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What is the National Catholic Committee on Scouting®
The National Catholic Committee on Scouting® (NCCS)
is a church committee of concerned Catholic lay people and clergy
who see as their mission the constructive use of the program of
the Boy Scouts of America as a viable form of youth ministry with
the Catholic youth of our nation.
The committee, which is advisory to the Boy Scouts
of America, seeks to sustain and strengthen the relationship between
BSA and the Catholic Church in the United States.
Through interaction and dialogue with the Secretariat
on the Laity and Family Life (the formal connection between youth
ministry in the United States and the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops), NCCS works cooperatively with various other groups
involved in youth ministry in the United States.
Disaster victims, our prayers are with you
The National Catholic Committee on Scouting® sends
its prayers and warm wishes to the families of the four Scouts that
lost their lives in the Iowa tornado, and all those who's lives
were affected by the disasters and flooding throughout the country
and the world. Read Chief Scout Executive, Bob Mazzuca's journal
entries as he surveyed the Iowa scene.

NCCS Opportunities
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Featured News and events
Footsteps of American Saints introduced
The Footsteps of American Saints Patch series is now
available. Learn more here.
2008 Scouting in the Catholic Church Space
still available
The dates for the Scouting in the Catholic Church Conference at
Philmont Training Center are July 27-August 2, 2008. Registration
is still available. General information about the conference is
available on our Philmont
web page.
2009 St. George Trek Registration Information
Available
The dates for the 2009 St. George Trek at Philmont
Scout Ranch will be July 20 - August 5, 2009. The trek is targeted
to Boy Scouts and Venture crew members (boys and girls) that will
be freshman to juniors starting in fall 2009. More
information and registration forms now available
NCCS Renewal Process
Many thanks to everyone who completed the Feedback Survey and participated
in feedback phone calls. Response was tremendous and your perspective
and ideas invigorating! School & Main Institute staff presented
survey findings and recommendations at the NCCS Executive Committee
meeting in Dallas, October 13th and to those attending the Louisville
biennial conference in April. An NCCS task force is reviewing recommendations
and will be proposing how we might implement your suggestions. As
always, we welcome your continued input! Learn
more about the Renewal process, review survey findings, or provide
feedback.
Print your forms from the web
Most of the NCCS forms and publications are available for download
and printing from our website. The National Office asks that this
be your preferred method unless the form is not available. Most
forms are in pdf or Microsoft Word ® format. Adobe Acrobat Reader®
is available as a free download from the Adobe website (adobe.com)
and Word Viewer® is available as a free download on the Microsoft
website (microsoft.com)
if you don’t have Word installed.
Orders reminder
When ordering materials, medals, patches, etc. from the National
Office, please allow a minimum of 3 weeks for your order to be delivered.
The National Office has gotten an increased number of phone calls
from people looking for their order to be delivered in less than
a week after they have sent their order. If you need to expedite
an order, call the NCCS Administrative secretary (972-580-2114)
before sending in the order for further instructions.

NCCS Deadlines
- Deadline for the next The
Bridge newsletter is July 15. Contact Mike
Gannon if you have information or events you would like included.

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