All women in the Diocese of Norwich are invited to join the Norwich Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (NDCCW). Membership is only $5 per year. The Membership Drive runs through the month of October.
NDCCW was started in 1955 by Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan, the first Bishop of Norwich. Bishop Flanagan designated the NDCCW as the official women’s organization of the Diocese. The money collected through the Membership Drive is divided up as follows:
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60% of all dues collected is given to Catholic Charities;
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15% of what is collected in each deanery is kept in that district (it is used for operating expenses);
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20% of what is collected in the Diocese is given to the Diocesan Council for its operating expenses;
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5% of the total collected is sent to the National Council of Catholic Women.
NDCCW and its seven districts are all affiliated with the National Council of Catholic Women. You may drop your membership envelope in any collection basket. If your parish does not have the NDCCW membership envelope in it, simply write your name, email address, phone number, and the name of the parish you belong to along with the city or town it is located in and mark it NDCCW.
Thank you, hope you will join us.
NDCCW Mission Statement: The Norwich Diocesan Council of Catholic Women acts through its affiliated organizations to support, empower, and educate all Catholic Women in spirituality, leadership and service, NDCCW programs respond with Gospel values to the needs of the Church and Society in the modern world.