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Calls to Action

May 11, 2023 (see photos below)​
  • Alberta March for Life Mass and Event ​

Meeting with Alberta Provincial Government Cabinet Ministers (April 3, 2023)

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Front Row: Betsy Fletcher, The Honourable Adrianna LaGrange Back Row: The Honourable Kaycee Madu, Mary Hunt, Mary Molloy
​As ABMK representatives, we were grateful for the opportunity to meet with two of the Provincial Cabinet Ministers to discuss some areas of interest and concern by our members.
While we were with them for almost an hour, the time went by very quickly. It was a productive session with both Ministers engaged, commenting and asking questions about the areas we brought forward which included:
 
1. The growing need for an Independent Seniors Advocate reporting to the Legislative Assembly. Population demographics indicate there will be an ever-increasing demand for “senior specific” services and senior’s issues are not only health care issues. Seniors struggle with poverty, loneliness, housing insecurity, lack of access to social services and more. One way that seniors protect themselves is through self-isolation…they need to know who they can turn to with their various concerns including health care, dental care, housing, income support, non-personal health care, trustee and guardian issues, transportation, loneliness, senior abuse, end of life issues and the promotion of MaiD; as not all senior’s concerns are medical.
2. The need for good palliative care in Alberta to offer an alternative to MaiD. We provided statistics in support of the need as not every Albertan is receiving the palliative care they need. The funds currently allocated are not sufficient to provide the palliative care needed.
3. Resolution 2022.1 Enact Federal Legislation to Reduce Food Loss and Waste which was put forward by the Diocese of Calgary We provided them with supporting documentation.
4. Reaffirmation of our support for Publicly Funded Catholic Education. We learned that there is a continuing unease about the future of publicly funded Catholic education as while the opposition says they support Catholic education; they have never said publicly funded Catholic Education.
 
We also discussed examples of past resolutions as well resolutions presently being worked on. 

Catholic Women's Leadership Foundation Update

We invite you to invest in Canada’s future by helping Catholic women become transformational leaders. 
Catholic Women’s Leadership Foundation Program Applications for  the coming year are due in November or December of the previous year.
Information is available on the website: http://cwlfcanada.ca
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Current Calls to Action

Nickels for the North

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This initiative was introduced at the Provincial Convention in 2010 and is a voluntary fund which members and councils are able to donate to.
This fund-raising project is for the support of the CWL sisters in the Mackenzie-Fort Smith Diocese for the purpose of travel to conventions and workshops outside of their diocese.
Find the Donation Form on our Forms Page

Personal Taxes &  Sanctity of Life

It is a good opportunity to include this or a similar note with your return.  Pass it on to as many as possible. 

PERSONAL DECLARATION: I wish to protest the use of my tax money to support, in Alberta and on the federal level, the legalized killing known as abortion. I wish to have it known that, in spite of my protest, I am FORCED to participate through my taxes in the taking of innocent human life. I would like this statement to be permanently filed with my tax records to show that this involvement is involuntary and against the dictates of my conscience. 
Signature  /  Social Insurance Number  /  Date

Continuing Calls to Action

March for Life Alberta 

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The ABMK Council encourages members and councils to donate to the March for Life voluntary fund.
This fund supports the MARCH FOR LIFE event in Edmonton.

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Alberta March for Life - Thursday May 12, 2022
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CWL 12 Hours of Prayer for Palliative Care 2020
The ABMK Provincial Council have purchased the Palliative Care postcards - please email the ABMK communications chair to place your order (limits apply). 
Also Review: Christian Family Life Communique 4 ​
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Now and at the Hour of our Death... 
A letter from The Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories 
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More information can be found on the
National Website
Pornography Hurts Everyone! Mandatory Age Verification 
The ABMK Provincial Council have purchased the postcards and they are free to councils. 
​Please email your Diocesan Communications Chair or the ABMK Communications Chair - [email protected] - to place your order or click on the photo to download a copy.

IWIN - I'm Worth It Now 

An initiative by the Catholic Women's League at St. Michael's Catholic Community, Calgary 
To find out more about IWIN, please visit www.iwininitiative.ca
St. Michael's is now partnered with the Saskatchewan Provincial CWL Council and Hope Restored Canada and delivered backpacks to Saskatoon. https://www.facebook.com/100484858210290/posts/327341878867919/?d=n 
Review the sites and see how you can assist human trafficking survivors and help put an end to human trafficking and exploitation throughout our province, Canada and the world.
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Past Calls to Action

 PROVINCIAL INITIATIVE: 
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Independent Seniors' Advocate 

Alberta Groups Call for Seniors Advocate
Seniors Advocate Letter to Government - July 2020​
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Senior Advocate Letter to Government - November  2019
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Letter To Minister Sigurdson April 2017
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Action Plan Update Sept. 2015 & Sample Cover Letter ​
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Action Plan Update June - Sept. 2015 ​
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Action Plan Memo & Report Form​
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Introductory Letter & Action Plan Process ​
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Need Background Points from Fall 2014

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Petition 

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