Catholic Women’s League of Canada | BC and Yukon Council

Submitted by: Doreen Gowans

Dear League Sisters and Father Tien:

Approaching 2009 as “Women of Peace and Hope” which our National Theme so beautifully states, we need to stay connected to one another through prayer and communication.  Lets do our part to communicate to one another at all levels within the League.  If I can be of assistance to anyone contact me.

CWL Day of Peace and Hope Tool Kit

Our National Executive has produced a “CWL Day of Peace and Hope Tool Kit” for each parish council to use.  Your parish council president should have received it.  The kit contains short, medium and long project ideas for each standing committee with the idea, that they are to be used to enhance our National Theme at your parish council meetings and especially to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel on April 26, 2009.  A suggestion is to plan your meetings for the year, and take one or two standing committee suggestions and act on those ideas throughout the next two years.  Communication Chairs responsibility is to promote the use of the tool kit in a positive, enthusiastic way.  Help your sister have fun while traveling together on a positive faith filled journey.  See what spiritual or community minded activities your council can accomplish.  This will be a way of bringing all of your parish sisters in the league together.  Have Fun! » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Carol Penno

I didn’t think I would be sending a communiqué so close to the annual Provincial Convention but it is a necessity because National Chairperson Terri Scott sent communiqué #3 on May 11, 2009 containing some timely events and I have the responsibility of sharing with you.

Elections are now over for the six Diocesan Councils in BC & Yukon thus we have new standing committee chairpersons. I  welcome the new Chairpersons of Spiritual  Development:  Dianne P. from Kamloops Diocese, Laura E. of  the Prince George Diocese and Julie R. from Vancouver Archdiocesan.  Betty H. from Nelson Diocese and Therese J. of the Victoria Diocese are in their second term of office.  I thank Edna L. for the work she does to help with Spiritual Development for the Whitehorse Diocese in addition to her own work.

The Sisters of The Precious Blood in Calgary have sent me the novena prayer for The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ that will be celebrated June 14th.   The novena begins Friday June 5th .

Novena Prayer for Corpus Christi  (Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ)
“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I dwell in them.”  O Jesus, help me to understand the meaning of your words.  I yield myself to you that your desire may be accomplished.  I lay before you the desire of my heart, my longing to be more deeply united with you, to live in a communion of hearts with you. By your power present in the Eucharist, grant the petitions I bring before you now.  Bless those I love and each one for whom I have a special concern. I thank you Lord for the gift of your Body and Blood, your real Presence in the Holy Sacrament of the Altar.  Adoration, praise and thanksgiving be to you forever and ever.  Amen.

The Sisters of the Precious Blood are dear to the heart of the people of Nelson Diocese as they keep us in continual prayer even though they no longer reside at their former monastery in Nelson.   » Read the rest of this entry »

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