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Mandatory Forms and Training
- Background Check Form
- Washington Driving Record
- Code of Conduct
- Internet Policies Best Practices
- Darkness to Light Online Training
Called to Protect(Praesidium)
Called to Protect Supplemental Lesson Plans- Middle School Lessons 1 & 2
- High School Lesson Electronic Communications
- High School Dating Relationships
- Called to Protect Summary Info for Parents
- Parent OPT Out
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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.
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).
Safe Environment-Ministerial Requirements Check List
The Affirmation of Faith is required for all Catechists (those who teach children, youth, and adults) and Liturgical Ministers (Acolytes, Adult Altar Servers, Cantors, Lectors/Readers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Sacristans). Affirmation of Personal Faith
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
Note: Download PDF files before printing to get full resolution.1. The Diocese will see to it that all diocesan, parish, and parish school employees and all volunteers who work with minors more than three times a year.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 Called to Protect training.- undergo a criminal Background Check;
- review and sign the Code of Conduct for Ministry with Children and Youth;
- review and agree to the Diocesan Internet Policies and Best Practices.
- complete the Darkness to Light training;
- review with your Pastor the Affirmation of Personal Faith
2. The Diocese will see to it that all volunteers who work even once with minors undergo a criminal background check and Darkness to Light training.
3. The Diocese will see to it that parish school teachers and religious education catechists are trained to teach the Called to Protect program through the 12th grade.
4. The Diocese will see to it that all teachers and catechists teach the three mandatory Called to Protect 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 Called to Protect 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 Called to Protect lessons.
1. Parents attend the parent's training session, and their children receive the three Called to Protect 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 Called to Protect lesson materials and invites them to present them to their children at home.
- Their children do not attend the classes when the Called to Protect 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 three Called to Protect classes as part of the normal school or religious education schedule.