Do You Know Jesus?

Luke 17:11-19
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time

In today's Gospel, Jesus was traveling and 10 lepers were waiting for him along the road. They called out to him for help. Jesus sent them on their way and cured their disease. Only one of the ten returned to thank Jesus and praise God for the miracle of healing he received. In this story, we are reminded to have faith in God when we are troubled. We should always be thankful for God's blessings upon us.

When you say thank you to others for a kind act you are also saying thank you to God. God works through others to help us in troubled times. Have you ever taken God's generosity for granted? Discuss with your family the many things you are thankful for.

Testing Reminder Grade 3, 5 & 7

Starting Monday, October 15, and continuing through October 24, our students in Grades 3, 5 and 7 will be taking the IOWA Tests. Please make sure children get a good night's rest and have a breakfast each morning. Testing will occur during the first class periods each morning.

Winter Uniforms Begin October 15th

Complete Uniform Policy

ST. JOSEPH
AFFY TAPPLE SALE

Proceeds to benefit
Student Council Projects

Print the order form below and return to school by Friday October 12.

Enclose cash or check made payable to St. Joseph School. One check may be written per family. Please mark the envelope "Affy Tapple Sale". Send to Mary Crawford c/o Kyle Crawford Room 102.

Taffy Apple Order Form

Saint Joseph
Parish Choristers
2007-2008

The Parish
Children's Choir
for grades 4-8

Join the Parish Choristers
for the 2007-2008 year!

Download a Registration Form

Bulletin Board

St Joe's Featured in Local Newspaper

Be sure to check out the October Grover News, a new free paper offered in Downers Grove. It includes articles on our new Principal Mrs. Stasi and new Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Cheney and St. Joseph School Night at the DGN vs DGS volleyball game. Be sure to check it out each month for more stories on our school! If you didn't receive a copy and would like to view it on the web at www.thegrovernews.com.

WELCOME all the new families that joined SJS this school year!!

The Bauer Family, Julia 1st
The Canty Family, Daniel KAM
Mercedes Cassata, Alexandra Cassata 8th, Chase Krueger 1st
The Cohoon Family, Brenna KPM
The Dmochowski Family, Justin KPM
The Dollard Family, Charlie 1st
The Golminas Family, Dominic KPM
The Harbauer Family, Anne KAM
The Hodgkiss Family, McLain KAM
Jennifer Hughes, Conlin KPM
The Jakobsze Family, Evan 5th, Bryan 3rd, Scott 1st
The Karmik Family, Addison KPM
The Keaveny Family, Meghan 6th
The Kippes Family, Anne KAM
The Koures Family, Annabel 3rd, Katie KAM
The Lucas Family, Anna 7th, Karoline 5th, Elizabeth 3rd, Audrey 2nd
The Ryniec Family, Abby KAM
The Schamber Family, Grace KPM
The Schmit Family, Leo 7th
Sheila Tiballi, Francesca 5th
The Urramporn Family, Worakamol 8th, Atticha 7th, Pakorn 3rd
The Venard Family, Claire KAM
The Wilson Family, Grace KAM
The Wind Family, Nicholas KAM
The Wootton Family, Emily KPM

Family Fun Night...

a simple fundraiser for the family....Come have dinner at: Cici's Pizza

All you can eat Pizza Buffet $4.99
1340 Butterfield Road Downers Grove

Simply write your teacher's name on the back of your receipt and drop it in the box at the register.
The class that brings in the most business wins a pizza party!!!!!
Help our school - win a pizza party - moms get a free night out of the kitchen - have dinner with your friends!!!!!

JOIN OUR FUTURE KINDERGARTNERS' PLAYGROUPS!!

If you're interested or know someone who is interested in attending upcoming playgroup with a future Kindergartner, please send an email to one of the following coordinators:

Cherie - Class of 2008: vinnycherie@comcast.net
Mary Ann - Class of 2009: makippes@sbcglobal.net
Janet - Class of 2010: mjfosket@comcast.net

Help us spread the good news about SJS!!!

6th Grade Outdoor Ed News

Amazing to think that Outdoor Ed. has come and gone! Let's get those wonderful memories collected before they get misplaced. Please forward me any photos so I can use them for the 6'th Gr. bulletin board and submit them for the yearbook. Thanks in advance for your help. Any questions call Lynette Wade (Picture Parent Coordinator) 630-960-9018. To see some photos from the outing, click here.

Crusader Pride

Spirit Wear Delivered Today and We Need Your Help!

If you placed an order last month, your Messenger child should be bringing it home today As you might expect when trying to fill so many orders, we have some missing items, as well as extra items We would really appreciate it if you could double check your order when you receive it and if you find any discrepancies please contact Maribeth Ruf at maribethruf@gmail.com or by phone at 630-968-5981. Once again thank you to all families that purchased Spirit Wear. This 8th grade fundraiser was a huge success.

Fundraising

ULTRA FOODS is sponsoring a 5% cash back to community groups. Please save your receipts dated between 10/1/07 and 12/31/07. They can be turned into the blue container by the School Hall or sent to Amy Marciniak c/o Molly Rm 14.

BOX TOPS please continue to save these and return them to the blue container as well. We will be updating the promotion section on the school website to include all participating products for Box Tops. Please turn them in soon, we will be making a submission on 10/27/07. So far we have accumulated over $500 worth of BoxTops. Please encourage family and friends to save these, every little bit counts.

TARGET - Please use your credit card or apply for one if you do not have one. Sign up to support St Joseph School. We receive 1% back on your purchases in the store, 0.5% back on purchases other than at Target and after you spend $1000 you get a card for 10% off your entire purchase your next trip. St Joseph is leading our community in money received from the Take Charge of Education program. Since its inception , St. Joseph has received over $15,000 from Target that goes to Parent Forum to offset costs for parties and programs throughout the year.

CAMPBELL LABELS - please continue to save these and submit them. We have redeemed these in the past for art and gym equipment.

TYSON PROJECT A+ - please save the entire red label with the Project A+ logo on it.

OFFICE DEPOT - if you shop there for school supplies mention St Joseph when you check out. We receive a 5% credit on all your purchases. Our number is 70032020 the store has this number.

Any questions please contact Amy Marciniak at
630-971-1962 or a.marciniak@comcast.net

Pumpkin Sale

All pre-orders can be picked up Saturday October 20 from 9-12AM in the church parking lot.

Manna

Manna Order Form

"Standing order" program is now available for the manna program. The forms came out last week in the messenger envelope. Just fill our the forms and have automatic withdrawal set up with the parish business office.

Sellers for the this week:

Friday, October 12, 9:30am school K. Lobes / T. O'brien
Saturday, October 13, after 5:00pm mass M. Ruf / S. Ilagan
Sunday, October 14, after 8:45am mass C. Jagielo / M. Werner
Sunday, October 14, after 10:30am mass C. Spinosa / N. Welsh
Friday, October 19, 9:30am school R. Musil / T. Burk

Community News

YMCA Basketball League

Fall Youth Basketball League
League Starts the Week of October 15, 2007