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  The Catholic Committee on Scouting for the Diocese of Ft Worth announces ...

The Catholic Cub Scout Vocations Retreat

The 12th Annual Catholic Cub Scout Retreat on September ??, 2009, from 9am until 5pm at Worth Scout Ranch near Palo Pinto, Texas. If you decide to stay overnight on either Friday or Saturday night, we are offering a spiritually enriching retreat along with a number of other optional activities. Cub Scout families from every Pack are encouraged to participate.

During the retreat, we will include: a Get to Know You Program; work on the Religious Awards available to Cubs; a   Historical Re-Enactment ; a Religious Craft ; activity; a short history hike around the parade ground area; and participate in a Mass celebration at the beautiful Worth Ranch Chapel.

Wolf Scouts will get the opportunity to complete Electives 11d, 11e, 12f, and 23h. Bears will get the opportunity to complete Electives 9a, 25b and 25e. Webelos will get the opportunity to complete Artist 8 and Showman 9. For more information, please contact Mrs Tina Jezek   at (940) 387 - 0308.

Program Cost

Our retreat is held rain or shine as we have indoor facilities if inclement weather appears. If you have a soccer game on Saturday morning, come on out and join us for the remainder of the day and plan on spending the night. Camping overnight on Friday or Saturday evening is an option that fits anyone's schedule.

Retreat, Overnight Stay and Optional Programs

$14 for Awards, Lunch, Breakfast, Patch, Craft, Supplies, and Event Insurance.
$17 for Awards, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Patch, Craft, Supplies, and Event Insurance.
$20 Whole Weekend

Retreat Attendees
(no overnight camping)

If you can't stay long, come on out to enjoy the retreat from 930am to 5pm
and begin your journey toward fulfilling the 7 Patch Cross.

$12 for Awards, Lunch, Patch, Supplies, and Event Insurance.

Retreat Camperships

Camperships for individual Scouts, Scouters and/or families experiencing financial uncertainty from layoffs, etc are an option. The Catholic Committee would like to welcome anyone who desires to attend as we would not want financial circumstances to prevent your participation. As an example, the Catholic Committee provided 10 Camperships for several Scouts, Scouters and Scout families during the 2003 Retreat. Please contact
Mrs Tina Jezek   at (940) 387 - 0308.
All conversations are considered confidential.

Our Leadership

Scouter Tina Jezek  (Tina's BIO) brings a wealth of Scouting experience to Director of the 2008 Catholic Cub Scout Retreat. Tina is excited about this year's program along with an outstanding staff ( see Staff BIO's) to provide a day of spiritual enrichment. The retreat will start promptly at 930am and end by 5pm.

Note: Although the theme is based on the Sacraments, it is not meant as a replacement for any sacramental preparation.

Event Applications

Applications may be obtained by clicking   Retreat Details Or     Registration Form, or by Email or a phone call. As we have done in the past, once we have received paid registrations, participants will receive their event patch by mail. In addition, all trained volunteer staff members will receive a commemorative staff patch for their help in ensuring each boy enjoys a special moment in his young scout life. Click Here for general pictures from our Cub Scout Retreat Slide Show.

If you have a Boy Scout who needs Service Hours, we can use him on Staff!

Optional Programs

Camping at Worth Ranch presents an experience right out of the old west. Cub Scout families are encouraged to travel on Friday afternoon, set camp and enjoy a sunset unique to west texas. Breakfast follows the next morning for our Friday campers and the prospect of several optional programs before the retreat begins. For our retreat attendees who arrive on Saturday morning, we will conduct the retreat and begin our optional activities soon after dinner. The Living Rosary helps educate our scouts through both words, lights and actions as they become closer to their faith. Our Saturday night attendees may enjoy the stars you don't always see because of city lights. Sunday morning brings Breakfast, a hike and optional programs. See a description for a few of our programs we intend to offer ...
  • Living Rosary. Cubs will conduct a living rosary on Saturday night that will teach them about the rosary as well as provide a breathtaking light ceremony and a lasting memory.
  • Box Hockey. A friendly game of box hockey is always available at anytime before or after the retreat.
  • Faith Craft. Friday night campers will each be able to make a craft related to our theme and take home as a momento.
  • Astronomy. Enjoy the stars you don't always see because of city lights - you may want to bring binoculars or a telescope.
  • Sunday Mass. You can celebrate Mass with the Boy Scouts on Sunday and fulfill your obligation at the Worth Ranch Chapel.
  • Cub Scout Outdoor Award Activity. Complete several of the activities for the award during the retreat and the optional programs.


Please email
Mrs Tina Jezek   or call her at (940) 387 - 0308

"Join us for an inspirational day that will spiritually enrich your family..."


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  The Serra Club International was formed in 1935 in Seattle, Washington. Then as now, the two great needs of the Church were for informed Catholic lay leaders who understand and live their own Christian vocations to service, and for dedicated priests and religious. The founding Serrans chose as the organization's patron Father Junípero Serra (read his story below), the 18th century Franciscan missionary to Mexico and California who was so influential in creating missions there. His commitment to the Church was exemplary, to the degree that he is currently a candidate for canonization. Today there are 608 Serra clubs in 30 countries, with a total membership of 20,303 lay men, women and permanent deacons. Each individual Serra club is a member of Serra International. Serra International, with an office located in Chicago, links Serra clubs around the world.

Father Junipero Serra

Father Junípero Serra is known today as the "Apostle of California". His birthday is a public holiday in California, and grade school history texts detail his adventures and contributions to California history. A statue of his likeness stands in the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. He is patron and inspiration for 15,000 Catholic laymen who call themselves Serra International. And he is currently a candidate for canonization.

Junípero Serra was born Miguel Serra y Abram on November 24, 1713 in Petra, a farming village in Mallorca's central plain. At the age of sixteen, Miguel entered the Franciscan friary and took the name Junípero, after St. Francis' close, extroverted friend.

Years of formation and study followed, and in 1744 he was named Professor of Philosophy at the monastery of San Francisco and at Lullian University. Serra was known as a bright, articulate scholar --apparently a moving speaker and a clear, precise writer -- but he did not remain long in academic life. In 1749 he responded to the call for Franciscan missionaries to the New World.

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Serra Club of
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Tarrant County
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President  
Frank Laux
(817) 281 - 8582

Former President  
John Corpany
Office: (817) 490 7481
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Treasurer  
Mark Lenz
Programs  
Cheryl Blackwell
Vocations  
Elizabeth Chanoine
Membership  
Pat Kempf







  Serra's first assignment was to be rugged, mountainous region of Sierra Gorda. Here he remained for nine years, preaching to the Indians and strengthening the two missions already established in the area. Serra's second assignment was to journey out from Mexico City into coastal villages and mining camps. In those eight years, despite a leg chronically infected and ulcerated after an insect bite, he walked over 6,000 miles on foot, preaching retreats and administering the sacraments.
Fr Serra established 21 missions while traveling a dirt road called "El Camino Real" along the California coast. The missions Serra founded had two purposes: to convert Indians to Catholicism, and to civilize these Indians by teaching them to farm and build. It was this two-fold purpose which caused Serra's impact to be felt both religiously and historically. And it was his unusual ability to accomplish these purposes peacefully that set him apart from other explorers.

Junípero Serra did not die a martyr as he had hoped. Instead he died a quiet, natural death at Carmel on August 28, 1784. Today, 200 years later, he is a candidate for canonization.