Religious Emblems: Scouts BSA
Ad Altare Dei
Age level: Scouts and Venturers, seventh grade and above.
Information from NCCS
In a series of steps, the Scout grows spiritually as a young Catholic to help them understand the meaning of the Sacraments. The program involves an intense study of the seven sacraments, the Scriptures, and the Scout Oath and Law. The study is combined with service to community in order to enrich the Scout as they shoulder greater responsibility in their role as a family member, parishioner, and citizen. The Scout's encounter with Christ, then, leads to greater appreciation of faith in the Church and greater desire to come to the Altar of God, hence the name, Ad Altare Dei.
Light is Life (Eastern Catholic)
Age level: Scouts and Venturers, seventh grade and above.
Information from NCCS
The "Light is Life" is a program developed by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) for Boy Scouts of the Eastern Catholic churches. Light is Life respects the cultural and ritual differences among the various Eastern Catholic Churches.
The overall goal of the "Light is Life" program is to bring about in the Scout, through their Eastern Christian Scouting experience, a deeper awareness of their share in faith-life. Then going forth, they will witness this life through maturity in communal worship and in Christian formation of their world.
Pope Pius XII
Age level: Scouts and Venturers, ninth grade and above.
Information from NCCS
In this program, high schoolers in small groups study and discuss their role as young Catholics in today's society. Guided by the Holy Spirit, this formation can make youth more aware of their potential of being future Christian leaders. This program in Catholic Scouting underscores the development of individuals in the Christian faith through information, formation, and transformation. It challenges the high school age Scout or Venturer to recognize their membership in the community of faith so as to foster a leadership role through example and responsible action, thus helping to usher in the Kingdom of God.
