Dear Parents and Students,
I want to thank everyone for
a wonderful school year at Mater Dei High School. It has been my privilege to serve as
principal of this wonderful and vibrant Catholic community. The last few weeks have been extremely busy
at Mater Dei.
On May 2 the school
celebrated with a May Day mass and festivities.
Fr. Alex Zenthoefer, Class of ’96, presided. The event was beautiful and paid tribute to
the patroness of Mater Dei. I pray that
Our Mother will continue to guide Mater Dei as we move into the next sixty
years existence.
The school musical, “The Boy
Friend,” was performed May 2-4 in the Kempf Auditorium. The cast and crew of the show numbered over
eighty students. Over one thousand
people attended these excellent displays of our students’ talents.
Sr. Donna Marie Herr and
Angie Strehl were nominated for the Diocesan Teacher of the Year award. This is a great honor to have two members of
the faculty nominated for this prestigious award.
On May 15 a mass was
celebrated in honor of Sr. Donna leaving Mater Dei after 38 years of service to
the school. This mass was a touching
tribute to a very special woman. Please
wish well Sr. Donna well as she becomes the Director of the St.
Vincent’s Food Bank.
I am pleased to announce that
Greg Schaefer has been hired as our Campus Minister/Religion teacher. I received many applications and conducted
several interviews with extremely qualified individuals. We felt that Greg had the ability to move the
spirituality at Mater Dei forward. He
will begin his Masters degree in theology at St. Meinrad this summer.
Congratulations to Class of
2008! The talents and accomplishments of
this special group of students were apparent during Honors Night on May
14.
This summer will be extremely
busy with many projects to improve the campus and facilities. I will provide more details in the coming
months. I pray that you have a safe and
happy summer!
Blessings