CWL Service Pins

The CWL Crest was chosen and authorized at the 3rd National Convention in Winnipeg in 1922. The league colours are blue, white and gold. Blue was chosen for Our Blessed Mother Mary; white and gold are the Papal colours.

Blue symbolizes loyalty and faithfulness. White is for purity and joy. Gold symbolizes the kingdom and royalty. God is represented by the blue cross. And, of course, the maple leaves represent Canada.

When a woman joins, she is presented with the insignia pin at her installation ceremony. At St. Paul’s this usually occurs at the 7 pm Mass which precedes our April meeting. At our June Wind-up, members who have served ten years and more receive their service awards. The ladies in the photo below, taken in August 2012, were among those in St. Paul’s CWL who had served the most years in the Catholic Women’s League, some being enrolled by their mothers when they were sixteen!