Protecting God's Children

Virtus
A safe environment program for all adults, 18+ years old, maintaining regular contact with children in our parish; provides adults with the tools to maintain a safe environment and help protect children from sexual abuse. Click here to get more information, forms, and session times.

Keeping the Promise Alive ("KPA")
A mandatory refresher course that goes into effect in 2012. Volunteers that have taken “VIRTUS: Protecting God’s Children” program between the years 2003  and 2005 are required to attend. KPA is designed to identify and reinforce the lessons of the original “VIRTUS: Protecting God’s Children” program by clarifying some of the more challenging aspects of the sessions and strengthening the participants’ ability to recognize risky adults in their environments and take action to intervene in potentially threatening situations.

KPA is a 1.5 hour session with a video that provides ongoing awareness for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Epiphany will begin offering KPA sessions early in 2012. Click here for more information about sessions. Questions about the VIRTUS programs may be sent to louann@epiphanycatholic.org.

Jeremiah 1:7
A program for high school age youth who regulary assist adults ministering to children under the age of 18; provides high school age youth with age appropriate knowledge and skills needed to foster a safe environment with the children whom they serve. Click here to get more information, forms, and session times.

Sacred & Safe
A program which provides faith-based safe environment lessons for children and youth in K-12 grades. Includes one grade-specific lesson each year to help children and youth develop the skills to protect themselves from sexual abuse. Click here to get more information.