The Catholic Women's League of Canada

Start of Advent
2024-12-01
“Advent has a two-fold nature: It prepares us for Christmas, when we recall Christ’s first coming among us, and it is also a time when we look forward to his second coming at the end of the ages. Advent is a season of joyful expectation” (GNLY, no 39). During Advent, each Sunday’s gospel focuses on a specific theme. The Old Testament readings, especially from Isaiah, prophesy about the Messiah and messianic times, while the Apostles’ writings offer exhortations and instructions related to the season (Ordo). Members are encouraged to prepare for the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year and Christmas through prayer, caring and sharing.

World Day of Youth
2024-11-24

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
2024-11-24

The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2024-11-21

World Child Day / National Child Day
2024-11-20

World Day of the Poor
2024-11-17

Remembrance Day
2024-11-11
Remembrance Day: Canadians “pause in silence to remember those who died in war and to pray for the victims of aggression and inhumanity throughout the world. It is a day to pray for peace and to consider what we are doing as individuals, as a community and as a nation to bring God’s peace into the world.” This is a day when a believing community should rededicate itself by prayer and action to the ideals Jesus gives us in the Beatitudes (Ordo 2023-2024) Members are invited to pause and pray the attached prayer in remembrance.

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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
2024-11-02
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on November 2nd is a day of remembrance and prayer for the faithful departed—relatives, friends and all who are no longer living.

All Saints’ Day
2024-11-01
“The Christian meaning of death is revealed in the light of the Paschal Mystery of the Death and Resurrection of Christ in whom resides our only hope. The Christian who dies in Christ Jesus is ‘away from the body and at home with the Lord’ (2 Cor 5:8)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1681). Catholics observe the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1st, recalling the lives of many saints for whom there is no specific feast day.

National Religious Freedom Day
2024-10-27

Day of Prayer for Peace (Province of Quebec)
2024-10-27

Women's Participation in a Synodal Church in Mission Webinar
2024-10-24 06:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York)
World Women’s Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations is hosting an upcoming webinar which you may be interested to attend. Below is the link to register for free.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iXCkg_3YTpC7SaLEF8vl3A#/registration

World Mission Sunday
2024-10-20
Catholics worldwide are invited to pray for and give on World Mission Sunday, observed the second last Sunday in October. Organized by the Pontifical Missions Society, the funds collected assist approximately 1,250 mission dioceses globally. Pastors and pastoral workers are invited to encourage a missionary spirit among all people of God, promote missionary vocations, and collaborate spiritually and materially in the church’s mission work, including support for all the dioceses in Canada’s northern regions (Ordo). Members are urged to respond by donating and by praying for missionaries who have responded to God’s call in this special way.

Persons Day
2024-10-18

Synodal Experiences: Signs of Hope Webinar
2024-10-17 06:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York)
World Women’s Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations is hosting an upcoming webinar which you may be interested to attend. Below is the link to register for free.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O-tbrP6NQC2Gp4TEkCIkhA#/registration

World Food Day
2024-10-16

St. Marie-Marguerite D’Youville (Memorial)
2024-10-16

Thanksgiving
2024-10-14
“The bountiful produce of the earth is a visible sign of the many blessings God wants to shower on us through Christ. Our God also wants us to share the goods of the earth with all people” (Ordo).

Thanksgiving Day, as well as World Food Day (October 16), are occasions to give thanks but also to remember the issue of hunger in the world, remembering Christ’s words: “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink…”

International Day of the Girl Child
2024-10-11

Meet the Staff Webinar
2024-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
An opportunity to meet the staff. A 30-minute introduction to staff will be followed by a 20-minute breakout with individual staff members to ask questions and understand their duties more fully. A final 10 minute large group Q&A will end the session. Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7581371709122549336

Our Lady of the Rosary (Memorial)
2024-10-07

Our Lady of the Rosary Webinar
2024-10-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Members are invited to the Our Lady of the Rosary Webinar, a time of prayer and reflection ushering in World Rosary Day on October 7th in preparation for the event of grace of Jubilee 2025 with:

· Shari Guinta, National President
· Bishop Wayne Lobsinger, National Spiritual Advisor
· Rolande Chernichan, National Chairperson of Faith

on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. CDT.

Register for the webinar at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4997692007285059414

St. Francis of Assisi (Memorial)
2024-10-04

National Seniors Day/ International Day of Older Persons
2024-10-01

St. Therese of the Child Jesus (Memorial)
2024-10-01

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day)
2024-09-30
In his pilgrimage to Canada in July 2022, Pope Francis described his apostolic journey to Canada as a “penitential pilgrimage.” He began his message at Maskwacis by saying, “I have come to your native lands to tell you in person of my sorrow, to implore God’s forgiveness, healing and reconciliation, to express my closeness and to pray with you and for you.”
The Catholic Women’s League of Canada is committed to healing and reconciliation, expressed by its document of resources titled “Walking Together with Indigenous Catholic Women.” Members are encouraged to pray the attached prayer and to express their solidarity.

World Day of Migrants and Refugees
2024-09-29
Each year, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) asks Catholics worldwide to remember those displaced by conflict and persecution. God walks with his people is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for his message for WDMR, which will be celebrated on September 29th. The Holy Father reminds us that “all of us, God’s people, are migrants on this earth, on our way to the ‘true homeland’, the Kingdom of Heaven.” Members are invited to pray for migrants and refugees and all displaced persons, mindful of the corporal works of mercy, which are tangible ways of being united with their suffering.

Voices and faces at the threshold of the Synod Webinar
2024-09-26 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
There is a webinar being hosted on Thursday, September 26th by the WUCWO School for Synodality on the “Voices and faces at the threshold of the Synod”. Please click the link below to register for this informative event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ct8pBih9SwKvQhUKXCm2Yg#/registration

St. Jean de Brebeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, priests and Companion Martyrs
2024-09-26

National Communications Plan Webinar
2024-09-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
You are welcome to attend a free webinar on September 24th, 2024 at 6:00 PM CDT. Click here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5234663151067613022
Join National Secretary-Treasurer Dorothy Johansen as she discusses the new national communication plan and the steps the national board has taken to strengthen communications throughout the League.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
