The National Catholic Quality Unit Award - Pope Paul VI is a unit award option for BSA packs, troops, crews or ships that are chartered by a Catholic institution (parish, Knights of Columbus, etc.)

Requirement areas cover adult training and leadership, service by the unit, religious emblems, religious activities, vocation awareness, relationships and membership.

Adult Training & Leadership:

• Leaders participate in BSA training, including BSA Child Protection and Diocesan Protecting God's Children.
• Two-deep leaders at functions
• One or more leaders participated in a training program offered by local, diocesan, regional or National Catholic Committee on Scouting

Service

• Conduct a service project for the parish, diocese or chartering organization within the past 12 months

Religious Emblems

• Annual presentation on the Religious Emblems programs
• 25% participation in an emblem program

Religious Activities

• Participate in at least one religious activity such as a retreat, day of recollection, religious conclave, pilgrimage or similar activity in the past 12 months.

Vocation Awareness

• Unit participated in an activity focused on church-related vocations (visit a seminary, vocation day, training chaplain aides) within the past 12 months.

Relationships

• Meet at least annually with Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting
• Meet at least annually with the executive officer of the chartering organization
• Actively working on BSA Quality Unit Award

Membership

• Net growth in membership
• Plan for recruiting members is in place
• Unit annually reviews meaning of its respective oath or promise

Use the application for the  Quality_Unit_Award_Pope_Paul_VI.pdf and returned to the Catholic Committee on Scouting, PO Box 3187, Springfield, IL 62704. Deadline is April 1 for awards presentations held at the annual Annual Scout Mass in Springfield.