What does WUCWO mean to me?
What does WUCWO mean to me?
What does WUCWO mean to me?
What does WUCWO mean to me?
What does WUCWO mean to me?

WUCWO Logo

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.”

WUCWO Secretariat

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

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International Representatives

United Nations New York

Maribeth Stewart Blogoslawski

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UNESCO Paris

Adela González

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United Nations Geneva

Adelina Viteri

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FAO Rome

Maria Angela Giorgi Cittadini

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Council of Europe Strasbourg

Maureen Meatcher

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Board Members

Board Roma 2024

	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

North America

Country	Organisation	E-mail	Web Page
Canada	The Catholic Women's League of Canada	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.cwl.ca
	Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Canada	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ucwlc.ca
	Sisters of Providence	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	http://sistersofprovidence.ca/
United States of America	Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	https://kofpc.org
United States of America	National Council of Catholic Women	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.nccw.org

Latin America and the Caribbean

Country	Organisation	E-mail	Web Page
Argentina	Acción Católica Argentina	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.accioncatolica.org.ar
	Asociación Argentina de Cultura	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Asociación Civil Presente	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Liga de Madres de Familia	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ligademadres.com.ar
	Misiones Rurales Argentinas	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.misionesrurales.org.ar
Cuba	Grupo de Mujeres de Holguin	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cuba	Movimiento Diocesano de Mujeres Católicas	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Guatemala	Asociación Damas Católicas	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jamaica	Catholic Women's League	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mexico	Asociación Mexicana para la Superación Integral de la Familia. A.C (AMSIF)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.amsif.org.mx
Mexico	Unión Femenina Católica Mexicana	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Venezuela	Acción Católica de Venezuela	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.accioncatolica.com.ve
Venezuela	Fundación para los Derechos de la Mujer Latinoamericana (FUNDEMUL)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Europe

Country	Organisation	E-mail	Web Page
Austria	Katholische Frauenbewegung Österreichs K.F.B.O.	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.kfb.at
Czech Republic	Union Katolischer Frauen (UKZ)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
France	Action Catholique des Femmes (ACF)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	actioncatholiquedesfemmes.org
France	Femina Europa	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.femina-europa.org
Germany	Katolische Frauengemeinschaft Deutschlands (KFD)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Katolischer Deutscher Frauenbund (KDFB)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.frauenbund.de
	Verein Katolischer Deutscher Lehrerinnen (VKDL)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Greece	Association of Greek Catholic Women	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hungary	KALÁSZ - Association of Catholic Women and Girls	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ujkalasz.hu
Italy	Associazione Donne in Vaticano	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.donneinvaticano.org
	Azione Cattolica Italiana	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.azionecattolica.it
	ACLI - Associazioni Cristiane Lavoratori Italiani	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.acli.it
	Casa de Procura del Instituto de Hermanas de la Sagrada Familia de Urgell	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Centro Italiano Femminile	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.cifnazionale.it
	Convegni di Cultura Beata Maria Cristina di Savoia	convegni.f@gmail.com	www.convegnidicultura.com
	Movimento Nazionale Donne UCID (Unione Cristiana Imprenditori Dirigenti)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ucid.it
Malta	Catholic Action, Women's Branch	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Netherlands	Netwerk Katholieke Vrouwen (NKV)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.unkv.online
Poland	Catholic Women Association of Poland (PZKK)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Slovak Republic	Slovak Catholic Union	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Spain	Acción Católica General de Adultos de España	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.accioncatolicageneral.es
	Adoración Nocturna Femenina de España	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Asociación Católica de Propagandistas	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.acdp.es
	Acción Social Empresarial (ASE)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.somosase.es
	Manos Unidas	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.manosunidas.org
Switzerland	Schweizerischer Katolischer Frauenbunf (SKF)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.frauenbund.ch
Switzerland	Unione Femminile Cattolica Ticinese	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.unionefemminile.ch
United Kingdom	Catholic Women's League of England and Wales	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	https://catholicwomensleaguecio.org.uk/
	Catholic Women Organisation Aberdeen	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Federation of Polish Catholic Women's Organizations Abroad	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	National Board of Catholic Women	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.nbcw.co.uk
	Pencils for all	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.pencilsforall.org
	The Association of Catholic Women	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Union of Catholic Mothers	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.theucm.co.uk

International Organisations	E-mail	Web Page
Association Mondiale des Anciennes du Sacré-Cœur (AMASC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Société des Filles du Cœur de Marie (SFCM)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	filles-du-coeur-de-marie.cef.fr

Asia-Pacific

Country	Organisation	E-mail	Web Page
Australia	Catholic Women's League Australia	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	https://cwla.com.au/
Fiji Islands	Catholic Women's League Fiji	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
India	Council of Catholic Women of India	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ccwi.org.in
Indonesia	Wanita Katolik Republik Indonesia	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.dpp-wanitakatolik-ri.com
Japan	The National Catholic Women's League of Japan	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.ncwlf-jp.com
Lebanon	The Pastoral Woman’s Committee	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
New Zealand	Catholic Women's League of New Zealand	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.cwl.org.nz
Philippines	Catholic Women's League Philippines	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
South Korea	Catholic Women's Organizations of Korea	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tonga	Catholic Women's League of Tonga	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Africa

Country	Organisation	E-mail	Web Page
Burundi	Association des Femmes Catholiques du Burundi	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cameroon	Association Ekoan Maria	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Association des Dames Apostoliques du Cameroun (ADAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Catholic Women's Association (CWA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Les Mamans du Monastère	mamansmonasterinternational@yahoo.com
	Ligue des Femmes Catholiques	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
D. R. Congo	Branche Féminine Bondeko	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
D. R. Congo	Collectif Alpha Ujuvi	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.alphaujuvi.org
Côte d'Ivoire	Association des Femmes de l'Église Catholique de Côte d'Ivoire	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Eswatini	Council of Catholic Women (CCW)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Gabon	Association des Femmes Catholiques du Gabon	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ghana	National Catholic Women's Association (NCWA)
Ghana	National Council of Catholic Women of Ghana (NCCW)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Guinea	Association des Femmes Catholiques de l'Archidiocèse de Conakry (ADFCAC)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kenya	The Kenya National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Liberia	National Council of Catholic Women of Liberia (NCCWO)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Madagascar	Union Nationales des Organisations Féminines Catholiques à Madagascar	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Malawi	Catholic Women's Association (CWA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mali	Association des Femmes Catholiques du Mali	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Namibia	Namibian Catholic Women's Movement	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nigeria	Ladies of St. Mulumba	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Catholic Women Organisation Nigeria (CWON)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	www.cwonigeria.org
	National Confraternity of Catholic Christian Mothers	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	The Ladies Auxiliary of Knights of St. John International (LSJI)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Zumunta Mata Katolika, Nigeria (ZMKN)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Senegal	Association Entraide des Femmes Catholiques du Sénégal (AEFCS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Coordination des Unions Diocésaines des Associations Féminines Catholiques du Sénégal (CUDAFCS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Mouvement des Femmes Catholiques du Sénégal	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
South Africa	Catholic Women's League (CWLSA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
South Africa	St. Anne Sodality	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tanzania	Wanawake Wakatoliki Tanzania (WAWATA)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Togo	Féderation des Organisations Féminines Catholiques de Togo (FOFCATO)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Uganda	Uganda Catholic Women's Organisation	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Zambia	National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Member Organisations

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Africa | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Latin America and the Caribbean | North America

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Centenary Declaration

The World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations

Centenary General Assembly
Jerusalem, 2010

The members of the World Union of Catholic Women‟s Organisations (WUCWO), representing sixty nations from around the globe, meeting at the Centenary General Assembly in Jerusalem, and on pilgrimage in the environs of the Holy Land in October 2010 state that:

● We acknowledge with gratitude the 100 years of vision, endeavour and commitment that leaders and members of what began in 1910, as the International Union of Catholic Women‟s Leagues, now known as the World Union of Catholic Women‟s Organisations have given to society and the Church throughout the century.

● We acknowledge that because of such vision and endeavour that Catholic women, working in accord with the Church and its teachings, were able to identify the many societal inadequacies and injustices impacting on the lives of women and families and worked assiduously to overcome them. WUCWO women do the same today.

● While acknowledging the many areas of service that Catholic women have already undertaken, we reaffirm the aim of WUCWO which 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” in unity, particularly for increasing educational opportunities, poverty reduction and the advancement of human rights beginning with the fundamental right to life.

● WUCWO women reiterate that the dignity, value and “genius” of women should be universally recognised, and that the importance of intergenerational relationships and the involvement of youth, and the cultural and theological contributions of women be supported and recognised for the attainment of a more humane, just and compatible society.

● Gathered together in Jerusalem, city of peace “a microcosm of our globalised world…this city,…a place that teaches the universality and respect for others, dialogue and mutual understanding; a place where prejudice, ignorance and fear that fuels them, are overcome by honesty, integrity and the pursuit of peace” [Pope Benedict XVI, Jerusalem 2009], with this perspective, in solidarity we commit ourselves to the study and witness of the Word of God and the Social Teachings of the Church, to ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue and to peacemaking.

● At the beginning of the 2nd century of such commitment, WUCWO women pray through their Patroness Mary, Queen of Peace, that they too will, ‘Receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses……………indeed to the ends of the earth’ [Acts 1:8.] just as the Lord said the Father „had promised‟ the apostles in Jerusalem. [Acts: 1:5]

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