We engage in the political process to help build a 'culture of life and love', in which the dignity and rights of the human person are respected and promoted, from conception until natural death.
The League was established in Launceston in 1941, when Mrs. Gwen Mullins, recently arrived from South Australia, where she had become familiar with the League and its work, met with a group of interested women in Launceston and established the first group. Other branches quickly followed.
We were thrilled with the discovery in 2011 of historical documents proving that there was an earlier ‘League’ presence in Tasmania. The Catholic Women’s Social Guild (now known as the Catholic Women’s League of Victoria and Wagga Wagga) established a branch in Hobart in early 1936 and Tasmania sent representatives to the Catholic Women’s League International and Inter-State Conference in South Australia in October that same year.
The Catholic Women’s League plays a vital part of the life of the Church in Tasmania and the wider community. The League in Tasmania is divided into three regions and the State Executive operates from each of these on a rotational basis for a two-year period—north, north-west and south.
Our craft shop is located at 16 Criterion Street St, Hobart. It is open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm and is run by our friendly volunteers. Visitors and browsers are most welcome!
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