Someone who can share their time and talent!
Lead the Youth as They Go Out to Share the Love of Christ
Adult Chaperone Activities
- Accompany youth in door-to-door evangelization
- Assist with feeding the homeless
- Work with small groups of teens
- Collaborate with Priests
- Accompany teens on public transportation
- Pray with teens
- Encountering Christ!
Adult Chaperones help supervise teen missionaries on missions. Adults are needed for local day-missions in the Philly area and on Holy Week missions. They can participate in whichever days of the missions their schedules allow for, but must complete a certification process which is outlined below. This helps ensure the safety of our youth missionaries. This process usually takes 30 minutes. Once completed, the adult chaperone is certified for three years. The renewal of the certification is a much simpler process. Contact Mary Sharkey with any questions: sharkey.mary@gmail.com
Step 1: Secure RC Activities Volunteer Certificate
Step 2: Secure Archdiocese of Philadelphia Required Clearances and Background Checks
NOTE: Due to the processing timeframes of the required checks, please aim to submit all applications at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the missions.
As an official volunteer working within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who may have any possible contact with children you must complete certain background checks and clearances. Below are the Philadelphia Archdiocese's requirements.
Volunteers visiting from another state or country may participate on a provisional basis for no more than 30 days while the Pennsylvania State Police, the Department of Public Welfare, and/or the FBI are processing the background checks, so long as they provide clearances from their state or country of residence.
Additional questions for the office can be directed to 215-587-2466.
Use the following links to obtain:
- Pennsylvania State Police Clearance (~ 10 min)
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (~ 15 min)
- If you are a Pennsylvania resident for more than ten years, then obtain a Disclosure Statement (~ 5 min). If you are a Pennsylvania resident for less than ten years, then obtain an FBI Fingerprint Clearance (~ 15 min)
Step 3: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Required Classes
There are 2 classes needed if you will be volunteering with children on a regular basis: https://childyouthprotection.org/index.php/staff-volunteers/required-training
Use the following links to obtain:
- Safe Environment Training - VIRTUS (~2.5 hrs on Zoom)
- Mandated Reporter Online Component (~1 hr)