Who hasn't heard of scouts? Perhaps one day you've encountered one on the street or maybe even spoken to one without realizing. So, who are they? According to the Aurélio dictionary, a scout is someone who travels with little or no baggage, a pioneer, explorer, member of a scouting association, or a crew member of a small boat, among other definitions. Currently, Scouting is practiced by various associations worldwide, such as the National Scout Corps (CNE) in Portugal and the Association of Guides and Scouts of Brazil (AG&E) in Brazil, which follows the pedagogy of the International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe (UIGSE-FSE). Both associations practice scouting in accordance with Christian values based on the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church. The entire educational program of Catholic Scouting is grounded in Baden-Powell's work "Scouting for Boys" and the implementation of the traditional scouting method, as recognized by UIGSE-FSE.
But who founded Catholic Scouting? Catholic Scouting originated from the meeting of Father Jacques Sevin with General Robert Baden-Powell on September 20, 1913, in England, to evaluate the effectiveness of the scouting method. Jacques Sevin was a priest of the Jesuit Order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, born on December 7, 1882, and died on July 19, 1951.