Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at 111 Tropicana Drive, Punta Gorda , FL 33950 US - Learn more About Us
Learn more About Us
We are the Council of Catholic Women from the Venice Diocese. We are comprised of the Central Deanery, Eastern Deanery, Northern Deanery and Southern Deanery. We are affiliated with the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) and the Florida Council of Catholic Women (FCCW) and the World Wide Council of Catholic Women (WOCWO}
Our SPECIAL NOTE OF THANKS to all outgoing officers for a job well-done and congratulations to our newly installed officers. Let me introduce our new VDCCW BOARD for 2007-2009: Joyce Maenpaa from Wauchula, FL, President; Marilyn Bogen from Naples, FL, Fist VP; Dolores Garvis from Punta Gorda, FL, Second VP; Mary Elizabeth Carey from Long Boat Key, FL, Recording Secretary; Susan Abisso from Port Charlotte, FL, Corresponding Secretary; Paulette "Cookie" Perkins from Arcadia, FL, Treasurer; Pat Consolmagno from Englewood, FL, Parliamentarian and Mary Poker from Venice, FL, our immediate Past President. Of course, our dear and faithful, Fr. Claude Brubaker from Sarasota, FL is our Spiritual Moderator.
Our new VDCCW COMMISSION CHAIRS are Janet Mitchell from Naples, FL, Church Commission; Joan Cumming from Englewood, FL, Community; Dee Donnelly from Naples, Fl, Family; Iris Gomez from Waushula, Fl, International; Ana Romillo from Pt. Charlotte, FL , Legislation and Mary Hammond from Venice, FL, Organization.
The VDCCW SOCIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS are as follows: Cathy McGourty from Naples, FL, Environment; Barbara Chamberlain from Punta Gorda, FL, Public Relations; Patricia Bajohr from Sebring, FL, Respect Life, Claudette "Rickie" Arnold from Bradeton Beach, FL, Respite; Marian G. Van Winkle from Bradenton, FL, Seminarian Fund; Marge Tousignant from Lake Placid, FL, Women's Health Concerns; Past-President Mary Poker, Leadership/Scholarship Fund and Iris Gomez from Wauchula, FL, our Historian.
OUR ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY
The Venice Diocese covers ten counties in the southwest corner of the state of Florida. In that area there are fifty-five Catholic parishes. Thirty-three of them have Council of Catholic women (CCW) affiliations. These affiliations are members ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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!
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!
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!
RESPITE CARE MINISTRY
FOR INFORMATION CALL: Rickie Arnold, (941) 778-3224 Arnold_8419@msn.com Respite Care Respite Care is one of the services most often requested by family/ caregivers, yet in short supply. It is estimated that 1/3 of all adults in the US are caregivers or caring for an individual/family ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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