Registration

Welcome to St. Paul’s Catechesis Registration Page!

You may still register for 2025-2026

We thank you for wanting to be a part of St. Paul’s Program!

Once registration begins for the year, some of our options remain open much longer.

However our classroom options are limited by how many people volunteer. If you have never volunteered, NOW is the time! 

Volunteers are supplied with complete lesson plans and there are always hall monitors present to help if needed. So please consider the benefits of volunteering!

Everything needed for Registration are in the links below. Be sure to scroll down the entire page. – The links needed are all in pink 

Information on your child’s classes, Sacrament info, etc. will be emailed in late August and into September. If you register late, we will send you the information upon receiving both your registration and payment.

We are happy to answer your calls and emails as well as make arrangements to meet in person, if needed! But we ask, if you’d like to come into the office to complete your registration or to talk about your particular situation, that if you are able, please call ahead to make sure that we are not elsewhere on campus. The Catechesis Office Number is 847-692-2758 

INFORMATION / INSTRUCTION Page – includes info on our different options 

Click Here For Instructions & Information to complete the Registration Form (RF)

The above page link includes Information Needed to Complete the Registration Form (RF) as follows:

  • Parent Information
  • Child Information
  • Required Signature
  • PROGRAM CHOICE #’S (needed to complete RF) When choosing a program option, please consider whether or not it will fit into your family’s schedule. For instance, if you know your child will be missing many Sundays, please choose a different program option.

If your child is new to our program and was not Baptized here at St. Paul’s we will need a copy of their Baptismal Certificate. If you cannot find your copy, please contact the church of Baptism and have them send it to us.

TUITION, SACRAMENTAL FEES, LATE FEES AND DEADLINES Page

Please note that the links to the fees have been updated to reflect the July 1st effective tuition!

To make an online payment – see link below!

We respectively ask when you make your payment to please cover the Processing Fee. Covering this fee helps St. Paul’s keep our tuition costs as low as possible and helps to pay for everything needed to keep our program running smoothly. Thank you for this consideration!

Click Here for RETURNING FAMILY Tuition and Fees

Click Here for NEW FAMILY Tuition and Fees!

New Family Tuition is only for families that have NEVER been in St. Paul’s Catechesis Program before – if you have an older child that was in our Program and now you have a younger child that is joining us, please use the Returning Family Tuition and Fees link.

The above page link includes the following Information:

  • Tuition
  • Sacramental Fees
  • New Families
  • Waiting To Register
  • Non Parishioners
  • Types of Payment Accepted – including our online payment option (credit cards or electronic checks accepted) Here is our online payment link:  https://www.givecentral.org/customizable-online-giving/133/event/43339 (again we respectively ask that you cover the processing fee)
  • If you need to, you may make payments. To schedule payments you make an initial payment THE DAY OF REGISTRATION and then choose monthly frequency and custom end date. Payments can be spread to up to 4 MONTHLY payments. You may make all your payments as a guest and do not need to create an account if you do not want to create one. After your first payment is made GiveCentral will email you a confirmation with a Transaction ID # – please forward that email to us, to show that you have set up your payments.
  • A payment is expected at the time of registration. Registrations without a payment are considered incomplete and therefore your child’s placement has not been secured. Please know you may make monthly payments (if you set a payment plan, remember to forward us a copy of the confirmation you receive on your end)!
  • WHEN USING THE ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION, IF YOUR LAST NAME IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR CHILD’S PLEASE EITHER: Let us know or add your child’s name in parentheses after your name when you make your payment, so that we are able to match the payment to the Registration Form (RF)
  • Mailing Address / Office Location
  • Returned Checks
  • Refunds – the processing fee will be deducted from any refunds on payments made using the online payment site
  • Change Class Fees – a change fee is charged for 3 or more class changes
  • Change Sacrament Date Fees – a change fee is charged for 2 or more Sacrament Date changes
  • If you need a replacement book, the cost is $35 and you may pay for that as well by using the online payment site – please email us requesting the book

REGISTRATION FORM (RF) – a fillable pdf

IF YOU ARE EMAILING THE RF – YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE IT & SAVE IT (please do NOT send in google doc form)

Click Here for fillable Registration Form!

The above form is Fillable pdf link – Directions on how to use this fillable pdf:

  • Click on the link, it will open the fillable Registration Form 
  • You may now print the blank form and complete it by hand OR
  • Type in the registration information
  • If you’ve typed in the registration information you may now print it OR

  • Save the form to your computer and then email the Registration Form to spccatechesis@yahoo.com

  • Then make your payment using our online payment site for Catechesis (Click Here for the GiveCentral online payment site) as full payment is expected with Registration unless other arrangements have been made.

Don’t have a printer? Printer issues? There will be Registration Forms left in the Kinane Center’s unlocked mailbox.

THINKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING OR WANT TO VOLUNTEER?

Great! We NEED Volunteers! Because if not you, then who?

Parents of children enrolled in our Program are eligible for tuition waivers, if a parent volunteers to teach a class! Find out about the full and partial waivers (for those wanting to team teach) we offer – call or email us today! Or just go ahead and complete the fillable application in the link below and email it to us and we will contact you!

Our Parish High School students that want to get involved in our program are wonderful role models for our Catechesis students. Therefore, we very much welcome teen volunteers! However, because of their age, both teen and parent, must sign an agreement that the teen will adhere to program volunteer communication and attendance standards. We are happy to sign &/or write letters for National Honor Society or college entrance, but ONLY after these requirements are met. If your high school aged child is interested in this wonderful opportunity, please contact our office!

Click Here for Volunteer Application & Testimonials!

Please think about volunteering to be a catechist whether alone, with a partner or as a team – we need people to step up so that we are able to offer the classroom option AND catechists receive tuition waivers! Also please know that we happily welcome and encourage grandparents to volunteer as well as aunts, uncles and siblings! The happiness and pride we can see in our students, when a family member volunteers, is a joy! However, we are unable to offer tuition waivers to anyone but parents who volunteer to be a catechist (and the waiver is only for our Catechesis program and not St. Paul’s school). Parents that volunteer to be aides, do not get tuition waivers. When team teaching – if your team is from two different families each family will receive 1/2 a waiver. Feel free to email us and ask for more information!

Our application (see link above) has testimonials from some of our volunteers and then a fillable pdf that you enter in your info, save and email it back to us at spccatechesis@yahoo.com

Volunteers must complete some background requirements, see link below for more information:

Volunteering Background Check Information

INCOMING 6th, 7th & 8th GRADE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

ALL 6th, 7th & 8th Grade students are required to perform service in preparation of Confirmation.  

WANT TO BECOME A PARISHIONER?

Are You NEW to St. Paul of the Cross… or are you interested in becoming a registered parishioner?

We ask everyone to be a parishioner, but at this time it is not required.  However, please know that we give priority placement to our parishioners!

Click Here for New Parishioner Reg Form

Drop off the New Parishioner Form at the Rectory and contact them with any Parishioner related questions. The Rectory phone number is 847-825-7605. Any Catechesis questions should be directed to our office!

Sign-up is simple  and there is NO Cost nor Commitment when you sign-up.

Signing up for Catechesis does not automatically sign you up as a Parishioner! Nor does enrolling in Catechesis put you on the Parish’s email or mailing list.