Requirement for Parish Volunteers
Suggested Songs
Financial Ongoing Process
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 January 2022, Year C
SAFEGUARDING IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
We consider the safety and wellbeing of all persons to be our highest priority. We too acknowledge that children, young people and adults at risk may require additional safeguards to promote their participation, wellbeing and safety.
Clergy, employees and volunteers are committed to upholding the right to safety of all persons. They must participate in creating a culture of safety supported by policies, practices and procedures that strive to prevent abuse in the first instance and to respond appropriately and effectively if abuse does occur. We respect the human dignity of each person and strive to create an inclusive and welcoming Church that enables its people to grow and develop in their faith freely and in a caring and supportive environment.
Please find attached the following Links
Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy
Statement of Commitment
Safeguarding Children and Young people Code of Conduct
Code Conduct Declaration
If you have already obtained a Working With Children Card, please link it to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish . You will find the link in the “Links” bar of the website. https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/individuals/current-cardholders/update-my-details
To Apply for a Working with Children Card https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/individuals/applicants/how-to-apply
Police Check: https://auspost.com.au/police-checks
Following the announcement by the Chief Health Officer, face coverings are now required for indoor gatherings (except in the home) for people aged eight and over, or for those with medical exemptions.
There are now no number limits or vaccination requirements in relation to attending Mass. There will not be a Covid Check-in Marshall to greet you in the Narthex or any check in or vaccination requirements.
The archdiocese has advised that at Mass, all parishioners should continue to register their attendance by using either their phone and the Government QR code, or, for those who don’t use the Government QR code, by recording their name and phone number on the paper “attendance roll” on the table.
Church Capacity
There will be no attendance number limits and collections will be able to be resumed.
You are all in my prayers.
Fr Vittorio Ricciardi PP
Please refer to the following Archdiocesan guidelines and resources for the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.cam.org.au/Guidance-for-Parishes-COVID-19
No events.