Maria Immacolata Catholic Church

UPDATE ON SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING FOR ADULT VOLUNTEERS

 The Safe Environment Certificates for Adult volunteers in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux will expire on June 30, 2018.  Volunteers who held certificates during the September 1, 2015 - June 30, 2018 dates can go to the website, http://safeandsacred-htdiocese.org, to renew their certificates beginning May 1, 2018.  The new certificates will be valid through June 30, 2021.  The Church office will also need a new Volunteer Ministry Application on file for every volunteer, even if a previous certification was obtained.  The application can be picked up from the Church Office or downloaded from our website, http://www.micchouma.org/Safe-Environment. The training lesson, titled “Protecting Children in the 21st Century”, has been updated from previous years.  Note that in-house training is no longer an option; everyone must take the online Safe Environment Training.  All volunteers must complete the Volunteer Ministry Application form and return it to the Church Office or to the supervisor of the ministry for which you are volunteering.

If this is your first time volunteering in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, after your references have been verified, you will be contacted by our office to go online and complete the online lesson.  The site will ask you to complete a Criminal Background Check, sign a Code of Conduct, and complete the lesson and quizzes.  You may go back to the site after a couple of days to print your certificate.  The Church Office will have access to the certificates for our files.  You must have a Safe Environment Certificate on file with the Church Office before you can work with any youth in any ministry in Maria Immacolata Church Parish.

Baskets for the Homestead (Top) and Bayou Towers (Bottom) were made by MICS faculty