From the 16th to the 22nd of May 2019 our Board meeting was held in Rome.

Down below you can watch the two formative moments we had.

WUCWO encourages and promotes the protection and care of the most vulnerable members of the family (resolution n. 2).

If you wish to support WUCWO's mission, see below.

Thank you.

"Each one should give as much as he has decided on his own initiative, not reluctantly or under compulsion,

for God loves a cheerful giver." (2 Cor. 9:7)

Draft in EUR

To UMOFC

BANCO BPM – Roma AG. 4 ITALIA

IBAN: IT54 V 05034 03204 0000 0000 9442

SWIFT: BAPPIT21A64

Draft in USD

To WUCWO

Account n° 801038573

Swift Code CITI US 33

Routing # 271070801

Intermediary Bank 021000089 CITI US 33
CITIBANK 5134 Main Street, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515, USA 

By cheque (only USD):
Make your cheque out to WUCWO-UMOFC and send it to Maribeth Stewart 24 Candee Avenue West Haven, Connecticut 06516 USA

PILAR BELLOSILLO GARCÍA VERDE
(1913-2003)

Pilar Bellosillo was a woman unconditionally devoted to the service of God in the Church, especially in lay ecclesiastical institutions, in which she took on many different responsibilities.

Her main concern was the issue of women in society and in the Church. She also worked actively for ecumenism and all that amounted to progress in dialogue and reconciliation.

She served as WUCWO President from 1961 to 1974. We are now promoting her cause for beatification.

PRAYER

Lord God and our Father, we thank you for the fruitful life of Pilar Bellosillo, for her testimony of dedication to the cause of the Gospel, for her love for the Church, and for her dedicated and important work for the path of renewal in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.

We thank you for the impetus she gave to the Church's laity and for her constant commitment to the promotion of women.

Trusting in her intercession, we put in your hands the grace we ask you to grant us. Make us, too, courageous and committed witnesses of the faith. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

More information about the life of Pilar Bellosillo: pilarbellosillo.es/en

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Donations for the Cause:
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World Women's Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) 

Results of listening and networking 

On the 29th of May, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, in the Pius XI hall of Palazzo San Calisto, we will present the latest results of the World Women´s Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), the only Catholic Church's global observatory focusing on women's voices.

The World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), in collaboration with the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (DID), celebrated again this year, as every year since 2019, the International Women's Day 2024 with an ecumenical and interreligious gathering, attended by more than 300 participants from all over the world.

Entitled "Women Sowing Seeds of Peace and Cultivating Encounter", this initiative took place on Tuesday 5 March 2024, with the participation of believing women belonging to different religious traditions. The aim was to reflect on the crucial role of women believers in building a culture of peace and encounter.

On March 5, 2024 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (CET) in occasion of the International Women’s Day, you are invited to participate at online conference “Women Sowing Seeds of Peace and Cultivating Encounter.”

This  event, organised by the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) in collaboration with the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and with the sponsorship of some Embassies to the Holy See, aims to reflect and react as women and men of faith to the culture of peace and encounter. 

On March 1st at 7:00 PM, at the Institut français - Centre Saint-Louis - main headquarters (Rome), two short films by the renowned director Lia Beltrami will be presented: "In-Visibles" and "Esplosione del Canto". Both screenings capture the life paths of women from around the world who encounter everyday heroines: Catholic nuns who tirelessly work in the most remote corners of the planet to help those in need.

“Invisibles No More”: Special Event on the occasion of the coming International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2023. 

Rome, November 14 - Gender-based violence against women - physical, economic, cultural and psychological, including human trafficking, remains a worldwide scourge affecting millions of women. Worldwide, with statistics varying considerably from country to country, 35 per cent of women between 15-49 years of age have experienced physical and/ or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence, and in 38 per cent of the cases of women’s murders, the perpetrator has been their partner. Hundreds of millions of girls are at risk of slavery, mutilations, prostitution and/or forced and/or early marriage. These are just a few examples of the dramatic situation.

During the month of October, Rome hosted the first Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 4-29, 2023), an unprecedented event in the history of the Church. For about a month, 464 participants from every corner of the globe, including 364 members, among them 54 women, lay and religious, with voting rights, gathered to understand, reflect, and discuss the future of the Church.

At the same time, the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), the International Forum Catholic Action (IFCA), and the Italian Catholic Action organised two reflection and prayer meetings on October 18 and 26, involving men and women actively participating in the Synodal Assembly, under the title "Walking with the Synod."

Forward-looking perspective from the experience of participants in the Synodal Assembly. 

Meeting with some of the participants in the Assembly. 

At this important moment in the life of the Church, we invite you to join us for a reflection meeting on Thursday, 26 October with women and men who are actively participating in the Synodal Assembly.

Organised by the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA) and the Italian Catholic Action (ACI).

ZOOM LINK to participate

Simultaneous translation ENG-ESP-FRA-ITA.