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A three-member delegation representing more than 63,000 members of the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League nationwide brought their concerns on national issues to Parliament Hill.

Terry Murphy is the fifth generation in her family to serve as part of the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League at St. Andrew������Ƶapp Parish in Oakville, Ont.

The Notre Dame de Lorette Council of The Catholic Women������Ƶapp League (CWL) has been honoured by the province of Manitoba with the Premier������Ƶapp Volunteer Service Award.

Newly elected Catholic Women������Ƶapp League president Fran Lucas has a long list of hopes and dreams for Canada������Ƶapp largest women������Ƶapp organization, but the most immediate item on her wish list is “to come back to something as close as possible to the normal we once knew.”

When Ann Konkel stepped into the chapel at St. Joseph������Ƶapp Healthcare Hamilton for a Mass commemorating her 106th birthday this summer, she was moved to tears. Due to COVID-19 it was the first time she had attended a church service in over a year.

A century ago this month, on June 1, 1921, about 400 women from across Canada gathered at Columbus Hall in Toronto for the first national convention of the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League. The First World War had ended just two and a half years earlier. Arthur Meighen was prime minister, George V was still on the throne and Canada — 8.7-million strong — was a month away from its 54th birthday.

As the newest and youngest member of the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League (CWL) at St. Anthony������Ƶapp Parish in Bloomfield, P.E.I., Joanie Chislett hopes to carry the rich legacy of the organization forward to future generations.

Like countless generations of women in her family, Olga Ciaravella spends her evenings quietly crocheting prayer shawls for those in need.

Like much of the nation, the best-laid plans of the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League have been set aside by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA – Changes may be coming to the controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation requirement, concluded a delegation from the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League after a series of meetings on Parliament Hill.

While strongly endorsing the mission and work of Development and Peace, the Catholic Women������Ƶapp League is asking its parish councils to hold off on sending funds to the organization as Canada������Ƶapp bishops continue to investigate D&P������Ƶapp project partners.

OTTAWA – The Catholic Women������Ƶapp League (CWL), Canada������Ƶapp largest women������Ƶapp organization, resolved Aug. 13 to continue its opposition to the Canada Summer Jobs attestation.

Chimene Boyce ran away from home at 15 and spent years living on the streets. She has some simple advice for people wanting to help the homeless.

OTTAWA - The Catholic Women������Ƶapp League is raising concerns about the impact Canada������Ƶapp new transgender law will have on freedom of religion and speech.

OTTAWA – The Catholic Women������Ƶapp League (CWL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) have condemned the Global TV mini-series Mary Kills People about a doctor who illegally euthanizes consenting patients.