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Fr. Bryan D. Stitt presided as Diocesan Chaplain of Catholic Scouting at a Mass for the 16th Annual Diocesan Scout Gathering at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Watertown on October 17, 2010. Fr. Stitt blessed the religious emblems and awarded them with Diocesan Lay Chairman Cory L. Haynes to the following recipients:

Light of Christ Religious Emblem Recipients:
Evan Bonaparte, St. Mary's of Brushton
Hunter Fefee, St. Mary's of Brushton
Gabriel Ballard, St. Mary's of Canton
Jarrett Davey, St. Joseph's of Malone
Owen Norquest, St. Mary's of Potsdam

Parvuli Dei Religious Emblem Recipients:
Brenden Raville, St. Helen's of Chasm Falls
Bryan Sullivan, St. Bernard's of Saranac Lake

Ogdensburg Scouting Committee Honored

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The Ogdensburg Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting DCCS has been awarded the "Quality  Diocesan Committee Award" by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting

The Region 2 Chairman Ed Winterkorn informed Sister Mary Rita Kempney, SSJ, Diocesan Director of Catholic Scouting, of this high honor.

This award was earned because of the committee's continued working relationship with the scout units of the diocese and the National Catholic Committee on Scouting.

The DCCS promotes and presents the Boy and Girl Scout Religious Emblems, and trains new Emblems Counselors.

The members also organize a Catholic Scout Retreat and Mass each year for the Scouts of the diocese.

The committee works closely with the youth ministry, evangelization, and vocation programs of the diocese.  A member of the diocesan committee, Tom Higman, is a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, in Wynnwood, PA. Tom is an Eagle Scout and earned the Pope Pius XII award.

The Committee has a good working relationship with the Knights of Columbus and some of the DCCS members are Knights of Columbus members.

John C. Burnham Receives Pelican Award

The Diocese of Ogdensburg Catholic Committee on Scouting, which services the Adirondack, Hiawatha Seaway, and Twin Rivers Councils of Eastern, Northern, and Central New York recently presented the Pelican Award to John C. Burnham of Pack 62 Canton, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. The award is presented by recommendation without the knowledge of the recipient for outstanding work to both Catholic and non-Catholic Scouts. John has been a member of St. Mary's Parish, an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 27 Canton, an Assistant Cubmaster to Pack 62 and Charter Organization Representative. As well, John has worked with many boys to attain their Roman Catholic and other religious emblem awards. The award was presented to John at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Canton on December 11, 2005, by Fr. Timothy Canaan, Pastor and Cory Haynes Diocesan Chairman and BSA Staff Advisor to the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. To conclude the presentation Fr. Canaan and St. Mary's Parish was presented the Golden Bow Award for sponsoring Pack 62, to make Scouting available for each Catholic youth and the community at large.

Cory Haynes, New Lay Chairperson For Scouting 

Picture as seen in North Country Catholic, August 5, 2005