Uniform Grab n' Go
Committee Chairs, Shannon Nowak and Laura Ball, will be at Main Campus on Fee Day, August 15th from 9 a.m. till Noon. There will be a large selection of gently worn school and gym uniforms for boys and girls.
Peggy Evans will be available to accept tuition payments and all other forms required for the start of a new school year.
Use this
EFT form
if you are new to automatic withdrawals for tuition payments.
Current customers use this form only if there has been a change in the account to be debited.
All EFT questions should be directed to Jane Bandyk at:
jbandyk@sfxlg.org
.
Teachers will begin a week of Professional Development Wednesday.
Class lists will be sent out Friday afternoon.
Here is the link for the
gym uniform sale
.
The online ordering will be available until 5 pm on Friday, August 24th. The site is:
Stores.inksoft.com/saint_francis_xavier
and the password is SFX2018.
Click here for the Preschool 3, Pre-Kindergarten 4 and Kindergarten
Medical Forms
Reminder that all medical forms should be turned in by the first day of school. Kindergarten students require a physical, dental, vision.
Grade 2 students require dental. Grade 6 students require physical and dental. Here are the forms:
Physical
,
Dental
,
Vision
.
Protecting God’s Children
Child sexual abuse is a worldwide public health issue. Child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse, is reprehensible–especially when the wrongdoer is affiliated with the Church. The VIRTUS® programs assist the Church in being a safe haven for children and a messenger for preventing child sexual abuse within the Church and society in general. We seek to achieve this lofty goal through our child sexual abuse prevention program: Protecting God’s Children®.
All volunteers who interact with the students must have completed this program.
VOLUNTEER COMPLIANCE FOR THE PROTECTING GOD'S CHILDREN
The Office for the Protection of Children & Youth has streamlined the registration process and submission of background check for volunteers. Now all volunteers are asked to visit:
https://www.virtusonline.org
where you will register for a Virtus session called Protecting God’s Children for Adults. When you do, volunteers will also be asked to submit their background check in the Virtus System. When asked to select your primary site, please follow these guidelines:
- Day School volunteers (incl. coaches) – St. Francis Xavier – Waiola School
- Parish volunteers – St. Francis Xavier – Spring
- Religious Education volunteers – St. Francis Xavier – Spring
You will also: Download the DCFS/CANTS form and the Code of Conduct form. Complete and sign each form and send to the coordinator of your volunteer area. They are: Mrs. Peggy Evans at the Day School, Mrs. Maureen Pipal at the parish, and Ms. Terri Simeoni at Religious Education. Your registration in the Virtus site will provide information for a background check which you will authorize on the last page. Step by step instructions for the Virtus site process can be found by
clicking this link
. Questions should be directed to your coordinator. Thank you for sharing your time and talents with St. Francis Xavier Parish.
Might You or Someone You Know
Be Interested In Becoming Catholic?
If so, consider joining RCIA.
RCIA, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is the process through which adults become Catholic, and Catholic adults receive their sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation. RCIA is about conversion – opening our hearts and minds to grow deeper in faith and live more fully in relationship with God and those around us. If you have ever thought about becoming Catholic or completing your sacraments of initiation, consider yourself personally invited. Now is the time, especially if you are the parent of a child preparing to make their First Holy Communion, or you have a child/children with lots of good faith questions.
RCIA begins September 18, and is held primarily on Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 pm, with Sunday mornings added in January. We meet from September 18 – May 21. For those who are ready, the sacraments are received at the Easter Vigil, April 20, 8 pm. St. Francis Xavier hosts the process collaboratively with St. John of the Cross parish in Western Springs, where we will meet for approximately half our sessions.
A note for those with mixed feelings: We are all on a journey. Many of us come to this process with different experiences of life and faith. Your thoughts about starting this process might range from “Great! When can I start?” to “Gee, this seems like an awful lot!” Wherever you are on that spectrum, staff and team members from both St. Francis Xavier and St. John of the Cross parishes are honored to be walking with you as you discern how God is inviting you into a deeper relationship.
Kate DeVries, our pastoral associate, is available to answer any questions you have about the process.
Also, on Tuesday evening, Aug. 21, at 7-8 pm in the SFX parish rectory, we are hosting an Information Session about RCIA.
It will include plenty of time for asking questions. Family members and friends are welcome to join you. It will allow you to meet others who are responding to their desire to become Catholic or complete their sacraments , and meet team members who will walk with you through the process. For those unable to come Tuesday night, the info session will be repeated on
Monday, Aug. 27 at St. John of the Cross parish
.
Additional information can be found at:
www.sfxlg.org/rcia
. Please contact Kate at
kdevries@sfxlg.org
or 708-352-0168 with any questions, and to RSVP for the Info Session, so we have materials ready for you.
RCIA Info Session: Tues, August 21, 7-8 pm, St. Francis Xavier Rectory
