Requirements of the Safe Environment Program

A. All Employees and Volunteers who have contact with minors on a regular basis* MUST:

1. Attend a Protecting God’s Children Workshop.
2. Complete a criminal records check from the Family Care Safety Registry.
3. Commit to the Code of Ethical Conduct for Clergy, Employees and Volunteers Working With Minors in the Archdiocese.
4. Employees or volunteers who have resided outside of the state of Missouri any time over the last five years will have to undergo a one-time national background check . Illinois Residents will have Illinois and Missouri background checks conducted every even-numbered year.

[* A person would be considered to have contact with minors on a regular basis if he/she would be in a position in which there would be a likelihood that he/she would be working with or near minors three or more times a year, would be participating in an overnight program with minors, or would be on a list of persons eligible to be working with minors.]

 

Taken from the Archdiocesan website 7/28/11. Click here to read full document

Download Code of Ethical Conduct. Fill out and sign the last page after reading the document. Submit the completed form to Sr. Joan Galli, CSJ at the rectory.

Download the Background Check form. Fill out the form and submit it to Sr. Joan Galli, CSJ at the rectory along with $11.00 to process the background check.

The Facilitator of the Protecting God’s Children Workshop that you attended will send verification that you did attend the workshop.