{"id":17,"date":"2014-08-02T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okcaccw.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:59:06","slug":"nccw-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/okcaccw.com\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"NCCW History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The National Council of Catholic Women\u00a0consists of more than 3,000 affiliated Catholic women&#8217;s organizations in parishes and dioceses throughout the U.S., representing hundreds of thousands of Catholic women, and almost 3,000 individual Catholic women.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are Catholic women&#8217;s groups (called affiliates) at the parish, deanery\/vicariate and Arch\/diocesan Council levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are Catholic women who hold Individual Membership with NCCW.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NCCW is a member of the World Union of Catholic Women&#8217;s Organizations (WUCWO).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are recognized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are active participants in partnerships with other Catholic groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Who We Are&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A voice for American Catholic women today<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Transforms the world through prayer and action<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Unites more than 3,000 affiliated Catholic women&#8217;s groups, and nearly 3,000 individual Catholic women in the United States<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Supports social action through Gospel values<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Trains Catholic women to become leaders at the intersection of Church and society<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Provides a forum for Catholic women to speak and act on matters of mutual interest<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Represents U.S. Catholic women in the national and international arenas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>Mission Statement:<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The National Council of Catholic Women acts through its members to support, empower and educate all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service. NCCW programs respond with Gospel values to the needs of the Church and society in the modern world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more information about NCCW, please visit nccw.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN The National Council of Catholic Women\u00a0consists of more than 3,000 affiliated Catholic women&#8217;s organizations in parishes and dioceses throughout the U.S., representing hundreds of thousands of Catholic women, and almost 3,000 individual Catholic women. 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