The Carmelite STARS Youth Group was formed in June of 2005.  The high school youth program was looking for a fresh start and a new vision was being sought.  The youth at the time chose the name Carmelite after the Carmelites who have served the parishes’ faithfully for many years and STARS for Service Through Active Religion.

The STARS have participated in many fundraisers, a Valentine Dinner, Burrito Sales, Cornstock, Chamber Theatre Servers and hosted a Breakfast in November.  In February the STARS serve a Valentine Dinner to family and friends with preordered tickets and in 2015 we hosted our 10th annual dinner and will be hosting our 15th in 2020. In the Fall and if time allows in the Spring they sell homemade burritos  The funds raised from these events along with any other fundraising efforts are used to support the group with service projects and travel expenses.  We attended the National Catholic Youth Conference November 15-19 in Indianapolis, Indiana with 17 youth and 3 adult chaperones in 2017 and plan to attend again this year in November 2019.  In August of 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 we hosted an Archdiocesen Rural Youth Rally. Our summer outing in July was a fun day at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City.

In November of 2016 the youth group attended the first RCYC (Rural Catholic Youth Convention) in Topeka, KS and plan to attended their second time in November 2018 with 12 students and 3 chaperones attending.

The 2017-2018 school year we had  two STARs serve on NEKRYC (North East Kansas Rural Youth Council) - Adrianna Pedrow and Emma Porter.

There are currently 16 youth involved in the STARS group which meets on Wednesday evenings from 7-8:00 p.m., through the school year.  If you are interested in joining, volunteering or have service project ideas, please contact the parish office or one of the group leaders Georgia Miller or Kristy Mader (kmader0313@gmail.com).