All volunteers who have contact with children (lectors, Eucharistic ministers, adult altar servers, sacristans, cantors, ushers, bingo workers, pizza kitchen workers, festival workers, youth ministry volunteers, school volunteers, and Sunday school teachers/volunteers) are required by the Diocese to have the following five items: Application in the Diocesan Database, State Criminal Record Check, Child Abuse History Clearance, Code of Pastoral Conduct, Protecting God’s Children Workshop. Below you will find links to help you complete these items.

Click here for directions to complete the application in the online database. Please note that the access code is the word "Protect."

Click here for the online database login page.

Click here for the Child Abuse History Clearance form (check with your SEC before downloading).

Click here for a list of upcoming Protecting God's Children workshops.

Click here for the Code of Pastoral Conduct.

Click here for information regarding the Child Protective Services Law.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Steve Swank, SJG Safe Environment Coordinator, at 412-331-8573 or sjgyouthmin@yahoo.com (Sunday school teachers/volunteers should contact John Fatula and school volunteers should contact Sr. Anna Marie Gaglia).

THANK YOU for your tireless dedication to our parish and for helping to ensure that it is a safe environment for our children! God bless!