WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

WUCWO Day 2022

Please find below the proposal for our WUCWO Day 2022, which has been drawn up by the Region of Asia-Pacific.A special thanks goes to Catherine McGrath, Regional Vice President for[...]

Art for Meditation - January 2022

©Museo Nacional del Prado ©Archivo Fotográfico Museo Nacional del PradoPaolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (Verona, Italy 1528 – Venice, Italy 1588), The Finding of[...]

Monthly Message January 2022

Let us plan a year of synodal learning.Dear friends,There have been many milestones in the history of the Church. The major one in the last century was the Second Vatican Council. As a[...]

The WOW of WUCWO

After years of consultations, exploration and deliberations, the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) decided to create, on an experimental basis, the World Observatory on Women[...]

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2021

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: THE OTHER PANDEMIC. STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE[...]

EUROPE REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

On 10 and 11 November 2021, the WUCWO European Regional Conference took place in Spain, as a hybrid event. Araceli Cavero, Vice President for Europe, invited women from WUCWO member organisations[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]