THE NEXT WUCWO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

in Dakar, Senegal, will be called:

WUCWO Women, Carriers of “living water”

to a world which thirsts for Peace

15 - 22 OCTOBER 2018

The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) was founded in 1910 and now represents nearly 100 Catholic women’s organisations worldwide, active in around 50 countries including all continents and some island states, representing more than eight (8) million Catholic women of every walk of life. WUCWO’s aim is to promote the presence, participation and co-responsibility of Catholic women in society and the Church, in order to enable them to fulfil their mission of evangelisation and to work for human development, particularly in increasing educational opportunities, poverty reduction and the advancement of human rights beginning with the fundamental right to life.

Final Declaration of the
World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations General Assembly 2014

The General Assembly of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) met in Fatima, Portugal 23-27 October 2014.  In light of the difficult world situation and encouraged by the inspiring words of Pope Francis,  nearly 500 women from 35 countries and 56 organisations worked and studied guided by the Assembly theme of Women of WUCWO: Sowers of Hope.

We resolved that:

2. The following resolutions were adopted:

Family:  WUCWO will encourage and support its member organisations and its representatives working at international fora to give priority to the urgent challenges facing the family and youth.

Human Trafficking:  WUCWO, its member organisations and its representatives at international fora will work individually and in network with other confessional and non-confessional related organisations to end the tragedy of human trafficking.

Dialogue for Peace and Tolerance:  WUCWO will create a climate of understanding and mutual respect to contribute to the achievement of peace around the world, cultivating and promoting a respectful dialogue with the world, with people from other Christian denominations and other religions, within the Catholic Church and among WUCWO’s member organisations.

Addiction Prevention for a Life With a Future: WUCWO shall promote through its member organisations the incorporation of prevention and elimination of alcohol and drug addictions in its action programs.

Prevention and Fight Against Corruption:  WUCWO, its member organisations and its International Representatives shall work with international bodies and national governments, communities and families, to eliminate corruption.

Right to Have Access to Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation: WUCWO member organisations shall encourage amongst its members good practices in the sustainable use of water and shall encourage governments to accomplish the same.

3. Women of WUCWO will continue in their efforts to pray and act to attain a world that is just and secure so that all persons everywhere can flourish and fulfil the mission for which they were created.

Homily of His Beatitude Fouad Twal

Openning Liturgy 6th October 2010

World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations

Dear Sisters in Christ of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organization, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Holy City of Jerusalem, and even to the Co-Cathedral of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Ever since meeting your President, Karen Hurley in Rome last year, I have very much desired to know you and your organization better. But even more than that, I have desired that the women of this diocese, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, might know you better, and that your sisterhood in Christ might help sustain the faith and mission of our women and families here. So, whereas it is always a great pleasure for me to welcome pilgrims here to the Holy Land, and indeed a sacred duty, there is a special joy that I have in welcoming you. Welcome!

EXPLANATION OF THE WUCWO LOGO

The WUCWO logo was created by a world renowned Mexican painter, Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo.

It depicts the following symbols:

The World: The place where the Christian acts and works so that the Evangelical values are lived: Peace, Justice, Solidarity, Mercy, Love.

The two hands of women, one white and another of color: The presence of the faith-filled woman contributing “Feminine Genius” to construct a more human world.

The dove with the olive branch: The peace that the world needs.

The Cross and the Crown: Jesus invites us to construct the Kingdom, bringing God to earth.

The WUCWO logo has in itself all the elements of WUCWO’s Mission: “To promote the presence, participation and coresponsibility of Catholic Women in Society and the Church in order to enable them to fulfill their Mission of Evangelization and to work for Human Development.”

According to WUCWO BYLAW V - THE SECRETARIAT

The Secretariat shall constitute the permanent working organ of WUCWO. It shall be organised in accordance with the requirements of the work of WUCWO, and it shall execute, under the direction of the officers of WUCWO, the decisions of the Assembly and the Board.

The Secretariat is here to help and support you. Never hesitate to ask about anything, we will always try to help!

Please note:

The Secretariat needs to be informed, preferably by e-mail, of any change of address, contact numbers and names of officers in organizations.

Lavinia Rocchi Carrera	Virginia Pastor Bayo	Maria Bruno	Mercè Alonso	María Lamas
Secretary General	Finance	Graphic design	Press and communication	Translations

 

Piazza di S. Calisto 16 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 0669887260 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	President General Mónica Santamarina
	Vice President General          Isabella Eunyoung Park
	Treasurer General                  Myriam García Abrisqueta
	Secretary General Lavinia Rocchi Carrera
	Ecclesiastical Assistant Father Marcelo Gidi Thumala, SJ
	ARGENTINA María Isabel Giménez Díaz
	AUSTRALIA Karen De Sousa
	CAMEROON Marie Salome Ngo Bibout Epse Biongla
	CANADA Barbara Dowding
	CUBA Mercedes Padrón Prada
	ESWATINI Doris Makhubu
	GHANA Cecilia Asobayire
	GUINEA Titi Kamano
	HUNGARY Borbala Csehne Vadnai
	INDIA Juliet Ramamurthy
	INDONESIA Justina Rostiawati
	MALAWI Lucy Joceylin Vokhiwa
	MALI Thérèse Arama Somboro
	MEXICO María de Lourdes Espinoza Rosas
	NIGERIA Mary Asibi Gonsum
	PHILIPPINES Clarita Adalem
	SENEGAL Beatrice Tavares Da Souza
	SOUTH AFRICA Veronica Malan-Lebona
	SPAIN Susana Fernández Guisasola
	TANZANIA Evaline Malisa Ntenga
	UGANDA Florence Namatta Mawejje
	UNITED KINGDOM Maureen Meatcher
	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Esohe Maria Asemota
	VENEZUELA María García De Fleury

International Organisations

ACISJF (International Catholic Association for Girls)

CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS: Stephanie MacGillivray

UISG: Sr. Caterina Ciriello