guglielmone is known for his substantial involvement in scouting. he started his scouting career as camp chaplain at onteora scout reservation in livingston manor, during his time as a seminarian. as a priest, he served as scout chaplain for the diocese of rockville centre, then for new york state and then as chaplain for the national catholic committee on scouting. guglielmone served an eight-year term as chaplain of the international catholic conference on scouting and the holy see's global liaison to scouting programs. he received the silver beaver award from suffolk county council. guglielmone is member the order of the arrow, the boy scouts of america's honor society. there, he was inducted as a "vigil honor" member, the third and final degree of membership, in 1985. "vigil honor" members traditionally receive a name in the unami language, referred to in the order as "lenni lenape." guglielmone's "vigil name" is "nekama auwen allohumasin lilenowag an unt," which was interpreted as "he who exemplifies god's law." he received the silver antelope award from the boy scouts of america in 2004. the national catholic committee on scouting recognized guglielmone with its "brother barnabas founders award" and in its first class of "silver saint george emblem" recipients in 1998. in 2012, he received the silver buffalo award, the highest award given by the national council, boy scouts of america for distinguished service to youth.