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

Submitted by: Carol Penno

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 EVERYONE: May Our God bless us with every blessing that we need to lead good and holy lives. May Peace Joy and Happiness fill your homes. We leave for AZ in a few hours, 5 AM January 03.

I expect that the Diocesan Chairpersons of Community Life are starting to work on their annual reports due February 15, 2008. Please email the report to me at communitylife@cwl.bc.ca.

Dear Ladies would you kindly send me copies of your communiques that you send out to your parish councils. I requested this and only heard from one person. Thank you Shirley.

Dignity and Rights of Persons
Dr. Rayleen De Luca prepared her Communique #6 December 03, 2007. It was nearing Christmas and I didn’t see that it contained anything too urgent to pass on to you immediately as I had communicated with you a month earlier. I did send out a notice that Rayleen had a new communique out and you could read it on the National website I was pleased to see that Rayleen acknowledged the concrete action taken by British Columbia CWL Councils in their fight against Human Trafficking particularly with the postcard campaign. » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Carol Penno

Happy All Hallow’s Eve everyone, and Happy All Saints Day and All Souls day as well. What great days in our Church for witnessing to the holy aspect of these days. I was preparing a communique to bring everyone up to speed on important information in our Community Life department of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada and when I checked my morning email there was Communique #05 from Dr. Rayleen DeLuca, National Chairperson of Community Life, I shall add her comments to my report to you. A reminder for Diocesan Chairpersons to send me a copy of the report they send out to their parish chairpersons.

Our last Provincial Convention held in Victoria was dedicated to Africa as you well remember. Beverley Reid presented a children’s film entitled Anita’s Africa. Beverley kindly gave a copy of the film to each Diocesan President which I handed out to them at the Fall meeting in Rosemary Heights Oct 11-14. She also updated us on the Uganda Library project and only $22,000 is left to be raised before January 08, 2008 when she returns to Africa. If you have any fundraising going on for this project see that it gets sent to her before that. I just received news yesterday that Beverley Reid of Coming Home Films won First Prize in their division Documentary Film or Video. We offer our congratulations.

Still on the topic of Africa, read the following from Pope Benedict XVI: » Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted by: Sandra Stajduhar

MAY 30th to JUNE 3rd, 2007
VICTORIA, B.C.

Provincial Executive 2007
back, l to r – Susan S. – Prince George diocesan president, Nancy S. – Education and Health chairperson, Caroline Ann A. – Nelson Diocesan president, Elaine – provincial treasurer, Sandra S. – Communications chairperson, Gloria G. – Legislation chairperson, Doreen G. – secretary, Nicole G. – Whitehorse diocesan president, Lorilee J. – Kamloops diocesan president, Evelyn R. – Vancouver archdiocesan president, Agnes G. – Victoria diocesan president; front – l to r. – Carol P. – Community Life chairperson, Pat B. – immediate Past President, Barbara D. – President, Sheila Q. – Resolutions chairperson, Marilyn V. – Christian Family Life chairperson, Marianna C. – Organization chairperson; Missing: Dodie B. – Spiritual Development chairperson, and Father Terry B. – provincial Spiritual Advisor

The Victoria Diocesan Council, with the Parish Councils of St. Patrick’s, St. Joseph’s and St. Andrew’s, welcomed more than 200 members of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada to the 60th Annual Provincial Convention, held May 30th to June 3rd in Victoria. Members and Spiritual Advisors from throughout British Columbia and the Yukon gathered to celebrate sixty years of service to God and Canada. » Read the rest of this entry »