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100 Years of Scouting - Save the Date!

The Boy Scouts of America's 100th anniversary represents much more than a date on the calendar. It represents is an important milestone around which to reintroduce Scouting to America – to celebrate our rich heritage and to reinforce the important role Scouting will play in shaping our country's future.

Scouting is as vital and relevant today as it was when our journey began.

More information will be posted soon!

Save the date!!

June 6, 2010 100 year Anniversary Mass at Forest Park

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Are you ready to Stand Inside the Fire?

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Join us for a weekend for igniting your faith with friends; come enjoy live music, a tantalizing menu, and the warmth of the Spirit!

What: A weekend igniting your faith with friends! Come enjoy live music, a tantalizing menu, and the warmth of the Spirit!

Who: Catholic Girls Scouts – 6th through 12th grade during the 2008-2009 school year.

When: August 14- 16, 2009.  Check in Friday 6-7:30 pm.  Ends Sunday at Noon.

Where: Camp Fiddlecreek, located in Gray Summit, MO

Cost: $45.00 per person includes lodging, meals, cool T-shirt and fun!  

Youth Staff: We are looking for high school age Girl Scouts who are fired up with their faith and desire to help plan and guide the youth on this retreat. You will be part of the planning team, attend planning sessions and have fun.  $45.00 for the weekend includes lodging, meals, t-shirt and a great leadership experience.

Adult Staff: We need adults to help throughout the weekend. All adults must be registered with Girl Scouts and also be in compliant with the Archdiocesan requirements. $25.00 per person to cover lodging, meals and a T-shirt.

Registration prefered due by July 1, 2009 - You can either turn in the attached form, or register online. However, this registration date is only a prefered date, we will accept registrations after this date!

Faith & Friends

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A day of outdoor fun and faith building activities with friends!

When: Saturday, October 17, 2009; RAIN OR SHINE we will hold the retreat!

Time: Check in at 8:30 a.m. Program begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.

Where: Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos in Eureka, Missouri.

Who: For Girl Scouts 9 – 11 years of age or 4th through 6th grade.

What to expect: A day of outdoor fun and faith building activities with friends.

Did You Know: As an option, the girls can start working on the “I Live My Faith” Catholic Religious Award. Some of the requirements can be met by participating in this retreat. No need to bring project books with you to the retreat.

Vol. I - Scouting Oaths Part I – Why Do We Make Oaths

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Welcome to the Office of Catholic Scouting webpage for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. It is my hope that this page will provide you with many valuable resources for your Boy Scout or Girl Scout program. My name is Fr. Tom Pastorius and I am the Archdiocesan chaplain for the Catholic Committee on Girl Scouting. Although, I am the chaplain for the Girl Scouts, my work and this blog are not limited solely to Girl Scout programs. It is my true hope that all will find this blog helpful. I also would like to take the time to invite you to check out my totally different blog on the Office of Youth Ministry webpage (www.stlyouth.org) and to check out my own personal website www.frpastorius.com for other valuable spiritual insights and resources.

I would like to focus my first few blogs for the Office of Catholic Scouting on the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Promises. Have you ever noticed that a lot of organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts ask their members to take oaths or to recite certain promises? Our own nation invites us to “make a pledge of allegiance” by reciting a certain set of words. I began to realize this when I was hearing grade school confessions shortly after my ordination. I asked one child in the midst of confession to recite his act of contrition and I was shocked when he stood up placed his right hand over his heart and instead of praying the act of contrition recited to me the Pledge of Allegiance. He was so proud of himself for remembering the whole thing and I congratulated him on his memorization skills and trusted that God was just as amused at the child’s attempt as I was and I therefore continued with the sacrament with the prayer of absolution without correcting him. 
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