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| Sunday, April 21, 2013 Join us in praying for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life. All members of the Archdiocese are invited for a day of prayer for vocations at St. Mary’s Seminary. We will begin at 9:30am with Mass and then follow with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 11:00am to 5:00pm. All are invited to attend at any time throughout the day. Please sign up online at www.houstonvocations.com. |
| On Saturday May 4, 2013, the ACCS will host training for Chartered Organization Representative, or C.O.R. The training syllabus for this course is the same one offered by the Boy Scouts of America at the University of Scouting in February and Cub Scout Pow Wow in November. You will have a chance to learn what the ACCS is and does as well as how we promote Scouting in the Catholic Church, train the religious emblems counselors and facilitators and the activities to bring the Catholic Scouts of Galveston-Houston together. Please join us on Saturday, May 4, 2013, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at St. Edith Stein Catholic Church, Room 102 in Carmel Hall, 3011 N. Fry Road, Katy, TX. Please email chairman@accs-agh.org to reserve your space at the training or if you have any questions. |
| Lay Apostolate Formation (recommended for all Scouters and the first step toward qualifying to become a counselor for the Catholic religious emblems) will be held on the following dates (click here to pre-register):
The Lay Apostolate Formation committee is asking each Catholic chartered unit to host a Lay Apostolate Formation retreat for all adults in the unit, as well as all adults in the home parish. Contact Bruce Davis for more information. Emblems Training (the second step toward qualifying to become a counselor for the Catholic religious emblems) will be held on the following dates (click here to pre-register):
Participants need to bring the following (available from the Scout Shop):
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| If this is your first time visiting this site, we would like to welcome you. "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few." Click here to see how you can help the Master of the harvest. Then, click here to fill out an online membership form! If your parish or unit is looking for a special way to recognize Scouts who have completed all four Catholic religious emblems (Light of Christ, Parvuli Dei, Ad Altare Dei, and Pope Pius XII), two options are now available! The Archdiocese of Los Angeles offers the Chi Rho patch and the Diocese of Colorado Springs offers the Pillars of Faith - Duty to God pin (for which the Diocese of Nashville offers customizable card template and certificate template documents). The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has established the Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Distinguished Scout Scholarship to be awarded to three outstanding Catholic high school seniors who are Scouts in a BSA program and continuing their education in college. For more information, click here. Did you know... there has been an active Catholic Scouting forum (for the discussion of programs and issues relating to the Church in Scouting and Scouting in the Church) since November 2003? Do you participate? If not, click here for more information - and to subscribe! The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has instituted the Good Turn Service Project to recognize Catholic-chartered units for their service to the charter organization. Any Boy Scouts of America unit chartered by a Catholic organization (church, Knights of Columbus, CYO, etc.) may participate in the program. If you have not seen it, read the USCCB publication Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry. The framework includes Scouting as Catholic Youth Ministry. Helpful when working with Youth Ministers who do not see Scouting as Youth Ministry! Frank Parater, one of the first Eagle Scouts in Virginia (1915) may become the first Scout to be canonized. Pray for his cause! You can read more here. Check out the updated page of BSA units chartered to Catholic organizations in the Archdiocese. Well over 170 units are now listed! Also check out the Pope Paul VI Unit Award page for a brief history of this award (and contact the webmaster if you have anything to add). Finally, check out the pages of St. George Emblem recipients and Bronze Pelican Emblem recipients! Note: We would like to similarly recognize all our Scroll of Honor recipients and Bishop Morkovsky Award recipients. If you are (or know) a recipient of this award, please contact the webmaster and let him know when you received your award! | ||
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Many know that Lord Robert Baden-Powell made St. George the Patron Saint of the Scouting Movement, and that the St. George emblem is awarded by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (acting through local dioceses) to adult Scouters who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the spiritual development of Catholic youths through Scouting. If you've ever wondered why Baden-Powell made St. George the Patron Saint of Scouting, find out 
Certificates from the National Catholic Committee on Scouting recognizing Catholic Scouts who have attained the rank of Eagle Scout are available for $3. 