The Catholic Women's League of Canada

World Mental Health Day
2025-10-10
October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Many of us will experience a mental health challenge at some point in life. Regardless of the struggles we face in our lives, and indeed because of them, we are all welcomed and valued in the eyes of the Lord. We pray that ministries will help build communities of warmth and care where those who face mental health challenges will, in the words of Pope Francis, “find support and a light that opens them up to life.”

International Day of the Girl Child
2025-10-11

Webinar: Conversation in the Spirit for young adults
2025-10-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Youth Conversations in the Spirit

Can you imagine a spiritual encounter with young people from all over the world?
We invite you to take part in a Conversation in the Spirit for young adults. It will be a space of encounter, spirituality, active listening, and discernment, where you can share your experiences and dreams with young people from different cultures and realities. An opportunity to pause, open your heart, and let yourself be guided by the Spirit, building together communities where your voice is truly heard.
Don’t miss this unique encounter!
📅 Date: October 11
🕒 Time: 18:00 – 20:00 (Rome Time)
🌐 Online
👥 Public: Young people between 18 and 35 years old
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nZpaI36zTvGAFvO7j8F1tQ#/registration

Feast Day of St. Carlos Acutis
2025-10-12

Thanksgiving
2025-10-13
“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…”

Feast Day of Saint Teresa of Avila
2025-10-15

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
2025-10-17

Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
2025-10-17

Persons Day
2025-10-18

Feast Day of Saint Luke (the Evangelist)
2025-10-18

World Mission Sunday
2025-10-19
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.

Purple Thursday
2025-10-19
People are encouraged to wear purple to show support for survivors of domestic violence and raise awareness about “the intersection between brain injury and interpersonal violence.” The colour purple symbolizes courage, peace and survival, and wearing it helps to show survivors they are not alone and that a supportive community exists for them.

Feast Day of Saint John Paul II
2025-10-22

Feast Day of Saint John of Capistrano
2025-10-23

Feast Day of Saint Anthony Mary Claret
2025-10-24

National Religious Freedom Day
2025-10-27

Feast Day of Saints Simon and Jude (Apostles)
2025-10-28

D2L Brightspace Webinar
2025-10-28 14:00 - 15:00
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

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.

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.

Feast of Saint Martin de Porres
2025-11-03

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

Dedication of St John Lateran
2025-11-09

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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Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
2025-11-11

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.

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 Child Day / National Child Day
2025-11-20

Memorial of the Presentation of Mary
2025-11-21

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