Charlotte Diocese Catholic Committee on Scouting

07/03/2020

Good day CDCCOS family ... the following letter was released July 1, 2020 from the National Committee regarding a new online option for the Ad Altare Dei emblem program. A full description of the latest requirements for the emblem can be found on the NCCS webpage, http://www.nccs-bsa.org/index.php/religious-emblems/ad-altare-dei
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Dear Catholic Scouter, Diocesan Chair and Diocesan Chaplains,

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting and the Emblems Committee are pleased to announce that the Ad Altare Dei Youth Manual is now available in an interactive, electronic format (e-AAD). Given the current situation related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Stay-at-Home orders, quarantining in some areas and the advent of Zoom and other virtual meeting venues, this is an ideal time to make this electronic Ad Altare Dei Youth Manual (e-AAD) available. This electronic format is a “copy” of the printed version. The original content of the program has not been changed or altered. The entire workbook has been programmed so that Scouts can work on the manual and send their answers to their counselor and the counselor can review the answers anytime. A counselor can still use the printed version if they feel more comfortable with it.

Each Ad Altare Dei participant has access to their own manual for their individual use. The e-AAD Manual is not intended to replace group meetings and discussions but is simply an alternative method for Scouts to use to record their answers. Features include:

The AAD Youth manual is web-based. Access can be gained via Wi-Fi or a “hot spot.”
A Scout can use Apple or Windows software. Electronic devices such as a desktop PC, laptop, tablet, notebook, iPad and Smartphone can also be used to access the workbook.
Voice to text features can be utilized if compatible with their device.
The counselor can create reports on the status of the group as a whole or individual Scouts.

You are invited to a Zoom Webinar on the new e-AAD. Participants will learn about the structure and features of the new e-AAD, how to navigate the e-AAD manual from both the counselor and the scout perspectives and the steps to setting up groups using the e-AAD. This will be an excellent training program for not only the diocesan religious emblem training committee but also for trained religious emblem counselors in their diocese. With today’s social distancing restrictions, this is a great way to help scouts grow in their faith. The Webinar will be on July 11th at 11:00am East Coast Time.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_STMhnkmpR4e08I9oy4Fe3Q

For a PowerPoint presentation of the new e-AAD, please click here. [ https://bit.ly/31LKTBN ]

The e-AAD youth and counselor e-AAD and manual are available at https://www.nccs-bsa.org/store/product-category/electronic-version/

We would like to thank Mark Healy and Kathy Polowski from the Diocese of the Phoenix Catholic Committee on Scouting. They developed the manual starting in 2014 and have been testing the electronic version in several dioceses since 2016. We are extremely excited to see this modern-day tool made available for scouts and counselors to use while working on the Ad Altare Dei religious emblem program.
Please forward this to your distribution lists.

Jim Weiskircher
National Chair

Fr. Joseph B. Powers
National Chapla

03/13/2019

If you are coming to Catholic Camporee, the leader guide is available on our website at www.CDCCOS.info

And don't wait to register!

God Bless,
2019 Catholic Camporee Staff

02/20/2019

Registration is open for our 2019 Catholic Camporee !

A message has been sent through GoogleGroup distribution as well. Or visit
https://sites.google.com/view/cdccos/catholic-camporee/2019-catholic-camporee

02/19/2019

Diocesan family... Please pray for the soul and family of Scouter Frank Crenshaw who passed from this world unto Our Lord this past Sunday. Frank was an active member of the Order of the Arrow Cook Team and help served many at past Camporees.

Obituary is not available at this time. Visitation will be 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at the home of Dick and Elizabeth Crenshaw.

01/14/2019

A posting regarding 2019 Catholic Camporee released January 6, 2019 if you are not on our GoogleGroup distribution list....

Dear Catholic Scouters,
We are happy to announce that plans for the 2019 Catholic Camporee are coming together well.
As announced previously, the 2019 Camporee is scheduled for April 5-7 at Camp Grimes. This will be our first Camporee at Camp Grimes since the dining hall fire in November 2016. A new dining hall has been constructed in its place and will be a fine facility for the Camporee.
Bishop Jugis is again confirmed to celebrate Mass with us Sunday morning.
The Camporee theme will center around Holy Angels, the Belmont, NC ministry of the Sisters of Mercy whose mission is to provide compassionate, dependable care and opportunities for high-quality living to those with intellectual developmental disabilities and delicate medical conditions through physical, social, spiritual,
educational, vocational and emotional support.
In addition to being the theme for the Camporee, Holy Angels will be the centerpiece of the religious activity for both the cub scouts and boy scouts. Dennis Kuhn, Executive Director and Chaplain at Holy Angels, is adapting a program he uses to tell the Holy Angels story in schools for us at the Camporee. The program will be
interactive and engaging for all.
We are pleased to announce that Steve Hughes, past Cubmaster at St. Patrick Pack 9 in Charlotte, has agreed to serve as Camporee cubmaster, and Richard Cashman, scoutmaster of Troop 288 at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church in Charlotte, has agreed to serve as Camporee scoutmaster. Christie Silvestri, Venturing advisor at Crew 12, St. John Neumann in Charlotte will again serve as Venturing advisor for the Camporee. And the wonderful cook team, led by Orvel Schrum from Troop 8 at St. Matthew in Charlotte is looking forward to having the new kitchen at Camp Grimes to keep all the hungry Camporee campers well fed! Please look forward to hearing from Steve, Richard, Christie and Orvel as they work to finalize Camporee activities and adult staffing.
As in recent years, we will again welcome Girl Scout and American Heritage Girl units to join us for the Camporee.
We look forward to another fun Camporee in 2019 where we can come together in the spirit of Scouting to celebrate our Catholic faith. Please share this announcement with any others in your units who may not be on the CDCCOS email distribution list.

God Bless,
Mike Nielsen - Chair CDCCOS
Deacon Martin Ricart III - Chaplain CDCCOS

07/11/2018

Diocesan Scouting family, please join us in prayer for the repose of the soul of Ginny King who passed onto the Lord July 10th. A friend to youth and adults alike, especially in the St. John Neumann and St. Luke's Scouting and Venture program families, she will be greatly missed. Ginny touched many lives in the Mecklenburg County Council who knew her through various committees, Wood Badge, & the Order of the Arrow.
Updated 7/11 11pm :: Visitation will be 6-8pm Sunday, July 15th at
Carolina Funeral Service & Cremation Center
5505 Monroe Road
Charlotte, NC 28212

The Funeral Mass will be held 11am Monday, July 16th at
St. John Neumann Catholic Church
8451 Idlewild Road
Charlotte, NC 28227

07/11/2018

Diocesan Scouting family ... we pray for the repose of the soul of Gerald Schmit who passed onto the Lord on July 3rd. For almost 20 years he accompanied his son and St. John Neumann Boy Scout Troop 12 and mentored MCC Council youth from Cub to Eagle Scout. Known affectionately as the “knot god,” he was inducted into the Order of the Arrow in recognition for living the ideals of the Boy Scouts in his daily life. Gerry was a charter member of Msgr. Newman Assembly 2208 in 1990 and a long time member of SJN Council 7343.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 13, 2018 at Noon at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Idlewild Rd, Charlotte, NC where he was a parishioner for over 30 years.
The family has requested Sir Knights in regalia, please arrive by 11:30am.

01/28/2018

Time to Register for our 2018 Catholic Carmoree !
For more info, visit

Attendance is open to BSA Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, & Venturing Crews, American Heritage Girls and Girl Scouts of America members.

01/01/2018

Happy New Year 2018!
May God watch over us all this bright year of opportunity in the great outdoors

12/21/2017

Info and registration for 2018 Catholic
Camporee March 2nd-4th is coming soon.

08/03/2017

The 25th Anniversary St. George Trek