Catholic and Educational Links

Links to Other Sites / CSD Forms

Diocese of Sacramento

Catholic Links

The Diocese of Sacramento website contains information about our Diocese, the parishes and their locations, and links to other Catholic sites.

California Catholic Conference is a rich resource containing information about pending legislation and the California Bishops stance on each bill.

The Parochial Athletic League has a website with information about PAL sports (boys and girls), calendar of events, tournament dates, etc.

Fiscal year tables for various ESEA grants in .pdf format by state and by program. These tables include the federal college loan programs as well.

For Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Sacramento

Catechist Certification Guidelines for the Diocese of Sacramento - These are the 1996 guidelines as approved by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops and modified for the Diocese of Sacramento. Revised August 2006.

Workshop Request for Catechist Certification NEW - An Adobe Acrobat .pdf file for requesting approval for Catechist certification workshops. Includes space for approval by a pastor and approval from both CFF and CSD. 2/20/03 form.

Emergency Action Plan is a PDF document which includes our Emergency Action Plan checklist, and our Bomb Threat response form. Principals should have copies of these forms with the August packet, but here is another copy just in case. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print these forms.

For Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Sacramento Only!

School Data Collecting - This link will take you to our annual data collecting forms. You will need your User ID and password sent to you via e-mail. The 2007-08 form is ready for completion by October 31, 2007.

Catholic School Advisory Commission Manual - portable document format. This link will begin downloading the CSAC2002.pdf version of the manual we discussed at the August 2007 inservices for new Advisory Commission members and chairs. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to open this file. The manual is 45 pages long, so your computer must have enough memory and processing power to open this document as well.

"Because of rapid technological progress, a school today must have access to equipment that, at times, is complex and expensive. This is not a luxury; it is simply what a school needs to carry out its role as a educational institution." The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, 29, The Congregation for Catholic Education, 1988