The CWL Councils of St. Peter’s and Holy Trinity hosted 86 members and guest at the Victoria diocesan annual members’ meeting on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Holy Trinity’s parish hall.
After the bible enthronement, diocesan president, Laurel Phyall, conducted the business section of the meeting which included the instructed vote of the Constitution and Bylaws, the proposal to adopt Our Lady of Guadalupe and the motion to increase national’s per capita fees.
Nancy Simms, co-chairperson of the organizing committee for the national annual convention presented a video promoting the August 14-17 convention which will be held in Kelowna. For information on the convention, go to http://cwl.ca or http://bcyukoncwl.com.
The CWL Councils of St. Peter’s and Holy Trinity hosted 86 members and guest at the Victoria diocesan annual members’ meeting on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Holy Trinity’s parish hall.
After the bible enthronement, diocesan president, Laurel Phyall, conducted the business section of the meeting which included the instructed vote of the Constitution and Bylaws, the proposal to adopt Our Lady of Guadalupe and the motion to increase national’s per capita fees.
Nancy Simms, co-chairperson of the organizing committee for the national annual convention presented a video promoting the August 14-17 convention which will be held in Kelowna. For information on the convention, go to http://cwl.ca or http://bcyukoncwl.com.
Bishop Gary Gordon, diocesan spiritual advisor, Fr. Alfredo Monacelli, Holy Trinity’s Fr. Jozef Kobos and St. Edward’s Fr. Roger Poblete co-celebrated Mass. A ceremony to remember deceased members and spiritual advisors was followed by the re-affirmation of the diocesan executive.
After lunch, catered by Nanaimo’s Heaven-Scent Catering, the diocesan Freda Smith Memorial Bursary was awarded to Adelaide Waldie from the Church of the Ascension, Parksville. Bishop Gary complemented the CWL for the leadership it demonstrates and spoke about the Pope’s visit to Canada in July. Members thanked Fr. Alfredo’s for his five-years of spiritual guidance and President Laurel Phyall presented him with a parting gift.
Special guest speaker, national CWL president, Fran Lucas presented on her theme, Catholic and Living It! She encouraged everyone to think about reaching out to develop more personal connections with other faith communities. Using a quote from St. Vincent referencing few words and many deeds, and let them be done well, Fran invited everyone to think of concrete actions to take. She gave her own example of a working bee with a family from the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Edmonton to make 200 blue and yellow ribbon pins in support of Ukraine. Fran also held a Q&A with members on various topics including the decline in membership. She encouraged each member to invite at least one other woman to join the CWL.
Ann Devlin, chairperson of legislation at Our Lady of the Rosary in Victoria, presented her draft resolution, End Coercive Foreign Aid Now. Approved by the members, this resolution will now be presented at the BC & Yukon provincial AMM to be held June 17-18.
Door prizes were awarded and the winners of the gift baskets, created by Debbie Doyle of St. Peter’s CWL, were announced. Laurel thanked the host councils’ presidents, Marta Wright of St. Peter’s and Nora Loftus of Holy Trinity and presented them with bouquets.
The meeting concluded with the bible dethronement.
