It all began with Father Henry Mackin. There had been some experiments with Scouting at St.Vincent's earlier but they had been short lived. The National Organization had chartered Bayonne as a Council in 1927; and there followed a sharp interest in the program in the City. But it never took hold in the parish until the arrival of Father Mackin.

Father Mackin had studied the Scout Program during courses conducted by the national organization at the Schiff Scout Reservation in Mendham, New Jersey. He became deeply convinced of the program's secular and spiritual values for Catholic boys. In 1935 Father Mackin gathered together a group of interested parishioners. They then invited all boys in the parish to a meeting in the auditorium on April 4, 1935. And Scouting in St. Vincent's was on its way!

The large number of Scouts attending dictated that three troops be formed: Troop 25, under Scoutmaster Ed Bredehoft, with 27 boys; Troop 26, under Scoutmaster Hugh Malloy, with 27 boys; and Troop 27, under Scoutmaster N.F. Connor, with 26 boys.