Visiting Clergy, Religious and Lay People
Clergy, religious and lay people wishing to visit this Archdiocese to carry out a Ministry or Apostolate must advise the Vicar General’s Office of their impending visit.
The advice to be provided is as follows:
- Complete the following form:
OUR ARCHDIOCESE
On receipt of the documentation and prior to the planned visit, the Vicar General’s Office will review the documentation provided and once the relevant verifications are completed, the Vicar General’s Office will issue a confirmation email to:
- The Parish Priest (and his parish secretary) where the visit will take place; and to
- The visiting Clergy and/or Religious
to advise of your clearance to perform ministry in a parish/with a religious movement/group at a certain date and time.
The Vicar General’s Office will keep a record of all clearances for visiting Clergy and Religious within the Archdiocese.
OUR PARISHES
Parishes will save and permanently archive all confirmation emails for visiting Clergy and Religious for compliance and auditing purposes.
FACULTIES
Visiting clergy with faculties for this Archdiocese whose clearance/registration to work with children and/or vulnerable people is not held in NSW and/or the ACT, are required to inform the Vicar General’s Office every time they visit the Archdiocese to perform Ministry.
Each visit is recorded to ensure that the number of exemptions to perform Ministry without the relevant ACT/NSW screening registration/clearance does not exceed the maximum allowed under the relevant NSW and/or ACT legislation. Please refer to the following links on exemptions or call the Vicar General’s Office if you have any questions.
Exemptions:
NSW: Exemptions from the Working with Children Check
ACT: Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) Registration
Need more information:
Please contact the Vicar General’s Office or Institute for Professional Standards and Safeguarding:
Maria Hicks IPSS Manager (02) 6239 9806
or email to ipss@cg.org.au