Does anyone have recent info on whether the connection between GSUSA and PP still continues in August 2008? Thanks.

Okay, you can think that, but listen to this: Since we have been in GS for the last five months, I have potentially made two families, who are not practicing Catholics, reconsider coming back to our beautiful faith. I have made other non-catholic families there understand our faith, and I have made them reconsider their unwarranted prejudices against our faith.
What have you done to make a difference in the GS community?
I have other ladies that I have been talking with too, and they all know that I am a devout Catholic, and because of that I try to live my life carefully, prayerfully and wisely while in their presence and of course always.
I believe we DO need to involve ourselves in other non-catholic groups and MAKE A DIFFERENCE! I am trying to follow what PJPII said and I am doing what St. Francis did. You can't bury yourself into Catholic groups only, if you truly want to change the world and make a difference....it's called evangelizing!
God bless.
Karen

In addition to the above issues with the Girl Scouts, my major issue is that they (I mean the leader and the chair of the Council) are not even showing the morals and ethics that their promise teaches. They all say the promise and then turn around to lie, change records and hurt little girls.
I have email conversations with the council chair where I complained about a troop and few leaders. In response, they deleted my and my daughters registration to show we are not and were never members so whatever they did was right.
I don't have personal problem with them but HIPPOCRACY, I have problems with.

am I right that we are just against teh girl scouts cos they do not support catholic beliefs? I myself am agains abortion I amnot catholic (not that matters in this instance) I am just curious that everyone seems to have something to say about teh catholic faith and girl scouts and PP

Karen, you are missing the point, we cannot as catholics affiliate ourselves with organizations that promote and fund immoral acts. These are our children and we are here to protect and guide them to be independant adults that can think, act and influence others to be like Christ.
I am not going "join" the demacratic party so I can influence them that abortion is wrong, instead I am going to follow the leader I feel can preserve our right to live, which, let’s face it, if we don’t have that right, does anything else matter?
We should be promoting other orgainzation that are christian based, with good moral values such as American Hetitage Girls.
"Be not afraid" to go out and show the world that children have a choice of organization to belong to and that they can do simular activities in an environment that you don't have to constantly be at their side to correct what they are being taugh.
How can we teach our children to be independant if we have to constantly "watchdog" the events they are attending, we should be able to trust that the influences that we allow them around are true and good.

I think that as a Catholic, it is time we infiltrate all organizations to help others understand our religion and to 'BE NOT AFRAID', according to our Lord and our dear Pope JPII. If we say we are Catholics, and understand our faith, then the time is now to start working our way out into the world, protecting our children as we guide them into, through and with Jesus as each situation arise. If you do not know your Catholic Faith, then I would stay close to other Catholic organizations as you study up on our great faith.
Don't hide your children, protect and guide, like our dear Blessed Mother did. :)
Karen

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As director of Parish Resource for Catholics Respect Life in Fort Worth Texas. I have had to answer the question of Girls Scouts and Planned Parenthood many times. The net of what I have found is this: Yes there are many local troop leaders who are very Catholic and diligent and I applaud them. However no one can deny the connection and conspiracy with Planned Parenthood. PP seeds the state councils with abortion minded executives to influence the GS actions. Local dues go to the National level which supports PP abortion and immoral behavior. Some quote the great christian and even Catholic patches and awards the girls can get and to that I quote a marquis on a church in Fort Wayne Indiana. "THE DEVIL WILL FLOAT HIS GREATEST LIE AMONGST A THOUSAND TRUTHS". Think about it. While in front of your eyes he will paint a picture of young womanhood formation, behind you he wispers his subliminal sin. You loyal girls scout troop leaders are searching for the treasure you had in your youth however it is gone. You claim pride in your diligence to watch over your young women and filter their activities and yet you support the organization who in another troop, not so diligent coorupts our future leaders. You have the power to help restore the treasure. I believe you must send a message to the Girl Scouts and PP by decreasing their membership. Cut from the GS charter and do the same thing you are doing for your girls teach them to stand up and be informed. I pray for the boycott of all organizations who even hint of support of the demon called Planned Parenthood. To quote an old phrase "What would Jesus do?". Please help us fight for the babies. Abort Girl Scouts not babies. When they return to the truth we can return our young women to the Girl Scouts.

Do girlscout cookie sales go directly to the troop or to the national headquarters? I am in conflict about purchasing girl scout cookies from family members. They will be insulted if I don't. But if I do, am I supporting the national headquarters or just the troop? I don't want to support the people who have non Catholic values.

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You also ignored all my questions.

Instead of visiting other websites with their own slanted viewpoints and agendas I went to the source which is the girlscouts.org and studio2b.org websites. Just because something is printed on another website doesn't make it true. I am very Catholic and have volunteered with the local GS council for 20 years. I've led 3 troops to their teens and have never had to compromise my strong Catholic values. Each troop sets its own program and we were never prevented from including religious awards, retreats and attending Mass as a troop. When it comes to sexuality, our council asks that we leave that to the parents. Oh, by the way, not that I need to justify myself to you but I have volunteered for our local pro-life movement for years.

Well said, bill912.
The national leadership of the GSUSA went off track a long time ago, selling out to the feminist/liberal agenda, though local troops can be good or bad (depending on the leaders, of course).
I speak as the proud father of a Girl Scout, and proud husband of a girl scout leader. My pride, though, is in my family and not in the Girl Scouts as an organization.
At least the Boy Scouts are hanging tough, thank God.

"I suggest you be honest." And who wasn't honest? Were you honest?
"I have visited the sights mentioned and find nothing that would influence the girls." Did you click on the "LEARN MORE" link, to the American Life League website? Did you read the article that appeared in the Washington Dispatch, documenting the links between the Girls Scouts and Planned Parenthood? If you didn't go to the ALL website, then you weren't honest. If you did go to the ALL website and don't find anything objectionable with the links between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood, then you do not share the Catholic values of most of the readiers of this blog.

The Girl Scout Program is an honorable one and I suggest you be honest when posting about it. I have visited the sights mentioned and find nothing that would influence the girls. The Global Fund for Women website is quite general and enphasizes prevention of war and violence against women as its major concerns. As for the references to the agpe and cwa websites, they are one sided. These speakers were for the adult volunteers and never spoke about the controversial issues discusssed in these articles. By the way another speaker at the mentioned convention was Ann Curry, an NBC newscaster, mother and Catholic.

I believe that Girl Scouts, as with most things in life, are what you make of them. I am the leader of a large (25) very CATHOLIC girl scout troop. We do very little with the local council. We have only one handbook, and I adjust the try-its to fit into our faith. Our troop recently went camping (on Girl Scout property)among our many activities, we made rosaries, praying each and every bead. The girls in our troop are 1st & 2nd graders. We had them blessed, and donated to our school christmas bizarre. We sell minimal cookies each year, and use the cookies as a service project, we collect cookie donations for the troops in Iraq, that we accompanied by letters from home. Also we donate the proceeds we earn from the cookie sale to charity. For those unaware, girl scouts also have the opportunity to complete a program, to receive a series of four rosary patches, as well as a series of religious medals and awards. Perhaps we should focus on the good here, and not let the evil taint our hearts and minds.. It might help to let others know that these programs are available to "Catholic" girl scouts..

There is a very good alternative to the Girl Scouts and it is imperative for any thinking person to consider any alternative. The Girls Scouts have changed drasticly. The American Heritage Girls operates in 33 states and offers all the Catholic Religious Awards that GS has. They are a God centered Christian organization. Thanks!

Even though the Girl Scouts Councils are legally autonomous, they still have to pay dues to the national office. The national office definitely supports a relationship between the councils and Planned Parenthood. The website lightoftruth.info has more information on the relationship between the two organizations. It is shocking that this information isn't more widely known among Catholics.

My wife is the coordinater for the local service unit and this topic came up. This had the makings of a pretty good row between us but after some reasearch I found out that Suffolk Co. chapter of GS is not affilitated in any way
with Planned un-Parenthood, much to my relief.
It's a shame you have to even look into the affiliations of your local GS chapter but it's not a centralized organization and chapters have much dexterity with whom they deal with.
It is neccesarry to do some research on youy local chapter as they reflect the attitudes of the people running the show locally.
Caveat Emptor

There is a Catholic alternative to the Girl Scouts: The Little Flowers. And an alternative to the Boy Scouts, too: The Blue Knights.

I called and ask my local council if they worked with PP and they were happy to say yes. In the booklet they handed out it listed classes that girls could take given by PP. Fortunately our local Catholic Hospital also offers "growing up" classes for the girls through our girl scout council. If it makes you feel better these classes are not for badges and never required. I resolved my concern by talking to my priest and also looking on the National Council of Catholic Bishops website. Girl Scouting is OK with them and they even offer a badge that girls can earn if they learn about the faith under the supervision of a preist or deacon. If it's OK with bishops I decided it would OK for my daughter to be a girl scout. Hope this helps.

A lady in our homeschool group bought a copy of one of the Girl Scout manuals that had a chapter on alternatives to intercourse. It discussed mutual masturbation! I was stunned to say the least. We will not be involved with Girl Scouts.
Too bad it's not more like Boy Scouts. *sigh*

Gotta be real careful with the Girl Scouts. I have allowed my oldest daughter to belong to a troop sponsored by a nearby parish for the last few years and have been watching everything closely. Thankfully, the lady running the troop is fully aware of the problems with the Girl Scout organization. Therefore she picks and chooses activities for the troop very carefully, and doesn't sign us up for very many activities with other troops or through the council. It can be a good program in the right hands, but as I said, you must be careful.