What is the Protecting God's Children program? The Protecting God's Children program is the VIRTUS program for protecting children from child sexual abuse. Those in the faith community who interact with minors will have access to additional traiing and risk prevention tools.

What is VIRTUS Online? VIRTUS Online is the brand name that identifies a state-of-the-art, web-based platform that provides best practice resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our system provides a comprehensive menu of functions for churches, religious organizations, and facilities from one convenient web-based resource. Through these functions we can help church organizations prevent wrongdoing, manage risk and improve service to the community through education, training, and best practices. The home page is provided free of charge to anyone in the world with access to the Internet. The subscriber pages (pages requiring a user name and a password) are intended for users from organizations that subscribe to the VIRTUS programs.

Click on the following link to register for a session: http://www.virtusonline.org/

"All volunteers who work with or around children are required to attend VIRTUS training and have a background check completed through the Parish Office.  Occasional volunteers are not required to complete the online monthly training bulletins, but all others are.  In any overnight event situation all volunteers must be trained and have a background check done."