DIOCESAN OFFICES

Did You Know?
Summertime, Safe Time
All teachers, staff, and volunteers in the Diocese of St. Petersburg who work with children must undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks. (Arch)diocesan guidelines and abuse prevention training programs currently in use emphasize the importance of parents’ knowing who has access to their children at school and other Church-sponsored activities.

Summertime is here, and parents should remain vigilant regarding who is granted access to their children. Make sure camp counselors have undergone criminal background checks. And make sure you know the camp’s daily routine. In particular, make sure that no camp activity results in a child being left alone with one adult.

All activities should be supervised by more than one adult, and the camp should be open to unannounced drop-in visits from parents.

For particular help you may call: Michael Craig, Safe Environment Program Manager at (727) 344-1611, ext. 5377.

Source: Sharon Womack Doty, “Summer Safety—Monitor All Programs!”, VIRTUS, July 17, 2006.

PARISHES/ORGANIZATIONS

La Escuela de Evangelización San Andrés te invita a un curso de formacion: “Juan: Formacion de Discipulos”
July 1 and July 2, 2023, from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Most Holy Redeemer Parish (10110 N. Central Ave., Tampa)

No se puede formar discípulos si antes TÚ no eres discípulo.  Por eso en este curso “Juan” vamos a presentar el itinerario, el camino, las etapas, las estrategias que Jesús usa para formar a sus discípulos.  Y este mismo proceso lo vamos a repetir nosotros con los demás para formar discípulos.  ¡¡Atención!! Tú no eres discípulo hasta que formes a otros discípulos.  La invitación es para ti, aceptas?

Te dejamos el enlace de inscripción:  https://tinyurl.com/2zkptrjm.

Para más información:  Elvira Hernandez: (813) 965-5829 o Most Holy Redeemer: (813) 933-2859

PILGRIMAGES AROUND THE DIOCESE

Parish Pilgrimages
If your parish is offering a pilgrimage within the coming months, we invite you to share this information with the Pastoral Bulletin: pastoralbulletin@dosp.org. This allows readers to view opportunities to participate in an upcoming pilgrimage.

The pilgrimages are posted in the Diocesan website under the Pastoral Bulletin page at this link:  https://www.dosp.org/pastoralbulletin/pilgrimages/.