Do You Know Jesus?

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:1-12a                

In today's Gospel Jesus gives us guidelines for happiness, they are known as the beatitudes. The beatitudes tell us that those who are happiest are those with a strong faith. Happiness is not something to be purchased – happiness comes from within us. Reflect on the beatitudes. How can these guidelines help you to be happy?

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.

"SOUP"er Bowl Friday
This Friday - February 1
Thank you to all the parents who helped to make Catholic Schools Week a success at St. Joseph School.
In honor of the Super Bowl we will have "SOUPer" Bowl Friday. On Friday, February 1, students in Grades 1-8 who bring in a can of soup for the homeless will be able to wear a St. Joseph Spirit Wear top. Students in Kindergarten who bring in a can of soup may wear any type of sportswear top or a St. Joseph Spiritwear top.

Student Council Lenten Project
New Orleans Catholic Charities
Student Council's Lenten Project coming up soon! For this year's Lenten project we will be collecting loose change for New Orleans Catholic Charities. Instead of our Lenten boxes we are asking the students to collect loose change from around the house, chairs, couches, car, and by doing extra chores.

Jars will be placed in each homeroom. Students will bring in pennies for their class. Silver coins that students will collect will be used in the "competition" for your non-homeroom class as negative points. Teachers and students will be given a more detailed list of rules. Start collecting your change today!

Student Council, along with Mrs. Fahey, will be collecting the jars at the end of each day. Pennies and silver coin points will be added up and rewarded each day. The winning GRADE will be given the opportunity to wear their uniform pants/skirt with spiritwear tops February 15.

We will start collecting change for our Lenten project February 5th and end on February 8th. Let the PENNY WARS BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Best Pic" Contest

The Yearbook Committee is Sponsoring a "Best Pic" Contest. Submit your best St. Joseph Memory from the 2007-2008 school year. We are in need of photos from school parties, Christmas program, field trips, recess, basketball games, volleyball games, any school related event. Winners will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to Claim Jumpers Restaurant.
Submit your image to Yearbook Photos.

Bulletin Board

Fun Fair Volunteers Needed!
This year’s Fun Fair will be held on Saturday February 2nd from 11am-3pm. 

We are still in need of people to work 1 or 2 hour shifts.
If you are interested in volunteering, please call Cindy Jagielo at 630-241-3735 or email: sjagielo@sbcglobal.net
Thanks in advance for your time!

ALLEY OOPS        ____ BATTER UP          BUMPER CARS                                                  
11-12Christy Yeo            11-12 Trish Micus   11-12 Tracy O’Brien
12-1 MaryAnn Kippes      12-1 Mike Kuper    12-1 Lori Cannici
1-2  Cherie Spinosa        1-2                       1-2  Dina Kovarik               
2-3                                2-3                       2-3 Dina Kovarik

CRAZY BALL             CROSS BOW DARTS     DUCK POND
11-12 Maria Wooten       11-12                      11-12 Janet Fosket
12-1 Jackie Provenzale   12-1 Janet Fosket     12-1 Maria Wooten
1-2                               1-2  Jill Smart          1-2  Kim Harbauer
2-3                               2-3                          2-3

DRIVING RANGE      LOLLIPOP TREE     5 PIN BOWLING
11-12                          11-12 Golminas   11-12 Laura Freeman
12-1                           12-1                    12-1 Mary Paveleck
1-2 Jeff Paveleck         1-2 Anne Harris    1-2  Camille Petrick
2-3 Dave Dragas          2-3                     2-3

PLINKO                        POTTY TOSS                  SHOOTING STAR
11-12 Catherine Cohoon    11-12 Jeanne Holecek   11-12 Cheryl Gesior
12-1 Trish Micus                12-1                            12-1 Cheryl Gesior
1-2                                  1-2 Joe Roth                 1-2 Jackie Provenzale
2-3                                 2-3 Kelly Roth                2-3                                                                                                                                                            
FIELD GOAL         STANDING BASKETBALL   TIN PAN ALLEY
11-12                       11-12 Chris McGrath        11-12 Laura McGrath
12-1                         12-1 Sam Cannici            12-1 
1-2                           1-2                                1-2 Kathy Kuper
2-3                           2-3 Lisa Spratt                2-3

REDEMPTION CENTER              KITCHEN                                 TICKET SALES
11-12 Correll /________      11-12 Gaydos / Anderson/Griffin       11-12 Skala/Metzler
12-1 Correll/Wilson/______    12-1 Gaydos/Anderson/______       12-1 Dimmick/Menard
1-2 Holecek/____/______      1-2 Gaydos/Anderson/Ulch              1-2 Smith/Dunn       
2-3 Ulch/______/______        2-3 Gaydos/Anderson/______         2-3 Smith/Petrick                                      
CLEAN UP - Dina Kovarick/_________/________________/____________/____________

The Bees are Buzzing!
Recent Academic Competitions made for some fun afternoons for onlooking students as our finalists competed for top positions in the Spelling & Geography Bees. Congratulations to all our classroom finalists!
We send good luck wishes to the top winners, Geography Bee Winner Jamie Kennedy and Spelling Bee winner Brian Meier, who will move on to the next levels of competition.

St. Joseph School's Geography Bee winner (L) 7th grader Jamie Kennedy and runner-up 5th grader Larry Dunn, both of Downers Grove. Other finalists included Gr 4 Sophia Chaulk & Matthew Wiechec; Gr 5 Maggie Johnson, Gr 6 Charlie Kovarik & Paul Wagner, Gr 7 Sarah Brzezinski, Gr 8 Austin Ruf & Erica Ryan.

St. Joseph School's Spelling Bee Winner (center) 8th grader Brian Meier, and runner up 7th grader Andrew Lim with SJS teacher Liz Wick. Other finalists included Gr 4 Connor Keegan & Elisabeth Vlasak; Gr 5 Amelia Kelly & Alec Lamoureaux;
Gr 6 Cristina Barrett & Kaileen Mangan; Gr 7 Connor Dimmick, and Gr 8 Peter Errichiello.

A Note from the Roos!
January 27, 2008 G’day Mates! Second quarter is over and here we are freezing our paws off in the cold Chicago winter. Back home in Hobart, Tasmania, our mums wrote us that it’s in the 20's and sunny. Oops, sorry that’s in degrees Celsius ( that’s in the 70's the way you measure here in the States). But we’ve had some warm weather escapes and some pretty wet ones to tell you about, so we’ll give the drum on our adventures.

CLICK HERE TO KEEP READING THE ADVENTURES OF THE ROOS!

Don’t forget to visit our bulletin board outside the Computer Lab and see all our scrapbook pages. If you have plans for future trips, fun or business, remember to give Mrs. Salek a jingle or write her a note and take one of us along. We currently have traveled 51,568 miles this school year.
We’d all like to see your pictures on a scrapbook page and hear your stories.!

St. PAT'S DINNER DANCE
Featuring Live Music by Local Band "Hindsight"

Saturday March 1st
6:30- Midnight
St. Joseph School Hall

Check your Thursday brown envelope today for invitations and raffle tickets.

All proceeds benefit St. Joseph School sports programs and gym class equipment for all grades. Parents may request to sit at tables by classes. It's a great way to meet your child's friends'parents . Dinner includes traditional Irish Fare, corned beef and cabbage, chicken, potatoes, carrots, salad, bread and desserts.

Help Needed For Pads Meals (Public Action to Deliver Shelter)
Monday Evenings in March

Each Monday evening during the month of March, St. Joseph Parish will be providing a meal for PADS (shelter is located in the basement of the Church, directly across the street from the Downers Grove library). Approximately 90 homeless are served dinner, a safe night's sleep and breakfast the following morning.

Help is needed to provide either a specific food item for the dinner meal or assist in the kitchen during meal time. Church communities are also asked to provide breakfast foods for the following morning.
If you are willing to help, please call the contact assigned to each meal. We will be looking for entrees, salads, vegetables and desserts for each dinner, as well as bulk eggs, bread, bacon and cereal for each breakfast.

Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
March 3rd Ham
Contact: Julie Correll at 630-963-6922
March 10th
Turkey Contact: Chick Briner at 630-960-5072
March 17th
Beef Sandwiches Contact: Julie Correll at 630-963-6922
March 24th
Lasagna Contact: Pat Lord at 630-321-1002
March 31st
Meatloaf Contact: Joanne Norgle at 630-971-3789

Help Needed For Pads Night Staff
St. Joseph Parish is also responsible for supplying Volunteers to staff the overnight shelter. If you are able to work on any of these Monday nights, please contact Dan Troy at 630-969-7925 or Peggy Bills at 630-971-3457. The following shifts are available: 9-11 pm, 11 pm-3 am, 3-7 am. If you have never worked PADS overnight, be assured that you will be scheduled with experienced people!

Crusader Pride

Final Chance to Purchase St. Joe's Basketball
Shoot-out T-Shirt!
Cost: $10.00 • All proceeds will be donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Society. • Approved to be worn on school spirit wear days! To purchase a t-shirt, simply print out an order form by clicking on this link.
Send the form with $10.00 per shirt to: Laura Freeman c/o School Office. All orders must be in by Friday, February 8. Checks should be made payable to St. Joseph School Parent Forum.

Click here for current Basketball News including practice schedules, rosters and games information.
Basketball Schedules / Rosters and Practices

Fundraising

Manna

Manna Order Form
Manna Automatic Withdrawal
Manna Standing Order Forms

Manna Sellers for the this week:
Friday, February 1, 9:30am school M. Anderson / K. Lynch
Saturday, February 2, after 5:00pm mass S. Errichiello / S. Ilagan
Sunday, February 3, after 8:45am mass C. Yeo / A. Marciniak
Sunday, February 3, after 10:30am mass J. Provenzale / L. Provenzale
Friday, February 8, 9:30am school T. Brandenstein / B. Kelly

Community News

Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program
Stand-up kids deserve to stand out. Enter February 1 - March 15 Help Kohl's reward kids whose volunteer efforts have made a positive impact on their communities. Do you know a kid who has cleaned up a park, initiated a food drive or worked with the less fortunate? Children nationwide are making a difference in these ways and so many more. We believe they deserve to stand out. This year, the Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program plans to recognize more than 1,900 kids and reward over $300,000 in scholarships and prizes. Nominate a stand-up kid today or pass this on to someone who's making the world a better place ... one volunteer effort at a time. Help someone stand out. Visit http://pull.xmr3.com/p/48130-A482/74815205/clickto6.html for more information. Kohl's Department Stores, Customer Service, N54 W13600 Woodale Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Youth Football Development Program
http://www.btathletes.com/

The Youth Football Development Program is intended to develop both strength, skill, and speed through a 6- week training agenda.
Sessions will be held once a week: (6) 1 and 1/2 hour sessions.
BTAthletes training staff includes ex-collegiate athletes, strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, and youth football coaches. Classes will be limited to 25 youth players per session. This will allow for our training staff to easy evaluate players to make improvements, increase strength, and develop skills through repetition. Registration Information