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The Canadian League – Spring 2021 The Canadian League Official Publication of The Catholic Women’s League of Canada Volume 97/No. 2/Spring 2021 Printed in Canada NATIONAL EXECUTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICERS President’s Message ...................................... 1 Spiritual Advisor: Most. Rev. Stephen Jensen From the National Spiritual Advisor ......................... 2 Bishop of Prince George Responsible Stewardship .................................. 3 President: Anne-Marie Gorman Letter to The Editor ....................................... 4 President-Elect: Fran Lucas Richly Rewarded ......................................... 5 st Shari Guinta 1 Vice-President: Implementing The Strategic Plan — A Legacy of Renewal ..... 6-8 2nd Vice-President: Doreen Gowans The Amendments Process ................................. 9 Secretary-Treasurer: Janet McLean Past President: Margaret Ann Jacobs National Annual Meeting Update ........................... 10 Spiritual Development: Shari Guinta National Annual Meeting of Members Organization: Fran Lucas Register to Attend Virtually .............................. 10 Christian Family Life: Pat Deppiesse Annual National Meetings Program ........................ 11 Community Life: Marie Rackley The Many Faces of Leadership ............................. 12 Education and Health: Faith Anderson What You Need to Know About Folic Acid and Communications: Doreen Gowans Neural Tube Defects .................................... 14 Resolutions: Cathy Bouchard Mandatory Age Verification — The Time To Act is Now ......... 15 Legislation: Betty Colaneri Why? ............................................... 16-17 Laws: Margaret Ann Jacobs International Relations: Anne-Marie Gorman Make Valuable Use of This Time ........................... 18 Handy Hints ............................................ 19 PRESIDENTS OF PROVINCIAL COUNCILS What Is Truth? a Reflection on Fratelli Tutti .................. 20 Alberta Mackenzie: Judy Look Happy Birthday ......................................... 21 B.C. & Yukon: Gisela Montague Manitoba: Janet Brunger Military Ordinariate: Tawnya Stringer New Brunswick: June Brown Newfoundland and Labrador: Ellen Merrigan Nova Scotia: Glenda Carson Ontario: Colleen Perry Prince Edward Island: Marilyn Gay Garvey Quebec: Rosa Lam Saskatchewan: Chantal Devine EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kim Scammell C-702 Scotland Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3M 1X5 Tel: (204) 927-2310 Fax: (204) 927-2321 NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF DIRECTORY E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cwl.ca Executive Director: Kim Scammell [email protected] EDITORIAL BOARD (national executive and policy) (204) 927-2313 National Chairperson of Communications: Senior Accounting Clerk: Valroy Anderson [email protected] Doreen Gowans (orders, payables, per capita fees) (204) 927-2315 National President: Anne-Marie Gorman Executive Secretary: Amanda McCormick .................. [email protected] Executive Director: Kim Scammell (recording/corresponding secretary, resolutions, social media)(204) 927-2314 Membership Coordinator: Katherine Choi [email protected] (membership renewals, member records, years of service) (204) 927-2316 The Canadian League is published three times a year Office Assistant: Marion Wong. [email protected] by The Catholic Women’s League of Canada. Material (archives, bursaries, insurance, council records) (204) 927-2310 may not be reprinted, in whole or in part, without permission of the publisher. Subscription rates: Annual Project Coordinator: Kerri Sylvester.. [email protected] national per capita fee of $13.00 includes subscription rate of $3.00. Non-members, $8.00 per year. Agreement (implementation committee) (204) 927-2318 number 40007536 All other inquiries should be sent to ................................................... [email protected] ISSN-0384-630 for forwarding to the appropriate respondent. (204) 927-2310 Printed in Canada President’s Message Anne-Marie Gorman National President and Chairperson of International Relations I am writing as a sister would write a letter when unable peace, individually and collectively, within the League. to be together in person. As this is the case in most of Especially during the current confluence of challenges, I ask Canada, it seems appropriate my last “letter” would be a that members maintain the trust they have for the League. fond farewell and wish for continued unrelenting faith in Decisions made by many heads much brighter than mine this exceptionally important organization that spans the demonstrate the love to which Jesus refers, as more than entire country. It has been a difficult year, but not ever one 70,000 women are considered at every turn. that posed insurmountable challenges, though it may have While members lives are so different this year, I seemed that way at times. believe this time provides an opportunity to again be in I return to the roots of this beloved League. This communion with the least of the least. Among them are organization’s first and most important object is “to those without adequate shelter, nourishment and medical achieve individual and collective spiritual development.” help. Many women and men in other areas of the world live Heady words like “object” and “achieve” drove me to in refugee camps, unable to protect themselves and their wonder how the founders and writers of the Constitution & families with even modest hygiene. In other regions, deadly Bylaws’ earliest iteration came fighting and malnourishment keep to choose them. Merriam- families divided and fearful. Webster defines an object as There is so much to do, and “something mental or physical the membership is exceptional at toward which thought, feeling, “doing”; however, members are first or action is directed,” or “the called to be grounded in Christ. goal or end of an effort or This ties in perfectly with the activity”. I think the two show object of spiritual growth as there how the Objects of the League cannot be one without the other. In lead members. The one I Laudato Si’, Pope Francis says there note here is the first of eight is “a great cultural, spiritual and Objects. Jesus says the first educational challenge… before us, and foremost command is to and it will demand that we set out love God with one’s whole heart, mind and soul, and to on the long path of renewal.” In doing so, members will find love one’s neighbour as oneself. The League’s first object peace, unlike anything they have experienced. coincides perfectly. Put God first, others second, self, last. Bringing simplicity back into members’ lives as they I have been giving a lot of thought lately to how renew this national organization, a huge ship that requires much love the League as an organization has for itself. a lot of time and space to maneuver, requires a solid yet Do members always put God first? Do they always put simple faith that members as Christians aspire to cultivate “neighbour” before themselves? Do they treat others in order to find “inspiration to take up the commitment to as they would like to be treated? Like Honorary Life creation set before [them] by the Gospel of Jesus.” While Member Lorette Noble’s theme during her term (2006- being human means there will always include lots of 2008), Love One Another, it is easier said than done. It is misunderstanding among us, members can, as David Wells particularly difficult when there is a lack of knowledge, an says in The Reluctant Disciple: Daring to Believe, “… absorb overabundance of emotion, and a crisis beyond members’ it, carry it, and in time just let it go.” control. When there is a confluence of these, there may As Jesus looks on all of us with love, may we continue be a tendency towards looking outward for a place to put to model His love to others with the guidance of the Holy one’s frustration. I certainly have done this, though I am Spirit and the intercession of our dearly beloved patroness. not proud to admit it. Of late, I often reflect upon whether there is a loss of Be not afraid. SPRING 2021 / THE CANADIAN LEAGUE 1 From the National Spiritual Advisor Most Rev. Stephen Jensen, Bishop of Prince George National Spiritual Advisor The study of organizational health has developed a stand out as a concern. The recent proposal to increase tool known as a SWOT analysis. The acronym stands national per capita fees reflects the financial pressure for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. to maintain an effective infrastructure for a national Widely attributed to researchers at the Stanford Research organization with the reduced support that corresponds Institute in the 1960s, it has become a much-used tool to with lower membership numbers. This is a moment take the pulse of a business or non-profit organization to when everyone has to decide if it is worth it to pay more understand its current situation and to make decisions to ensure the League retains its ability to effectively that will ensure a strong future. communicate with and serve its members. Now that the League has entered its second century, Another threat is the relative failure to connect with it is helpful to apply this lens to its situation, especially younger Catholic women and women who belong to as members face challenges brought on by the global minorities in which the League has not been present COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that shows no signs yet of historically. The League’s ongoing viability requires that
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