...for over 40 years now, has established the Catholic Women of the Year Luncheon as a major event in the Catholic calendar in Britain. The noise of three or four hundred women all talking at once is quite shattering...but brave men do sometimes attend, and this year the speaker is again a man, Edmund Adamus from the Diocese of Westminster's Department of Pastoral Affairs, who will speak on "Blessed John Paul's legacy: love and life". Money raised from the Luncheon goes to a different venture each year: in 2012 it is going to the Maryvale Institute.
One of my jobs (I'm on the Committee - please be impressed! I'm trying hard to feel like a lady-who-lunches...) is to get prizes for the raffle, and this year I'm gathering new books signed by various authors...I've found a splendid book about Bl John Paul and have tracked down the author in Poland and been in email contact. The book is now on its way to him for signing...
The Catholic Women of the Year Luncheon seeks to honour the "unsung heroines" of the Church in Britain. You can find out about the 2012 women here...
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