GRCCS Honor Recipients of Catholic Religious Awards

On behalf of the Grand Rapids Catholic Committee on Scouting and the Diocese of Grand Rapids, please join us in congratulating the following Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts for attaining their Catholic Religious Awards. Congratulations!

Through the generosity of the Knight of Columbus councils, St. Anthony of Padua and the Gerald R. Ford Council, the Catholic religious emblems are sponsored by the GRCCS at no cost to our Scouts.

Light of Christ

Cub Scouts 6-7 years old

Carl Simmons, Pack 3207 chartered by St. Paul The Apostle Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Andrew Follmer, Pack 3149 chartered by Hudsonville Lions Club, Hudsonville. Christopher Bruinsma, Antony Hoffman and Joseph Mish,Pack3217chartered by St.Stephen’s Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Jeffrey Kral, Casey Rheault, Nathan Steffens, Drake Pohl, Peter LaBelle, Josh Tuttle, Jason Truskowski and Joshua Lampani, Pack 3208 chartered by Holy Spirit Catholic School, Grand Rapids. Toby Schoof, Pack 3221 chartered by Oriole Park School PTO, Wyoming. Jared Morgan, Pack 3039 chartered by Allendale Lions Club, Allendale. Garrett Paiz, Jacob Buursma, Easton Mapes, Angel Saucedo, Andrew Curran and Nichols DePagter Pack 3250 chartered by Byron Community Ministries, Byron Center. Joseph Wiktorowski, Christopher Meier, Luis Anthony Morales and Carson LaPrise, Pack 3422 chartered by Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Donovan Castelo, Pack 4043 chartered by VFW Post #3256, Montague. Travis Brockschmidt and Jacob Von Seggern, Pack 3222 chartered by Cedar Springs Lions Club, Cedar Springs. Matthew DiCosola, Noah Krakowski Bryan Lindsay, Jack Schichtel Rawson Weaver and Christian Smith, Pack 3264 chartered by Rockford Lions Club, Rockford. Brett Morse, Pack 4056 chartered by St. Francis De Sales Church, Muskegon. Joseph Nachtegall, Pack 3200 chartered by Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Rapids, Patrick Tutt, Pack 3149, chartered by the Hudsonville Lions, Joseph Konczal, Pack 3283, chartered by Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Thomas Pozza, Jacob Laidaw, Joshua Parker, Tommy May and Max Klein of Pack 3207, chartered by St. Paul Apostle, Scotty Ungrey, Pack 3283_.

Parvuli Dei

Cub Scouts 8 to 10 years old

Michael Klein, Egan Simmons and James Klein, Pack 3207 chartered by St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Ian Brown, Pack 3219 chartered by East Oakview El- ementary School, PTC, Grand Rapids. Ethan Tipping, Benjamin Kuras, Aidan VanderTuin, Alec Winden, Aidan Champion, Kyle Finn, Sean Mc- Carthy, James Mish, John Fitzgerald, Luke Smith and Dylan Sykes, Pack 3217 chartered by St.Stephen’s Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. TylerHofman,NicholsBethel,MathewO’Brien, Matthew Jager, Matthew Myszka, Gabriel Bennett, Nathaniel Bennett, Joseph Kral, John Cooley, Corey Stein and Nathan Roehr, Pack 3208 chartered by Holy Spirit Catholic School, Grand Rapids,Matthew Richer, Pack 3347 chartered by Explorer Elementary School, PTC, Caledonia. Austin Eustice, Pack 3250 chartered by Byron Community Ministries, Byron Center. Christian Buhlman, Pack 3116 chartered by First United Methodist Church, Big Rapids. Alec Armstrong, Aaron Duemler and David Helm, Pack 3340 chartered by St. John Vianny Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. David and Colin Luczyk, Steven Pakiela, Matthew Newman and Joshua Denton, Pack 3283 chartered by Assumption Catholic Church, Belmont. Glen Falk, Pack 3200 chartered by Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Rapids, Ian Chesla, Pack 3325 chartered by St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Preston LaPrise, Pack 3422 chartered by Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Taylor Turnbull, Pack 3373 chartered by Stoney Creek Elementary School PTO, Comstock Park, Brodie Kieras, Pack 3219, Donovan Castelo, Pack 4043, chartered by Our Lady of the Assumption; Jared Lezan of Pack 3188, Lindale Lucas of Pack 3207 of St. Paul the Apostle; Spencer Irvine of Pack 3065; Leo Phillips, Spencer Phillips, Alexander Dittmer, Gabe Galligan, Justin Irish, of Pack 3391 of West Elementary.

Ad Altare Dei-Boy Scout Award

Jared Syrek, Dominic Franzine, Matt Graves, Bret Rainke of Troop 230, Timothy Kneeshaw, David Pedler, Luke Kneeshaw,  Jacob Hufnagel and Ian Brown, Troop 219, along with Trevor Kieras of Troop 406 of St. Jude Parish; Patrick Byars, Steven Hall, Lucas Kapla, Nate Kowaleski, Ben Northrup, Adam Schrems, Joey Stabile, Eric Vig, Andrew Watson, and Greg Wise of Troop 354; Jared Syrek, Dominic Franzine, Matt Graves, Bret Rainke, of Troop 230; Timothy Kneeshaw, David Pedler, and Luke Kneeshaw of Troop 219; Ricky Conklin, Troop 367, Blake Abraham and Kenny VandenBout, Troop 202 chartered by Caledonia United Methodist Church, Caledonia.

Pope Pius XII

Scouts over age 15

Mark Cruickshank, John Reedy, and Stephen Knape, Troop 264, chartered by Rockford Lions Club, Rockford, Kevin Walenta, Troop 406 and Mike Overbeek,Troop 219