Photo Courtesy of: Sister Michael Bochnowski, Belvoir Eagle
Belvoir’s Priest Answers Call to Service BY PAUL LARA, BELVOIR EAGLE
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lec Scott’s family came to Fort Belvoir when he was in the 4th grade, and Belvoir’s community of faith had a lasting effect on him. Father Scott celebrated a final Mass at Belvoir Chapel, Sunday, before reporting to Chaplain School at Fort Jackson, S.C. “We moved to Belvoir in 1996 when I was 10 years old,” said Father Scott. “I attended school at Barden Elementary (which is now Barden Education Center) and was in its first graduating class.”
So much has changed on post since then: the elementary school was moved to North Post, what used to be the old South Nine Golf Course where he would play as a child is now the imposing structure of the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, and a lot of new housing has been developed on post. What hasn’t changed is his childhood home in Belvoir Village, and the strength of community and faith. “I’ll drive back to my old house in Belvoir Village – that stretch of the village by the woods has not continued on page 44 CHRISTMAS 2019
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