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A former NCCW Province Director from Indianapolis, Ella Lenore (Sutherlin) Wagner, 90, went home to be with the Lord, her loving husband Richard ‘Dick’ Wagner and her daughter Pamela Johnson on March 21, 2024 surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 26, 1933 in Greencastle, Indiana to Minerva ‘Mae’ and Oral ‘Minner’ Sutherlin. She…

WUCWO UPDATE WUCWO NORTH AMERICA REGION CONFERENCE 2021 The WUCWO North America Region Conference was held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA on 24 August 2021, the day prior to the start of the NCCW Convention.  The day started with a breakfast offered by the hotel, and then attendees gathered in the meeting…

National Council of Catholic Women Celebrated 101 Years of Ministry and Service at Their 2020ne Convention NEWS PROVIDED BY National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Sept. 8, 2021 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2021 /Christian Newswire/ — The National Council of Catholic Women, founded on March 4, 1920, celebrated their 100th birthday this year, delayed by one year due…

For Immediate Release Washington, DC, August 24, 2020 — The National Council of Catholic Women publishes 100 Year History In 1920, there were more than 5,000 Catholic women’s organizations nationwide—organizations that would eventually become the first NCCW affiliates. The purpose, as described by the US Catholic bishops at its founding, was to give Catholic women…

Below, please find an email communique between our immediate past president Maribeth Stewart Blogoslawski, and WUCWO Lebanon Board Member Viviane Sebrini regarding the recent explosion in Beirut, with a message to the National Council of Catholic Women.  We continue to pray for the victims of this tragedy and their families. Dear Viviane, We are devastated…

Click here to access NCCW partner Cross Catholic’s video on the National Council of Catholic Women, presented at our 2019 convention.

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For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. March 2020 – The National Council of Catholic Women celebrates its 100th year with a centennial celebration in the Washington, D.C. area, a one hundred year commemorative history, and a vision for the future In the same year that American women earned the right to vote, the National Council of…

Access the Mother’s Day Remembrance Form here. MOTHER’S DAY 2020 Patient, loving, forgiving, friendly, kind and understanding.  Do these words bring to mind a woman or women in your life who gave you gifts of life, hope, faith, countless hugs and kisses, and life lessons upon which you rely to this day?  The National Council…

For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. January 2020 – The National Council of Catholic Women continues decades-long tradition of participating in the annual March for Life as it convenes January Board of Directors Meeting Active in the pro-life movement even prior to the infamous Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973, the National Council…

       USCCB Pastoral Letter on Racism

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For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. August 2019— Nearly 700 Catholic women from around the nation gathered in Atlanta to celebrate 99 years of service to the Church. This year’s theme, Caring for God’s Creation, showcased NCCW’s continuing efforts to address important needs of our times through spirituality, leadership and service. Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., was…

SUMMARY OF THE JUNE 2019 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN June 1-2, 2019    Washington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, D.C. Many had arrived the afternoon and evening of Friday, 31 May, while the Executive Committee met.  Greeting each other over supper, we had the pleasure of renewing…

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 2019 BOARD MEETING OF THE WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS (WUCWO)  16-22 MAY 2019  Rome, Italy   After settling into the hotel, I ventured out to locate our new WUCWO office which is now at Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, 28.  It was easy to find as it was just past…