School Directory

Student Faith Leadership Program

Medicine Hat Catholic's Student Faith Leadership Program was established in the fall of 2022. The program is intended to create opportunities for students to grow both in their faith life and their leadership skills. Students chosen to be part of the SFLP have opportunities to participate in faith-based sessions which helps equip them to be disciples in their own schools.

How does the program work?

At the beginning of the school year, each school selects student representatives to partake in the Student Faith Leadership Program.

Students are selected based on their positive nature and leadership qualities. These student representatives, from each of our Catholic schools, will gather for active days facilitated by a dynamic youth minister.

At these gatherings, students participate in a variety of activities. Tasks include developing a school prayer, planning school faith activities and coordinating service projects (with guidance and support from their school Teacher Faith Leader).

Watch student leaders in action on our Instagram page!

Quarterly sessions are held at Holy Family Parish with bussing and lunch provided.

The lists below are summaries of the Student Faith Leadership impact in our schools. 

St. Louis School

  • Supported organizations like the Root Cellar, Women's Shelter giving them pajamas of all sizes,  Santa Claus Fund presents, Mission Mexico, Mary’s Meals, Special Olympics, Salvation Army care kits for the homeless and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. 
  • Created our school prayer that we say every Wednesday at assembly.
  • Made bulletin boards for students to share the things that fill their hearts.
  • Planned a donation challenges for each grade. These included: a cereal drive, coin drive, bottle collection, and a Valentine’s basket raffle.


St.Francis Xavier School

  • Student Faith Leaders assisted in aschool celebrations
  • Wrote a school prayer and prayed our school prayer at allassemblies.
  • Facilitated an Advent trivia game and read the Nativity Story to the younger classes.
  • Faith Fun Recesses during Lent. In order for students to join, they had to bring money or a food donation. They collected $64.60 and 65 food items!  
  • Faith Art Recesses, where students could come and color or draw pictures all about God and Jesus.

St. Michael's School

  • Wrote a school prayer
  • Kindness corner
  • Hot Chocolate and Garage Sale

Mother Teresa School

  • Used book sale to raise money for Mission Mexico
  • Praying in colour - students can come and colour in prayerful silence during a recess.
  • Candy cane sale - proceeds to Mission Mexico-Card making to give out at school sponsored mass
  • Homework help - students can come at recess and get help from Student faith leaders

École St. John Paul II School

  • Wrote a school prayer
  • Bingo with littles
  • Faith trivia carnival
  • Faith scavenger hunt
  • Easter Egg Candy Grams

St.Patrick's School

  • Thankful Thursdays - faith based activities in gym-making rosary bracelets - all donations went to the Canadian Cancer Society
  • School prayer was created and read each morning by students and at weekly assembly

St.Mary's

  • Wrote a school prayer
  • Rosary making
  • Hot cross bun baking during Holy Week
  • Praise and Worship with Chaplain BJ


Notre Dame Academy

  • Wrote a school prayer
  • NDA Christmas Store
  • Bottle Drive Rosary

Monsignor McCoy High School

  • Wrote a school prayer
  • Bible study with Chaplain BJ
  • Stations of the Cross circuit
  • Rosary making in 3D art class
  • Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

St. Louis School Prayer

Thank you, God for your blessings as we enter our school today.
Help guide our actions, minds and hearts to share your love.
Help us to serve others and to be a good model of Christ.
St. Louis, pray for us. Amen

St. Francis Xavier School Prayer

Dear God,

Thank you for our school, St. Francis.
Thank you for all of the activities we will do today and this week.
Thank you for our teachers and friends, who we will talk with, learn from, work with, listen
to, laugh with and play with.

Please help us to learn today and every day.
Please help us to be kind and share.
We ask this through Jesus, Your son,
Amen.

St. Patrick’s School Prayer

Dear Lord,
Thank you for our families, friends and our St. Patrick’s School Community.

Lead us down the right path by giving us the strength to be caring, loving and gentle in all situations. Give us the patience we need to carry out Your will.

St. Patrick, please pray for us.
Amen

École St. John Paul II School

Dear Lord, our God,
Thank you for our school, a place where we belong to a caring community.

Béni notre école avec l’Esprit de l’amour et gentillesse.

We ask for the intercession of St. John Paul II as he inspires us to love Christ and let us be loved by him.

Laissez-nous être Votre lumière sur la Terre.

JPII, we love you!
Amen.

St. Michael’s School Prayer

Dear God,
Thank you for the gift of this school community of St. Michael’s School.

May You continue to bless our students, teachers, families, and all people around the world especially those who are in need.

Help us open our hearts and minds to see You in everything we do.

May Your light shine through each of us as we follow You and Your word.
Amen

Mother Teresa School Prayer

Dear God,

Thank You for our families, friends, and staff of Mother Teresa. Thank You for the safety of our school, city and country. Thank You for the peace You bring to us each day. Please fill our class, community and country with the Holy Spirit.

Please help us to have the wisdom to make good choices and the courage to do what is right. Help us to understand others and our community. Help us to be kind and helpful to our classmates and teachers just as Mother Teresa was so kind and caring to others. We ask this in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen

St. Mary’s School Prayer

Thank you God for the welcoming school community.
Help us to stay focused and attentive as we work, learn and play throughout the school day. Make us a light to those around us.

Help us to include people with kindness and grace.
Aider nous à inclure les autres avec gentillesse et grâce.
Give us the strength to use our gifts and talents.

We ask our patron, Saint Mary for her intercession.

Amen

Notre Dame Academy School Prayer

Dear Lord,

We thank you for being with us today.
Help us to encourage each other and accept each other for who we are.

We also ask you to help us to learn and grow in faith and community.

As we end this day, we are thankful for our school, family and our friends!
Amen

Monsignor McCoy High School Prayer

Dear God,
Help me to do all that I can to help everyone to stand together to strengthen our school community and the community abroad. May we not criticize our neighbors but instead allow ourselves to be kind to ourselves and to each other. We ask for Your presence to be among us and throughout the school so that everyone will be able to recognize our faith within McCoy. Let us help lead and invite others to Your love and into a relationship with You.
Amen