Joan at the podium, keeping the audience engaged
Joan’s newest book,” Opening the Holy Door”
This statue that was auctioned to raise money for Mary’s Garden at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. The garden and statue were donated by the National Council of Catholic Women in 2000. They were vandalized in the fall of 2023. The new statue and refreshed garden will be blessed in June of 2025.
Board members of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, Central Region with our speaker, Joan Watson in the center. Seated in front, Christa Sawyer, CRCCW Treasurer. Next row, left to right, Becky Vanpool, Leadership chair; Mary Ann Schmitt, ACCW Secretary; Stephanie Spiser, CRCCW Secretary. Joan Watson, Linda Tucker, CRCCW Spirituality Chair; Kathy Holland, CRCCW Vice President; Novalyn Greff, CRCCW President and ACCW Co-President: and Sister Diane Koorie, CRCCW Spiritual Advisor.