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Mt. Greenwood School Candlelight Bowl


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05/17/2008 - 8:30pm

Join us for our annual candlelight bowl. It will be held at Burr Oak Bowl in Blue Island. The cost is $40.00/couple for advance tickets and $50.00/couple at the door. Check in time is 8:30pm, pizza at 9:00, bowling at 10:00. Please contact Karie with any questions @ 773-679-9466.


Summer programs from BAC


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03/11/2008 - 9:48am
09/01/2008 - 9:48am

Spring Break Sampler Camp 9:30am to 2:30pm
Session I: Mar 17-Mar 21
Session II: Mar 24-Mar 27
$200 Ages 8-12


Interfaith lecture


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03/06/2008 - 9:30am
03/06/2008 - 11:00am

Location: Saint Xavier University’s Butler Reception Room, 3700 W. 103rd St.

Fr. Donald Senior, C.P., will discuss the importance of interfaith communication as part of SXU's Theology South lecture series.

Senior will present a lecture titled “Living Together in the 21st Century: The Rationale and Art of Dialogue Within and Beyond the Church.”

He is president of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, the largest Catholic graduate school of ministry in the country. He also serves as a professor of New Testament.


Saving for college meeting


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02/26/2008 - 12:30pm

Location: Mount Greenwood Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 11010 S. Kedzie Ave.

Mount Greenwood residents are invited to learn about a tax-free way to save for college using the Bright Start College Savings Program, the state's 529 savings plan for college.

The money invested is deductible from state taxes. Additionally, qualified withdrawals for college expenses are federal and state tax free.

Accounts can be opened with as little as $25.


ND professor visits SXU


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03/04/2008 - 6:30pm

Location: Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd St.

University of Notre Dame Professor Lawrence Cunningham, Ph.D., will discuss the core mission of Catholic higher education as part of Saint Xavier University’s 2007-08 Catholic Colloquium lecture series.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Butler Reception Room, located in the Warde Academic Center. Following the lecture, Cunningham will answer questions from the audience.


Global warming symposium


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01/31/2008 - 6:30pm
01/31/2008 - 8:30pm

The Saint Xavier University chapter of the Tri Beta National Biological Honors Society and the Latin American Studies Department will host a global warming symposium in the Saint Xavier University Warde Academic Center, located at 3700 W. 103rd St.

Participants from different academic departments, including language, philosophy, political science, and biology will give ten-minute presentations on how global warming affects their respective fields.


Mother McAuley entrance exam


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01/12/2008 - 8:00am

Location: Mother McAuley High School, 3737 W. 99th St.

Eighth-grade girls are invited to take the ACT-developed EXPLORE test, which is used to assess a student’s academic standing.

It is McAuley's standard entrance exam. Students should bring two No. 2 pencils and a pen, and they may use calculators. No pre-registration is necessary.

The registration fee is $25.

For more information visit www.mothermcauley.org.


Brother Rice Entrance Exam


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01/12/2008 - 8:00am

Brother Rice Entrance Exam
Saturday, January 12th at 8 AM
$25 test fee and two #2 pencils
No calculators
Please contact Tim Lyons for more information
773-429-4312 - tlyons@brrice.org
www.brrice.org