Catholic Scouts to Receive Emblems

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2010

More than 130 Catholic Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts and Venturers will receive religious emblems from Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr in a ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains in downtown Cincinnati at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 24.

An additional 400-plus family members and friends are expected to be in attendance as the Parvuli Dei, Ad Altare Dei, and Pope Pius XII emblems are presented to these youth in recognition of requirements completed.

Sixty-nine adults involved in Catholic Scouting throughout the Archdiocese also will be recognized during the Cathedral ceremony. They received Certificates of Recognition, Bronze Pelican and St. George awards in a ceremony last November.

For more information, contact Monica Placke Sellers at 421-3131 x 2741 or msellers@CatholicCincinnati.org.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is the 26th largest Catholic diocese in the country, with almost 500,000 Catholics, and has the eighth largest network of Catholic schools in terms of enrollment. The 19-county territory includes 218 parishes and 115 Catholic primary and secondary schools.