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UKRAINIAN WOMAN OUR ENGLISH COLUMN Congress On October 4 the Congress of the World Union of Catholic W o men’s Organizations at Rome came to an end. Its slogan was “Mission of the Catholic woman in the world.” The congress was attended by 700 delegates from 63 countries, who were received by Pope Pius XII in a special au dience. His address put forward the basic objectives of the task of the Catholic woman. The mission of the Catholic woman is founded on truth, love and action. The truth embodies her relation to God, which in these times of indifference and atheism ought to find more pow er. The Catholic woman radiates this faith to the environment, drawing it up from Christ’s words and strengthening it by the pray er. But her faith is based on love of the neighbor, of the needy, and forlorn. This love helps her to understand her neighbor and his needs. And this is the key to further destination of the wom an — to her action. The Lord has directed not to bury the talents into the ground. Hence the Catho lic woman seeks to manifest her power in order to develop it for the good of the neighbor. This has been expressed by the congress in its program. Two days were given up to the subject “Development of Christian per sonality of the woman.” The Food Agricultural Organization (FAO) conducted a special seminar, so as to elucidate the struggle against famine in the world. The committees of the congress were divided after the continents tak ing into consideration the condi tions of each of them. The World Federation of Uk rainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) had received an invi tation to take.part in the congress and sent as its representative in Rome Mrs. Maria Tomasziwska, resi dent of Munich, Germany. Mind ful of the plight of their sisters behind the Iron Curtain, who are experiencing severe persecutions for their faith, WFUWO prepar ed for the congress a paper titled “The woman prisoner in USSR.” Tt depicted the sufferings of 1,- 500,000 women in the concentra tion camps of forced labor in the east and north of Soviet Union, and the revelation of ardent faith among them. The League of Ukrainian Cath olic Women of Canada has lately affiliated with the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organiza tions, and sent its President, Mrs. Catherine Crouse, of Ottawa, as its delegate to the congress. To complement the materials relative to the struggle against the famine in the world, the WF- 'UWO presented a treatise on “Standard of living of the peas ants in Ukraine.” During the opening of the con gress were welcomed the Catho lic women from behind the Iron Curtain. It had likewise been planned to have attestations by the women former members of Silent Church offered at the con gress. Unfortunately, proper at tention was not paid to this way of the cross. Still the Catholic women of the world might have been greatly inspirited by the ex periences and heroism of these martyrs. There can be no more telling demonstration of Soviet reality than the fact that thou sands of women have accepted persecutions and sufferings for their faith rather than subject to the decrees of atheistic regime, and even under most exacting cir cumstances have continued to ob serve their practices. Notably, the Ukrainian Catholic women in these camps have been setting a good example. Even now the re ports are being received in the Free World that these manifesta tions are not decreasing but in creasing. The faithful are travel ing tens of kilometers to receive the Holy Communion, and the Soviet press is repeatedly com plaining that the youth is hold ing to church weddings. The resolutions passed by the congress reflect the objectives presented by the Holy Father, as well as the expressions of the committees and of the seminar of FAO. The way for the Catholic women has been outlined for the next five years. May most of the wishes and decisions of the con gress be realized. And the women from behind the Iron Curtain, now living out side that slavery limit, ought to take heed that their Catholic sis ters in the Free World may come to understand and perceive the way of the cross of their sisters remaining behind the Iron Cur tain. A GUEST FROM CALIFORNIA Mrs. Olga Shyshka, President of UNWLA Branch 62, of San Francisco, Calif., paid a visit to Central Office of UNWLA at Philadelphia, during her recent short stay in our city. Mrs. Shyshka resides in San Bruno, near San Francisco, from where she is traveling to attend the meetings of the Branch. O U R LIFE Edited by Editorial Board Published by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America» Inc, 909 N. Franklin St. Philadelphia 23, Pa. Phone MA 7-7945
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