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SCOUTING ! Siz thousand boys participste in the program of the Boy Scouts of America under Catholic auspices in one hundred and seventeen parishes of the Archdiocese under the supervision of approximately twelve hundred Catholic volunteer Seouters. There are 4,900 girls in the program of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America under the auspices of ninety parishes, with 1,100 Catholic wonen assisting the proaram. Both of these Scout Programs provide year round activities for Catholic youth. Meeting at least once a week, they participate in @ wel! planned youth program rich in interesting things to do end ideals to inspire with enpertunity fer achievement, advancement end training in democratic cooperation. Through a committee of Catholic men for the Boy Scouts and a Com- mittee of Catholic women for the Girl Scouts, these programs are spiritu- ally enriched with @ systematic interpretation of Scouting in ine light of our Catholic faith. The supernatural is added by providing supplementary spiritual activities; religious observance of Boy Scout and Girl Scout Sun- days; retreats for the teen-agers and the adult leaders; corporate com- Munons end ¢ommuni projects for the parishes and charities. Bulletins are published to guide and inspire the Catholic adult volunteers in the service of Catholic youth. A notable feature in the Boy Scout Program is the Ad Altre Dei Award which spiritualizes the advancement activities for the Catholic boy. POUO VICTIMS Not all children are blessed with robust bodies end sound limbs. Each year the dread polio germ strikes thousands of youngsters throughout the country, The Catholic Youth Organization helps to bring happiness te children afflicted with infantile paralysis by providing weekly swimming classes at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx, and Curtis High School on Staten Island. in 1948 a weekly average of ninety-five children breatfasts: Seid Masses: Holy Hours: service SSrTSiTS; NHEIG Wisises; MGly Mouri; service “There is a real need in the country today of restoring in the individual a focal sense of responsibility ond self-reliance.” ALFRED E. SMITH