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    Circle of Grace Report Form Due 5/1 Annually
    • Circle of Grace Report Form

    Circle of Grace 
    • Program Overview
    • Parent Opt Out Form

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  • Safe Environment Parish Resources

    The Diocese of Baker is committed to promoting a safe environment for all children and young people in our care.  Please click here for the Parish Guidelines as designated by the Diocese of Baker.

    Safe Environment and Ministerial Requirement is required for all adults, all employees and volunteers
    ages 18 and older who would like to be involved in:

    Catholic Schools, Children’s R.E., Youth Ministry, Vacation Bible School; Camps or Retreats as Helpers/ Teacher’s Aids, Team Leaders, and Chaperones; Sacristans if regularly working with altar servers under the age of 18 and instituted Liturgical Ministers (Acolytes/Lectors instituted by the bishop as a permanent office).

    Effective July 1, 2020 Catholic Mutual Safe Environment Platform
    https://Baker.cmgconnect.org
    All forms are located on the CMG Safe Environment Training Site Above—Videos, Code of Conduct, Internet Best Practices, Background Check form.  Once you log in the system will walk you through the required trainings, forms and certification.

    Pursuant to the USCCB’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the Diocese of Baker commits itself to the following responsibilities. 

    Bishop Cary’s letter to Priests, Principals and Directors of Religious Education January 2013

    1.  The Diocese will see to it that all diocesan, parish and parish school employees, and all volunteers who work with minors or vunerable persons:

    • Complete Catholic Mutual Safe Environment Videos;
    • Review and electronically sign the Code of Conduct;
    • Review and agree to the Diocesan Internet Policies and Best Practices;
    • Undergo a criminal background check.

    2.  The Diocese will see to it that all volunteers who work even once with minors undergo a criminal background check and Catholic Mutual Safe Environment Training.

    3.  The Diocese will see to it that parish school teachers and religious education catechists are trained to teach the Circle of Grace program through the 12th grade.

    4.  The Diocese will see to it that all teachers and catechists teach the mandatory Circle of Grace lessons to their students each year.

    5.  The Diocese will see to it that parishes and schools inform parents well in advance of the dates when the  Circle of Grace lessons will be taught to their children and strongly encourage parents to attend the parent training sessions that must be offered each year.

    6.  The Diocese will see to it that parishes and schools offer parents forms with which  they may opt out in writing if they do not wish their children to participate in the  Circle of Grace lessons.
     
    To ensure respect for the rights of parents as the primary educators of their children, the following Pastoral Guidelines are to be followed throughout the diocese. These guidelines govern three possible scenarios for parental involvement in the Circle of Grace training.
     
    1.    Parents attend the parent's training session, and their children receive the Circle of Grace lessons as part of the normal school or religious education schedule.

    2.  Parents decline to have their children participate by filling out the Diocese of Baker “Opt Out” form. From this decision two consequences follow:
    • The school principal or the pastor provides the parents with Circle of Grace lesson materials and invites them to present them to their children at home.
    • Their children do not attend the classes when the Circle of Grace training is given.

    3.   Parents do not attend and do not fill out an "opt out" form. Since parents have been informed of and invited to the parents’ training session, their non-response is presumed to mean that they wish their children to receive the Circle of Grace classes as part of the normal school or religious education schedule. 
  • Policy Updates & Clarifications

    • Policy Clarification for Homebound Ministry
    • Home based parishioner-led children and youth activities
    • Lay Adult Liturgical Ministers policy clarification

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker

641 SW Umatilla Avenue
Redmond, OR 97756

Tel (541) 388-4004
Fax (541) 388-2566
Email chancellor1@dioceseofbaker.org

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