Safe Environment » Chicago Archdiocesan Vocation Association

cava@archchicago.org All

Safe Environment

Office for the Protection of Children and Youth

The Office for the Protection of Children and Youth is committed to protecting all of God’s children and providing a safe environment where children and young people can learn, thrive, and grow. The office oversees the training and background checks for all Archdiocesan clergy, employees, and volunteers. It also disseminates the Archdiocesan standards of behavior for individuals working with children and young people, provides safe environment training for children, young people and adults, and trains parish and school staff to monitor compliance with archdiocesan policies and the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.

Archdiocese of Chicago Safe Environment website

AOC Code of Conduct

CAVA Instructions for Safe Environment compliance 8.29.2017

A Minute With the Office for Protecting Children and Youth (OPCY) – an OPCY Newsletter

This OPCY newsletter contains updates on OPCY activities including an October 29 Mass for Hope and Healing, and important tips and links that all who work around young people need to know.

CAVA FACEBOOK

According to Cardinal Cupich, the final synod document is not a landing strip. It’s a launching pad. #SynodOnSynodality #SynodalChurch ... See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

MEMORIAL OF THE DEDICATION OF THE BASILICAS OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES: "Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his holy ones." No type of cruelty can tear down the religion established by the mystery of Christ’s cross. The Church is not diminished by persecutions, but rather increased. The field of the Lord is always being enriched with a more abundant harvest, while the seeds which are sown one by one yield a manifold return. From this field those two famous shoots of the divine seed burst forth into a great progeny, witnessed by thousands of blessed martyrs. On the commemoration of all the saints it is right for us to rejoice in this heavenly band, fashioned by God as models of patience and a support for our faith; but we must glory and exult even more in the eminence of these two forebears, whom the grace of God raised to so high a summit among all the members of the Church, and established like two eyes that bring light to the body whose head is Christ.As to their merits and virtues, which no words can describe, we should not think of any difference or distinction between them; their calling was the same, their labors were similar, theirs was a common death. Our experience has shown, as our predecessors have proved, that we may believe and hope that in all the labors of the present life, by the mercy of God, we shall always be helped by the prayers of our special patrons. Just as we are humbled by our own sins, so we shall be raised up by the merits of these apostles.-- Saint Leo the Great, pope(image: Catholic Apostolate Center) ... See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook