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Catholic Committee on Scouting
Diocese of Orange
BENEDICT XVI - MESSAGE TO
SCOUTING
I greet the group of European Scouts, who
with their presence this morning desire to reaffirm their
membership in the Church, after renewing their scout promise
which binds them to doing their duty to God and serving
others generously. My thoughts also turn to all the scouts
and guides in the world who are renewing their promise this
very day, the centenary of the Scout movement, founded on 1
August 1907 with the first scout camp in history on Brownsea
Island. I warmly hope that this educational movement, which
was born from the profound insight of Lord Robert Baden
Powell, will continue to bear fruit in the spiritual and
civil formation of human beings in all countries in the
world
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