By Katie Vasquez
Summer camp is a time for song and activities like archery or kayaking at Ten Mile River Scout camp in the Catskills
Campers got a treat Wednesday as Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated mass at the chapel.
“I can’t believe he would come all the way out here just to, you know, do a mass with us. It’s really nice,” said Serena Hui, a Troop 243 Scout.
“The fact that he’s the bishop is like, I feel like it’s special treatment,” said Troop 99 Scout Lucas Senatore.
Bishop Brennan makes the trip every year but says this time seemed special.
“We have a big representation from Brooklyn and Queens,so it was nice to have that connection with everybody,” said Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
“Yeah. it was, it’s amazing when he says mass is unlike no other,” said Troop 99 Scout Michael Rasmussen.
With all the excitement of camp, scouts admit that prayer can sometimes fall to the side. This mass was a reminder of their faith.
The Brooklyn shepherd encouraged scouts to embrace that time spent in God’s creation.
“They’re learning things about themselves, not only about the world around them, but they’re learning the talents and the abilities that god is giving to them, and how they might be able to put that to use,” said Bishop Brennan.
A moment that some were taking time to reflect.
“It really, I feel like it’s a new opportunity and you can learn a lot,” said Hui.
“I thought it was very tranquil that they had it in this area, away from all the commotion at the other camp,” said Rasmussen.
So that their gifts can be shared with others as they return home to the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Bishop Brennan said, “I said to the young people, God is sending you now into a world that needs a little bit of tenderness and a little bit of care.”