Saint Jude Parish

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The Reporting Process

• Everyone is a permissive reporter and is encouraged to make a report of suspected child abuse. Reporters of suspected child abuse fall into two categories. 
• Mandated reporters are those adults who come into direct contact with children in the course of their employment or volunteer of a regularly scheduled program or activity, who accepts responsibility for a child.
• The trigger to report is a reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused.  Permissive reporters may report anonymously; mandated reporters may not.

Making a Report of Child Abuse

• Reports of suspected child abuse are to be made immediately.
• If the child is in imminent danger, call 911
• Reports may be made orally by phone or electronically
  • Oral reports are made to ChildLine at 1-800-932-0313 which is available 24/7
  • Electronic reports are made via CWIS Self-Service portal at www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis
• Inform the supervisor or person in charge of your program that a report was made.

To report church-related abuse to the Diocese of Pittsburgh call: 1-888-808-1235

Sharing the Light Speaker Series

January 27th, 7:00 PM

Fr. Timothy Kesicki, SJ.: “Descendants and Jesuits, Reconciling the Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding”

Fr. Timothy Kesicki, SJ. will speak about the national dialogue process between Am erican Catholic universities and institutions with roots in slavery and their painful ties to that period of history and the growing reparations movement. Fr. Kesicki just completed his tenure as president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States in September 2021.

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Saint Jude, friend to those in need,
I am weary from grief, without joy, without hope,
struggling to find the light I know is in my soul.
I turn to you, my most trusted intercessor.
Take away this emptiness and the pain of my broken heart.
In your compassion, help my tears
to lead me to a place of peace in my heart.
Too long have I forgotten the goodness of God’s world.
Heal me. I yearn to feel light, to feel joy.
Envelop me in brightness, and do not hold back.
And I promise, if I receive these gifts,
I will share them always in your name.
Amen.

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SCAM ALERT!

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