Submitted by: Linda McClinton It has been a wonderful, learning experience year. Each new chair I take on I learn so much more about our League and why I choose to “Belong”. I admire those ladies who have taken these positions on before me and I am so grateful for their willingness to be mentors [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sharon Geiger I stand her before you, wondering where my year as Diocesan president has gone so quickly! Did I begin to accomplish my goals that I set out to do for my term? I wanted to help members grow more spiritually, learn more about CWL, make new friends, and laugh a little. Our [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Edna Lorenzen What profound themes we as members have, but to use them as tools and become more like our Lord through the example that has been set by our blessed Mother Mary. The year of 2008 was a little bumpy for me as I stepped into the Diocesan Presidency in September. Is [...]
Read MoreI 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: Edna Lorenzen As this is my first communiqué, with the help of every one, thank you for your patience. At our recent diocesan executive meeting in Whitehorse, we made a motion to increase our membership due’s from $4.00 t0 $9.00. This will allow an increase of $5.00 to the diocese. Our membership is very [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Nicole G. The Whitehorse Diocesan CWL Councils have had a fairly busy year and as I write this report the Diocesan Convention has just been held in Whitehorse and was a tremendous success. We were pleased to have been joined by 3 members from Fort Nelson who made the long journey as well [...]
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