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Official Publication of the Catholic Women's League of Canada The Canadian League Official Publication of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada Volume 89/No. 1/Winter 2013 Printed in Canada NATIONAL EXECUTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICERS Spiritual Advisor: Most Rev. Martin Currie President’s Message ......................................1 Archbishop of St. John’s Spiritual Advisor’s Message. 2 President: Betty Anne B. Davidson Reflections on We Have Seen The Lord! .......................3 President-elect: Barb Dowding How can you serve the League? .............................4 1st Vice-President: Mary Nordick 2nd Vice-President: Cecile Miller Respect for all Human Life .................................5 Secretary-Treasurer: Judy Lewis Be in Solidarity ..........................................6 Past President: Velma Harasen To Save a Life ...........................................7 Spiritual Development: Mary Nordick Communicating with God ..................................8 Organization: Barb Dowding We Have Made a Difference ................................9 Christian Family Life: Margaret Ann Jacobs How Safe are your Household Products? .....................10 Community Life: Fran Lucas Education and Health: Peggy Roche Domestic Workers in Bolivia Gain Rights and Dignity ............11 Communications: Cecile Miller 93rd Annual National Convention .....................12, 14-15 Resolutions: Shari Guinta WUCWO Board Meeting in Rome October 2012 ...............16 Legislation: Anne Marie Gorman The Camino de Santiago ..................................17 Laws: Velma Harasen The Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha .......................18 International Relations: Betty Anne B. Davidson ALS Three Letters that Change People’s Lives Forever ..........19 PRESIDENTS OF PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Introducing .............................................20 Alberta Mackenzie: Sheila Houle Letters to the Editor ......................................20 B.C. & Yukon: Doreen Gowans My Aunt’s Killer Should not be an Excuse to Kill ................21 Manitoba: Jacqueline Nogier Military Ordinariate: Donna Penney New Brunswick: Marion Fogan Newfoundland and Labrador: Lidwina Critch The Nova Scotia: Debbie Samson Canadian RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO Ontario: Marlene Pavletic League CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT C-702 SCOTLAND AVENUE WINNIPEG, MB R3M 1X5 Prince Edward Island: Barbara MacFarlane E-MAIL: [email protected] Quebec: Janet McLean Saskatchewan: Tillie Aessie PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40007536 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Official Publication of Kim Scammell, CA The Catholic Women’s League of Canada Volume 89/No. 1/Winter 2013 Printed in Canada C-702 Scotland Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3M 1X5 22 THE CANADIAN LEAGUE / WINTER 2013 Tel: (204) 927-2310 Toll-Free: (888) 656-4040 Photos courtesy of Michelle Brownridge. Fax: (204) 927-2321 Toll-Free: (888) 831-9507 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cwl.ca National Office Staff Directory EDITORIAL BOARD National Chairperson of Communications: Executive Director: Kim Scammell.................................... [email protected] Cecile Miller (national executive and policy) Membership Coordinators: National President: Betty Anne B. Davidson Diane Havens / Amanda McCormick [email protected] or [email protected] Executive Director: Kim Scammell (membership renewals, changes and years of service) Office Assistant: Janice Jones ..............................................officeassistant@cwl.ca (bursaries, Book of Life, parish council records and archives) Senior Accounting Clerk: Valroy Anderson [email protected] The Canadian League is published three times a year by (orders and per capita fees) The Catholic Women’s League of Canada. Material may not Executive Assistant: Val Demery [email protected] be reprinted, in whole or in part, without permission of the (life members and resolutions) publisher. Subscription rates: Annual national per capita fee Communications Assistant: Erica Johnson [email protected] of $13.00 includes subscription rate of $3.00. Non-members, (magazine and e-newsletter) $8.00 per year. Agreement number 40007536 ISSN-0384-630 All other inquiries should be sent to ................................................. [email protected] for forwarding to the appropriate respondent. Printed in Canada PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE “WE HAVE SEEN THE LORD!” Betty Anne Brown Davidson National President “ What the world is in particular need of today is the credible witness of people enlightened in mind and heart by the word of the Lord, and capable of opening the hearts and minds of many to the desire for God and for true life, life without end.” Pope Benedict XVI. Porta Fidei hese are significant days in the church — the The Sisters of Service’s generous gift in support of the synod of bishops met in Rome to discuss the establishment of the Catholic Women’s League Leadership re-evangelization of the civilized world; the Holy Foundation is starting to take root. Draft articles of incorporation Father stated what was needed as he declared the have been forwarded to Canada Revenue Agency for TYear of Faith; and, St. Kateri Tekakwitha showed that little consideration and a list of potential directors has been compiled. things done with great love for Jesus can make a difference for The foundation’s purpose will be to train Catholic women for all time. leadership roles in church and society. Once incorporated, the The League has many successes to celebrate as the New board of directors will be tasked with developing the program Year begins. and criteria. If approval is granted by Canada Revenue Agency, • Catch the Fire! has set members aflame with knowledge the target date for the official launch of this amazing initiative and love for the League across the country. would be the annual national convention in Regina. • Velma’s Dream of assisting the mother and infant clinic Please review the national convention committee’s invitation at Shepherd’s Field Hospital in Bethlehem has come for next August 10-13, 2013, in Regina. true. Let us reflect a moment on the League’s new two year • The Catholic Women’s League Leadership Foundation theme, We have seen the Lord! My friends in the League, we is becoming a reality. are resurrection women and have stories to tell! Just as Mary • The speakers for the annual national convention in Magdalene encountered the risen Jesus in the garden after His Regina are confirmed. death, so we encounter Him every day when we pray, receive The League website (www.cwl.ca) depicts the fire of League sacraments and meet other persons. He called us by name at knowledge spreading across the country. Catch the Fire! has baptism and filled us with His Spirit at confirmation. Just like been embraced with joy and enthusiasm by members and Mary in the garden, He affectionately speaks to our hearts every non-members alike. A new membership incentive based on time we enter into His divine presence. percentage attendance at Catch the Fire! workshops will be Then just like Mary, He did the same with the woman at the offered to parish councils. The parish council in each province well and the disciples on the way to Emmaus. He asks us to do (two in Ontario) with the highest percentage of participants Him a favour, “Will you go back and tell the others about me?” to membership will have the national portion of its members’ This is the new evangelization, and it bids us to proclaim the fees waived, i.e., $13.00 per member. The deadline for this Lord by how we live our lives. contest is June 1, 2013. It is hoped the parish councils will use The apostles were not highly skilled or eloquent of speech Catch the Fire! as a membership invitation to the other women and yet Jesus called them. Likewise, each of us has been invited in the parish. to be His hands and feet, His voice and touch in the world. Carl Hétu, executive director of Catholic Near East Welfare We each follow unique paths on our journeys back to Him, Association (CNEWA), has extended an invitation to members but we all have been sent on His mission to “go and tell.” to visit the Holy Land. This is a perfect opportunity to visit Whether we are young or old, sick or healthy, blonde, dark- CNEWA projects, witness Velma’s Dream in action, experience haired or grey, our responsibility is to share our story and listen the courage of the brave Christians living there and walk in the to other stories because these are His stories –that God loves us footsteps of Jesus. so much that He sent His Son to offer us a new life. Continued on page 8 WINTER 2013 / THE CANADIAN LEAGUE 1 YEAR OF FAITH 2012 Most Rev. Martin W. Currie, Archbishop of St. John’s National Spiritual Advisor ope Benedict XVI, in his apostolic letter entitled “faith muscles” in order for our faith to grow stronger. God Porta Fidei (The Door of Faith), describes faith as a wants us to embrace our faith with the same level of hope door that allows us to cross the threshold into a life and confidence demonstrated by the fathers assembled at of communion with God. Vatican II. God is asking us to share the “Medicine of Mercy” PThe date chosen to open the door and enter the Year with everyone we meet, not with words of condemnation, of Faith was October 11th which coincides with the 50th suspicion or judgment, but with words of promise, solidarity anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and fellowship. God desires that we recognize everyone as and the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the brothers and sisters,
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