{"id":85718,"date":"2024-07-07T18:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/?page_id=85718"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:20:07","slug":"virtus-pgc-training-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/safe-environment\/virtus-pgc-training-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"VIRTUS\/Protecting God&#8217;s Children Training Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIRTUS\/Protecting God&#8217;s Children Training Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Virtus\/Protecting God\u2019s Children training program educates and trains adults, including clergy, religious, seminarians, teachers, staff, parish volunteers and school parents about the dangers of abuse, the warning signs of abuse, and responding to allegations of abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtus was a specific virtue in Ancient Rome. It carries connotations of valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths (from Lain vir, \u201cman\u201d). It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors and was personified as a deity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Safe Environment Office coordinates the Virtus\/Protecting God\u2019s Children training program. For more information about the program, contact the Director of the Safe Environment Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donna Wilhelm<\/strong><br>Director of the Safe Environment Office<br>(904) 262-3200, ext. 104<br><a href=\"mailto:dwilhelm@dosafl.com\">dwilhelm@dosafl.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>First Time Registrants<\/strong> <strong>(Adults 18 and older)<\/strong><br>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtusonline.org\/virtus\/reg_2.cfm?theme=0&amp;org=15505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtusonline.org\/virtus\/sp_reg_2.cfm?theme=0&amp;org=15505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>First Time Teen Registrants<\/strong> <strong>(Ages 15-17)<\/strong><br>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtusonline.org\/virtus\/reg_2.cfm?theme=0&amp;org=15505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Returning Users <\/strong><br>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtusonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Login<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtusonline.org\/virtus\/espaniol.cfm?theme=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iniciar<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIRTUS Quick Links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/VIRTUS-New-User-Instructions-2025-04-07.pdf\">VIRTUS New User Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/VIRTUS-Returning-User-Instructions-2025-04-07-.pdf\">VIRTUS Returning User Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-07-VIRTUS-School-New-Emp-Instructions.pdf\">VIRTUS School New Employee Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-07-VIRTUS-School-Emp-Returning-User-Instructions.pdf\">VIRTUS School Employee &#8211; Returning User Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-07-VIRTUS-ELC-New-Emp-Instructions.pdf\">VIRTUS ELC New Employee Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VIRTUS-TEEN-USER-INSTRUCTIONS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instructions for New Teen Users<\/a> (Ages 15-17)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Virtus-Para-Usuarios-Ya-Registrados-2025-04-07-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIRTUS Para Usuarios Ya Registrados<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Instrucciones-Para-Nuevos-Usuarios-De-Virtus-2025-04-07.pdf\">Instructiones Para Nuevos De VIRTUS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-04-07-Fieldprint-Instructions2.pdf\">Fieldprintflorida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-07-Fieldprint-Instructions.pdf\"> Livescan Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dosafl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ScanManFL-Live-Scan-Instructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ScanManFL LiveScan Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIRTUS\/Protecting God&#8217;s Children Training Overview The Virtus\/Protecting God\u2019s Children training program educates and trains adults, including clergy, religious, seminarians, teachers, staff, parish volunteers and school parents about the dangers of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":85613,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-department.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>VIRTUS\/Protecting God&#8217;s Children Training Overview The Virtus\/Protecting God\u2019s Children training program educates and trains adults, including clergy, religious, seminarians, teachers, staff, parish volunteers and school parents about the dangers of abuse, the warning signs of abuse, and responding to allegations of abuse. 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