All volunteers whose duties involve contact with minors must accomplish the following prior to volunteering:

• Complete a Protecting God’s Children (Virtus) workshop in person or online
• Agree to a national background screening that evaluates any history related to criminal charges, and agree to regular rescreening every three months
• Read and consent to the Code of Pastoral Conduct

Effective July 1, 2021, all K-8 Catholic school parents will be required to complete these requirements. In some instances, parents may be exempt from some requirements. These instances must be approved through the Catholic Schools Office and the Office of Child and Youth Protection.

Citation: Section 1.2 of the Safe Environment Policy, p. 6

All volunteers whose duties do not involve contact with minors must accomplish the following prior to volunteering in any church related activities:

• Complete a Protecting God’s Children (Virtus) workshop in person or online
• Complete a check through the National Sex Offender Registry
• Read and consent to the Code of Pastoral Conduct.

1.3.1. This category of Volunteer must be accompanied at all times by someone who has completed all requirements for volunteers who work with minors (group 1.2)

- Citation: Section 1.3 of Safe Environment Policy, p. 6

Volunteers who do not work with minors may be members of a council or committee (e.g., parish and finance councils, or stewardship committee), the officers of a parish organization (e.g., Altar Society or Men’s group), or certain volunteers for an event (e.g., at a parish picnic or fish fry when there is no involvement with minors during their service in the kitchen).

All volunteers whose duties do not involve contact with minors and who volunteer no more than one time per calendar year must accomplish the following prior to volunteering in any church related activities:

• Complete a check through the National Sex Offender Registry
• Read and consent to the single-use coded Code of Pastoral Conduct to indicate single occasion volunteer

1.4.1. This category of Volunteer must be accompanied at all times by someone who has completed all requirements for volunteers who work with minors (group 1.2)

- Citation: Safe Environment Policy, p. 6

Complete the Single-Occasion Volunteer Form

This easy-to-use form streamlines your Safe Environment compliance: Please click here to fill out the Single Occasion Volunteer Form.