution. EPS Baby Bottles is a fundraiser offering members of our community an opportunity to help women who are pregnant and under-supported. The fundraiser can also serve to help start the conversation with children on the value of all human life - born & unborn. While filling a baby bottle with coins, cash, or checks to benefit women who are facing a pregnancy crisis, we can teach children how they can make a difference in the lives of others.
Baby bottles will be distributed after Religious Education classes on Jan. 23/24.

Please return all bottles (filled or unfilled) to the Religious Education Office by Wednesday, February 7.

Confirmation Retreats

Save the Date

Saturday, March 2^nd for all SSM Religious Education students

Friday, April 5^thfor all SSM School students

(approximately 9:30 am-2:30pm)

This Spring, we are very excited to be offering SSM students the opportunity to attend a dynamic, spirit-filled retreat hosted by One Heart~One Fire Ministries. This one-day retreat will be held off-site this year at the Elkhorn Pro-Sanctity Center. Please mark your calendars now as all Confirmation Candidates are required to attend a Confirmation Retreat. This is sure to be a powerful experience for your child as they prepare to receive the Sacrament!

IF YOUR CHILD IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CONFIRMATION RETREAT please contact Sam Jizba, Confirmation Coordinator, at s.jizba@stephen.org. While we won’t be able to offer another Confirmation retreat this year, there are ways that your child can make up for this missed opportunity:

Your child may be able to attend a Confirmation retreat at another parish.
Your child can participate in 4 different “retreat like” experiences on their own time. A retreat-like experience would be any time that you break out of your normal routine and set aside time to specifically spend with God or to grow in your faith in some way. This time would often include some form of prayer, learning experience, and personal reflection time. See Retreat Experience Reflection form for examples of retreat-like experiences.

After your child participates in a retreat or retreat-like experience, please have them submit the Retreat Experience Reflection Form below. A reflection form should be completed for each retreat experience.

Retreat Reflection Form

First Communion Parent Meeting

Parents of children receiving First Holy Communion will meet on Sunday, February 11 at 4:00 pm in the Worship Space. Sandy Kimmey will speak to parents about the sacrament of Holy Eucharist. Preparations for our April 21st First Communion Masses will also be discussed. At least one parent of each Communicant should attend. Please contact Sandy at s.kimmey@stephen.org with questions.

Weather Cancellations

Should icy or snowy weather occur, the Religious Education program observes the school closing policies of the Millard School District. If Millard Public Schools cancel classes or evening activities due to inclement weather, we will not hold Religious Education classes that evening. Occasionally, because of deteriorating weather conditions during the day, we will need to cancel R.E. classes late in the afternoon or early evening, even when Millard has held classes. Cancellations and plans for re-scheduling activities will be published on the parish web-site at www.stephen.org. Parents will also be notified by text messaging or email. Parents should use their discretion as to whether it is safe for their children to attend class. The safety of our children is always our primary concern.

St. Stephen Track and Field is open to all registered parishioners in grades 5-8th. We welcome athletes of all abilities, including multi-sport athletes.

Season Overview:

Season Dates: Our season runs from February 26th through May 6th.
Practices: Our first practice is on February 26th. Practices will be Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 6 – 7:15 PM at the Millard West High School track.
Meets: Our first meet is March 30th and we will have 5 regular season meets with a Super Meet of all PAL schools on May 4th.
Field Events Include: shot put, discus, long jump, high jump & triple jump
Running Events Include: 100 meters (m), 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1600 m, 110 m hurdles, 4×100 m relay, 4×200 m relay & 4 x400 m relay

The cost is $50.00 for the season and includes a uniform jersey, shorts, and warm-up suit as part of the registration fee, all to be returned at the end of the season.

Please complete this registration form and submit payment via credit card to complete the registration process. The registration deadline is February 26, 2024.

Questions? Please contact Kate Harr, SSM Track and field coordinator, at kateharr@rocketmail.com.

Register Here