SAFEGUARDING PRAYER

Gracious God, you love and care for all of your children, especially the smallest and most vulnerable. We entrust to you the lives of children and adults at risk who have been sexually abused, neglected or exploited and whose trust and innocence have been destroyed. Help us to hear their cries of pain and to take responsibility for those whose lives have been broken.
Help us to recognise the hurt felt by those wounded by abuse, and the failure to be heard.
We pray that with the help of your grace communities and families will find understanding and support, so that now and in the future their wounds may be healed and they may find lasting peace.
Let your grace and love fall gently now upon our children and adults at risk, giving them the inner strength, peace and resilience to seek out assistance when required.
We ask this prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen.

OUR PARISH  STATEMENT

The Catholic Church has a moral, legal and mission-driven responsibility to create nurturing environments where children and young people are respected, their voices are heard and they are safe and feel safe (Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne’s Commitment Statement to Child Safety).

PARISH SELF-ASSESSMEMNT TOOL 

Please click here for most recent parish self-assessment tool document.

Our Parish has adopted the full policies of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne (CAM) in relation to Child Safety (See here).

Parish Safeguarding Officers: Stefphy Coosnapa, Juliet Oei & Father Brian Buckley
  Ph. 9826 9677

For more information, please click on the Parish policy documents below:

Child Safety Policy – Code of Conduct explained 

Antidiscrimination and racism policy explained 

To view the full Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne’s Statement of Commitment to Child Safety, please click here.

• For further information, please read the documents from the Augustinians Order in Australia regarding the protection of minors:

​Statement of the Prior General of the Augustinians regarding the protection of minors.

Apology on behalf of the Augustinians from the Australian Provincial.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PARISH VOLUNTEERS

In accordance with the State and Church guidelines and requirements anyone wishing to serve as a volunteer in our parish community or its ministries must comply with the requirement of a Working With Children Check and sign a commitment to safeguarding.

Contact the parish office for further information.