South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1986 Page: 15 of 20
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October 17, 1986—7
Around the Diocese
Robstown VESS volunteer honored at assembly
Ray Karpf, a fourth grade teacher
at Robstown Catholic School, and a
member of Volunteers for Educational
and Social Services (VESS), was
honored by VESS during the 20th
General Assembly of the Texas
Catholic Conference held in Austin
Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
VESS, a program of the Texas
Catholic Conference, places teachers,
social workers, and other lay ministers
in positions of service as full-time
volunteers throughout the state. Karpf
is one of three current VESS
volunteers who has returned to VESS
for a second term of service.
George Solana, former director of
VESS and presently the associate
director of education for the TCC, was
also recognized for five years of service
to the volunteer program.
Karpf is one of three VESS
volunteers ministering in the Diocese
of Corpus Christi this year, but is also
unique in his experience of previously
having served with VESS. From 1982
to 1984, he taught in schools in both
Mission and San Antonio.
Each year at the TCC’s General
Assembly, VESS presents the
Distinguished Service Awards to those
individuals whose support of VESS or
participation in the program embody
outstanding commitments of service.
Throughout the 14-year history of
VESS, the ongoing material and
spiritual needs of the people of Texas
have continued to call lay ministers to
the state and VESS. In recognition of
his steadfast commitment to serving
those needs, demonstrated in his deci-
sion to return to Texas as a volunteer,
Karpf received the Distinguished Ser-
vice Award.
Other recipients of the award were
Patrice Schaaf, presently a social
worker at Brady Center in Dallas and
a former volunteer at St. Vincent
parish in Abilene; and Rose Dempsey,
secretary and bookkeeper at Loaves
and Fishes Food Bank in Fort Worth
and a former volunteer at St. Joseph’s
Youth Center in Dallas.
Women from the Catholic Daughter’s Court Isabella in Laredo gather
outside San Augustine Church for their 65th anniversary Mass.
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Diocesan educators learn how to
prevent child abuse at workshop
By David L. Bicniek
Office of Youth Ministry
On Oct. 6, Grace Rank, Catholic
school health and human services con-
sultant, gave an inservice to diocesan
teachers and educators. The title of the
workshop was “Child Abuse
Awareness for Educators.” What
follows is a summary of the advice
Mrs. Rank gave to the educators pre-
sent.
First, be open to the fact that more
than half of the maltreated children in
America are of school age, she said.
Therefore, in the classroom the
teacher must be aware that abuse is
possibly affecting some students, and
the teacher may be the only advocate
that child will have.
The teacher’s attitude toward abuse
may be the difference between that
child getting help or going through life
abused and eventually abusing his/her
own children.
Mrs. Rank continued by stressing
the point that a child must feel open
and at ease to come to the teacher. If
and when the child does open up to the
teacher, the teacher must make sure
that he/she knows exaedy what the
child is saying.
The teacher’s reaction should not be
one of shock and anger but one of
compassion and understanding. The
child is interested in protecting the
abuser—not getting the abuser in
trouble. The teacher should tell the
child, “I want to help your parent (or
whoever the abuser is).” Don’t pro-
mise the child, “I won’t tell.”
The next step, according to Mrs.
Rank, is to report the abuse. The
teacher should document the report
and immediately report the incident to
the principal. Within 12 hours, the
teacher should report to the Internal
Child Abuse Coordinator (health con-
sultant) for the diocese. Within 48
hours, there should be an oral report
to the Child Protective Services,
Department of Human Resources,
and within five days there should be a
written report given to the same agen-
cy. Mrs. Rank also said that the parent
should be made aware that the report
is going to be made.
Mrs. Rank said if the teacher feels it
is a case of life and death for the child,
and if the Protective Services may not
get there within two hours, the teacher
has a responsibility to ask the police to
intervene on the child’s behalf.
Finally Mrs. Rank said that the key
to all of this is prevention. She made
two suggestions to the educators pre-
sent. First, teachers need to develop a
classroom awareness of child abuse.
The teacher should develop an attitude
of openness and willingness to listen
and be as non-judgmental as possible
when dealing with the situation.
The other suggestion is that
everyone who has children has a
responsibility to help their children be
aware of child abuse and also to be
responsible enough that if the parent
has a problem, one should be strong
and seek help before an educator must
do it to protect the child. The bottom
line is that children must be made
aware that they have rights, that there
are alternatives to violence, and that
preservation of Christian family life is
a priority.
For more information on child
abuse and developing an awareness of
abuse, contact Mrs. Rank at
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