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Adult Recognition - Jerusalem Cross

About this Recognition:

The Jerusalem Cross is awarded to Scouting in the Catholic Church (SitCC) participants who return to their dioceses and complete a mission project benefiting Catholic youth of their community. The cross is placed on the leather thong received during the SitCC conference. Each day the participants received a colored bead to represent the day's component.

Color Component
Red St. Matthew: Leadership Development, Advocacy
White St. Mark: Catechesis, Evangelization
Blue St. Luke: Pastoral Care, Justice & Service
Yellow St. John: Prayer and Worship, Community Life

Recipients:

Click here to see the list of recipients (PDF)

Purpose:

To recognize the recipient's outstanding contribution to the development of Catholic youth in the program of the Boy Scouts of America following the completion of Scouting in the Catholic Church (SitCC) at the Philmont Training Center.

Requirements:

  1. Participate in the Scouting in the Catholic Church conference program
  2. Develop and deliver a mission project benefiting Catholic youth of your community. Focus the project on one of these components:
    St. Matthew: Leadership Development, Advocacy
    St. Mark: Evangelization
    St. Luke: Pastoral Care, Justice, Service
    St. John: Prayer and Worship, Community Life
  3. Upon project completion, submit a description of your project with three letters of testimony:
    1. A letter from you evaluating yourself and your mission.
    2. A letter from an ecclesiastic representative of your parish or diocese.
    3. A letter from someone who benefited due to your mission.
  4. Find the name of the current NCCS Training Chair on the NCCS website and send an email explaining you have completed your mission project and requesting their mailing address.
  5. Send your documentation and a check for $15 payable to NCCS to the Training Chair.
The participant has two years from the end of the conference to complete the requirements. Documentation should be sent to the NCCS Training Chair by March 1 to receive the cross at the Annual meeting.

Award Ceremony:

The Jerusalem Cross is awarded at the NCCS Annual Meeting held in April of each year. Recipients unable to attend the annual meeting will receive the Jerusalem Cross through his/her local Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting for presentation.

The Jerusalem Cross is also awarded to the Scouting in the Catholic Church conference staff at the beginning of their conference.

NOTE: The Jerusalem Cross recipients are not eligible to receive the BSA Adult religious knot.