WelCom June/July 2024
The Catholic Women’s League Otari Branch members enjoyed a particularly busy month in May. They gave 33 beanies they have knitted so far this year to Stella Maris for the foreign seafarers in port who find Wellington a very cold stopover. They made 260 posies for Mother’s Day and handed them out at the parish’s St Thomas More’s and St Teresa’s churches as well as at a school Mass at St Teresa’s Church with help from students. They also gave the flowers to residents at a rest home in the parish. And their branch hosted representatives from the Hutt Valley CWL branches at the WUCWO (World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations) annual Liturgy, written by the ‘Women of Africa’ to celebrate Mary our Mother. WUCWO was founded in 1910 and now represents 100 Catholic women’s organisations worldwide, including CWL. It is active in 66 countries, representing more than eight million Catholic women in all walks of life.
Words and photos: Anne Lumb Secretary, Otari CWL Branch