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URBANA, Ohio (ChurchMilitant.com) – Rejecting the secular program of the Boy Scouts, a rural Catholic parish in Ohio is forming a new youth group to shape the next generation of solidly Catholic men.
Father Matthew Lee, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Urbana, decided on a new outdoor-based program to replace the previous Boy Scout troop, hoping for a youth ministry more Catholic in nature.
Father Lee told Church Militant he chose Trail Life USA (TLUSA) because it is an explicitly Christian-based organization.
“We can talk about the Catholic faith openly at meetings,” he said. The Boy Scout program only allows the religious materials they provide to be used.
“We can be overtly Catholic,” Fr. Lee said. “If I want, I can have a Vatican flag at the campsite.”
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