This priest has wings. –hutchnews.com

Cleric flies here for popular Cosmosphere program

By Kristen Roderick – The Hutchinson News -kroderick@hutchnews.com

A Topeka priest grimaced as he thought about where he could have been a few decades ago.

Father Shawn P. Tunink found that people contemplated sending a priest into space with the Mercury 7 program after reading the book “Rocket Men” by Craig Nelson. Read the rest of this entry »

Catholics Declare ‘We support Boy Scouting’ – U.s. – Catholic Online.

• By COL (Ret.) John J. Halloran, Jr
• 8/14/2010
• Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

This is a very special year for Scouting and especially for Catholic Scouting

[Editors Note: Last month we highlighted the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts during their National Jamboree held at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. Catholics in America have always had a close relationship with Scouting and even have a national committee - The National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) - formed to coordinate the relationship of the church to the Scouting program. At Catholic Online, we are pleased to provide the following article from Col. (Ret.) John Halloran, Jr., current chairman of the committee regarding the 100th Anniversary. RWS]

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via Boy Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary at 2010 National Scout Jamboree – U.s. – Catholic Online.

• 7/27/2010
• Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia will host 45,000 Scouts

Boy Scouts from all 50 states, territories as well as some foreign countries will gather at Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling Green, VA for their 2010 quadrennial jamboree which marks 100 years of Scouting.

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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.