A One Day Program
The Family of God religious emblem is designed to help young girls in scouting (2nd and 3rd
graders) and their families get closer to God. We at the Pittsburgh Diocese developed an
outline for a 1 day retreat like program for those with busy schedules or groups that don’t have
enough girls in them to offer it for a group type setting.
Attached you will find the outline of the 6 chapters in the workbook. Each chapter has marked
a particular activity that has been picked that allows you to do the award in a shorter time
frame. This requires a minimum of 4 people presenting the award to the group of girls. Each
adult picks a chapter or two to present. Then using a “round robin” format, the girls are placed
into groups. The girls will go to the presenters to hear about the set chapter that was chosen.
The girls don’t necessarily have to go in order by chapter in this format. You could have the 1st
group doing chapter 1 and the 2nd group doing chapter 2, then after 20 minutes to ½ hour, each
group will switch and do another chapter i.e. Group 1 now doing Chapter 2 and Group 2 doing
Chapter 1.
Approximately halfway through, a snack was offered of healthy choices which go along with the
nutrition guidelines that area a part of the award. You continue the award using the chapter
outline until all 6 chapters are completed. At the completion of the 6 chapters, you can have a
parish priest present the girls with awards at a Mass or it can be presented at an awards
ceremony.
In this outline you will find a copy of:
 Outline for the day
 Opening Prayer Service
 Award Ceremony
 Hail Mary Prayer Card
 Prayer to St. Agnes Prayer Card
Each girl must have their own Family of God workbook. Workbooks can be obtained from the
Catholic Committee on Scouting (CCOS) office. Completed applications must be turned in to
the CCOS office to receive medals. All applications must have all needed signatures and cost of
the medal. Special arrangements may be made to obtain the medals by contacting the CCOS
office.
Catholic Committee on Scouting
2900 Noblestown Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
412-456-3140
www.catholicscouting-pittsburgh.org
Family of God Program
 CHAPTER 1 (Choose 3 activities)
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Make a list of 4 activities you can do well
Family Traditions. Tell about them/draw pictures
Make a mobile of 4 different faces on how you feel
Make a list of activities you would like to do better
Draw your home, place where you live, etc.
Put together a small puzzle
 Chapter 2 (Choose 3 activities)
 Write a prayer
 Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
 Learn a Song
 Share a story about Jesus
 Talk about how you choose a friend
 Read about finding Jesus in the Temple – Luke 2:41-52
 God Saw how good it was Pretend you are God
 Celebrations are special
 CHAPTER 3 (Choose 3 activities)
 List family members
 Talk about what a family is
 Have a prayer service (this could be our beginning/ending service???)
 Draw a picture of something you family likes to do together
 Chapter 4 (Choose 3 activities)
 Draw a picture of what you do in your Parish
 Draw – Matt 18:21-35
 Paste pictures of children around the world
 Write/draw how your Parish family of God does things together
 CHAPTER 5 (Choose 3 activities)
 Write a prayer for God to Bless your family
 Three special gifts
 Nutrition guidelines
 CHAPTER 6 (Choose 3 activities)
 Saints – What is your favorite Saint
 Read John 6:1-15
 Story about Jesus when He was young
 Different ways neighbors worship
Family of God Day Schedule
Group 1
Presenter
Room
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:55
10:20
10:45
11:10
11:30
Pat
Cissy
Beth & Mary
Beth & Mary
Joan & Frances Anne
Sue
Joan & Frances Anne
Bridget
Chapel
Library
Library
Library
CR
Library
Registration
Opening Prayer – Hail Mary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Snack Break
Downstairs
11:55 Chapter 6
12:20 Certificates/Awards
Closing Prayer
Sue
Bridget & Pat
Cissy
CR
Chapel
Group 2
Presenter
Room
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:55
10:20
10:45
11:10
Pat
Bridget
Sue
Joan & Frances Anne
Sue
Joan & Frances Anne
Bridget
Chapel
CR
Library
CR
Library
We will use 2 groups if we have more than 10 girls.
Registration
Opening Prayer – Hail Mary
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 3
Snack Break
Downstairs
11:30 Chapter 1
11:55 Chapter 2
12:20 Certificates/Awards
Closing Prayer
Beth & Mary
Beth & Mary
Bridget & Pat
Cissy
Library
Library
Chapel
Group 3
Presenter
Room
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:55
10:20
10:45
Pat
Bridget
Joan & Frances Anne
Sue
Beth & Mary
Bridget
Chapel
Library
CR
CR
We will use3 groups if we have more than 30 girls.
11:10
11:30
11:55
12:20
Registration
Opening Prayer – Hail Mary
Chapter 5
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Snack Break
Downstairs
Chapter 2
Chapter 6
Chapter 3
Certificates/Awards
Closing Prayer
Beth & Mary
Sue
Joan & Frances Anne
Bridget & Pat
Cissy
Library
CR
Library
Chapel
Family of God – Opening Prayer
Supplies:
Family of God workbook (each girl will need their own).
Pencil (one per girl)
Prayer Card
Leader:
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Today you will find out that you are a very special person. There is
no one who looks just like you. There is no one who has your
feelings or ideas. Because you are special, you have special work to
do in the family of God.
You will need special tools to complete your Family of God Award.
You will need a workbook. You will use it to write the story of your
place in the family of God. You will learn about yourself and about
God’s special love for you, your family, and the world.
Call each participant up to get their book.
Leader:
You will need to claim this book as your own. You need to write you
name in the book on page 49. To do this you will need a pencil.
Please print very carefully.
Give each girl a pencil.
Leader:
Another tool you will need is a prayer card. This card will help to
remind you that this day is a prayerful day of learning about God and
being part of the Family of God.
Give each girl a prayer card.
Leader:
Before we begin our day, let us stand and pray together the Hail
Mary, the prayer on the prayer card.
Let us pray the prayer card together
All:
Hail Mary…
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…
Leader:
Enjoy your day.
Family of God - Award Ceremony
Supplies Needed: Bible
Medals
Prayer Card
Leader:
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Reader:
A Reading from 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
Leader:
Reflection
Today you found out that you are a very special person. There is no
one who looks just like you. There is no one who has your feelings or
ideas. Because you are special, you have special work to do in the
family of God. You learned that:
 You are Special to your Family
 You are Special to God’s Family
 You Belong to your Family
 You Belong to God’s Family
 You Can Help your Family and
 You Can Help God’s Family
This morning you were given tools to help you earn your Family of
God award. Now you completed these requirements it is time for
you to be presented with your award.
Call each girl up to receive her award.
To complete our day we will close with prayer to St. Agnes. St. Agnes
is a special saint, she gave her life to God at a very young age and so
we call her the Patron Saint of Girl Scouts. You receive a St. Agnes
prayer when you received your award.
Let us together pray the prayer to St. Agnes.
All
Pray the prayer to St. Agnes together.
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among
women,
and blessed is the fruit of
thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of
God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of
our death.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among
women,
and blessed is the fruit of
thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of
God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of
our death.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among
women,
and blessed is the fruit of
thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of
God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of
our death.
GIRL SCOUT PRAYER TO
ST. AGNES
January 21st Feast Day
Patron Saint for Girl Scout
Dear St. Agnes,
We ask that you to plead to our Lord,
to guide us today in our work and in
our play
to help us see where we may serve
in some new place, in some new way.
Help us carry out our traditions
to make the world a better place,
to be a sister to everyone,
to be prepared for what may come.
Aid us in being true Girl Scouts living out
our promise,
our law,
our signs and symbols.
Pray for all Girl Scouts both old and new
to confidently embrace our values to
be true.
Amen.
GIRL SCOUT PRAYER TO
ST. AGNES
January 21st Feast
Patron Saint for Girl Scout
Dear St. Agnes,
We ask that you to plead to our Lord,
to guide us today in our work and in
our play
to help us see where we may serve
in some new place, in some new way.
Help us carry out our traditions
to make the world a better place,
to be a sister to everyone,
to be prepared for what may come.
Aid us in being true Girl Scouts living out
our promise,
our law,
our signs and symbols.
Pray for all Girl Scouts both old and new
to confidently embrace our values to
be true.
Amen.