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Home > About Scouting > The Youth Programme > Spiritual Development

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God is not some narrow-minded personage, as some people would seem to

imagine, but a vast Spirit of Love that overlooks the minor differences of form
and creed and denomination and which blesses every man who really tries to do
his best, according to his lights, in His service.

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Guidelines on Spiritual and Religious Development
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World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is happy to announce the

Spiritual Development

launch of its latest publication, Guidelines on Spiritual and Religious Development.

Youth Involvement

These guidelines have been prepared to support Scout Associations in the

Factdevelopment of the spiritual aspect of their members. It provides principles and
guidance to support programme design rather more than a detailed discussion of the

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Part nature of spiritual development. It will take as the norm, the understanding of
Spiritual Development articulated and reaffirmed by the World Scout Conference in

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Fun its various Conference resolutions and documents.

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Games on Spiritual Development

SPI, as in spirituality or spiritual development. Frightening words? No. Words
that give food for thought and a choice in personal values. It is your challenge to
organise a SPI activity, in your group, your local programme council, your regional
meeting Through the pages of this spiritual handbook you will find a lot of
information, references and activities to organise with your group. Just go for it! All
local and regional leaders are capable of organising a SPI activity. Published in
conjunction with Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique.
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Scouting, and Spiritual Development

This reference document shows how through its principles, method, activities, group
life, etc., Scouting creates an atmosphere that is conducive to the search for inner
peace and truth. In so doing, Scouting seeks to contribute to the development of
young people who are strong in their convictions yet who are open and tolerant, firm
in their faith while respectful of the faiths of others - far away from fanaticism. In
view of the widespread indifference to religion and invasive materialism, the
importance of this is obvious.

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3rd World Scout Interreligious Symposium - Kampala, Uganda, 21st to 25th

October 2009
The 3rd World Scout Inter-religious Symposium was organised at Hotel Africana,
Kampala (Uganda) from the 21st to 25th October 2009. There were over 80
participants from 30 countries belonging to 12 different faiths and beliefs: namely
Bahai, Buddhist, Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox, Protestant, Hindu, Islam,
Jewish, Native African, Sikh and Won-Buddhist.
The report of the Symposium is available for download in the WOSM online library,
click on read more to download the report.
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2nd World Scout Interreligious Symposium - Kaoshiung, Taiwan

The second World Scout Interreligious Symposium (WSIS) was held at the Fo
Guang Shan Temple, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, from Friday 5 May to Monday 8 May
2006 (arrivals on Thursday 4 May and departures on Tuesday 9 May).
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1st World Scout Interreligious Symposium - Valencia, Spain

After many years of efforts following the proposal made by Gualtiero Zanolini to the
Interreligious Scout Forum (which groups the religious Scout co-ordinations in

consultative status with WOSM as well as representatives from other active

denominations in Scouting), the dream became a reality: thanks to the energetic and
efficient support from Spanish Scouting, in particular from the members of the
Movimiento Scout Catolico (MSC), the first World Scout Interreligious Symposium
took place in Valencia, Spain, from 29 November to 2 December 2003.
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