At the recent Buffalo Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting’s Thirty-Eighth Annual Religious Awards Ceremony, Bishop Edward Kmiec presented the Ad Altare Dei Religious Emblem to Noah Gould . This program assists Boy Scouts in developing a fully Christian way of life in the faith community by studying the seven sacraments. Joining in the Ceremony was Deacon Daniel Golinski, F. Robert Danni, Assistant Scoutmaster & Religious Emblems Counselor, and James Smyczynski, Re-ligious Emblems Counselor.

Attention Philmont Crew: follow this link for important information about and permission slips for our upcoming May 5 - May 6 Shakedown training. 

To all Scouts and Scouters & their families: There will be an Eagle Court of Honor on Sunday, May 6 at 3pm at St John Lutheran Church (our usual meeting place).  Please use the church entrance. The following Eagle scouts will be honored:

Ahoy Troop 457,
  
Late Sunday evening, the 2012 Troop 457 Sea Base crew returned from a fabulous adventure in the Florida Keys!  Our contingent of 12 Scouts and 8 adult leaders began their eight day trip with a flight to Ft. Lauderdale and a bus ride to the Islamorada Key Sea Base, where the staff helped them prepare to set sail.  After a night in the dormitory, the boys traveled to Marathon Key, where we met our Captain & his wife.  We boarded the Pirate's Lady, a 65 ft. schooner, and over the next six days were able to snorkel some of the most spectacular coral reefs in North America. The calm, warm seas made visibility and viewing conditions nearly perfect, giving our crew the chance to get a close-up view of hundreds of varieties of sea life.  Ranging in size from a one inch wrasse to a more-than-10 foot long Goliath Grouper, the crew was awed by the vivid colors, unusual looking shapes, and strange behaviors of the hundreds (maybe even thousands) of sea creatures they encountered.