Membership dues are important to support the ongoing initiatives of the Father's Guild. As the Father's Guild is intended to be a social club, in addition to our services duties, we intend to host events for the Fathers to get to know each other throughout the year, starting with a Kick-Off Event in September. Dues will be used to provide food at certain events and key meetings for participating Fathers. Some events and activities with the children may also be sponsored by the Father's Guild, which will be subsidized to the extent budget allows. Finally, a Father’s Guild shirt and ID card will be provided to all members.

Members will discuss all upcoming and proposed events with a request for funding. The decision to fund an event will be made by the Board and approved by Msgr. Camp.

As we are just kicking this off for the 2024-2025 School Year without a fully defined schedule of events, an unknown number of members, nor a strong indicator of the level of commitment required, the intent is to estimate a reasonable fee for the first year. As we build out the membership, the board and leadership team, and identify events to support and/or sponsor, we will have a better idea on what a true annual operating budget will look like.

Dues for the Inaugural 2024-2025 School Year will be $125 per Father/Grandfather, regardless of how many children attend St. Patrick's, except for those whose youngest child will be in 7th or 8th grade for this upcoming school year. They will only be asked to contribute $65.

These are not annual dues – the $125 is expected to be a “Lifetime” fee per Father for the remainder of the tenure of your children attending St. Patrick's School.

Note, however, that as we operationalize the Father's Guild next year, there may be some adjustments made to ongoing costs and future dues increases. To be fully transparent, this will be presented to members at a meeting and voted on by the Board and approved by Msgr. Camp.

Dues are collected as members join and/or are due at the beginning of the school year prior to the first event.

*Anyone is invited to contribute more than the minimum amount to support the Father's Guild.

**No pro-rata calculations will be made during the year nor will refunds be provided for those leaving the school before 8th grade graduation.