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Protecting God's Children for Adults is a workshop on child abuse. This workshop focuses on the harm of child sexual abuse, the warning signs of child sexual abuse, what each person must do to prevent it, and the policies of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston for reporting it.

Participation in this program is a requirement for all employees of Diocese of Galveston-Houston and all volunteers who have regular contact with children and youth including substitute teachers, coaches, parent volunteers and tutors.

You may register by completing the following steps:

1. Go to www.virtus.org and click the VIRTUS Online link.

2. Click the yellow link labeled "Registration."

3. Enter the password "trust" in the subsequent registration box.

4. Click the "Enter" button in the registration box.

5. Choose the Diocese of Galveston-Houston.

6. Once your school is selected, click "Select."

7. Choose the first option, labeled, "I would like to attend a Protecting God's Children session," by clicking on the green arrow.

8. Provide a user name and a password you can easily remember. This is needed if you are selected for continued training.

9. Select the location where you work or volunteer, not where you attend services.

10. Select the department that you are part of in your role as an employee or volunteer (if any.)

11. Select your classification (employee, volunteer or clergy for example.)

12. Other required fields include name and phone.

13. Enter your email address - it is required.

· If you do not have an email address, consider obtaining a free email account at www.hotmail.com, or any other free service, or sharing an email account with someone.

· If you do not have an email address enter: noaddress@virtus.org

· This will notify your Virtus Coordinator that you do not have an email address.

14. Click the button in front of the class for which you wish to register.

If the page indicates that a class is full you will need to select another session or contact your Virtus Coordinator. The phone number should be provided.

15. Click on the "Submit Registration" button. You will get a confirmation message on screen indicating that your registration was successful.



Note: All employees of St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School must have completed the Virtus training given by the Arch Diocese of Houston-Galveston.

   
 
 

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