For All Volunteers and Staff Members at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
In cooperation with the USCCB Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the Diocese of Worcester created safe environment programs for all individuals in the diocese to help promote awareness of sexual abuse, help to prevent abuse, and to encourage survivors of abuse to seek the healing they deserve.
All persons 14 years of age and older, employed at or engaged in ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, are required to complete Safe Environment Training to help create and maintain a safe environment. To complete Safe Environment Training for ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes, please see the links below. Failure to complete these requirements may result in a disruption in your ministry at our parish.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR
Cheryl Orrell serves as Our Lady of Lourdes Safe Environment Coordinator. If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl at 508-757-0789 or email at [email protected].
CORI
Each staff member or volunteer, age 14 and older, must complete a CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) Request Form, which is then submitted to the Commonwealth of MA through the Diocese of Worcester for processing.
For more information on CORI law and the entire Diocese of Worcester's CORI policy, please review the following documents:
CODE OF MINISTERIAL CONDUCT
Each staff member and volunteer must read the Code of Ministerial Conduct and sign the acknowledgement form, which is offered as part of the safe environment training. Please click here to read the REVISED 2021 The Code of Ministerial Conduct and here to sign the NEW ONLINE Conduct Acknowledgement Form. You also must read and sign that you have read the Conflict of Interest Policy.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
Each staff member and volunteer must complete the safe environment training module.
Periodic ON-SITE TRAINING is offered around the diocese if you are interested in attending one, please call and we can check with the diocese.
ONLINE TRAINING is available for people to complete from their own computer. At the completion of your training you will print a certificate of completion to be give to your organization. Please request training through Cheryl, your Safe Environment Coordinator, who will need your full name, email address and volunteer position in order to arrange for the training.