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Catholic Women's League
The St. Francis of Assisi Council of the Catholic Women’s League was established on October 18th, 1978. Our parish council is part of the Peterborough Diocesan Council, the Ontario Provincial Council and the Catholic Women’s League of Canada. We are a national sisterhood of almost 100,000 Catholic women. The objects of the League shall be to unite Catholic women of Canada to:
These are the areas of our concern and activity:1. Spiritual Development: spiritual growth of members, study of Catholic teachings, role of women in the church, evangelization and mission assistance, lay ministries, and ecumenism and interfaith endeavours. 2. Organization: recruit members and maintain membership, leadership development, League resource material, annual reports, and life membership. 3. Christian Family Life: marriage and family, sanctity of life, ministry to youth, disabled, seniors, widowed, separated, divorced, and vocations. 4. Community Life: dignity and rights of persons, social and economic justice, refugees, immigration and citizenship, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and developing countries 5. Education and Health: Catholic schools and catechesis, Rites of Christian Initiation, literacy and continuing education, scholarships and bursaries, wellness and sickness/disease, environment and genetics. 6. Communications: The Canadian League magazine, media, media relations, and pornography. 7. Resolutions: research and preparation of resolutions and briefs, study and implementation of resolutions passed by other levels, and presentation of resolutions to government. 8. Legislation: monitor and study legislation at all levels of government, and preparation of briefs and position papers on proposed legislation. 9. Parish Activities: liaison and cooperation with pastoral councils, and parish assistance. We invite all catholic women to journey with us in a sisterhood of faith, fun and fulfillment. Come, join us. Contact us at cwl@sfarcc.org.
2010-2011 Executive
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Women Against Poverty Campaign http://www.cwl.ca/recentupdates/WAP advertisement.pdf
League Promotion http://www.cwl.ca/recentcorrespondence/National Post Advertisement 2011.pdf
October issue of Be League http://cwl.on.ca/sites/default/files/newsletter/429.pdf
Fall issue of Trillium News and Views http://cwl.on.ca/sites/default/files/newsletter/287.pdf
Fall 2011 Issue of The Canadian League http://www.cwl.ca/CDN%20League/Fall%202011/CWLFALL11Web.pdf
Please use the Sunday envelopes - they are the primary source
of support for our parish
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