Youngest member sees future in CWL January 15, 2021
As the newest and youngest member of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) at St. Anthony’s Parish in Bloomfield, P.E.I., Joanie Chislett hopes to carry the rich legacy of the organization forward to future generations.
The 38-year-old mother of two says although she always admired the league, which celebrated its 100-year anniversary this past year, the decision to join in January 2020 was a long time coming.
“I think it was a CWL Sunday two years ago when I saw the ladies lined up and they had their pretty blue pashminas on,” said Chislett, whose two sons are age eight and 20. “They represented women’s empowerment (to me) I guess. It just kind of struck me that day and I had thought about joining ever since.”