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This is our home on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about DCCW. Please take a moment to visit the Home Page, About Us and and our News page for featured articles. We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates!
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Everyone woman might offer this prayer
DIOCESAN OPPORTUNITIES
"FUTURE EVENTS FOR CATHOLIC WOMEN and MEN IN THE DIOCESE" See main article for more details.
NCCW MISSION STATEMENT
The National Council of Catholic women acts through its affiliated membership to support, empower and educate all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service. NCCW programs respond with Gospel values to the needs of the Church
Community Service Projects/CommissionsHave you given to your local food shelf lately?? How about Operation Rice Bowl for Catholic Relief Services. In the back of your local parish church you may find a place to make a contribution.
Our Organization's History
The National Council of Catholic Woman was founded in 1919, at the call of the American Catholic Bishops. The St. Cloud Diocesan Council of Catholic Women was established under the guidance of Bishop Peter W. Bartholome in 1953.
Welcome New Members
We need to renew our commitment to Christ with all with whom we come into contact and we can do that by being active in the Council of Catholic Women. You can do that by attending /joining your local parish woman's group.
RESOLUTIONS 2011-2012
ST. CLOUD DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN MISSION STATEMENT The St. Cloud Diocesan Council of Catholic Women acts through it’s affiliated organizations and individual members to support, empower and educate all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service.
Fun, Food, and Fund Day
Plan are being made for the Fun, Food and Fund day to be hosted by St. Martin in the Cold Spring Deanery. Irene Burg, President St. Martin and Cheryl Weller, President, Cold Spring Deanery. The date has been set for June 14, 2012.
MINNESOTA FOR MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
Talking Points for Regional Coordinators, District Leaders and Church Captains Always direct people to the Minnesota For Marriage campaign Web site to learn more about the effort to protect marriage in Minnesota and to sign up to volunteer. Visit www.MinnesotaForMarriage.com
DCCW Scholarship
Chair of DCCW Scholarship is Karen St. Marie ..
DCCW Retreat
DCCW Retreat Little Falls Deanery Holy Family -Belle Prairie March 17, 2012.
2011-2012 DCCW Officers and Commission chairs
DCCW Officers and Commission Chairs welcome your questions and comments.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
By: Jean Hopfer This is my first report, having been appointed Public Relations Chair in October 2011. ...
PRESIDENT'S LETTER
DCCW PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Arleen Roelike 26483 350th St., Freeport, MN 56331 #320-836-2196, 320-282 9941 aroelike@csbsju.edu ...
Province
Upcoming convention June 19-20, Grand Rapids "Love in Action" more info after Feb. 20th
DCCW Treasurer "Where does the money go??
Note from DCCW Treasurer
Historian
HISTORIAN By:Ellen Zipp
MELROSE/SAUK CENTRE Deanery Newsletter
New updated newsletter expected soon!!!
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
Marriage Protection Amendment (Summer 2012) The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) coordinates the Catholic Church’s lobbying and public policy activities at the State Legislature on behalf of the bishops of Minnesota. .
LITTLE FALLS NEWSLETTER
PLAN NOW to attend the Council of Catholic Women’s Spring Retreat on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Holy Family Parish in Belle Prairie. The theme of the retreat is “The Holiness of Marriage & Family”.
FUTURE CONVENTIONS
DCCW Sept. 15, 2012 Melrose/Sauk Centre Deanery St. Mary of Mt Carmel, Long Prairie and National, Sept.19-22 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Annual Diocesan Catholic Women Convention
Convention is set for Sept. 15th at St. Mary of Mt Carmel, Long Prairie, Melrose/Sauk Centre Deanery.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONNATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN CONFERENCE REPORT by Irene Schmidt, Past DCCW President
LITURGICAL YEAR/CALENDAR
The Liturgical Year/Calendar
CHURCH COMMUNITY
CHURCH COMMISSION REPORT By: Linda Christen Why Should we go to mass? Baptism and the Our Father are explored.
LEGISLATIVE
By: . Joanne Lahr STAND UP FOR MARRIAGE In less than a year, Minnesotans will have the opportunity to vote for a constitutional amendment on the general election ballot asking voters:
Homily by Father Gregory Lieser "Our Father"
MODERATOR’S HOMILY by Father Greg Lieser OUR FATHER (The Lord's Prayer)
Father Mathew Kuhn, Keynote DCCW Convention
Notes from Fr. Kuhn keynote address: Keynote Address Mary, Martha, and Mary We are going to meditate today on the spirituality, service, and leadership of three prominent women in the life of Christ; our Blessed Mother, Mary, and the sisters of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. ...
COMMUNITY CONCERNS
By: Mary Jo Ruhland LENTEN 40 DAYS FOR LIFE TO BEGIN: FEBRUARY 22, 2012 - APRIL 1, 2012 January 22, 2012....the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade when abortion was made legal in our country - The United States of America. ...
ORGANIZATION/INFORMATION TECHNICAN/WEBMASTER
By: Julie Moorhead-Miller ORGANIZATION COMMISSION/ VICE PRESIDENT WEB MASTER/INFO. TECH. Good communication and publicity is vital to any organization. We lead such busy lives and we don’t have time or the desire to go to meetings. How then should we communicate?
INTERNATIONAL
by Mary Lou Kasella INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS COMMISSION REPORT
FAMILY
By: Betty Werner Get ready to pay. This morning President Obama called New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to break the news. Secretary of Health and Human Services and pro-abortion Catholic Kathleen Sebelius just announced that the proposed mandate requiring all insurance plans to ...
FAIR TRADE COFFEE
A good way to help the missions in 3rd world countries is to buy fair trade items including coffee. To help us do that in our families and parishes; DCCW International Concerns commission chair, Karen St. Marie provided us with a list...
International Projects/donations
PURPOSE OF PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY NCCW & CRS
COLD SPRING DEANERY
Cheryl Weller: #320-346-2710 cwanne@yahoo.com
FERGUS FALLS/WADENA DEANERY
By: Eva Koep: Not too long ago everyone received a newsletter from the St. Cloud Diocesan Council of Catholic women.
MELROSE/SAUK CENTRE DEANERY
by Gloria Roelike As we begin a new year, I pray that 2012 will be a new beginning for the Melrose/Sauk Centre Deanery.
ST. CLOUD DEANERY
By: Doris Guemmer & Mary Alice Tomporowski
Diocesan Annual Convention Reports..St. Michael's, Sept. 2011
Annual Convention Reports by Commission chairs