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St. Jerome

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Please Note: 
1. The following adult individuals must maintain EIM compliance:
a. clergy;
b. seminarians and deacon aspirants and candidates;
c. religious brother and sisters;
d. employees of any parish, Catholic school, or other diocesan agency;
e. independent contractors who regularly provide services where minors, elderly adults, or
adults with disabilities may be present;
f. members of any Catholic school board;
g. pastoral council members;
h. finance council members;
i. EIM Review Board members;
j. any person who is considered to be a leader of a ministry, program, or organization;
k. members of any independent Catholic organization that may serve youth of a parish,
Catholic school, or other diocesan agency, even if the primary function of the organization
is not necessarily to serve youth (e.g., ladies or men’s clubs, Catholic Daughters of
America, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Peter Claver, and organizations promoting
vocations);

l. individuals who serve in any ministry, program, or organization that provides services to
or at which minors, elderly adults, or adults with disabilities may be present, including but
not limited to:
(1) any activity in a Catholic school;
(2) religious education;
(3) youth ministry;
(4) parish nursery and mother’s day out or pre-school programs;
(5) parish or school sponsored scouting groups;
(6) homeschooling organizations that use church property;
(7) liturgical ministries (e.g., hospitality, ushers, extraordinary ministers of Holy
Communion, lectors, choir, or music ministry);
(8) homebound ministry;
(9) St. Vincent de Paul Society conferences; and
(10) hospital ministry; and any other individual as required by a pastor, principal, or director of a diocesan agency
(e.g., requiring EIM compliance of all who engage in any type of ministry).

2. The following adult individuals need not maintain EIM compliance:
a. parents who solely observe programs and activities in which their children are involved,
and who do not volunteer or otherwise serve in ministry for their children’s programs and
activities (e.g., join their child for lunch once or twice per year, attend class parties, Mass
and school/athletic performances);
b. employees and contractors of companies that provide intermittent, non-ministry services
(e.g., plumbing, electrical, and janitorial services) and who are supervised when on parish
or school property and segregated from minors.

C. Compliance Requirements for Minors. Minors are not required to maintain EIM compliance.

All ministry requiring EIM compliance must attend an EIM Workshop every 3 years. Workshop attendees must pre-register at least 24 hours before Workshop start time – walkins are no longer admitted. To find the schedule, and Sign Up for a Workshop (bottom right of your account page), login to your EIM account at https://austindiocese.org/workshop.

If needed, click Forgot Password to retrieve your User ID/Password. If you have never submitted an EIM application (required for employees, and adult volunteers serving in any ministry requiring EIM compliance), use the above link to create your EIM account and complete the application. Contact your parish EIM site administrator (insert name) if you need to complete a paper EIM application or need other assistance with EIM compliance matters.
 
Workshop Notes: 1) plan to arrive promptly as late arrivals may not be admitted 2) children should not be brought to EIM workshops.
 
If you are a victim of sexual abuse and have concerns regarding your attendance at a workshop, contact Emily Hurlimann at (512) 949-2447 to discuss an alternative workshop arrangement.

The EIM Office has developed a temporary online training to fulfill the compliance requirement for those who are due or past due to attend an EIM Workshop. If you are due to renew your EIM certification by August, please call the parish office (254) 666-7722.

The Priesthood is the Love of the Heart of Jesus
(Austin Vocations website)

Vocation Spotlight
Fr. James Ekeocha
Our Deacons
Don Moore
Sisters of Sacred Sciences

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