Patches and Awards
In support of the National Eucharistic Revival, the National Catholic Committee on Scouting is offering the Eucharistic Revival Activity Program.
The Eucharistic Revival is a 3-year initiative sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The revival was launched in 2022 and continues until Pentecost in 2025.
The goal of this program is to help all Catholics, young and old, revive their faith and love of Jesus through prayer and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.
It is hoped that while earning the main central patch and auxiliary patches, each individual will grow in knowledge of the Eucharist and, more importantly, grow in a desire to have a personal experience of Jesus in the Eucharist.
For more information, please go to:
https://nccs-bsa.org/religious-activities/eucharistic-revival-special-program/
The Rosary Patch Series is a religious activity patch award program that focuses on the different Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and How to Pray the Rosary as a means for youth and adults alike to learn more about the Catholic faith. Youth and Adults can earn the patches. There are 5 patches in the series and these programs can be done individually or as a group. The 5 patches in the Rosary Patch Series are:
- Joyful Mysteries Patch
- Sorrowful Mysteries Patch
- Luminous Mysteries Patch
- Glorious Mysteries Patch
- Pray the Rosary Patch
Each Patch has unique requirements for different age groups and these requirements are printed on the links to the flyers for each patch in the list above. Adult leaders verify the correctness of answers and purchase the patches directly from the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. Ordering information is on the brochure for each patch.
Follow this link to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting website to download brochures with program requirements.
Girl Scouts and Campfire USA participants can earn and wear these patches as well. These patches are considered "temporary" patches and can only be worn as such, usually on the back of a vest or sash.
The Marian Series examines the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, five Marian feasts commemorated in the United States and the only approved Marian apparition site in the country. Activities include Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Good Help. A patch can be earned for completion of each activity.
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The American Saints series is a religious activity program that encourages people to learn about individuals who have shaped the landscape of Catholicism in America. The goal of these activities is to share the lives of these Saints so that we might relate to what these people have done and maybe look to these individuals as role models. Most of these men and women lived and worked in North America in what is now the United States. Some others never set foot in America. However, they had a huge impact on the Catholic American landscape. All of them sought to follow Jesus.
To learn more about the various patch awards available in the American Saints series, please visit:
https://nccs-bsa.org/religious-activities/american-saint-series/
The Modern Saint Series honors 20th and 21st century Catholic men and women who have had a profound impact on many people around the globe.
The goal of each activity in this series is to share the lives of these great men and women so that young people might relate to what they have done and look to them as role models.
For more information, please visit:
https://nccs-bsa.org/religious-activities/modern-saint-series/
The Faith Series examines traditions and teachings of the Catholic Faith. The goal of the activities in this series is to help young people and adults learn more about the traditions and teachings of the Catholic faith.
Details are available at:
The International Series consists of activities for various grade levels of young people as well as one level for adults. Laudato Si helps Scouts learn how to care for our common home and understand that how we treat our home reflects how we care for each other. The activity about Venerable Jacques Sevin teaches Scouts about the “father of Catholic Scouting.”
The International Catholic Conference of Scouting (ICCS) provides an opportunity for its members to meet as friends in the Catholic Church. It links the Catholic Church and the Scouting Movement all over the world. It contributes to the complete education of young people through Scouting from the perspective of the Catholic faith. It develops and enhances the spiritual dimension of Scouting in the World Scout Movement.
The Pope appoints priests to work with ICCS as ecclesiastical assistants (chaplains). This recognition activity is an ongoing special project of the International Committee of the NCCS. The International activities aim to further the work of the ICCS and help NCCS chaplains be represented at ICCS meetings and to provide NCCS chaplain support at international scouting events.
The goal of the International Activities and Laudato Si Activity is to help Scouts understand their connection to the Universal Church and fellow Catholic Scouts in the global community, as well as understand our shared responsibility to care for the Earth.
Learn more at:
https://nccs-bsa.org/religious-activities/international-awareness/
Scouts can engage in the ever-popular Religious Activities in the Heritage Series, which includes some of our longest-standing activities as well as activities that honor holy men and women to which many American Catholics share a special devotion.
https://nccs-bsa.org/religious-activities/archived-religious-activities/
"Duty to God" is a phrase Scouting has strongly endorsed. These words reaffirm our commitment to the important precepts of Scouting - the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. The twelfth point of the Scout Law is, "A Scout is Reverent." As the Catholic Church continues to develop its apostolate to youth, it recognizes Scouting as an important part of Youth Ministry.
The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has created a unique patch to commemorate the "Duty of God" initiative. The patch is not only colorful, but also beautifully fully embroidered, showing symbols of our Catholic roots -crosier, cross, shield, youth ministry commitment intertwined with the Scouting America logo and the "Duty to God" pledge. This patch is something every youth member and Scouter would be proud to wear as the patch proclaims their involvement with this program. There are countless ways to use this patch to promote "Scouting as Youth Ministry." Diocesan and Unit Committees are not restricted by any national rules and may present the patch for many reasons. The following are suggestions as to who might be ideal recipients and wearers of this patch:
- Each youth starting on, working on, or completing a religious emblem.
- Each youth and adult member of a Pope Paul VI unit.
- Each youth and adult member completing a service project or attending a retreat event.
- Each youth and adult member of a National Gold Medallion Winner or Regional Finalist.
- Each youth participant in the St. George Trek.
- Each person contacted to start a new unit such as clergy, laypeople, Knights of Columbus members, etc.
- Each adult member completing a new phase of training.
- Units present their own clergy, youth ministers, formation directors and others involved in youth ministry.
- All religious emblems counselors and members of the Diocesan Committee.
There are many other possibilities for recipients, and they are limited only by your imagination.