RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION 2024-2025

Dear Parents and Guardians,

It’s time to register for Religious Education for 2024-2025! - We are looking forward to an exciting year of faith formation. What a gift we give to children and teens of this wonderful parish, the gift of faith! We are truly blessed to have committed families that see the importance of this faith in young lives! God bless all of you in your work in passing on the faith of our Catholic Tradition.

• Formation (Religious Education) Sessions are held on Saturday at Our Lady of the Ridge - See Saturday Sessions Calendar (PDF)
• We are still seeking catechists and classroom aides for Saturday morning sessions! We are also seeking a hall monitor to assist during the class time. Please contact the RE Office if interested. Volunteers are always needed!
• IMPORTANT Dates to Remember:
  • Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 8:45 to 10:30 am - First Session
  • Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 10:30 am - First Family Mass Session
  • Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 6:30 pm 0 Confirmation Meeting for LEVEL II Students and Parents / Guardians at St. Linus Church
  • Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - DEADLINE FOR LATE REGISTRATION - NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE
  • Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:30 pm - First Reconciliation / First Communion Parent Meeting at St. Linus Church
  • Saturday, February 1, 2025 - ALL installment plans must be paid IN FULL by this date
  • Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 9:30 am - First Reconciliation St. Linus Church
  • Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6 pm - First Communion Rehearsal at St. Linus Church
  • Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 1 pm - First Communion Celebration at St. Linus Church
  • Saturday, May 4, 2025 at 10:30 am - May Crowning Mass at St. Linus Church
    
• Religious Education is an investment in the faith life of children and families. Good stewardship is the key to the quality of catechesis we offer our parishioners here at St. Linus. If all of us, myself included, does our best in budgeting, paying bills, paying tuition and fees, the cost of the investment could certainly be contested. Unfortunately, some do not practice this stewardship, and have strained the budgeting affects, especially when unpaid tuition and fees are not responsibly taken into account. Hence, we all are subject to these situations, and increases must be distributed. We highly encourage that families make their commitment early so to not be hit with additional late fees - Please see the financial form below.

2024-2025 REGISTRATION PACKETS

• Please print out the forms (there are 3 of them), and mail them to us or drop it in the mail slot at the rectory. OR if you have the capacity to do it off your computer, you can send the completed forms back to us via our email religioused@stlinusschool.org.
• FORM 1
  Religious Education Registration Form - PDF Document
• FORM 2
  Medical Information and Information for Medical Treatment - PDF Document
• FORM 3
  Finance Commitment - PDF Document
• PAYMENT
  Kindly return all documents with payment by August 31, 2024 - If this is your first registration or if your child(ren) will be making a sacrament this year please include a copy of their baptismal certificate - We will NOT accept any registrations after October 1, 2024 so you are strongly encouraged to register as soon as possible - We accept Cash / Check dropped at the St. Linus Rectory or make arrangements with us to accept your payment at the first class session - Credit Card Payments may also be made ONLINE VIA GIVECENTRAL - Please note all Credit Card Payments will be subject to a Service Fee via GiveCentral.

TUITION AND OTHER FEES

In an effort to keep our tuition and fees within the reach of our parishioners while at the same time providing the opportunity for parents / guardians to cover a fair share of the cost of the Religious Education Program you will notice that we have listed ALL costs for the materials, books and sacramental programs.

There is a financial commitment for EACH family. Please complete and return them with your registration forms.

TUITION ASSISTANCE... SCIP

We have a way to earn tuition credits. The program is SCIP (Shopping Certificate Incentive Program). If you aren’t familiar with this program please ask about it. We have several families who have free or almost free tuition this year because they have faithfully used SCIP for the past twelve months! We congratulate them and hope others will get involved. Please utilize this user friendly fund raiser to keep our budget in check! How can you not participate in this win/win opportunity!

NEW STUDENTS

Parents / guardians of all new students must present a copy of their child's Baptismal certificate along with the registration. This includes children baptized at OLOR - Saint Linus.

INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL FORMS

Please be sure to fill out the registration and medical form for including all children in the household who are in the program. We comply with the provisions of the Buckley Amendment for the safety and well-being of your children as well as because of Archdiocesan policy. We MUST have current and accurate information on file in case of an emergency. Medical forms are only good for one year and do need to be filled out on an annual basis.

DEADLINES FOR RETURNING REGISTRATION FORMS AND MONIES

We have set August 31 - as the deadline for returning registration forms and monies. You are strongly encouraged to register as soon as possible so we can schedule classes and provide catechists for each grade level. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2024 - You can return the completed forms and payment either by mail, drop at St. Linus Rectory or by emailing to our email address religioused@stlinusschool.org - Cash or check is accepted or online via GiveCentral by CLICKING HERE - A Service Fee will be applied to all credit card payments online.

In advance, we thank you for registering early. We are looking forward to another year of faith formation here at Our Lady of Ridge - St. Linus. It is a pleasure and privilege to work with you and your children.

We are very excited about the future of Faith Formation this coming year! Please watch for email updates. If you have any questions, please be free to call us at 708-422-2400 ext 139.

May God provide us with peace and joy all year long!

Mrs. Nora Hunt
Coordinator of Religious Education

Ms. Barbara Zickterman
Coordinator of Religious Education