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Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington Celebrates National Black Catholic History Month 2024
Reflection
Sunday, November 24, 2024, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Mother Mary Lange
Venerable Mother Mary Lange is one of the six African Americans on the Path to sainthood.
Janice Curtis Greene, an accomplished storyteller, author, and American Griot, will bring to life the story of Mother Mary Lange and the founding of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in her first-person interpretation of the life of Mother Mary Lange.
Ms. Greene has delighted adults and student audiences throughout the United States, Brazil, Canada, Zambia, South Africa, Egypt, and on a Carnival Cruise. We are Blessed to have her!!
To register, click the Eventbrite link below; the Zoom link will be sent to you. https://www.eventbrite.com
Questions??? Email [email protected]
- Speaker: Janice Curtis Greene
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Nov2024 flyer
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, October 20, 2024 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Eucharistic Adoration
Please join CCW-ADW for a virtual tea and reflection October 20 at 3 p.m.
As we continue to celebrate the Holy Eucharist, let us take time to listen to Sr. Josephine Garrett’s presentation at this summer’s National Eucharistic Congress. Sr. Josephine gives us hope, pointing to Jesus as our Divine Physician who longs to meet us and heal us.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected]. To register for this free virtual event, please click on the eventbrite link.
- Speaker: Sr. Josephine Garrett
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Oct2024 Reflection Flyer
Reflections 2023
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
May 21, 2023 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Exploring the Archdiocese of Washington’s
Post Cana program”
We all know that lives change dramatically after the death of a spouse. In this presentation we learned what we all can do to help those whose life has changed. Post Cana members engage in spiritual, social, intellectual and other positive programs that promote and enrich their lives through fellowship.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Mrs. Mary Dugan, President of ADW Post Cana
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: May2023TeaAndReflectionFlyer
May2023TeaAndReflectionSlides
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
April 16, 2023 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Understanding Teen Dating Abuse and What We Can Do to Help”
Speakers Laura Yeomans, Coordinator for Catholic Charities Washington DC’s Domestic Violence Outreach and Gail Ruffin who is Music Director at Mt. Calvary Catholic Church and a retired Catholic school principal spoke on the topic of dating violence.
Two out of three teens experience some form of teen dating abuse Laura Yeomans discussed warning signs and ways to help
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speakers: Laura Yeomans, Gail Ruffin
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: April2023TeaAndReflectionFlyer
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
March 19, 2023 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Welcoming and Valuing Those Who Are Deaf, Disabled, or Experiencing Mental Health Challenges”
Presenter Mary O’Meara spoke on ways to welcome and value persons who are Deaf, live with a disability, or are experiencing Mental Health challenges. Mary O’Meara is Executive Director for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington’s Deaf and Disabilities Ministries.
The Office serves persons across the archdiocese who are Deaf, persons with developmental and physical disabilities, persons who are blind, Veterans with war related injury, persons living with chronic Illness, families who have received an unexpected prenatal diagnosis of lethal condition and persons living with mental illness.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Mary O’Meara, Executive Director for ADW’s Deaf and Disabilities Ministries
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Mar2023TeaAndReflectionFlyer
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
February 19, 2023 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Black History Month – “This is what Yahweh asks of you that you act justly, that you love tenderly, that you walk humbly with your God” – Micah 6:8
Join us in reflecting on this verse from Micah and the Black Catholic experience. Sister Patty Chappell, SNDdeN guides u through the reflection.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Sister Patty Chappell, SNDdeN
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Feb2023TeaAndReflectionFlyer
Reflections 2022
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday December 18, 2022 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Advent of Joy By Way of the Eucharist”
CCW-ADW joined in prayer and reflection during this beautiful season of Advent to explore the wonders of the Holy Eucharist as we pondered the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and we await the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speakers: CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: 2022virtual
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Celebrating Black Catholic History” Scripture: Acts 8:26-40
November is Black Catholic History Month, a time when our Church in the United States celebrates the rich history and proud heritage of Black Catholics.
Rev. Anthony Bozeman, SSJ, Academic Dean, Josephite Seminary, reflected upon the gifts to the Church from people of color starting from the accounts in the Acts of the Apostles all the way through Sr Thea Bowman’s contributions to the church today.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Anthony Bozeman, SSJ
- Format: Virtual
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
May 22, 2022 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Mary: Woman of the Eucharist”
Our reflection was based on St. Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical, On The Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church. We explored how Mary, our Blessed Mother, helps to guide us to this Blessed Sacrament. We contemplated Mary’s profound relationship to the Holy Eucharist by way of her Son Jesus Christ.
Mary draws us to her Son. Our Lady guides us by example, embracing the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus who gives himself entirely to us in the Eucharist. When we consume the Eucharist, Jesus’ presence is within us. Like Mary, with our hearts open, our Lord can shine through our faith, hope, and love. We can be conduits for our Savior to work in our world. So be it!
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speakers: CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: May Presentation Slides
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, April 2022, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Care for Our Common Home”
At this gathering we discussed Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Sí (Praise Be to You), the Archdiocese of Washington’s respond to Pope Francis’ teaching and how we as individuals and parishes can care for “our common home,” the earth.
- After reviewing a video summary of Laudato Sí and looking at the Archdiocese of Washington’s Action Plan to support the teaching in Laudato Sí, we discussed a few practical ideas to care for our common home. For example:
Consider drinking tap water in your home instead of buying bottled water. This is safe, tasty and cheap and protects the environment in many ways including reducing oil use, reducing pollution in air, on land and in the ocean and slowing the rate at which land fills are filling up. - Save yourself some time and money by converting part of your lawn to a native plant garden. Plants in your garden that are native to our area help keep soil free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, attract hummingbirds and butterflies, and help stop soil erosion.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speakers: CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: April2022ReflectionFlyer
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, March 20, 2022, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Living Lent Well with Lynda Rozell, Tin Can Pilgrim
On Sunday afternoon, March 20th, Lynda Rozell presented Living Lent Well to us. Her very presence was full of joy – the abiding sense of well-being. She set the stage by using beautiful pictures from her travels as the “Tin Can Pilgrim”, travelling the country as a Catholic lay evangelist in a 19’ airstream trailer pulled by a 1500 Ram Truck. She offered thoughts and stories on three points, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
- Prayer – make a commitment, keep it simple, do it everyday.
- Fasting – She then shared Pope Francis’s Lenten Fasts – do google them. One member’s favorite piece of advice from the talk is, “Fast from pressures and be prayerful”.
- Almsgiving, Lynda shared Pope Francis’ Lenten Message, “Life’s truth and beauty may be found not so much in possessing as giving, not so much in accumulating as in sowing and sharing goodness.”
Lynda made the point that our gifts of time, talent, and/or treasure unite with God’s gifts to us all.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Lynda Rozell
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: March Presentation
- Tin Can Pilgrim
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, February 20, 2022, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: “Black Liturgical Music – Early Years Part II, God is Love”
Mr Harbor continued his presentation of the history and development of Black Catholic Liturgical Music in the Catholic Church.
In Part II, he paid tribute to the contributions of Rev. Clarence Joseph Rivers, known to many as the Father of Black Catholic Liturgy, who was a mentor and friend to Mr. Harbor as he was developing as a liturgist. It was Fr. Rivers who led the singing for the first official high Mass in the United States with his powerful delivery of the Communion song “God is Love” – his first musical composition for liturgy.
Mr Harbor used story and song in his rich presentation playing songs from the Lead Me Guide Me missal (OCP) like Precious Lord, Peace in the Valley, Highway to Heaven, and Live the Life I Sing about in my song and relating anecdotes of learning and work from his time with Fr. Rivers.
Mr. Harbor discussed how Fr. Rivers persisted in developing worship that was truly effective for Black Catholic communities and brought the richness of the Black Catholic worship to the broader Catholic Church.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Rawn Harbor, composer of “Psalms of the Soul (OCP)
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Presentation
- Rawn Harbor’s talk
Reflections 2021
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, December 19, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Advent of Joy – The Holy Trinity and Mary
Because his Spirit had prepared Mary the Blessed Virgin, God the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among humanity.
In this gathering, Carol Monaco led an exploration of how devotion to Mary enhances our heartfelt adoration of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Carol Monaco, Chair of CCW-ADW
Spiritual Commission - Format: Virtual
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, November 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Black Liturgical Music – Early Years, Part 1
In celebration of Black Catholic History Month, Mr Harbor shared a presentation on the history and development of Black Catholic Liturgical Music in the years 1964 -1980.
During this presentation, Mr. Harbor, who is currently the Music Director at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, presented examples of history and liturgical adaptation to emphasize the importance of each of God’s children, regardless of race or ethnicity, in the Catholic Church
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Ronald “Rawn” Harbor, composer of “Psalms of the Soul (OCP)
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Black Catholic Liturgical Music Part 1
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, October 17, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Three Steps Families Can Take to Help Families Affected by Domestic Violence
Laura Yeomans, Parish Partners Program Manager at Catholic Charities DC, Sherry Pollock, Vice President, Ladies Auxiliary of Holy Family Parish, Mitchellville MD, Elinor Metz, a mental health and marriage counselor led the reflection.
Participants learned more about domestic abuse and how parish outreach can help save lives.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Laura Yeomans, Parish Partners Program Manager at Catholic Charities DC
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: October 2021 Reflection
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, September 17, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: How to Live as a Beloved Daughter of God
With all our responsibilities, the people depending on us, illness, financial worries, and our growing to-do list, it can be easy to forget that BELOVEDNESS is the core of who we are and that God loves each one of us as if we were the only one in the world.
Our hope is in his eternal love for us, no matter what season of life or situation we are in. Rose reminded us how scripture and the saints cheer us on to live out our hope in God and showed us how to avoid three common traps that can steal our hope.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Rose Folsom, Virtue Connection
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Sept2021Quotes
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, June 18, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Part 1: ” The Many Faces of St. Joseph” and Part 2: “Celebrating the Year With St. Joseph”
Part 1: ” The Many Faces of St. Joseph” a compilation of different aspects of St.Joseph – Spouse and Protector, Father, Worker, and Patron of a Happy Death. Prayers, music and discussion of St. Joseph were read by men and staff of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
Part 2: “Celebrating the Year With St. Joseph” reflection given by Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ (Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart). Bishop Ricard made the point that while St. Joseph is the patron saint of the Josephites, all the Joseph’s of the Bible – Joseph, the son to whom Jacob gave a coat of many colors (who enabled the tribe of Israel to survive in Egypt), Joseph of Arimathea (who gave the tomb from which Jesus rose), as well as Joseph of the Holy Family all were “the right man for the moment,” that is, the man through whom God chose to implement His Divine Plan.
Attendees of the gathering then went into breakout rooms to discuss which of the faces of Joseph resonated most in their lives and shared the results of the discussion with the whole group.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: John H. Ricard, SSJ (Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart)
- Format: Virtual
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, May 16 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Treasures in the Franciscan Monastery Gardens
Pat presented an interesting history of the creation, development and mission of the Franciscan Monastery and its gardens.
Pat also discussed the Monastery’s programs today including holiday events and volunteer opportunities at the monastery
- Speaker: Patricia A. Cunniff, Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild
- Format: Virtual
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: A Story of Lessons Learned Along the Camino de Santiago
How does anything survive over 1200 years? The Camino de Santiago has continued though civil wars, religious wars,world wars, dictatorships, and the Black Plague, giving back to the pilgrims far more than it takes from them to complete it.
Our guest speaker and Saint Andrew Apostle, Silver Spring parishioner Lisa Longacre shared her personal physical and spiritual journey on the ancient pilgramage trail the Camino de Santiago, a 500 mile walk from France to Spain.
Lisa shared 12 lessons she extracted from the joy, hardship, pain, peace, and beauty of traveling the Camino.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Lisa Longacre, St. Andrew the Apostle (Silver Spring)
- Format: Virtual
- Presentation (PDF)
- A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago: Camino Frances – St. Jean * Roncesvalles * Santiago
- A Pilgrim’s Prayer (PDF)
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, March 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Walking Alongside: Loving Someone with Mental Illness
Dr. Jennifer Charles, a licensed practitioner who also teaches at Catholic University, gave an informative an overview of mental health issues in families, including causes, how to prevent, and how best to support and love people who are living with mental illness
Sabrina Curry then spoke about her experience caring for a loved one and opened the floor for questions from the audience
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Charles
- Format: Virtual
- Resources List and Tip Sheet (Dr. J. Charles) (PDF)
- 5 Saints to Invoke (Catholic Company Magazine)
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Heart to Heart: A Reflection on Human Trafficking
This month we gathered to to learn about the life of St. Josephine Bakhita and the continuing problem of human trafficking and modern day slavery.
The video that was discussed during our presentation can be found by searching/Googling “Children for Sale: The Fight to End Human Trafficking (2015)” – a CNN report on the horrors of human trafficking reported by Jada Pinkett Smith. This video is graphic and not appropriate for children.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Sonia Bobis, Service Commission Chair, CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Presentation
- Ideas for Action and Resources regarding Ending Human Trafficking (PDF)
Reflections 2020
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, December 6, 2020, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Advent Joy, to welcome and prepare
for the Advent season
The heartwarming Tea consisted of prayer, fellowship
and beautiful music. It was nice to see faces along with names which we have come to know. We shared ideas about how we are celebrating this unusual Advent season along with some of the particular resources we have use to help us find a comfortable space within the context of Advent and Christmas.
Gretchen Erlichman, a candidate to be a Dominican contemplative nun provided the piano selections as interludes and conclusion of the Joyful mysteries of the Rosary. That put smiles of the faces of everyone.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Carol Monaco, Spirituality Chair, CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Advent of Joy in the Eucharist
Council of Catholic Women- Archdiocese of Washington
Reflection
Sunday, October 25, 2020, 3:00 PM EST
Topic: Council Sunday, connecting with one another for fellowship, spiritual growth, and support in challenging times
Together, we reflected on how things are evolving with the pandemic. We discussed how we can connect and support each other in these challenging times.
For more information, please email CCW-ADW at [email protected].
- Speaker: Carol Monaco, Spirituality Chair, CCW-ADW
- Format: Virtual
- Attachments: Reflection
