Become a volunteer

Volunteering at St Ignatius Parish

St Ignatius Parish exudes a vibrant atmosphere through community engagement.  Participation is encouraged through volunteering in any role within the liturgy and other parish activities.

Give a small amount of your time, and make a difference.  Volunteer today!

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Volunteering for a Liturgical Ministry Role

The Mass is considered the “fount and apex of the Christian life”, so everyone is encouraged to participate as fully as possible.  Full, conscious and active participation means engagement of the person in body, mind and spirit.  While there are many ways that people participate in the Mass physically (by their posture, gestures and movement) and vocally (by joining in all the sung or spoken parts), these are secondary unless they promote interior participation.  Full participation comes about when people pray with all their heart and soul and mind and strength (cf Mk 12:30).  The role of all the words and symbols and ritual action of the Mass is to engage the whole person at a deep level of faith. 

The Mass is not a ceremony performed by the priest in front of a passive audience.  Rather the priest presides over and coordinates a whole range of ministries.  At our parish, these ministries include: Sacristan, Altar Server, Reader, Eucharistic Minister, Children’s Liturgist, Musician and Singer.

Other volunteer roles

There are several other roles for volunteers at weekend Masses including Data Projection and Hospitality. In addition, the parish is appreciative of volunteers for special projects and maintenance of parish properties.

Find out more…….

Safeguarding requirements for volunteers

As part of your role in the parish, you may be required to participate in ongoing education regarding safeguarding, including:

  • your duty of care to protect others from harm,
  • your legal and moral duty to effectively respond to and report concerns, allegations or complaints, and  
  • your reporting obligations.

To find out how you can satisfy safeguarding requirements as a volunteer in the parish please refer to the “Volunteer Compliance Matrix” or contact the parish office.

In late 2024 Archdiocese of Brisbane launched ArcheLearn system to parishes for volunteers (previously used for employees only), expanded to provide volunteers with an enhanced user experience and a streamlined way to access the training required for their role/s. This upgrade ensures an easy-to-use path to access mandatory training and other learning resources. To access ArcheLearn system, each volunteer will need to have their own email address. This is crucial to ensure training records are correctly attributed to each individual and to ensure each volunteer receives the correct training in line with Safeguarding Matrix.  

All volunteers in roles listed on ‘Volunteer Compliance Matrix’ have been setup in ArcheLearn and will have received an invitation to their email, to register.

NB. paper forms will be replaced by online versions.  Any previous Safeguarding Training completed in the last two-years will be credited in the system. Reminders for renewals will be emailed to you from Archelearn.

Training video can be viewed at Volunteer Training or volunteers can scan QR Code (on ‘Welcome Volunteers’ page) to download the ArcheLearn ‘Guidelines for Volunteers’ (and/or watch this training video).