Child Safety and Protection

All volunteers who will be working with children and young adults are required to take a two-hour Protecting God's Children training session.  Volunteers can attend a session offered at OLOS or one at a different parish within the Archdiocese.

OLOS PGC Sessions
Thursday, September 28th, 2017, 6:30 p.m., The Bullock Center
Saturday, October 28th, 2017, 3:30 p.m., The Bullock Center 
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 6:30 p.m., The Bullock Center
May Session TBD

To sign up, email Monica O'brien

PGC Sessions at other parishes

To view a complete list of PGC sessions within the Archdiocese of Boston, click here.  To sign up for a session, call or email the parish hosting the session (this will involve finding the parish's contact information online).  You will receive a certificate of completion at the session, and should submit a copy of the certificate to Monica O'brien, who will update our parish records.  

All volunteers are required to sign a Code of Conduct form once and to complete a CORI form annually.  CORI forms must be turned in to an OLOS staff member in person so that the staff member can verify the information by checking a government-issued photo I.D.  Please turn in your CORI form during Parish Office hours (Sundays: 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Mondays thru Thursdays: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) or contact the parish to arrange an alternate time (781-784-2265, parish@olossharon.org).  

Putting Children First began three years ago by Barbara Brunelli, M.Ed., a Human Services trainer with over 25 years’ experience in the field of child abuse and neglect. She has worked for the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.  She is an instructor for the Municipal Police Training Committee and trains in a variety of venues across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Barbara has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development, obtained a Masters of Education degree in Counseling Psychology, and has trained under national leaders in the field of child abuse and neglect.

Ms. Brunelli is passionate about protecting children and feels strongly that although there will unfortunately always be child predators among us, we don’t have to make access to children easy for them! Better awareness and adequate training in sexual abuse prevention for all child serving organizations is an absolute necessity if we want to truly protect the most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

OLOS's Putting Children First program will take place on Sunday, October 29th from 9:45-11:00 a.m. in the Cottage Street School Cafeteria.  The program is for students in grades 1 thru 5, and all parents are welcome to attend.

There will be a parent information night on Thursday, October 19th at 7:00 p.m. in O'Connell Hall.  All parents and parishioners are invited to learn more about the program, preview materials used, and meet Ms. Brunelli.  

You can find more resources about Child Safety and Protection by clicking the links below.

Archdiocese of Boston
VIRTUS Website
Policies and Procedures For the Protection of Children