She is married with four children and 12 grandchildren. She joined the Catholic Women’s League in 1975 in Mackenzie. This was a very good way to meet more catholic women in the community and be involved in the church.

In 1985 they moved to Salmon Arm where she became very in involved with the community as well as in the church. Sharon held many positions on the parish CWL executive before becoming president and then chairs of spiritual development, family life and organization on the diocesan level before becoming diocesan president.

Sharon is now working at the church as Faith Formation for Children coordinator, RCIA coordinator and catechist as well as being involved in adult education.

On the provincial level she has held the chair positions of spiritual development, christian family life, resolutions, 1st vice-president and president-elect/organization. Sharon loves the League and working with people.

The family went on several postings overseas because Murray, her husband, was a Canadian Foreign Service Officer. It was not easy to be uprooted every two or three years, but it was a rare opportunity for the family to study people, their languages, cultures and traditions firsthand. She says she learned more from living in different countries than she would have sitting in classrooms or reading books. She was awestruck when she met Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata at the Mother House in India, felt fulfilled working with the poor through volunteer work and was captivated by the kindness of people who made her feel at home.

They have been blessed with six children and eight grandchildren and she confides that her life often revolves around them. Murray retired in 2001 so they returned to Canada, made Kelowna their home and St. Pius X their church. She has been lector, RCIC teacher, and coordinator for a diocesan convention. She is currently a eucharistic minister, social outreach coordinator and social convenor for parish council. Murray is a eucharistic minister, an active member of the Knights of Columbus and has held the positions of grand knight and district deputy grand knight.

Victoria joined the League in 2005 and became chairperson for community life, organization chairperson and then president. At the diocesan level, she took the same path.

Laura volunteers for a variety of organizations. She is treasurer on the board of the Prince Rupert Friends of the Library and is also on the planning committee of the city’s library’s 100^th Anniversary which will take place on May 6, 2022. Laura is also a lector in her parish and regularly help makes soup for the church’s soup kitchen which, every Sunday, helps feed those less fortunate in the community. She also organizes the list of the lectors, greeters and eucharistic ministers for each of the Masses, and publishes when each person is scheduled to serve.

She enjoys a variety of crafts, especially crocheting, knitting, cross-stitching and embroidery. Making crafts is totally relaxing and rewarding. Yearly, Laura, along with others in her parish, make many scarves, mitts, and toques which are distributed to those less fortunate in our community who frequent our weekly soup kitchen. She is also an avid reader who especially enjoys reading historical fiction, travel books, biographies and autobiographies. Laura belongs to a book club which meets once a month and where she is challenged to read books which are sometimes outside of her comfort zone. She has had the privilege of travelling to many destinations in the world. It has opened her eyes to the richness of a variety of cultures and a variety of people. The fact that she can speak four languages (Italian, French, Spanish and English) has helped her immensely when travelling.

Laura is a teacher. Teaching is and never was a job for her, but a vocation. Retired now, she continues to help in the catholic school whenever she can, and it is a blessing when she is called in to substitute for one of the teachers.  Laura is passionate about the League and all it stands for. CWL members make a very positive difference in the church, communities and in the world at large. She is so proud to be a Catholic Women’s League member and encourages all women to join this wonderful organization.

She is a 2nd generation CWL member and remembers helping her mother at church events as a child. On her parish CWL council in Langley, BC Angelina served as secretary, chair of legislation, chair of communications, and as president elect, president and past-president. In 2011, she was elected to the Vancouver diocesan executive and served her first two-year term as resolutions chair. She then went on to be community life chair, president-elect, president and past-president. During her tenure on the Vancouver diocesan executive council, she served as a Catch The Fire facilitator and on the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee for the Archdiocese of Vancouver and chaired a multi-level League resolutions committee which brought forward three successful resolutions.

Angelina participated in reconciliation events, and she traces her First Nations roots through her maternal grandmother. She has served on the Board of Directors for Domestic Abuse Services, Our Lady of Good Counsel Society and continues to work as a volunteer in the Society Thrift Store and at various fundraising events. In 2010, she was an Olympic Torch Bearer for the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

She loves the League and the gift of sisterhood it has brought her to life. Angelina always enthusiastically promotes the League whenever she can.