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SCHOOL MASS INTENTIONS

REQUESTS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

The Blessed Francis Seelos Academy Mass schedule has been set for the 2024-25 school year, and St. Aidan Parish is now accepting intentions for these Masses. Masses may be said for a deceased loved one, the spiritual and temporal welfare of someone living, or a special event such as a birthday or anniversary.

You may submit your request here: https://saintaidanparish.org/massintentions

School Masses are on at 9am Wednesdays, with a few exceptions for Holy Days. You are now able to see the available dates on our website, and choose the specific date you would like. Mass intentions are $10 each. Once your request is received, Parish staff will verify your request, and send a confirmation email of your Mass Intention.

Thank you for your assistance in offering the greatest gift of Jesus in the Eucharist!

GET YOUR "VINTAGE" SEELOS UNIFORMS!

As part of our ongoing commitment to excellence, the Athletic Association has introduced new uniforms across various programs this past year. With these updates, some of our older uniforms are no longer in use. We are currently preparing to donate past basketball uniforms (for both boys and girls) and past girls volleyball uniforms.

Before these uniforms find new homes, we’d love to offer them to our student-athletes and alumnae! If you’re interested in owning a piece of Seelos history, please reach out to the Athletic Association at athletics@seelosacademy.org by August 23. Go Saints!

EARN $5 for BFSA!

Connect your BOX TOPS and WALMART accounts before August 31st, and automatically earn 50 box tops/$5.00 for Seelos Academy!

HARVEST HOME VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Harvest Home Dinner & Festival is Sunday, September 8th and the 5K Fun Run is Friday, September 6th. We need lots of volunteers to make both events successful!

Please sign up early because ALL volunteers age 18 or older must obtain clearances required by the Diocese of Pittsburgh. For more information on obtaining clearances, please visit saintaidanparish.org/safeenvironment or contact Mary King at mking@saintaidanparish.org.

We need help in the following areas:

• 5K and Fun Run
• Auction Baskets and Country Produce
• Food Preparation
• Dining Room
• Take Out
• Set Up and Clean Up
• Desserts

Go to www.harvesthomedinner.com/volunteer to sign up. Be sure to look at the top of the Sigh Up Genius page for a drop down menu with each of the different volunteer areas listed above.

Thank you for your support!

CONCESSIONS MANAGER

Are you looking to be a part of the Athletic Association? The perfect opportunity awaits you. We are in need of a concessions manager. The concessions manager is in charge of training, stocking, and organizing the concession stand in the Ryan Center. In addition to these duties, the concessions manager also counts and deposits concessions money. Each sporting team is responsible for staffing the concession stand and selling 50/50 tickets during their games. Concessions kicks off in the Fall with Girls Volleyball, followed by the busy basketball season and ending with Boys Volleyball in the Spring.

The hope is to find an individual who can shadow the current concessions manager, Jennifer Sachar, for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are interested please contact Jennifer Sachar at sacharjennifer@gmail.com.

COMING SOON...

New spirit wear site with plenty of options to make you smile. Stay tuned for the website launch in a few weeks.

SPORTS AT SEELOS ACADEMY

All students wishing to play a sport for BFSA must have a release of liability form and a physician's release form completed and turned in PRIOR to beginning with any team. The forms can be found here. We highly recommend EVERYONE work on having these completed this summer and submitting them at the start of the school year no matter which season they plan to participate in. Completed releases should be uploaded: HERE

FALL SPORTS - Cross Country, Volleyball, Soccer

MUST submit their forms BEFORE attending any practices!

Please don't wait, get these completed and submitted now.

GET INVOLVED - Get your clearances now!

Interested in ANY of the following?

• Coach/Assistant Coach
• Cafeteria Volunteer
• Mystery Reader
• Homeroom Parent
• Holiday Party Helper
• Field Trip Chaperone
• Festival, Harvest Home, Fish Fry Volunteer
• Playground Monitor

In order to protect the safety of our children, it is the policy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh that anyone who serves as a volunteer within our school in any capacity complete a five-step process (Registration on the Diocesan database/PA criminal record check, PA child abuse history clearance, Fingerprinting/Fingerprint waiver, Protecting God's Children training, Mandated Reporter training).

We strongly encourage EVERYONE to complete these online NOW so you may be a part of the fun this upcoming school year!

If you have clearances registered with a different school or parish, you simply need to have BFSA added as a secondary site.

Questions regarding clearances may be directed to Beth Kunz.

A MESSAGE FROM SCHOOLBELLES

Due to extreme weather conditions in Northeast Ohio on Tuesday afternoon August 6, 2024, there could be delays in the delivery of some families' uniform orders. The severe weather temporarily disrupted our Corporate Headquarters and shipping schedules as our main warehouse and production facility were without power from Tuesday August 6, 2024 through Saturday August 10, 2024.

All of our retail stores & website remained fully operational through the duration.

We have experienced a 3-4 day backlog in certain areas of our operation. Specifically, shipping and production. However, due to the efforts of our amazing staff, we were able to keep much of our operation going throughout the power outage and have already begun mitigating any back log we may have incurred. We have full confidence we will make up any back log created by the storm, shortly.

We thank you all for your patience, understanding & business.

~Your Schoolbelles Family

CHERUB CHOIR is available to students in Grades 1—5! This free regional vocal program is housed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in the North Hills, provides a wonderful opportunity for all young people to come together and lead the music at Sunday Masses every four to six weeks. Does your child show an interest in music? We welcome them to come forward as choir members and cantors. Learn more here.

THE JOYFUL NOISE ENSEMBLE is a free music program for all singers and musicians in Grades 6—12 and provides a great opportunity for our young people to help lead the music at Sunday Masses. Don’t like to sing? Not a problem. We have lots of room for musicians, too, so grab your guitar, or flute, or clarinet, or whatever you can find, and get on board! All middle school/junior high and senior high youth are welcome to participate regardless of which school or church they attend. Learn more here.

The Seelos Cross Country Teams kicked off the start of their regular season by celebrating Mass together before their first boot camp workout. The student athletes received a special blessing from Father DJ. Cross Country is open to students in grades 2-8. If anyone is interested in joining the more than 60 students already on the teams, please email the school office.

 Face Painting & Sand Art - Hamburgers & Hotdogs - Wiffle Ball Game Special Guests - Udderly Fresh Rolled Ice Cream Food Truck

If you have school news or announcements to send to school families, please email Lee Anne Davison.

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