St. Angela Merici Parish depends on the generosity of all of those who volunteer their time, treasure and talent to make our parish community a vibrant and welcoming place for everyone.

Virtus - Protecting God's Children

EVERYONE who is a volunteer at St. Angela Merici must meet specific requirements as set forth by the Diocese of Cleveland.

Volunteer compliance requirements are met by completing ALL of the following:

  • Attend a Virtus: Protecting God's Children live training session once.  Go to virtus.org to register for a session or find more information about the Virtus program. Session may be taken at any location in the Cleveland Diocese.

  • Complete the St. Angela Merici Volunteer Paperwork Packet and submit all completed and signed documents to the Parish or School office.

    • Instructions for accessing the Diocesan Sexual Abuse and Standards of Conduct policies (2016) are given on page two of the packet. All employees and volunteers MUST read the policies and sign and submit the Acknowledgement Form included in the Packet for each Diocesan policy.

      o The St. Angela Merici driver form in the packet is optional. It is only needed if you will be transporting minors in your personal vehicle.

  • Complete a background check through selection.com. Background checks through selection.com are done once; no need to repeat. If registered through selection.com, fingerprints are NOT needed

    • Instructions for accessing selection.com through an individual’s virtus.org account are given on page two of the SAM Volunteer Packet.

  • Complete the required reading (brief monthly bulletins) as prompted by virtus.org.