St. Francis Solanus
Meet Parishioner A
Working Towards the Rank of Eagle Sc
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An Eagle Scout project must benefit the community and involve an element of leadership for the individual completing it.
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While Adam spearheaded the project, he had help from some of his fellow scouts.
f you’ve recently visited the backyard of the St. Francis rectory, you may have noticed a change. Our statue of St. Francis was placed in a different location atop a new pillar. We may thank two people in particular for this effort — Fr. Arisman and parishioner Adam Liesen. “The physical project is complete,” Adam says. “I also planted some shrubbery around the pillar and touched up the paint on the statue a bit to make it look nice.” Fr. Arisman requested the project to commemorate the 160 years of the Franciscans at St. Francis. Adam spearheaded the project as part of his efforts to attain Eagle Scout rank after many years with the Boy Scouts. The project will go through an approval process and, if it passes, Adam will be rewarded with the esteemed rank of Eagle Scout. “It’s a huge accomplishment to get done,” Adam says. “There are years of work you need to do to get to this point. Climbing the ranks takes a while and it’s not easy. Along the way, you grow and mature. By the time you get to Eagle Scout, you look back on how you were when you first came, you’ll be in disbelief how different you are.” An Eagle Scout project is essentially the final component of a scout’s journey through the ranks — the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America. Not every scout will ultimately reach Eagle Scout, so it is no small feat. “To earn the rank of Eagle requires hard work and dedication,” says John Hamann, Adam’s scoutmaster. “A fraction of the scouts ever make it to Eagle.” An Eagle Scout project must benefit the community and involve an element of leadership for the individual completing it.
