Volunteers

Parents are expected to perform at least 40 hours of service/30 hours for single-parent families (three of which will be helping with the Parish Ball) each year. There is a parent service fee of $450 per family or $350 per single-parent family due each year if service hours are not completed. For those families who perform the service, the fee is rolled-over to the following year.

If hours are not performed or only partially performed, the fee is pro-rated at $15 per hour.

HOW TO LOG HOURS IN PARENT SQUARE:

To access volunteer hours on your phone:

Open the Parent Square app and click the bottom right "More" button
Under the "Participate" header click on "Volunteer Hours"
Click on the "+" sign at the top right

- Select the month
- Select the activity
- Select the duration of time
- "Enter additional details" a description of service completed (i.e. Gateway to Art, Parish Picnic)
Click Save at the top right corner of screen

To access volunteer hours on your laptop/PC:

On the Parent Square homepage hoover over the "Participate" header and click on "Volunteer Hours"
In the center dialogue box

- Select the month
- Select the activity
- Select the duration of time
- Enter in "Additional details" a description of service completed (i.e. Gateway to Art, Parish Picnic)
- Click blue "Save"

VIRTUS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS

As a part of updated safety protocols, all volunteers who work with students in any capacity must be BOTH Virtus and background checked (fingerprinted) with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

VIRTUS

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles mandates all clergy, staff, whether paid or volunteer, and all volunteers who work in any capacity with or around children, the elderly, or people with special needs to complete the initial three-hour VIRTUS® Protecting God’s Children for Adults™ program. The program helps clergy, staff, volunteers, and parents to understand the facts and myths about child sexual abuse, how perpetrators groom children and young people, and how they, as caring adults, can learn and implement the important “Five Step Plan” to Protect God’s Children in helping to prevent child sexual abuse.

VIRTUS® – Begin Registration Process:

To register for a VIRTUS® session click VIRTUS® – Begin the Registration Process: Click “view a list of sessions” for upcoming VIRTUS® Protecting God’s Children and Keeping the Promise Alive sessions.
Click on “Select your Organization” to view a drop-down menu.
Scroll down to “Los Angeles - Our Lady of the Angels (Archdiocese)” to view sessions listed in our region.
Clicking “Select” will show you a list of upcoming sessions by location and date.
If a session is only for the parish or school, please select another session (or sometimes you can contact that parish/school directly to see if there is room for the training).

VIRTUS® Keeping the Promise Alive ™ Recertification Program and other Recertification options

Safe Environment Recertification Training is required every four years for VIRTUS® Keeping the Promise Alive and other options on how to recertify; please click on the link below.

Please submit all Virtus certificates to St. Anastasia via email so we can add your information to our database: [email protected].

FINGERPRINTING

All volunteers also must submit a background check (fingerprinting) through the LA Archdiocese, even if you have already been fingerprinted with other organizations.

St. Anastasia offers several opportunities for on-campus fingerprinting, and there are many options to schedule an appointment through other parishes as well. LA Archdiocese offers sessions at their office as well on Wednesdays - appointments required.

Please check the ADLA calendars on this link: https://lacatholics.org/fingerprinting/