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Parish Council 2024 Membership Contest(Click link above to download poster and entry form) President's MessageJanuary 2024 Happy New Year! While I am sure we all enjoyed the mild November and December without snow on the ground, I must say there was a sense if something not quite right with not wearing snow boots going to Christmas Day Mass. I thought I might experience my first “brown” birthday but the snow came down just a few days before and just like that it was winter with a vengeance! Nothing like minus 45 with the wind chill to bring you back to the realities of winter.
Another reality is that now that the Christmas season has passed we need to get back to our work for the Catholic Women’s :League. When we do this, one thing we all need to remember is why we do what we do. It is for God and Canada. Given this we need to keep in mind that God comes first. The time we spend each day needs to include time for nurturing our relationship with God. This should follow through in all we do in our councils. God comes first.
Many councils are planning their activities for the next year. This planning should include time for prayer. It should also include discernment that considers abandoning those activities that no longer bring a sense of accomplishment and joy to our members and look for innovative ideas that will engage as many members as possible in different ways. You need to consider how the activities you are going to undertake, fit with our overall mission that “calls our members to grow in faith and to witness to the love of God through ministry and service.” To combine our theme with the January “1” Campaign promo – “Here I am Lord, send me”, I want to “Go out and make a difference!”
Saint John, New Brunswick August 2023This years National Annual Meeting of Members was a much smaller event than a full convention as attendance was by invitation only to voting delegates, accredited delegates, Life members and Honorary Life members. Saint. John rolled out the hospitality and made us all feel very welcome. Helen Kayfish and Lynn Jones, our provincial delegates have shared some of the happenings of the AMM. Check that out under the National events page. I have also shared information that is a result of our pre and post convention meetings as well as the AMM in the August Newsletter. Please share the newsletter with all of your parish council members. This fall will by a very busy time for our provincial and diocesan executive as they embark on our unity Outreach Project that will see them visiting as many parish councils as possible. The goal of the project is to identify how the various levels of the league can assist parish councils in keeping their councils active and engaged. We will come to listen and learn and look forward to the visits. Blessings, Connie
President's Challenge Update July 2023
At our 75th Annual Provincial Convention we presented Bishop Mark Hagemoen a cheque for $2,540.00 that was received from parish councils for the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund in the past year. While we didn’t hear from all of our councils, it is never too late to meet the challenge. It would be encouraging if we could provide Bishop Mark with an even larger cheque next year. Please read some of the stories that parish councils have been submitted to date to give you an idea of how you may educate your members. Linda Maddaford has submitted a link to an excellent article that provides many ways you can do to learn more about indigenous history in Canada. You can find it on the President's Challenge page. Send your story to skprovcwl@gmail.com.
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Deadline May 10, 2024
PROVINCIAL CWL NEWSLETTER
CONVENTIONS (click underlined names for more information and convention documents)
Prince Albert 2024 Saturday April 20 St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish North Battleford
Regina 2024 Sun April 28 & Mon April 29 St. George's Parish Assiniboia
Monday April 22 Little Flower Parish Leader
Provincial Convention 2024 Sun June 2 & Mon June 3 St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish North Battleford
Saskatoon, SK August 11 - 14, 2024
CWL UPCOMING DATES
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