More Information Bishop Baraga Award

Here is some additional information on the Bishop Baraga Award and Bishop Baraga Days:

Scouts that will be most successful to earn this award are encouraged to visit St. Francis Solanus church in Petoskey.  There will be a scouter dressed as Bishop Baraga that will be glad to provide you with the information needed for the requirements.  St. Francis Solanus

Also, attendance at the Vespers Service at Cross in the Woods, a Catholic Shrine, on Friday night at 7pm would also fulfill one of the requirements for the award.  Cross in the Woods National Shrine

And attendance at mass in a church that Baraga visited (which would be most of the churches on the pilgrimage site list) would also fulfill a requirement of the awards. 

Here is a complete listing of the requirements:

Complete all of the following:


1. Give a brief history of a Missionary Priest that served the Catholic Church in your

Diocese. Bishop Baraga must be used for this requirement for the Grand Rapids Diocese.

2. Explain the difference between a Missionary Priest and a Diocesan Priest.

3. Visit a Catholic shrine and give a brief history of the shrine.

4. Pray the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine and describe the Crosses that a Missionary

Priest may encounter as they spread our Catholic Faith throughout the World.

5. Attend a Mass at a church that was operating when the Boy Scouts of America was

founded in 1910.

6. Explain how you as a Catholic Scout in the United States in 2010 can be like a

missionary.

7. Prepare a map that shows the locations that the Missionary you choose preached the

Word of God and Evangelized the native people.

The above requirements have been completed by ______________________________________

Date______ Approved by _______________________________(Parent, Scout Leader or Pastor)

Mail the completed form along with $15.00 for each medal and $3.00 shipping and handling to:

Grand Rapids Catholic Committee on Scouting

6550 Belmont Ave NE

Belmont, MI 49306.

Please send the Baraga Award(s) to: Name: ________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

City, State & Zip: ________________________________________

For the award, please contact Scott Harvey at 616 364 9086 or by e-mail scottharvey@prodigy.net with any questions.

For questions on this weekend, contact Julia Bushong, Asst. Scoutmaster, 989-619-2526