Girl Scouts?

[commenter]

I honestly think my Archbishop (Carlson is my Archbishop) is making the right call if the facts are as he says, but I’m not sure he’s got the facts right. The local organization has no affiliation with PP

My daughter’s soccer team is forfeiting their game this Saturday so they can all be present in uniform for the annual Scout Mass, a way of saying “we’re with you if you’re with us.”

The local organization might have no affiliation with PP, but other parts of GSA do have direct or indirect affiliations with PP, and with groups with comparable views. The problem is that girls join a group in their local parish which is innocent, but a connection is made with GSA; later some girls move on to join other troops, or other GSA regions, that are not protective of Catholic views.
Even if the argument is made that the GSA is satisfactory, or a harmless version of girl scouting, even the strongest supporters don’t even claim the national or regional GSA units are pro Christian. That claim is made by 2 other comparable organizations.

Why stay with “satisfactory” when there “good” options available?

Regarding your last quote, I am puzzled by that meaning: does that mean "we’re with you - the Catholic Church - only as long as the Church is “with” GSA? What kind of message does that send?

 

[pnewton]

In my last previous post I obviously intended to put the word “not” in that last sentence.

I did not know that. The word “untrue” threw me. I was just giving the Catholic position. I see now what you mean. I think this is a case where we are both right, but on different things. I was talking about the bishop’s right to determine the extent of scout operations in his diocese, GSA, BSA or HG. You were referring not to an official Catholic stance, but a Catholic perspective in choosing an organization more inline with Catholic morality.

If I was facing this, and I am not, I would rather be a militantly Catholic GS troop that defied the national organizations at every point. Rather than leave GSA, I would make GSA leave the Catholic Church, or kick out every troop. Like I said, I am not in this situation. I only have one son left scouting, and we are, like I said, militantly Catholic.