2010 Region Spring Gatherings

Region 1 – Dolores Portz, President
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at St. Gregory Church, Lafayette
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
How Lay People can live out Their Priesthood in this
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson

Region 2 – Ronda Mathiowetz, President
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Church of St. Paul, Comfrey
Registration and meal: 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass: 7:30 p.m.
How the Christian Faithful can live out their priestly vocation during this
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson  6:30 p.m.

Region 3 – Betty Thooft, President
Monday, March 8, 2010 at St. Mary Church, Cottonwood
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson

Region 4 – Monica Roggenbuck, President
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at St. Joseph Church, Rosen
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
How Lay People can live out Their Priesthood in this
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson

Region 5 – Barbara Mathiowetz, Interim President
Monday, March 22, 2010 at Church of St. John, Hector
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
How Lay People can live out their Priesthood in this
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson

Region 6 – Cindy Entinger, President
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Church of St. Philip, Litchfield
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
How Lay People can live out their Priesthood in this
“Year for Priests”
Guest Speaker: Deacon Zachary Peterson

COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN

2009 REGIONAL FALL GATHERINGS

Region 1 Dolores Portz, President

Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Cathedral, New Ulm

Registration: 5:30 P.M. – Holy Mass 6:00 P.M.

Providing Help, Creating Hope – Tom Keaveny,

Catholic Charities of New Ulm

Region 2 – Ronda Mathiowetz, President

Thursday, September 10, 2009, at St. Mary’s, Sleepy Eye

Registration 5:30 P.M. �Holy Mass 7:30 P.M.

Defending our Catholic Faith – Jason Myhre

followed by time for Q & A

Region 3 – Betty Thooft, President

Monday, September 14, 2009, at St. Mary’s, Tracy

Registration:� 5:15 P.M. – Holy Mass 6:00 P.M.

“Defending our Catholic Faith”—Jason Myhre

followed by time for Q & A

Region 4 – Monica Roggenbuck, President

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at Holy Rosary, Graceville

Registration at 5:30 P.M. – Holy Mass:� 6:00 P.M.

� Theme, TBA –� Mary Paluck

Region V

� Barbara Mathiowetz and Mary Ann Powers, Co-Presidents

Monday, September 28, 2009, at Holy Redeemer, Renville

Registration 5:30 P.M.� – Holy Mass 6:00 P.M.

“How Can We, as Women, Prioritize Our Faith in 2009”

Bishop John M. LeVoir

Region 6 – Cindy Entinger, President

Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at St. Anastasia’s, Hutchinson

Registration 5:30 P.M. – Holy Mass 6:00 P.M.

Role of the Archangels — Fr. Tony Stubeda

                   ”Be Steadfast in Faith”

                                                                                                                    1 Peter 5:9

Nancy Hanna,  named NUDCCW Women of the Year, pictured with Bishop John M. LeVoir.

Nancy Hanna surround by her family above

and below with the women who nominated her.

                               ”Be Steadfast in Faith”   1 Peter 5:9

As Women United in Prayer, Study and Service

 What:         Resource and Guidance Meeting 

                    Information and guidance to be provided by

                    Diocesan Board and Diocesan Leadership Team!        

 Where:       Church of St. John, Hector – Tuesday, June 16, 2009

                  Church of St. Peter, Canby –  Monday, June 29, 2009

 Who:           All Catholic women — especially Parish and Region CCW Officers,

                     Commission/Committee Coordinators

 When:        5:30 p.m. Registration; 6:00 p.m. Mass

                   Followed by Dinner and Information

 Cost:           $8.00 per person,  Please register with your Parish President by June 2, 2009

  PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

We look forward to seeing you in Hector or Canby.

Sign a petition in opposition to Notre Dame’s invite to President Obama

Hi Dear Friends –
Here is information I received from one of my Arch/Diocesan CCW Presidents in Region One. It is information that I feel is really important to all of us and I would like to share with all of you. Some of this information was also included in the diocesan update I just received from our Diocesan Pastoral Center. We need to voice our objection to the removal of conscience protection for our health care providers to our legislators!

Congress is open to our comments regarding conscience protection until April 9th.   The simplest way to respond is to e-mail congress now for the sake of all nurses and doctors that will be caught up in this. Our foundations are teetering.  
Also, please forward this to your friends.
Thanks ~Ann~
Public comment period on removing conscience protections for health care workers is now open.
President Obama’s proposal to rescind a policy that protects the conscience rights of health care workers has now been formally published in the Federal Register, thus opening the 30-day period available for public comment on the proposal. Pro-life groups in the United States are urging concerned citizens to voice their concerns.
You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to Regulations.gov or via e-mail.
To submit electronic comments  go to Regulations.gov and click on the link “Comment or Submission” and enter the keywords “provider conscience”. (Attachments should be in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or Excel; however, Microsoft Word is preferred.)
See “Provider Conscience Regulation”     Cardinal George

Please take time to voice our objection to the removal of conscience protection for our health care providers to our legislators!
The USCCB has set up a special site including a link to the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, where comments can be e-mailed directly to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Thanks and God Bless!
Donna Sanders
NCCW Vice President – Region 1

Election to be held at the 50th Annual NUDCCW Convention

President-Elect – Audrey Prokosch
Audrey Prokosch and her husband Steve have been married 30 years and have 4 children, Stephanie-28 (married to Scott), Melanie-26, Ashley-22 and Justin-18. They also have one granddaughter, Ellie. They live on a farm between Wabasso and Redwood Falls and are actively involved in farming. Audrey has been a licensed hairdresser for the past 30+ years and owns her own salon, Mainstreet Hairstylists, in Wabasso.
Audrey is active in her local community where she has lead committees and has served as the president of the Wabasso Commercial Club. She is also involved in a local hairdresser’s club, where she has served as local president, local secretary, as well as a regional delegate for the State Hairdressers’ and Cosmetologists’ Organization.
One of Audrey’s biggest passions though, is the church community. Audrey is active at St. Anne’s Church in Wabasso, where she serves as a lector, extraordinary distributor of communion, and has been a CCD teacher for 10 years. She has been an energetic leader at St. Anne’s, where she served as past president of the CCW and was Community Concerns Commission chairperson for their local CCW chapter. Audrey is completing her second year of President of Region II CCW and has also served as International Concerns Commission Chairperson for the Region.
Audrey and her family have hosted three foreign exchange students three of the past four years. The students were from France, Germany, and Italy. Two of the three students joined the Catholic Church while they were living with the Prokosch’s. In her spare time, Audrey and her family like to participate in the local Riverbend TEC program. She also likes to spend time with her new grandbaby Ellie, play cards and board games, visit family, and when the weather allows she enjoys gardening.

2nd Vice-President – Mary Schmitz
Mary is a member of the Church of St. Raphael in Springfield. She has been married to Leo for 42 years and has four married children and 12 grandchildren. Mary is a cantor, member of the choir, rosary leader, and member of the liturgy committee. She leads a prayer group monthly, and helps count the weekly offertory collection. Mary currently is employed full time by the City of Springfield as manager of the Community Center. CCW has been a large part of Mary’s life for the past 5 years. She currently serves as 2nd VP on the Diocesan Board and is liaison for the Diocesan Pastoral Council. Mary has studied Jeff Cavins ‘Bible Time Line’ and is currently working through ‘Revelation.’ She enjoys watching EWTN, flower and vegetable gardening, crocheting, baking, playing bridge and, of course, spending time with family, especially her grandchildren.

Treasurer – Charlotte (Lottie) Kottke
For the past nineteen years, Lottie has lived in Glencoe and has been a member of St. Pius X Parish. Before that, she lived in Hutchinson. Lottie works for the Hutchinson School District where she has been employed for 32 years. At St. Pius X, Lottie has been teaching in the Religious Education Program for eight years. She has taught 8th Grade, 11th Grade, and 9th Grade, As a member of CCW, Lottie completed a four year term as Region VI treasurer and is currently the NUDCCW treasurer. Lottie lost her husband thirteen years ago and has two grown sons. They currently work in the area and live at home.

Region 1 – Dolores Portz, President
Thursday, March 19, 2009 at St. John the Baptist, Searles
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
“St. Paul…Our Model for Commitment to Christ”
Guest Speaker: Rev. Bernie Steiner

Region 2 – Audrey Prokosch, President
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at Japanese Martyrs, Leavenworth
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 8:00 p.m.
“Our Gift…Volunteerism”
Guest Speaker: Sarah Lendt

Region 3 – Betty Thooft, President
Monday, March 30, 2009 at Holy Redeemer, Marshall
Registration: 5:15 p.m. – Holy Mass: 7:15 p.m.
“Spreading the Word through Mission and Music”
Guest Speakers: Rev. Jeremy Kucera/The “Singing Nuns” from Elkton, SD

Region 4 – Monica Roggenbuck, President
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at St. Michael, Madison
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
“Cutting through the Spin on Stem Cells and Cloning”
Video: Rev. Tad Pacholczyk Ph.D.

Region 5 – Pat Raunhorst, President
Monday, March 23, 2009 at Holy Redeemer, Renville
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
“Promoting a Culture of Life”
Guest Speaker: Mary Ann Kuharski

Region 6 – Cindy Entinger, President
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at St. Boniface, Stewart
Registration: 5:30 p.m. – Holy Mass: 6:00 p.m.
“We Follow You with our Whole Heart”
Guest Speaker: Sr. Lucille Hass on the “Year of St. Paul”

Title: National Sanctity of Human Life Day
Date: 2009-01-18

NEWS BRIEFS Jan-15-2009

By Catholic News Service

U.S.

Bush proclaims Jan. 18 National Sanctity of Human Life Day

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Declaring that every life is “a gift from our Creator that is sacred, unique and worthy of protection,” President George W. Bush proclaimed Jan. 18, the Sunday before the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. On this day “our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world. We also underscore our dedication to heeding this message of conscience by speaking up for the weak and voiceless among us,” he said in the proclamation issued Jan. 15. Bush urged Americans “to recognize this day with appropriate ceremonies and to underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being.” On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, and the Doe v. Bolton decision, which lifted state restrictions on abortion.

Dr. Edward Sri is professor of theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institute’s Master’s in Catechetics and Evangelization program in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of two Catholic best-selling books, including The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights for Praying the 20 Mysteries (Servant) and The Da Vinci Deception: 100 Questions About the Facts and Fiction of The Da Vinci Code (Ascension Press) (coauthored with Mark Shea).

He has a new book out on marriage and relationships called Men, Women and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights on John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility (Servant, August 2007).

He also is the author of Mystery of the Kingdom: On the Gospel of Matthew (Emmaus Road), Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary’s Queenship (Emmaus Road) and Dawn of the Messiah: The Coming of Christ in Scripture (Servant) and a co-author of the popular apologetics series, Catholic for a Reason.

Edward is a founding leader with Curtis Martin of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). He appears on EWTN and regularly writes and speaks on Scripture, apologetics and the Catholic faith. He also serves as a visiting professor at Benedictine College, where he taught full-time for nine years. Edward holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He now resides with his wife Elizabeth and their four children in Littleton, Colorado.