From the left; Past Presidents Georgie Bruce-Smith (WA), Margaret (Peg) Mcentee OAM (NSW), Karyn Kammann (WA), Anne-Marie Clark (SA), and National President Valma Ivory (WA).) On Sunday 4 February, the Installation Mass for Catholic Women’s
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The New National Executive For 2018-2019
Back row: Treasurer Fran Mulcahy, Vice President Adele Parsons, Treasurer Maria Parkinson, Vice President Karyn Kammann. Front row:President Valma Ivory and National Chaplain Fr Jess Navarra.
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Bioethics Newsletter January 2018
Together with modern human cruelties, persecutions, abortion and genocide, the Holy Innocents remind us of the treasure of each created human life. We recognize the gift of life and, like Balaam’s donkey, will not be beaten anddriven down a godless path where life is cheap and disposable, where others‘ lives will be judged worthless by the more vocal and powerful in our own ambit. There were 10,421 abortions in Queensland in 2017, with 140 occurring at 20 weeks gestation. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians andGynaecologists issued a statement to the Queensland Government in relation to proposed legalisation of abortion. To view the newsletter please click below: CWLA Inc National Bioethics Newsletter January 2018[1] copy
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47th National Biennial Conference
Written by Carolyn Metcalfe The 47th National Biennial Conference of Catholic Women’s League Australia Inc, was held at the Novotel Sydney Parramatta Hotel from the 22nd to the 24th September 2015. 230 delegates attended
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Brief History of WUCWO
“Feminine holiness is indispensable in the life of the Church…” Blessed John Paul II, Message to the WUCWO General Assembly, Rome, 2001 The International Union of Catholic Women’s League (IUCWL), renamed the World Union of
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47th National Biennial Conference – Program
22nd-24th September 2015 Novotel Sydney Parramatta, NSW This is to give you more information about our National Conference. Just a reminder to get your accommodation bookings in early with the Novotel. If anyone needs a
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Greetings from New York
It is cold here and there is a fair bit of snow on the ground. We’ve caught up with the other WUCWO women and discussed CSW, current trends and what is being promoted. There have
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47th Biennial National Conference – “Listen with the Heart”
Tuesday 22nd September – Thursday 24th September 2015 Novotel Hotel, Parramatta The Catholic Women’s League are incredibly blessed to be able to hold their Biennial conference in an area with such deep roots of Catholic
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Surrogacy: wanted children, unwanted child
Written by Dr Deirdre Little, National Bioethics Convenor A little boy, commissioned by his parents and abandoned when he disappointed them, has brought a focus to many issues. Babies paid for under surrogacy contracts