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2009 VDCCW FALL BOARD MEETING WAS GREAT!

Dear Ladies, 

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           "This little light of mine, I'm going to make it shine!" rang through the Hall of St. Peter the Apostle in Naples Friday October 9, as many returning National CCW'ers meet as their Diocesan Board.  Fifty members of VDCCW attended NCCW in Jacksonville and there was a nice assembly of Board Officers preparing for the year ahead here in Venice Diocese.  

            The four Deanery Directors presented their plan for the upcoming year.  We hope you will attend their Fall Deanery Day Celebrations.  Central Deanery, "FALLing in Love with your CCW" shall present a Carousel of Commissions and Brenda Dolan, 2nd VP has contacted all the New Presidents to arrange to attend one of their board or general meetings sometime during the year.  

             Northern Deanery has over 1000 women represented by 10 affiliations and the largest Deanery in the VDCCW.  They have held a few networking and executive board meetings which helped filled in board vacancies and their theme, "Serving with Mercy" shall focus upon the homeless and homebound, commencing with guest speaker, Father Phillip from India.  They plan to give out free Catholic Women magazines and hope to inspire all to sign up for NCCW individual membership.  

              Southern Deanery has their Fall Deanery Day November 20 with guest speaker Janet Mitchell, Voice Editor, "Unpacking Leadership gifts".

               Eastern Deanery will be hosted at St. James on "One Faith, One Lord of All, One God, Father of us All."  

               All Deaneries embrace this year as the "Year of the Priest" and are celebrating the special year in various ways.  

                Mass for the VDCCW Board members was concelebrated by Father Tim Nevin and visiting Father Campbell from Miami.  We were also personally greeted by Father Gerard Critch, Administrator during our luncheon feast presented by Crisper Salads of Naples.

               We've returned from NCCW in Jax loaded with enthusiasm and great ideas from National.  Returning from Nationals, we congratulate our new FCCW President, Marianne Torgler from our Diocese!  Here is what 900 CCW women look like at a National Convention!

 

              The new improved FALL VOICE is here!       

AROUND THE DIOCESE: 

November 20   Southern Deanery Fall Meeting                     St. William

SAVE THE DATE: Diocese of Venice Closing Mass/Celebration, December 5th @ 11:00am

 

The Diocese of Venice is having the closing Mass/celebration for the 25th anniversary on Saturday, December 5th at 11am at Epiphany, with a small reception following.

If you have banners, bring them as well!

If you have any questions please call Mary Campo at 941-441-1117.
 

January 16       VDCCW Retreat                                          OLPH, Venice

February 16     VDCCW Winter Board Meeting                     Holy Cross, Palmetto

February 20     VDCCW Women of Faith/Action                   Bishop Verot HS, Ft.Myers 
$25 pp includes box lunch.  Speaker, Helen Alvarez who worked with USCCB for many years.  Confessions shall be eard during lunch time.  There will be vendors and raffle tickets.  Father Miguel will be the Master of Ceremonies.

February 27     Eastern Deanery Board Meeting                     Queen of Heaven  LaBelle

March 4            Northern Deanery Board Meeting                   St. Raphael - Englewood

March 6            Southern Deanery Spring Meeting                  St. Peter the Apostle

March 9-11      Catholic Days at the Capitol                              Tallahassee

March 13          Leaven Conference                                         Sarasota

March 18          Northern Deanery Spring Meeting                  St. Raphael - Englewood

March 20          Eastern Deanery Spring Meting                      St. Paul - Arcadia

March 27          Central Deanery Board Meeting                      St. Columkille 

April 17            Central Deanery Spring Meeting                     St. Columkille

April 23            VDCCW Board Meeting                                   St. Catherine - Sebring

April 24            1 Day Convention                                           St. Catherine - Sebring

Yours in Christ, Marilyn Bogen, VDCCW President

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2009 MESSAGE FROM PATTY JOHNSON, NCCW PRESIDENT
fyi a message from your President, Patty Johnson Number 2 – November 2009   I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus.  For in union with Christ you have been richly endowed with every gift.  ...

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KNOW & WRITE YOUR LEGISLATORS!  by Barbara Chamberlain
Having served for the past six years as the Legislative Commissioner and Respect Life Leader at both Affiliation and Deanery levels, one of the most important roles of the Legislation Commission is to inspire you to write your Legislators about bringing our Catholic gospel values to ...

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DO YOU NEED A SPECIAL OCCASION CARD SENT TO A LOVED ONE?
Thank–you to everyone who has contributed to the Seminarian Fund in the past. To clear up any confusion for our new members, the donation cards are sent to the requestor so the requestor can send the card along to the intended. Donation cards can be Memorial Cards, Birthday Cards, Get Well ...

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PHOTOS FROM CATHOLIC DAYS AT THE CAPITOL 2009!
The Bishops' Bus started at North Fort Myers where people from as far away as Naples meet it at 6 am!  (For those of you doing the math, it meant they had to get up around 3:30 am if they had already packed!!!)  Then, the bus stopped at  Port Charlotte and then on to Venice and Bradenton!  After a sleepy bus ride (for me, at least) , we arrived at our luncheon location, a beautiful picnic area where we could absorb some of our great Florida weather and the day was just perfect with a light balmy breeze!

We checked in at our hotel around 2:30 and then back onto the bus for briefing of the issues at hand.
We had a lovely reception and some night owls went out on the town after that!  The next day we met with our respective Representatives and Senators, saw the historic tour of the Old Capitol and met Governor Charlie Crist and Lt. Governor, Jeff Kottkamp.  We met mostly with success and then had a great luncheon with the Florida Catholic Conference where our own Deacon Pat Macauley received a special award and plaque.  I think he was surprised!

We attended the Red Mass , where Bishop Frank Dewane was homilist, and attended a reception afterwards at the Co-Cathedral in Tallahassee.  All remarked how well Jeanne Berdeaux and Marina Kopko organized the trip.  We didn't lose anyone!  We had a record number!  Plan to go next year if you can!

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Father Joe is the first to send his pictures in!  Send your pictures in to webmaster's email
Wow!  Wasn't that Three-Day Convention great!  Kudos to Dolores Garvis and Betty Galvano for Co-Chairing and to Joyce Maenpaa, Immediate Past-President and Pat Consolmagno, Parliamentarian, too!
Father Joe's pictures arrived today.  Here is a sneak preview!

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VDCCW attends LAKE YALE symposium July 2009!
Some twenty-seven women from the Diocese of Venice Council of Catholic Women attended the Lake Yale symposium that is offered by Orlando Diocese every year.  We had about twenty-seven women from the four Deaneries present and all Deaneries were represented.  We hope more will attend next year!

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NCCW JACKSONVILLE!
For those of you who were able to go, wasn't it grand?  Pictures from Father Joe and Barbara Chamberlain shall be posted here soon!

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VDCCW Retreat January 16, 2010 at OLPH
Here is the schedule of activities for the day: 9:00am-9:30am Continental breakfast, 9:30am-11:00am Prayer and talk by Father J.J. McCarthy(who is supposed to be wonderful). 11:00am-Noon Confessions will be held. Noon: Lunch 1:00pm: Talk by Father J.J. McCarthy 2:00pm Mass in ...

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HUNDREDS FLOCK TO MEET DAVID BEREIT, 40 DAYS FOR LIFE FOUNDER, IN SARASOTA!
November 2, 2008 was a beautiful Fall day in Southwest Florida when we all gathered to pray for the elimination of abortions in America and throughout the World!  The West wind was gently and warmly swirling around and with each swirl more people gathered just about 3 p.m. that afternoon to meet the gentleman and his family who have travelled extensively throughout the United States praying for the elimination of abortions in America and the World.  Myself, I've been following David Bereit for the past three years, receiving all his emails and perpetuating them along to my like-minded friends calling out to the Interfaith in support of 40 DAYS FOR LIFE.  Over three hundred people shared God's love, mingled in solidarity and vowed to unite for the cause!  This year, David managed to gather up 179 communities across America to celebrate his 40 DAYS Fall campaign.
In his first visit to Sarasota, the Venice community was there to greet and meet him and congratulate him on his efforts.  Hundreds more were at home or in their respective churches praying for the success of this movement and the total elimination of abortions.  
Bishop Frank Dewane, Bishop of Venice; David Whitmire, Chapter Leader for Bound4LifeSRQ, http://www.bound4life.com, along with Jeanne Berdeaux, Respect Life Director for Venice Diocese, http://www.dovrespectlife.org,  were among the cast of stars speaking a voice for the voiceless, praying for the unborn, and offering hope for a future void of abortions.  We all hope and join in prayer that God, in His Infinite Mercy, shall rid us of the intrinsic evil of abortion soon.

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HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE WITH FATHER BRYAN FINERTY, February 1-10, 2010.
Father Bryan Finerty's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, February 1-10, 2010! Fr. Bryan at his Jubilee Mass! Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Father Bryan Finerty!  Even in ...

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OUR LADY OF PEACE AND GOOD VOYAGE  IS BLESSED AT ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE.
The original statue was carved and blessed in Acapulco Mexio and from there the new Governor General of the Philippines took it to Manila in 1626 aboard the El Almirante, where it was placed in the Jesuit church of San Ignacio.  Upon the governor's death, the JEsuits became custodians of ...

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