The Catholic Women's League of Canada

World Day of Peace
2026-01-01
World Day of Peace, celebrated on January 1, 2025, focuses on the theme Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace, chosen by Pope Francis. Linked to the Jubilee Year, the theme emphasizes hope, forgiveness and unity. The message, inspired by Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti, calls for lasting peace through personal and global change. Pope Francis urges Catholics to be disarmed in heart, foster forgiveness, selflessness and justice, turn anxiety into hope, and build a better world and true peace beyond human compromises. Members are urged to greet the New Year by joining the Holy Father in his prayer for forgiveness and peace.

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
2025-12-28

Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) (Holy Day of Obligation)
2025-12-25

Feast of the Holy Family
2025-12-22

International Human Solidarity Day
2025-12-20

Webinar - A Look at Migration: Opening Hearts and Minds
2025-12-18 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Chicago)
On the occasion of International Migrants Day, we invite you to join the webinar, organised by WUCWO’s Working Group Migrants and Refugees. The event aims to provide a comprehensive view of migration, not only from the perspective of migrants themselves but also from those who welcome them.
Together, we will listen to the voices of migrants and those who accompany them, exploring how faith, humanity, and solidarity can transform our communities. Through testimonies and reflections from Africa, Europe, and Latin America, this event will highlight the challenges and hopes that migration brings.
📅 Date: December 18
🕒 Time: 3:30 pm – 5 pm (Rome time)
🌐 Online
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UNRUKv8EQ1iMRxIEu7Mw5A#/registration

International Migrants Day
2025-12-18

Feast of St. John of the Cross
2025-12-15

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day)
2025-12-12
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12) honours the Virgin Mary’s apparitions to Juan Diego, an Indigenous convert. The Basilica in Mexico City, where his cloak with her image is preserved, is a major pilgrimage site. Pope John Paul II’s visit 25 years ago led to his apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America, calling for a new evangelization under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas. Members are invited to pray the attached prayer in joyful anticipation of Christ’s birth.

Human Rights Day
2025-12-10

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation)
2025-12-08

Feast of St. Ambrose
2025-12-07

Feast of St. Nicholas
2025-12-06

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
2025-12-06

Feast of St. Francis Xavier
2025-12-03

International Day of Persons with Disabilities
2025-12-03

The Start of Advent
2025-11-30
Advent is a season of joyful expectation” (GNLY, no 39). During Advent, each Sunday’s gospel focuses on a specific theme. Members are encouraged to prepare for the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year and Christmas through prayer, caring and sharing.

Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the King
2025-11-23

Memorial of the Presentation of Mary
2025-11-21

World Child Day / National Child Day
2025-11-20

CWL Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome
2025-11-19 - 2025-11-27
Pilgrimage Opportunity
The national executive is thrilled to announce a CWL Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome November 19-27, 2025, with travel agency Collette. This eight-day trip will be once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience your faith with your League sisters during the Jubilee Year with the theme Pilgrims of Hope. (The itinerary and fees are explained in the attached brochure.)
Space is limited to 44 pilgrims. Reserve your spot today by contacting:
Coreen Doucett
The Travel Agent Next Door
(416) 570-1918
cdoucett@thetravelagentnextdoor.com
or by using the online portal at https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1302083
A deposit of $698 per person is due upon reservation. Reservations are made on a first come, first served basis. Final payment is due by August 21, 2025. Deposits are refundable up until May 20, 2025.
We hope you will consider joining the national executive on this trip.

Please click below to learn more:
CWL Jubilee Year Pilgrimage

World Day of the Poor
2025-11-16
In his message for World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV calls on Christians to see the poor not merely as recipients of charity, but as protagonists of hope. Drawing on the Psalms and lived experiences of poverty, he emphasizes the need for “new initiatives to support and assist the poorest of the poor” during the jubilee year. He highlights that “Labour, education, housing and health are the foundations of a security that will never be attained by the use of arms.”

Coordinate a “blessing bag” outreach with essentials (toiletries, snacks, socks) to give to people in need.

Partner with a local soup kitchen or shelter for a volunteer day.

Hold a clothing or food drive, especially for winter items.

Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
2025-11-11

Remembrance Day
2025-11-11
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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Dedication of St John Lateran
2025-11-09

Webinar on Family Violence: Challenges and Opportunities for Catholics
2025-11-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Please click here to register:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6729961590716482656

Feast of Saint Martin de Porres
2025-11-03

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
2025-11-02
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
2025-11-01
“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.

D2L Brightspace Webinar
2025-10-28 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
A new learning webinar is available for members of the League to join. Presenters and members of the training team include Life Member Jacqueline Nogier, Quebec Chairperson of Social Justice Susan Kaller, and Kingston Diocesan Secretary Michelle Morrow.Please register through this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5198325400082299742
