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International Catholic
Awareness Emblem
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The International Catholic Conference on Scouting offers a Pin and Patch
Activity Recognition for Cub Scouts, and a Medallion and Patch Activity
Recognition for Boy Scouts, Explorers, and Scouters. These pins and
medallions are offered to any Cub, Scout, Explorer, or Scouter in
recognition for increased awareness of Scouting in the Catholic Church
throughout the world.
The International Catholic Conference on Scouting provides an opportunity
for its members to meet together as friends in the Catholic Church.
It links the Catholic Church and the Scouting Movement all over the world.
It contributes to the complete educations of young people through Scouting
from the point of view of the Catholic faith. It develops and enhances the
spiritual dimension of Scouting in the World Scout Movement.
Funds generated by this program will further the work of the Interational
Catholic Conference on Scouting.
Cub Scout Requirements
Lookup the definition of the word catholic in the dictionary and write
the definition out.
Plus, do any two (2) of the following:
- List ten (10) countries that have Scouting programs for Catholics.
- Earn the religious achievement or requirement respectively to your rank.
- Know the name of the Cub Scout
religious emblems
for catholics, tell what language it is in, and its meaning.
- With your parent or guardian, visit a Catholic church of a different
national background of different rite from your own.
- Draw a picture or take a photo of the Jerusalem Cross.
Boy Scout/Explorer Requirements
Look up the definition of the word catholic in the dictionary;
tell how it applies to the Catholic Church.
Plus, do any tow (2) of the following:
- Talk to someone who has experienced Catholicism in a foreign country
about living as a Catholic in that country.
- Do one of the following pertaining to a Catholic church of a
different national background or a different rite from your own:
- Visit and attend a Liturgy or a Mass, if possible in a foreign language,
and compare it to your ow parish.
- Write or meet with a Scout of that church to find out in what
way that church differs from your own and is like our own.
- View a video or a movie about that church.
- Earn the Citizenship in the World Merit Badge.
- Write to a Catholic Scout in a foreign country.
- View a video or movie on Scouting in a foreign country (for example,
World Youth Day, World Jamboree).
- Learn a Scouting phrase and the Sign of the Cross in a foreign language.
- Help a Cub Scout earn his International Pin Activity Recognition.
Scouter Requirements
Help at least one Cub or Scout earn the International Pin or
International Medallion Activity Recogntion.
Plus, do any two of the following:
- Attend a Devine Liturgy or a Mass celebrated in a Catholic church
of a different national background or of a different rite from your own.
Share this experience with Cubs or Scouts.
- Share information about Scouting for Catholics in another Country with
Cubs or Scouts.
- Participate in an international Scout activity. Share the religious
dimension of what you experienced with Cubs or Scouts.
- Explain the difference and similarities between two (2) kinds of
religious art (for example, icons, statues, paintings) to Cubs or Scouts.
Contact the National Catholic Committee on Scouting at P.O. Box 152079
Irving, Texas 75015-2079 for an official application and order form.
If you are interested in this program, then please speak to
your den leader. Also, if you are not Catholic, then please speak to your
pastor about emblems for your religious denomination.
Peace be with you...
