ICCS involvement in the 22nd World Scout Jamboree

Dear Friends, 

Welcome to the ICCS join-in Programme for the World Scout Jamboree 2011 in Sweden. This programme has been specifically assembled for use by members of national contingents in their preparation for WSJ 2011. 

The programme can also be used by Groups/ Units/ Troops who will not be attending the Jamboree but who would like to Join-in our programme of Simply the Spirit of Simply Scouting 

The purpose of the Join-in programme activity is to: 

 Provide Join-in activities to all ICCS members 

 Help individual Scouts come together as friends 

 Raise the level of awareness to the needs of others, particularly those less fortunate 

 Assist national contingents build togetherness 

 Help contingent members prepare their participation at the Jamboree 

 Come to the Jamboree prepared to give as well as take. 

Objectives: 

 Enable Scouts to make links between the Jamboree themes and the Catholic tradition 

 Identify, prepare and present symbols / emblems that represent their understanding of the Themes of the Jamboree 

 Form an advanced relationship with the faith and belief zone and ICCS 

 Prepare for active participation in the Liturgical activities – readings, singing. 

Jamboree Themes 

The three themes chosen for the World Scout Jamboree 2011 are Meeting; Nature; and Solidarity 

To work with the themes and to create a connection with the participants preparing for the Jamboree not just within the ICCS faith and belief area but also the Liturgical activities, we are proposing to use the traditional Christian/ Catholic terms closely associated with the themes. 

Theme 1: Meeting and Community, 

“Love of neighbour, grounded in love of God, is first and foremost responsibility of each individual member of the faithful, but it is also a responsibility for the entire community at every level: from local community to particular church community, to the Global Church community. As a community, the church, the people of God must practise love.” 

Encyclical Letter - Deus Caritas Est [20], Pope Benedict XVI 

Theme 2: Nature and Care of God‟s Creation, 

“The earth is essentially a common inheritance the fruit of which should be for the benefit of all. „God designed the earth and all it contains for all people.” 

Second Vatican Council reaffirmed (Gaudium et Spes 69). 

Theme 3: Solidarity - Solidarity 

“Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people both far and near. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good”; that is to say the good of all and each individual because we are all responsible.” 

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, John Paul II 

These themes allow for ‗Join-in‘ participation for all ICCS member contingents and we propose that ‗Simply Scouting - Simply the Spirit‟ to be managed in three phases.