Catholic Committee Vice-Chair Named

The Catholic Committee on Scouting is happy to announce that Kathy Harmon has accepted an invitation to serve as the Vice-Chair to the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. Kathy has been very involved in scouting and has served as Chair of the Cape Cod Council Committee for the past three years. Kathy's duties will include providing leadership for the establishment and achieving of goals of the Committee, promoting scouting in our parishes and overseeing communication with our parishes, councils and units. She will also be directing our committee's preparations for the first of the upcoming centennial celebrations, BSA's 100th. Please keep Kathy in your prayers as she embarks on this new position in Catholic Scouting!

New Leadership

As was announced in September in the Anchor, Fr. David Frederici was named the new Diocesan Chaplain to Catholic Scouting. Fr. David is taking the reigns from Fr. Stephen Salvador, who began as Associate National Chaplain for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting.

Also in September, Paul Parente, the longtime Boy Scout Chair for the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting resigned. Mr. Donald Levesque was named the new Chair. Don and his wife are parishioners at Holy Trinity Parish in Fall River. He has been involved in Scouting for many years and has also served on the Catholic Committee on Scouting for about 30 years.

November Update

A new quarterly newsletter has been established to keep Catholic Scouters and Catholic chartered units and parishes aware of what is happening in the diocese. Catholic Scouting can be received electronically or by mail. Simply send an email to dfrccs@aol.com to receive a copy.

The next meeting of the full Catholic Committee on Scouting is in January. If you are interested in helping in the work of the committee, let us know. Annual events that we need help with are the September retreat and the Scout Mass in March. Help is also needed with Religious Emblems (promoting the program, training counselors, etc.), communications and future programming.

2007 Diocesan Scout Retreat

With a closing ceremony this morning at the camp sites, the 2007 Diocesan Scout Retreat came to a close. We'll have some pictures posted here soon. Our thanks to the retreat team from the Manchester NH Catholic Committee on Scouting under the leadership of Andy Paul for their efforts. 128 Webelos, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venturers participated. Plans are already underway for next year's retreat and other events to be announced! Keep checking back here for more!

TV news commentary on Boy Scouts of America

This interview was passed along by John Ribar, a Vice-President of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. Click on the link!

http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=21240@ktvt.dayport.com&cid=7

Information night for Catholic Scouting on Cape Cod

Are you a Catholic Adult involved in Girl or Boy Scouting on Cape Cod? Or, are you a Catholic Adult who would like to become involved in Catholic Scouting on Cape Cod? If so, please join members of the Cape Cod Catholic Committee on Scouting for an informative meeting on October 11th at 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville. Meet members of the Cape Cod Community already involved in the diocesan Scouting program, learn how you can become a teacher in the National Medal Award system, and help plan a bright Catholic program for Cape Cod girls and boys at all levels, in the future. If you have any questions please contact Alice Bowen at afbowen2@hotmail.com for Girls Scouts or Kathy Harmon @ 4carrottops@comcast.com. for Boy Scouts.

Help!!!

We are seeking to identify Catholic scouts and scouters within the Diocese of Fall River. The Catholic Committee has many resources and programs available to you, we need help in getting the word out. If you would like to be in our database, please email us at dfrccs@aol.com. We will keep you up to date with activities and events for Catholic scouts and scouters. Please check back here for information as well.