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Catholic Committee on Scouting
Diocese of Orange
News
Scout Saturday Ceremony
Youth Recognition 2003
Event: Scout Saturday Ceremony
Reason: To recognize the Scouts earning their
Religious Emblems in year 2002
Place: St. Columban Catholic Church, 10801
Stanford Ave., Garden Grove
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Date: Jan. 25, 2003 Time: 1:30 pm |
A tradition that has grown through the years is the event
listed above. The CCS has sponsored this event yearly for Scout Month
as a way to recognize the Scouts that have earned their religious
emblem. The ceremony was moved to the last Saturday in January to
provide local churches a chance to schedule their own Scout Sunday
ceremony during February.
Youth of all faiths are invited to participate and be
recognized. The number of scouts earning their emblems during year
2002 is 473.
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Scout Ranks |
Catholic |
Other -Christian |
Non-Christian |
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Tigers / Wolves |
120 |
90 |
4 |
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Bears / Webelos |
120 |
66 |
5 |
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Scouts |
41 |
14 |
2 |
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Venture/Varsity |
0 |
2 |
0 |
The National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS)
recognizes Catholic sponsored units that fulfill certain requirements
with the Paul VI award. This award is a Quality Unit Award with the
additional requirements of scouts working or earning their religious
emblem.
This year, there are nine (9) units that qualified for
the award. The units are:
Pack 13 (Mission San
Juan Capistrano)
Pack 68 (St. Catherine, Laguna Beach)
Pack 227 (St. Bonaventure, Huntington Beach)
Pack 230 (St. Columban, Garden Grove)
Pack 660 (St. Irenaeus, Cypress)
Pack 811 (St. Angela Merici, Brea)
Pack 833 (Our Lady of Guadalupe, LaHabra)
Troop 833 (Our Lady of Guadalupe, LaHabra)
Pack 818 (Serra Catholic School)
These will be presented at the recognition ceremony.
Bishop's Awards of Excellence
Part of the Scout Saturday ceremony is the presentation of the
Bishop's Unit Award of Excellence and the Bishop's Our Lady of
Guadalupe Award.
The Award of Excellence recognizes the unit having an outstanding
religious emblem program for all their Youth and receiving the
highest percentage of recipients. This year?s recipient was
Pack 660 of St. Irenaeus in Cypress.
The Bishop?s Youth Award is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Award.
The emblem is named for the patron of the Diocese. To be
eligible, the candidate must have earned the Parvuli Dei, Ad Altare
Dei, Pope Pius XII and Eagle Scout awards prior his 18th
birthday. He must have given outstanding example in his
scouting activities, school activities, and service to others.
He is to have assisted other youth in earning their religious
emblems. This years recipient is Andrius Andy Mazeika of Troop
603 of Mission Viejo
12th Point of the Scout Law - A Scout is Reverent
