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Girl Scout Sunday celebrated in Weatherly

Weatherly Daisy, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Weatherly recently to celebrate Girl Scout Sunday.

The Girl Scout Birthday, March 12, commemorates the day in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first 18 members in Savannah, Ga.Girl Scout Week is celebrated each March, starting with Girl Scout Sunday and ending with Girl Scout Sabbath on a Saturday, and it always includes the Girl Scout Birthday. Girl Scout Sunday and Girl Scout Sabbath give girls an opportunity to attend their place of worship and be recognized as a Girl Scout.During this time Scouts who have earned their religious awards are recognized.In Weatherly, Amanda, Alexis and Antonio Colecio earned the "I Live My Faith" religious medal. "I Live My Faith" is the religious program for youths ages 9 to 11.It focuses on developing self-awareness and potential as an ever-growing human person, as an involved member of the troop or group, as a responsible member of the family, as a searching and growing member in the community of faith, and as a participating citizen of a nation, neighborhood, city or town.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS The Colecio family meets with the Rev. Floyd Caesar, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Weatherly, back left, following the Girl Scout Sunday Mass this past Sunday. With Caesar are, front, from left, Alexis, Antonio and Amanda Colecio, who all earned the "I Live My Faith" religious medal. In back are Anthony and Jennifer Colecio.