WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Towards an ever wider “we” is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) which will be celebrated on the 26th of September 2021. An[...]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

On 25 August 2021, 107 women, 2 husbands, and Spiritual Advisors gathered in Arlington, Virginia (USA), for the 2021 WUCWO North America Region Conference with the theme, Make Me A Channel of[...]

First Anniversary of Fratelli tutti

This year we celebrate the first Anniversary of the Encyclical "Fratelli tutti", which was signed by Pope Francis in Assisi, Italy, on 3 October 2020.It proposes fraternity and social[...]

Art for Mediatation - September 2021

Albrecht Altdorfer, Ruhe auf der Flucht nach Ägypten, 1510, Cat. No. 638B© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg-P[...]

MONTHLY MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 2021

WUCWO President's message of SeptemberThe power of prayer and penanceDear friends,we have seen with horror the pictures of Afghan mothers throwing their children through barbed wire fences[...]

WEBINAR: The new pastoral style of Amoris laetitia

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE NEW PASTORAL STYLE OF AMORIS LAETITIAThe Embassy of France to the Holy See and the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) are organising, in line[...]

Africa Regional Conference 2021

The WUCWO Africa Region held the 10th edition of the Regional Conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 14 to 20 June 2021.Despite the many difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the[...]

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference 2021

The VII WUCWO Regional Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean was held virtually from 11 to 13 May 2021. The theme of the Conference was: “Catholic Women Leaders in Action for a[...]

Year of St Joseph

With the Apostolic Letter Patris corde (With a father's heart), Pope Francis reminds us of the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Church and, from[...]

10th January 2020: Private audience with the Holy Father

We thank Pope Francis for granting a private audience to the WUCWO authorities, María Lía Zervino and Andrea Ezcurra, servidoras, and Fr Gerard Whelan, SJ, who were received in his[...]