I bring greetings to all from the 15 Councils & Members comprising the Victoria Diocesan Council of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada! Thank you, for the opportunity to present an update of our progress! This year our Council celebrates its 83rd BIRTHDAY! The richness of faith and the varied cultures of our Council members [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Gisela Montague The Vancouver Archdiocesan council had elections this year and I am very happy to say that we have a full slate of Officers and Chairpersons. We even have a 1st and 2nd vice presidents. This all happened after the” Leadership Workshop” presentation this past year by Provincial Council, but I think [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Linda McClinton I have come to the end of my two-year term as President-elect and am now Prince George Diocesan President with a full slate of Officers. With a lot of prayer and encouragement, our ladies came forward and took leadership in each of our Standing Committees. I am very grateful for each [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Alice Hallgren Our Diocesan convention held at Holy Cross in Creston, went well and was well organized. I received many positive comments regarding the convention as a good social and learning experience. We said our goodbyes to Fr. Jim Ratcliffe; our Spiritual Advisor who has retired after ten years of giving us much [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sharon Geiger To begin, turn back the pages to last year’s convention in Williams Lake. Did you all complete your “CWL Life in a Jar”? We hope you enjoyed going down memory lane as you answered your questions. Members sharing gifts, talents, inspiring and encouraging each other resulted in Kamloops Diocese recording another [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Marianna Caldwell I have had the wonderful privilege of attending four Diocesan Conventions. I flew from Vancouver to Kamloops and on to Kitimat and two weeks later to Castlegar for the Nelson Convention in Creston then back to Vancouver and on to Victoria. Each convention is unique but the CWL members are the [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Pat Deppiesse When I started to think about what to put in this oral report, I was stymied. Then I thought of all those wonderful ladies who have accepted this – what can sometimes be a challenging role, and all of a sudden, thoughts came streaming in! Times are changing. Most secretaries are [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Nancy Simms Good morning, I have wonderful news! For the past two years we in BC/Yukon increased our membership by 7%! And that is all due to your unceasing hard work and dedication to the League! So congratulations everyone! But, now what I see as the challenge that lies before us is not [...]
Read MoreCutting Through the Spin on Stem Cells and Cloning This morning, I would like to introduce the DVD, Cutting Through the Spin on Stem Cells and Cloning. Rev. Dr. Tad Pacholczyk (Po ho chick) is a priest in Massachusetts. He has degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology and chemistry. He also did laboratory research [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Jeanne Wilson Madame President, Fr. Tran, spiritual advisors, sisters in the League, guests 2008 was a provoking year for education and health. After reading the 2008 diocesan reports regarding education and health, I realized that this chair is a very active and committed chair. Chairs reported on tremendous interest in education and health [...]
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