Scouts find Eucharistic spirituality on retreat (PHOTOS)

Father Pat Garrett, chaplain of the Archdiocesan Scouting Committee and pastor of Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church in The Woodlands, holds a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament during a Catholic scouting retreat held on Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at Bovay Scout Ranch near Navasota. (Photo by Michelle Eistherhold)

NAVASOTA - Father Pat Garrett, chaplain of the Archdiocesan Scouting Committee and pastor of Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church in The Woodlands, presided over Liturgies during the 2023 Catholic scouts and Puff Up retreats held on Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at Bovay Scout Ranch near Navasota. 

PHOTOS: Scouting a Eucharistic spirituality on retreats

More than 370 participants from 47 units at 43 parishes attended the annual retreat, according to officials. Scouts from Cub Scouts, American Heritage Girls, Trail Life, Scouts BSA and Venturer troops and crews also heard from Father Zach Muldrow, a parochial vicar at St. Martha Parish in Kingwood. Father Muldrow, who is an Eagle Scout, also offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation to the youth. Father Garrett, also an Eagle Scout, presided over Eucharistic Adoration with the youth in attendance.