Pope John Paul II High School students feed 130 families (CatholicPhily.com)
Updated: Oct 13, 2025
Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford launched its biggest Thanksgiving drive ever on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as 40 students in the Community Service Corps delivered full holiday meals to local parishes, food pantries and community organizations.
The meals for 130 local families in need included turkey, gravy, green beans, corn, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, rolls and a pie.
This semester students collected a school record $6,000 for the food drive in theology classes. The previous weekend the CSC members were given money and a shopping list. Then they fanned out across the area to purchase items at various supermarkets.
The meal bags were gathered onto the stage of the school auditorium and blessed during a Mass Nov. 22 by the school minister, Father Brian Kean.
Local parishes benefiting from the food drive included St. Mary, Schwenksville; St. Aloysius, Pottstown; St. Patrick, Norristown; St. Francis of Assisi, Norristown; St. Ann, Phoenixville; St. Gabriel, Stowe; St. Philip Neri, East Greenville and St. Columbkill, Bally, Diocese of Allentown.
Other organizations included Martha’s Choice Food Pantry, Norristown (Catholic Social Services); St. Vincent de Paul Society (Sacred Heart Conference), Royersford and Fatima Catholic Outreach Center, Bensalem.
What stayed with me here was how the students turned a classroom lesson about service into something very practical. Collecting $6,000 is one thing, but actually going to different supermarkets with a list, organizing the meals, and making sure 130 families received complete Thanksgiving dinners shows a level of responsibility that is easy to underestimate. I have always felt that these experiences teach young people more about community than a lecture ever could. Even something as simple as checking today's date before planning a seasonal food drive can become part of keeping a tradition organized year after year. Seeing students take that kind of ownership is encouraging.
Lo que más me llamó la atención es que los estudiantes no se limitaron a reunir dinero, sino que también participaron personalmente en las compras y en la preparación de las comidas para 130 familias. Ese tipo de experiencia enseña cosas que difícilmente se aprenden solo en el aula. Me recordó a cuando de joven veía a vecinos organizarse antes de las fiestas para reunir alimentos y repartirlos entre varias familias; cada uno aportaba lo que podía y, al final, el esfuerzo conjunto hacía una diferencia real. Incluso en una actividad así, cuando toca repartir cantidades o hacer cuentas rápidamente, alguna vez he terminado recurriendo a una calculadora Alicia divisiones para comprobar que todo cuadrara. Pero lo realmente importante en esta…
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