Pope Pius XII Medal

Matthew Pentek, of Boy Scout Troop 801 sponsored by Grace Episcopal Church, and Eric Goetsch, of Boy Scout Troop 890 sponsored by St. Clement Catholic Church, received the Boy Scout Pope Pius XII Religious Catholic Award.The honor is the highest of four religious Boy Scout awards.The awards were presented to the boys on Feb. 7 by the Rev. John Radetski, pastor of St. Dominic Catholic Church, where the boys are members.The program is based on an intensive study of the ministries and vocations in the Catholic church. Both boys have received all four religious Boy Scout awards during their years as Scouts, a rare accomplishment.Ronnafran Jakel was the program adviser and a member of the Boy Scout Committee on Scouting. Parents of the boys are Bernard and Sharon Pentek and Tony and Sandy Goetsch. Matthew’s Scoutmaster is Marlyn Meinnert and Eric’s Scoutmaster is Chris Cvetan.

via 2 earn Boy Scout Pope Pius XII Religious Catholic Award | sheboyganpress.com | Sheboygan Press.

• Why reverence in scouting?

• Barriers to entry/mentorship

• Finding a councilor

• Getting a Religious Emblems program started in your church/temple/mosque/etc.

• Getting information to the units

• What if a scout doesn’t belong to an organized church?

• Promoting R.E. at a Scouts Own service

Links mentioned in this episode:

Scoutmaster Steve’s Blog and Twitter page

Scouter Jeff’s Blog, podcast and Twitter page

PTC Media

Cliff Ravenscraft on Twitter

All of Cliff’s great shows on GSPN.TV

Father Roderick on Twitter, the Star Quest Production Network, and SQPN Connect

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Religious Emblems

In this episode of Reverent Scout Radio: Part 1 of  2 – Roundtable discussion on the Religious Emblems Programs.

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P.R.A.Y. Program's New Look

News from Praypub.org:

New Look … Same Great Program!

Coming July 6th

The P.R.A.Y. Program has a brand new look. It’s the same great program, but the recognitions and workbooks will be boasting a “face lift” come the beginning of July.

This fresh new look is a blend of the traditional and contemporary. The recognitions retain the cross on the shield, but they feature a new color-coded design to symbolize how the four programs come together to build a foundation of faith for young people. The four colors represent the four levels in the P.R.A.Y. series, i.e. God and Me (red), God and Family (yellow), God and Church (blue), and God and Life (green). The four colors converge into a point to create an “X” at the center of the cross. “X” is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ, and it is symbolic of how Christ should be at the center of our lives.

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Nearly 300 Boy and Girl Scouts earn new patch created to teach them about St. Paul during the Pauline Year.

FLORIDA CATHOLIC STAFF REPORT

Posted: 06.18.09

Hunter Marquardt, left, and Michael Pena of Cub Scout Pack 183 from Weston, proudly display one of the new religious patches they earned during the past year. The Mass and award ceremony for Catholic Scouts in Broward County took place May 30 at All Saints Church in Sunrise. A similar Mass, also sponsored by the archdiocese’s Catholic Committee on Scouting, took place a week earlier in Miami–Dade County.
JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC