Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People

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1 Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People 3211 FOURTH STREET NE WASHINGTON DC FAX MEMORANDUM To: From: Subject: All Bishops and Eparchs Most Reverend Edward J. Burns Bishop Designate of Dallas 2017 Audit Process and Workshop Information Date: February 2, 2017 The 2016 Audits were completed with very few problems. I thank you and your staff for your contribution and all that you do to protect children. Once again, Audit Workshops have been scheduled for The workshops are intended for bishops and eparches (especially new bishops and eparches), diocesan audit point persons, diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinators, Safe Environment Coordinators, and anyone within the diocese/eparchy that has a substantive role in the implementation of the Charter and the audit process. This year, the 2017 Audit Workshops will be presented in a new format. They will be divided into two different presentations: comprehensive and question driven. Also, attendance will be by webinar ONLY as we have also changed the medium for broadcasting to enhance quality. In coordination with our Creative Services Department, the webinar will be filmed, similar to a television show. A web link will be provided for all attendees to watch and listen to the webinar through their computers. Audit Workshops Tuesday, April 4, 1:00 pm 5:00 pm ET - a comprehensive, article-by-article, explanation of what is required by the audit. The first presentation is directed towards those who are new in their role in completing the audit, or for those looking for a refresher. Tuesday, April 25, 1:00 pm 4:00 pm ET - a focus on answering FAQs and more complicated questions submitted by you. The second presentation is directed towards those with more experience with the audit, or for those of you with more nuanced questions or new questions that have arisen since viewing the April 4th workshop. Please submit your questions to lgarner@usccb.org. This is the first year in the three-year audit cycle of Those dioceses/eparchies that received an on-site audit in 2014 are scheduled for an onsite audit in If parish audits were

2 included in your on-site audit in the past, they have been included in your current on-site audit, but it is asked that this be confirmed with Dcn. Bernie Nojadera of the SCYP and Mr. Thom Englert of StoneBridge. Parish audits will only be conducted in those diocese/eparchies that specifically request them. At this time, it is asked that you provide the name and contact information for your diocesan/eparchial audit point person using the attached form to Mr. Thom Englert, StoneBridge Business Partners at or via at as soon as possible. For those dioceses/eparchies having on-site audits in 2017, also please advise Mr. Thom StoneBridge Business Partners of your first & second audit week choice. Again, please use the attached form. As with the previous audit process, the audit schedule will be developed on a first come basis. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Bernie Nojadera at bnojadera@usccb.org or Attachments: 2017 Audit Contact Person and preference dates On-Site Audit Schedule Audit Workshop Information and Registration

3 2017 Audit Workshop Registration Information Audit Workshops Tuesday, April 4, 1pm-5pm ET - a comprehensive, article-by-article, explanation of what is required by the audit. The first presentation is directed towards those who are new in their role in completing the audit, or for those looking for a refresher. Tuesday, April 25, 1-4pm ET - a focus on answering FAQs and more complicated questions submitted by you. The second presentation is directed towards those with more experience with the audit, or for those of you with more nuanced questions or new questions that have arisen since viewing the April 4th workshop. For the April 25 th workshop, please submit your questions to lgarner@usccb.org. Please use the link below to register for the webinar. *Please note There is no fee to attend this webinar, however you must register to receive the web link to attend. If you are not available to attend on the above dates, the recordings of the audit workshops will be available on our website to watch at a later date. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Laura or lgarner@usccb.org.

4 2017 Audit Contact Person and Preference Dates (Information for StoneBridge Business Partners) (Arch)Diocese/Eparchy: Audit contact Person: Job title: Phone number: address: Mailing address (for compliance letter): For Onsite audits only, please supply the date most convenient for your onsite audit: 1st Choice 2nd Choice Also for onsite audits only, please indicate whether or not you will be electing parish audits this year: Yes No Please scan and to or fax to

5 On-Site Audit Schedule Below is the updated audit cycle as of January 30, *P=Parish Audits Region I Boston Burlington Hartford Norwich Portland, ME Springfield, MA Bridgeport Manchester Portland, ME Worcester Fall River Portland, ME Providence II Albany Buffalo Rockville Centre Syracuse Brooklyn Ogdensburg Rochester New York III Allentown Pittsburgh Scranton Trenton Harrisburg Altoona-Johnstown Camden Greensburg Metuchen Paterson Philadelphia Altoona-Johnstown Erie Newark Altoona-Johnstown IV Arlington Richmond Arlington Baltimore St. Thomas, VI Wilmington Arlington Military Services Washington Wheeling-Charleston V Baton Rouge Shreveport Nashville Covington Owensboro Memphis Biloxi New Orleans Lafayette, LA Lake Charles Louisville Alexandria Birmingham Houma-Thibodaux Jackson Knoxville Lexington Mobile VI Cincinnati Detroit Gaylord Youngstown Lansing Saginaw Steubenville Toledo Cleveland Columbus Grand Rapids Marquette Kalamazoo

6 VII Evansville Green Bay Joliet Milwaukee Springfield, IL Chicago Belleville Indianapolis Lacrosse Milwaukee Superior Fort Wayne/South Bend Gary Lafayette, IN Madison Milwaukee Peoria Rockford VIII Bismarck Duluth Sioux Falls New Ulm St. Paul and Minneapolis Winona Crookston Fargo Rapid City St. Cloud IX Davenport Jefferson City Omaha Sioux City Lincoln Dodge City Grand Island Kansas City, KS Salina Des Moines Dubuque Kansas City-St. Joseph Springfield-Cape Girardeau St. Louis Wichita X Austin Brownsville Dallas El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston-Houston San Angelo Amarillo Corpus Christi Laredo Little Rock Oklahoma City Beaumont Lubbock San Antonio Tyler Victoria Tulsa XI Monterey Orange Reno Fresno Honolulu Los Angeles Sacramento San Bernardino San Francisco Santa Rosa Las Vegas Oakland San Diego San Jose Stockton XII Helena Spokane Anchorage Juneau Baker Boise Fairbanks Great Falls-Billings Seattle Portland, OR Yakima XIII Cheyenne Denver Phoenix Salt Lake City Colorado Springs Las Cruces Santa Fe Tucson Gallup Pueblo XIV Charleston Charlotte St. Petersburg Atlanta Orlando Raleigh Savannah St. Augustine Miami Palm Beach Pensacola-Tallahassee Venice

7 XV Eparchy of Phoenix Newton for Melkites Parma for Byzantines Pittsburgh for Byzantines St. Nicholas Ukrainians Chicago St. Thomas the Apostle for the Chaldeans, Detroit Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle Our Lady of Nareg for Armenian Catholics Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark for Syrians Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Passaic for Byzantines Philadelphia Ukrainians St. George in Canton for Romanians St. Maron of Brooklyn for Maronites St. Thomas of Chicago for Syro-Malabars Stamford for Ukrainians St. Josaphat of Parma for Ukrainians Our Lady of Lebanon of LA for Maronites