Scouter Matt

The Church holds that any ministry role in the Church is a sort of vocation. Vocations (callings) must be heard not only by the individual but also by the Church. It ideally should be a process of mutual discernment, carried out both through practical measures and through prayer. Chastity remains a virtue, one which every single person is called to live in accordance with their particular circumstances in life. Generally speaking the Church is going to take the position that it is actions, choices, behavior, and public witness that will be the deciding factors in admitting members to S

There is a lot more to this story and some rather messy history. The additional links above give some hints about it, but there is more for those wanting to dig deeper. Undoubtedly this individual decided to make a media event out of his BSA membership status, yet again. He always makes sure to have some supportive parent ready to give a quote, too, rather better at playing the PR game than BSA, but rather predictable for those that remember his routine.

There is a non-national honor society being used in some councils as a Venturing counterpart to OA, "Corps of Discovery", and I think it takes the Lewis and Clark type angle, but could easily fit with whatever early pioneers or explorers visited a given area. Boy Scouts itself is loosely modeled on military patterns, so I don't see an honor society along military lines making sense, particularly given BSA's non-militaristic attitude. On the other hand, the one period of military history that lends itself very well to honor societies, would be a quasi-Medieval pattern, so using knighthood a

As a member of a Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting, my number one desire is a way to identify Catholic families participating in non-Catholic units. We have a mandate and desire to offer our religious emblems and other ministries to them, yet we have no good way of communicating with those families. I hear very similar thoughts from the scouting committees of other church bodies. Probably the majority of Scouts (other than in LDS units) are generally not members of the chartering religion, and likewise the majority of the scouts of a given religion are in units of another faith or a civi

Hello! Newly registered member of the forum, just wanted to say hello. I was a member of the old forum, back about 10 years ago I guess, so sort of a returning member. I keep doing this Scouting stuff now mostly for the youth, but also because (despite all logic) I actually enjoy it and have many friends I only see through Scouting, it is sort of a big substitute family for me. Presently I only take on minor, supporting, behind the scenes roles in Scouting due to other obligations in life, but have been active for a quarter century now between youth and adult tenures. My experience