By Dan McWilliams Bishop Richard F. Stika presided at the annual diocesan Scouting Mass and breakfast Feb. 12 at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, but he may have been surprised at the latter event when he was among the youth and adults receiving awards. Bishop Stika …
Andrew Cambron of Holy Spirit Parish earns his Eagle Scout Award
Andrew Cambron of Troop 166 in Hixson earned his Eagle Scout Award on Nov. 2. Andrew is the son of Don and Cheryl Cambron of Soddy-Daisy. He is currently a senior at STEM School Chattanooga. In addition to his participating in all the outdoor activities typical of Scouts, Andrew enjoys …
Light of Christ award presented at All Saints Church
Alex Eshleman received the Light of Christ award at the 10 a.m. Mass on Nov. 24 at All Saints Church in Knoxville. Making the presentation were Father Michael Woods, All Saints pastor, and George LeCrone Sr., chairman of the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. With Alex were his father and mother, …
St. Jude celebrates Scout Sunday
St. Jude Parish in Chattanooga recently celebrated Scout Sunday. Eleven Scouts received either their Light of Christ or Parvuli Dei award. They were Joey Bertani, Spencer Bourn, Dreiten Dautrich III, Max Flasch, Jake Foster, Tyler Foster, Griffin Lee, Samson Lee, Zachary Varga, Pierre Westhoff, and Ryan Zeik. George LeCrone Sr., …
Parvuli Dei awards presented during cathedral celebration
Sacred Heart Cathedral recently held a Scout Sunday celebration in which five Parvuli Dei awards were presented. Cathedral rector Father David Boettner and George LeCrone Sr., chairman of the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting, made the presentations to Alan Patrick Arvidson, D. Jon Montpelier, Matthew Sellers, Patrick Shaffer, and David …
Matthew Kniedler earns Eagle award
Matthew Kniedler of Boy Scout Troop 172 at St. Jude Church in Chattanooga received his Eagle Scout award Jan. 19. For his Eagle project, Matt coordinated a spaghetti dinner and undertook other activities to raise funds for school supplies and other items for St. Jude’s sister parish in Haiti. Matthew …
Kevin T. Francescon earns Eagle Scout
On Feb. 3 at St. John Neumann Church in Farragut, Kevin Thomas Francescon was presented a certificate and letter by George LeCrone Sr. from the Knoxville Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting for achieving the highest rank in Scouting, the Eagle Scout award. With the certificate were also letters from the …
Scouting awards presented to youth at St. Jude Church
William Davis, Gregory Muzyn, Jeffrey Muzyn, and Guy Westhoff of Boy Scout Troop 172 were presented the Ad Altare Dei Catholic Scouting awards recently on Scout Sunday at St. Jude Church in Chattanooga. The awards involve study of the sacraments and take several months to complete. Committee member Phil Westhoff …
