Submitted by: Pat Deppiesse At our national convention held in August in Ottawa, Resolution 2010.01 Chrysotile Asbestos was passed (please see the full resolution on the national website www. cwl.ca under Recent Updates). I am writing this second communiqué so quickly after my first one because there is a very good series of articles in [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Pat Deppiesse From the relatively familiar and very active position as your provincial secretary, I was totally surprised when our President, Nancy Simms announced at the Post-Convention meeting that I was her choice to be the Resolutions Chairperson! This is a very new and challenging position for me, and I thank Nancy so [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar What is a resolution? The dictionary tells us that a resolution is ‘a firm decision to do something”. Our executive handbook tells us “A resolution is one member’s concern becoming the voice of the League” and that “Policies are established, programs are planned, or concerns and views are expressed through resolutions”. [...]
Read MoreMarch 31, 2010 — For the fourteenth time, a delegation from our BC & Yukon Provincial Council of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada met in Victoria with Liberal and New Democratic party MLA’s to present and discuss CWL resolutions. The delegation consisted of president, Marianna Caldwell, president-elect, Nancy Simms, and myself, Sandra Stajduhar, Resolutions [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar Hello all, I hope that your Easter was blessed and that you are all ready now to share the “GOOD NEWS”. This is more of a ‘note’ instead of a communiqué as I do not have a lot to pass on – but I wanted to wish you well at conventions [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar As the year draws to a close, I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for all that you do as Women of Peace and Hope, and to offer sincere wishes for a blessed Christmas season – followed by a new year of renewed enthusiasm for the work of the [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar Dear League Sisters and Father Tien, Welcome back to another CWL year – hopefully full of enthusiasm and good ideas to share with members. As Women of Peace and Hope, we can show leadership in developing and promoting resolutions that offer hope and encouragement to those in need as we work [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar Meeting With Government: March 25, 2009 Four members of the BC & Yukon Provincial Council of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada met with Liberal and New Democratic party MLA’s to present and discuss CWL resolutions. The delegation consisted of Marianna Caldwell, president, Nancy Simms, president-elect, Sheila Quinn, Legislation chairperson, and [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar A year ago, the resolutions standing committee was brand new to me, and I thank our president Marianna for the confidence she had in me, and for the opportunity to learn something new. And, to sum up the past year, it has been a year of learning – not only learning [...]
Read MoreSubmitted by: Sandra Stajduhar Many blessings on all of you in this Lenten season. This will be a very brief note to update a few items. GOVERNMENT MEETINGS We met with both the Liberal and NDP MLA’s on Mar. 25th. It was a very successful meeting and a full report will follow at the convention [...]
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