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.

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Reverent Scouts

Sorry about the belated post, Reverent Scout(er)s. I’m still trying to get in the habit of posting something every day. I post-dated this to fill in a gap I missed. This is a gallery of images that I have found on Flickr.com. It highlights Scouts from all around the world showing their reverence. Click on the link below or on the thumbnail photo to check it out. Enjoy!

Reverent Scouts – a gallery on Flickr.

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• 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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