Safe Environment Training for Adult (18+) and Teen (age 14-17) Volunteers in the AOD and specifically at St. Anastasia
If you volunteer here or anywhere in the Archdiocese of Detroit (AOD), your immediate action is needed!
Safe Environment Training is so very important (and required) for our volunteers! We need you and your heart for others … to continue to be a light by taking this mandatory training, to help us keep all of our Vulnerable Adults and Children in our community safe! Your training and awareness in our parish family matters!
If you have NEVER taken “Protecting God’s Children”:
Certification is required! We are all God’s children. If you have never taken the “Protecting God’s Children (PGC)” workshop and are currently volunteering or plan to volunteer in the future (here or anywhere in the AOD), we need you to complete the Safe Environment Training – PGC Online Awareness Session 4.0 with Vulnerable Adults Training 2.0 combined module!
Please got to www.virtus.org and create an account. Remember your login information.
Once you do that, you will be given some questions to answer. Then, based on your answers, VIRTUS will direct you as to your options to be certified.
Please complete the training. THANK YOU!! Questions? Email helpdesk@virtus.org.
Still need help, confused, do not have a computer, etc.? We would love to help you through this process! Please email Maryann Brani.
If you have previously taken “Protecting God’s Children”:
Keep reading! For those who have previously completed a “Protecting God’s Children (PGC)” workshop, we need you to get ‘recertified’. All volunteers in the AOD are required to update their certification by completing the PGC Online Awareness Session 4.0 with Vulnerable Adults Training 2.0 combined module.
If you do not remember your VIRTUS login information – please do not create a new account! It just complicates things. Check here first to retrieve your username and/or password.
Please complete the training. THANK YOU!! Questions? Email helpdesk@virtus.org.
Still need help, confused, do not have a computer, etc.? We would love to help you through this process! Please email Maryann Brani.
High School Teens (ages 14-17)
High school students (ages 14-17) who wish to volunteer at AOD parishes or schools must complete VIRTUS’ online workshops: Healthy Relationships for Teens 2.0 Online Module Expansion with Safe Environment Components.
This module is accessible online through Virtus and is intended to help youth identify the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
The module also equips teens to follow a plan to do the right thing for themselves and others upon recognizing an unhealthy situation.
Please follow the directions above for “If you have NEVER taken “Protecting God’s Children”. You will be asked questions and VIRTUS will give you directions for the Teen Module.
Questions? Email helpdesk@virtus.org.
Still need help, confused, do not have a computer, etc.? We would love to help you through this process! Please email Maryann Brani.
Background Checks
No individual may be employed or permitted to volunteer at a parish or school in the AOD until a background check has been completed. This will be done (automatically) when you complete the training.
You are not alone! Did you run into a challenge? Need more help? Please ask us! We are happy to support you in any way we can!
Please email Maryann Brani or helpdesk@virtus.org for any additional questions.
We cannot thank you enough for your gift of time, willingness to take the training, and prompt certification to help keep those most at risk in our community safe!
(We get notified immediately upon the completion of the training.)
May God bless you abundantly!
Individuals with knowledge of sexual abuse by clergy or other Church representatives are urged to contact local law enforcement and/or the Michigan Attorney General’s Office at 844-324-3374 or aginvestigations@michigan.gov. Individuals also may contact the Archdiocese of Detroit by visiting protect.aod.org, calling the toll-free 24/7 victim assistance line at 866-343-8055, or by emailing vac@aod.org. There are no time limits or restrictions on individuals wishing to report abuse.
Every complaint shared with the Archdiocese of Detroit, regardless of its source or the date of the alleged activity is reported to civil authorities. No complaints are held back, pre-screened or disregarded.