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Continuing Education
Continuing Education on specific topics related to Child Protection and Right Relationships has been provided to parishes and schools since 2007. For more information contact your local Safe Environment Coordinator.
Adequate Supervision
Keeping Our Children Safe Online
If We Build It, They Will Come...Responding to Disclosures of Abuse
Peer to Peer Abuse: Bullying, Cyberbullying, Sexting, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault
- Power Point
- Power Point Spanish
- Power Point Handout
- Power Point Handout Spanish
- Post Training Review
- In Spanish
- Sign In Sheet
From Safe Environments to Faith Environments: Furthering the Gospel Message of Christ
- From Safe Environments to Faith Environments PowerPoint
- From Safe Environments to Faith Environments PowerPoint Handouts
- From Safe Environments to Faith Environments Post Training Review
- From Safe Environments to Faith Environments Sign In Sheet
- From Safe Environments to Faith Environments Work Group Slides
- Deliberately Different Actions
- Deliberately Different Messages
Creating an Environment Safe from Self Harm
- Post Training Review
- Prevention Awareness PowerPoint
- Sign In Sheet
- PowerPoint Handouts
- Response to Self Harm Policy Summary Sheet
Creating a Faith Environment Safe from Physical Aggression
- Raising Children to Resist Violence Poster
- Helping Kids Care Poster
- Power Point
- Handout
- Post Training Review
- Sign In Sheet
Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Faith Environment
- Power Point Slides
- Trauma-Sensitive Handout
- Discussion Questions
- Post Training Review
- Trauma Sensitive Adults
- Poster: Our Faith Environment...
- Poster: Our Trauma-Sensitive Faith Environment
Creating Connections in Our Faith Environment: Safe Stable Nurturing Relationships
- Safe Stable Nurturing Relationships Presenter Notes
- Safe Stable Nurturing Relationships Handout
- Poster: Safe
- Poster: Stable
- Poster: Nuturing
- Poster: Kindness
- Bookmarks
Creating an Environment of Authentic Love
- Creating an Environment of Authentic Love Presenter Notes
- Post Training Review
- Poster: Become Who You Are
- Poster: Authentic Love is...
Discipline and Discipleship in our Faith Environment
- Discipline and Discipleship in Our Faith Environment Slides (7.85 MB)
- Post Training Review CE 2017 (239 KB)
- Discipline Poster
- Discipleship Poster
Intentionally Catholic and Deliberately Different
Creating and Maintaining Clear Boundaries in Ministry
- Creating and Maintaining Clear Boundaries in Ministry Slides
- Creating and Maintaining Clear Boundaries Post Training Review
- Creating and Maintaining Clear Boundaries Attendance Roster
- Boundaries Protect the Vulnerable Poster
- The Boundaries of Our Faith Poster
Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood in the Year of St. Joseph- Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood Slides
- Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood Post Training Review
- Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood Presenter Notes
- Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood Handouts
- Cultivating Spiritual Fatherhood Bookmarks
Creating a Culture of Healing and Protection: Nurturing Vocation
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Creating Safe Environments for Our Children
A primary goal as we work with children and youth in our parishes, programs, and schools is to create a Catholic Faith Environment; one that models Christ and the Gospel message, follows Catholic Social Teaching, fosters the faith development of our children and youth, and provides them with deliberately different messages and experiences than those they encounter in society. In order to truly provide such an environment, we must ensure that our children and youth are safe and feel safe. The very strategies that we implement to help our children experience right relationships throughout their life span, to prevent abuse, and to build resilience to trauma help us to create not only a Catholic Faith Environment, but a culture of protection and healing.
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Our Promise to ProtectIt is the mission of the Diocesan Child Protection Office to create a culture of healing and protection where all persons can experience the truly loving relationships God intended for them. As part of our promise to protect youth and adults who are vulnerable, the Diocese of Grand Island requires that all adults who have regular and supervisory contact with minors and vulnerable adults participate in background screening and receive training in recognizing and reporting abuse, creating a safe environment, and promoting right relationships. Individuals in ministry are expected to follow a specific code of conduct, directed toward preserving the life and dignity of those they serve.
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Background Screening and Code of Conduct
All adult employees and all volunteers who have regular contact or are in a supervisory role with minors are required to complete a criminal background check and provide references. Employees and volunteers must agree to follow specific codes of conduct. This agreement is documented annually in writing through the code of conduct form.
- Code of Conduct for Adult Volunteers
- Code of Conduct for Youth Employees / Volunteers
- Code of Conduct for Clergy
- Code of Conduct for Adult Employees, Other Religious, and Candidates for Ordination
Screening is completed through the CMG Connect Platform.- New volunteers and employees can register a new account on CMG Connect here.
- Returning staff and volunteers, contact your local Safe Environment Coordinator for your account username and password.
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Safe Environment Training
All employees and all volunteers who serve minors must complete the Initial Safe Environment Training: Creating A Culture of Healing and Protection.
Renewal training is completed every 5 years through CMG Connect.
Creating A Culture of Healing and Protection
The promise to protect and the pledge to heal is the commitment made by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in their Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. They extend this promise to not only the young, but to adults who are vulnerable as well.
An important part of this commitment is to provide training to adults involved in service to the Church so that they can carry out the promise to protect and pledge to heal as well. In the words of Bishop Timothy Doherty, chair of the US Bishop’s Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, “All we do is for Christ. What you do is not only for children and youth, but for and with Christ.”
Creating a Culture of Healing and Protection moves us beyond merely providing safe surroundings for our children. Building a culture of healing and protection involves transforming our values and beliefs about the life and dignity of the human person into who and how we are with children and adults who are vulnerable.
