Amanda is originally from El Paso, Texas (go Spurs!) and moved to Oregon in 2016 to serve at St. Cecilia's.

Amanda currently serves the youth and young adults at St. Cecilia's, coordinating middle school and high school youth group, young adult fellowship, and sacramental preparation for teens. Amanda is also fiercely passionate about financial wellness, so she coordinates Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University for the parish as well.

Despite being born and raised Catholic, it wasn't until she was a college freshman that Amanda truly fell in love with Jesus Christ and His Church through a regular adoration shift, taken because of positive peer pressure. She strives to approach ministry relationally in imitation of the evangelical, ecumenical, Eucharistic heart of Jesus.

She loves hiking, running, riding her bike, cooking, reading, and growing plants in her free time and recently married her husband, Kyle.

Her favorite saints include St. Joseph, Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Therese of Lisieux, Bl. Jose Sanchez del Rio, St. Edith Stein, and St. John Bosco.

To book an appointment with Amanda:  https://calendly.com/amandajewett