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

Submitted by: Sandra Stajduhar

Dear League Sisters and Father Tien,

Greetings to all of you on this beautiful November day – cold but bright! Welcome to the Resolutions chairperson from the Nelson Diocese, Beth B.

Remember to share your communiqués with each other as well as with me – we can all learn from each other.

A parish mailout from National included a message from our National Resolutions chairperson, Barb Dowding. If you have not received it from your president, it can be found on the National website at http://www.cwl.ca/recentupdates/pcm%20fall%202008%20resolutions%20memo.htm

Also on the website is a link to a complete list of Members of Parliament. If anyone needs help accessing this list and addresses please let me know.

At this time of the year, our committee has two focuses: » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sandra Stajduhar

Sheila Quinn, outgoing Resolutions chairperson, has been busy finishing up all of the work on the 2008 resolutions – so I have been able to enjoy the summer with nothing more to do than read the Resolutions appendix from our P&P.  Thank-you, Sheila!  Now, with Resolutions from National, a communique online from the outgoing National chairperson, the appointment of our new National Resolutions chairperson, Barb Dowding, and Fall meetings coming up – it’s time to get busy.

Summary of Resolutions Work to August 15, 2008

Outgoing chairperson, Betty Anne Brown, sent out a communique July 21, 2008.

This communique is on the National website for your information – it deals with this year’s resolutions and some information on review committees, referencing, etc.

A brief recap of the tremendous amount of work done from the parish level up. There were 10 resolutions forwarded to the Provincial Resolutions Committee.  Four of these were not accepted for presentation at the Provincial convention and the Diocesan presidents who submitted the resolutions have been given letters with the reasons detailed and two with suggestions for further work.  » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

In March this year the provincial delegation, Provincial President, Barb Dowding, Past President, Pat Battensby and myself made our way to the Legislature building for our meetings with both Liberal and New Democratic Party members to present and discuss the League’s resolutions.

We were warmly welcomed by the Liberal Caucus whip Mr. Randy Hawes for the first meeting attended by twenty-two members and three interns who were each given booklets listing the resolutions, briefs and recommended action plans in order for them to follow the presentation.

I began by introducing our delegates, giving a brief outline of our organization, and thanking the members for the work they do for our province. The following three resolutions were directed to the federal government, however we were asking that they give support to them:

Government Funding for Police Record Checks – people volunteer, many of them League members so is it fair to ask them to pay for these checks?

Global Accountability for Canadian registered Mining Companies. Mentioning that the League had withdrawn holdings from these companies and inviting them to consider this option.

Hospice Palliative Care, An Integral Component of the Canadian Health Care. To this, one member stated that end-of-life care is ‘spotty’ but a top priority   We were informed that it is a challenge to elected members each year and a struggle to put more monies into health care, but the good news is this year 2/3rd of monies is going into health care.  While they agreed with us we were asked if our organization would support the government to be sustainable in completely different ways of attacking this. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

What an exciting year to date this has been!

My goal was to receive a resolution from every diocese, well that didn’t quite happen however the good news is that three dioceses researched, prepared and submitted a total of greater than six. Thank you for the gift
of these resolutions.

Formulating resolutions at the grass roots level is the birth of a resolution. Passing them at each convention level is the beginning of the resolution’s journey. Following the action plan is important otherwise it is only words on paper, presenting them to federal and provincial governments takes them one step further thus making our voices from coast to coast heard. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

Greetings,
Thought I’d send a ‘mini’ to share the good news in case you missed it!

In communique #9 you may recall that at the request of the Secretary of State, Hon Jason Kenny, League members were asked to write letters to MLA’s in support of Bill C-484 An Act To Amend The Criminal Code injuring or causing the death of an unborn child while committing an offence, a private members’ bill sponsored by MP Ken Epp.

Well the good news is that in an update from United Mothers, Fathers & Friends just received states the bill passed the 2nd reading by a narrow margin on March 5th therefore is still alive! Now the bill moves on to Justice Minister and Human rights Committee and finally if the bill returns to the house it will face 3rd and final reading which hopefully will happen before summer recess. Please continue to pray for the success of this important bill.

A few questions have arisen in relations to new guidelines for resolutions and hopefully they’ve all been ‘ironed out’. Remember to make sure your diocesan resolutions committee has an up to date check list. Any questions please get in touch with me.

May your be filled with the joy of Easter.

Your League Sister,

Sheila

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

Greetings,

Now that clocks have sprung forward next comes March 20th which heralds the first day of Spring, a time of spiritual awakening, a time of new life, trees blossoming, flowers starting to bloom, baby goats and little lambs frolicking around and hopefully sunshine and warmth.

Spring is also the time we think, plan and look forward to our diocesan conventions, a time of learning, sharing and meeting new and longtime League sisters…

Congratulations and thanks to the six diocesan resolutions chairs for their annual reports!

Exciting news – to date two dioceses are currently working on several proposed resolutions, a combined total of eleven. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

Greetings on this blustery Shrove Tuesday,

First of all I share with you the exciting news, to date I have received titles of nine proposed resolutions from two dioceses.   Should the other four dioceses be contemplating submitting a resolutions(s) the titles must be sent to me right away so that they can be forwarded to National by February 15^th.

New Criteria

From my last communique (with enclosures) you would have received the updated check-list and guidelines for resolutions being presented this year which I trust have been forwarded to parish counterparts.  Parish council committees working on resolutions  must  have these guidelines to follow in order to avoid disappointment and frustration when resolutions are not accepted.

National Resolutions chairperson reminder ‘background material and research must be from original sources, not from newspaper clippings, opinions or website information.   Material cannot be plagiarized and credit must be given to the originating sources’. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn 

Greetings and Happy New Year,

The start of a new year brings with it a time for making resolutions which off times are never fulfilled however we can make our resolutions a reality by careful planning, preparation and following the guidelines.

I am forwarding recent attachments received from National for the National Manual of Policy and Procedure as well as an excellent report on resolutions talks with the government which will be in the next issue of the Canadian League should you be unable to open it.

1. Checklist for Reviewing Proposed Resolutions (replace pages 5 & 6)
2. Resolution Section (replace pages 17 – 19b)
3. Parliament Hill Revisited (keep scrolling down till it appears)

While the pages may at first glance look similar it is important to note the additions/changes in order to follow the correct procedure for resolutions to be acceptable at all levels. .

The next three articles are taken from Betty Anne Brown, National Resolutions Chairperson’s December communique. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

Greetings,

During Advent let us try to set aside time from our busy lives to pray, reflect and focus on the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of our Lord.

Resolutions 2007.02 Global accountability for Canadian Registered Mining Companies The D & P card given out in parishes recently asking that we sign and send to the Prime Minister is a great way to show further support for this resolution and D & P. I sent a copy of this resolution to the Social Justice co-ordinator in my diocese, please consider forwarding it to the contact person in your diocese mentioning that it will be including in the resolutions presented when both national and provincial levels of the League meet with Federal and Provincial governments.

All 3 resolutions passed at Montreal national convention appeared in the fall issue of the League magazine and it is important that members follow the suggested action plan not only on these three but also on previous resolutions which can be found on the national web-site www.cwl.ca. One suggestion for council resolutions chairpersons could be to set a goal of getting members at meetings to follow action on at least one resolution a month. Action speaks louder than words! » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sheila Quinn

Dear League Sisters,

A day after I mailed communique #6 I received one from my National counterpart and as diocesan Fall meetings are planned thought this is an opportunity to pass on the following information from her:

Criteria for National Resolutions
As a result of discussions held on the convention floor in Montreal more discerning work needs to be done to Appendix 1 of the CWL National Manual of Policy & Procedures.

It is hoped that the resolution advisory committee will have worked details and suggestions for improvement which will be presented to the national executive at their November meeting. These changes will deal mainly with issues of national interest that would normally be dealt with by a/territorial level of government, e.g.education/and or some health issues.

New information will be mailed as soon as it is available.

Diocesan meetings are a great opportunity to encourage parish councils to start planning resolutions for next year. Make sure they have a copy of the National Manual of Policy & Procedure with Appendix 1 where all the information of preparing and presenting resolutions is listed, offer any assistance needed and I am also available.

Hope your meetings will be productive and well attended. What an opportunity to talk up resolutions with enthusiasm, invite councils to “take up the challenge” to produce a resolution this year.

Your League Sister,
Sheila