CALL
TO CONVENTION
The
official call to the Eighty-Fifth Annual Convention of the
Salt
Lake City Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
April
20 and April 21, 2013
BE
THE VOICE OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
The Salt Lake City Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women cordially invites all the women of Saint Mary’s Parish to attend the
annual Convention on Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, 2013, at the
Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. The
Northern Deanery is the proud host of this year’s convention themed Be the
Voice of Catholic Women; the two featured commissions are Service and
Spirituality.
We are pleased to announce that the Most
Reverend John C. Wester, Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will be
joining us to celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. As part of your
registration, the DCCW will be providing all convention attendees with bus
transportation to and from the Cathedral.
We have assembled an informative and inspiring
program of presentations for our convention. Our keynote speaker is Judy
Powers, president of the National Council of Catholic Women. President Powers
is an engaging and energetic leader and is an inspiring voice for our national
organization and for all Catholic women. The Service Commission presentation
will be a panel discussion headed by Diana Hanebrink entitled Led by the
Spirit: A Journey of Faith focusing on women’s life journeys of faithful
service. The Spirituality Commission speaker is Carol Ruddell of the Diocesan
Commission for People with Disabilities. Her presentation is titled Threats to
Life: Respect and Dignity Through the Lifetime and will address the broad
spectrum of life and human dignity issues from conception through natural
death. .
Bishop Wester will be honoring the Women of the
Year at the banquet Saturday evening together with Monsignor Robert Servatius,
Spiritual Advisor of Salt Lake City DCCW. Bishop Wester will also be addressing
the convention Sunday morning.
For more information please contact Mary Jane
DuPont at 801-731-8159.
