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  • 2010
    • August
      • CNWE Toronto Begins Planning for Another Year
        08/14/10
        Dear CNWE Sisters:

        At our June meeting, some members agreed to meet in the summer and coordinate our gatherings for the coming year ~ the 30th year of CNWE!! Marie Cerny graciously offered her home for our meeting yesterday with Marie, Christine Gebel, Bonnie O’Brien, Ann Manuel, Rita Pat

    • July
      • CNWE Signs International Joint Statement -Response to Vatican
        07/17/10
        Yesterday, the Vatican issued a clarification of its canonical procedures for how dioceses should handle priests who sexually abuse children. As part of the statement, they have added that the "attempted ordination of a woman" has now been added to the list of "delicta graviora,"

      • Stop the Stoning of Sekineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani in Iran
        07/09/10
        CNWE sisters, please take action now on a campaign undertaken by Equality Now to stop the stoning of Sekineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani in Iran. Please join in urging the Government of Iran to rescind this stoning sentence and remove provisions in the Iranian legal codes that discriminate against women.
    • June
      • Private Members Bill for Mandatory Sentences for Human Trafficking Convictions Passes!
        06/17/10



        Dear friends,

        It is with great joy that I inform you that Bill C-268 has finally passed the Senate of Canada!

        I am so pleased that our country now has a law that assures significant penalties for those who traffic children. No longer will traffickers walk ou

      • CNWE Toronto Members Participate in Retreat & AGM
        06/10/10
        CNWE Toronto members participated in a retreat led by Rita Patenaude followed by a videoconference AGM on June 5, 2010. For most of us it was our first experience of a videoconference, and while we missed seeing old friends from other places face-to-face, we were pleased to be able to reduce our Ca

    • April
      • CNWE 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
        04/08/10
        Join CNWE members coast to coast by videoconference. Non-members may attend a group in Toronto, Sudbury or Ottawa, ON; Fredericton, NB; St John's, NL.
        Saturday June 5, 2010.
        Contact Ann Manuel: annman@sympatico.ca for more details.

    • March
      • Vigil to Protest Violence Against Women
        03/04/10
        CNWE Toronto invites you to
        A Vigil to Protest Violence Against Women
        with a focus on human trafficking.

        Friday, March 5, 2010 from 4:30pm to about 5:45pm (this is the Friday before International W

    • January
      • The Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream Symposium
        01/08/10
        An Invitation from CNWE Toronto

        Where on Earth are we going?
        And what can we do about it?

        The Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream Symposium
        is a profound inquiry into a bold vision:
        to bring forth an environmentally sustainable,
        spirit

  • 2009
    • October
      • Shatter the Stained Glass Ceiling Tour
        10/15/09
        This event was postponed due to sickness. Rescheduling is planned for Fall, 2010.
        Details to follow when they become available.

        Join us and participate in breaking the silence on women's ordination!

        new catholic times sensus fidelium Public Lecture

        Join

      • CNWE Toronto Gathering
        10/09/09
        CNWE Toronto invitation:

        An evening of reflection on the indomitable faith and vision of Mary Ward

        Daisy Radigan will lead us in a celebration through images, ritual, and song.

        Friday, October 30, 2009
        at the Mustard Seed, 791 Queen St. East
        (Just East

    • September
      • CDS AND DVDS NOW AVAILABLE – CNWE AND WOW
        09/14/09


        1. 2-CD set of Ivone Gebara’s keynote addresses at the June 2009 CNWE Annual Conference in Ottawa:
        A – Saturday’s address in English: “What do we mean by change? Conflicts and limits arising from a feminist ethical perspective”
        B – Le conférence de dimanche en français: “La mob

    • June
      • CNWE Conference Workshops!
        06/05/09
        CNWE National Conference 2009
        Ateliers - Workshops

        Women, Sacrifice, and Embodiment
        Kelley Raab
        Room 1103

        Drawing from her book, When Women Become Priests: The Catholic Women's Ordination Debate (Columbia University Press, 2000), and later research on Cath

    • April
      • “Being the Change We Seek”
        04/02/09
        CNWE National Conference 2009
        Friday June 12 ~ Sunday June 14, 2009
        Saint Paul University, Ottawa

        With Keynote Speaker, Ivone Gebara,
        Professor at the Theological Institute of Recife,
        Brazilian Sister of our Lady
        A leading eco-feminist and liberation theologia