Safe Environment

SAFE ENVIRONMENT COURSES
 AVAILABLE!

As a Diocese, we are always trying to improve and make more available our safety education and prevention programs. It is with this in mind that we are expanding our use of the Internet and have a selected Armatus through Praesidium as our Safe Environment Training provider. 

There are required courses to be taken by all employees of the Diocese and volunteers depending upon the ministry.

Each Diocesan parish, school or administrative office will have at their location information how to log on to Armatus to complete these required courses.  If at any time you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call the Office of Safe Environment at 850-435-3570.

Call Florida’s Abuse Hotline at
1-800-96-ABUSE (1-800-962-2873)
Or, if a child is in immediate danger,
call your local police or sheriff

"We bishops and eparchs must tenaciously maintain our commitment to the Charter mandates to ensure that children and youth are safe and that the victims of clergy sex abuse are able to heal from the effects of sexual abuse by representatives of the Church. Much progress has been made by the Catholic Church in addressing the impact of clergy sexual abuse of minors, but continued vigilance is a must.”

Cardinal Francis George, President
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Committee for Children, the creator of the Second Step Program, is proud to announce that they have partnered with actress and activist Ashley Judd on a PSA to support our new Hot Chocolate Talk campaign. 

Follow this link to learn more about the Hot Chocolate Talk, then help us spread the word far and wide. 

 

WHAT IS THE HOT CHOCOLATE TALK?

To help you to get the conversation going, Committee for Children is encouraging you to make the time for a Hot Chocolate Talk. It’s a chance to sit down over a nice cup of cocoa and discuss these difficult issues in a warm, caring atmosphere. Normalizing the conversation draws the issue out of the shadows.

To get started, take the pledge to have a Hot Chocolate Talk with your kids, then download our printable conversation guide which contains conversation starters and talking tips.

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