Any person over the age of 18 years of age who works with children as a regular volunteer or employee of St. Mary Church is required to fulfill the requirement of the Archdiocesan Decree on Child Protection. A regular volunteer is a person who works with children more than 3 hours a month or more frequently than once a month. The decree has two requirements:

1. a criminal background check (fingerprinting)
2. an orientation workshop on the decree

Archdiocesan Fingerprinting Information
When you are fingerprinted, designate St. Mary as the organization to which the results of the background check should be sent. If you volunteer for other organizations, you may have the results sent to multiple destinations.

Archdiocesan Child Protection Orientation Sessions

Below is a schedule of orientation sessions to be held at St. Mary Church:
    Monday, November 19
    Thursday, January 17
    Thursday, February 7
    Wednesday, March 12
    Monday, April 21
    Wednesday, May 14
(All sessions are held at 7:30 p.m. in the Seton Center, Room 2L.)