Life Members/Honourary Life Members/Past Presidents - CWL Toronto Diocesan Council

Life Members/Honourary members presently in Toronto Diocese

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Margaret Tipping
Margaret Tipping’s CWL service includes the Diocesan President for Toronto, the Ontario Provincial President, and President of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish. She taught school for 35 years, as well as at the elementary level in Nigeria (Uwani) Africa. She became the Holy Childhood Person for all of Canada, which entailed visiting Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar, Zambia, Kenya, Eritriea Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Uruguay, and Thailand. These were all the countries where our Canadian Catholic Children (elementary school) gave money to help the children there.

Margaret Tipping

Margaret Tipping’s CWL service includes the Diocesan President for Toronto, the Ontario Provincial President, and President of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish.
She taught school for 35 years, as well as at the elementary level in Nigeria (Uwani) Africa. She became the Holy Childhood Person for all of Canada, which entailed visiting Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar, Zambia, Kenya, Eritriea Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Uruguay, and Thailand. These were all the countries where our Canadian Catholic Children (elementary school) gave money to help the children there.

Joan Hastie
Life Member

Dorothy McGuigan
Life Member

Margaret Ann Jacobs
Margaret Ann is a retired teacher who lives in Elmvale, Ontario. She is married to Michael, who currently publishes a local newspaper from their home, and is the mother of three adult sons. She is also a grandmother to Ethan and Sean, who live in Cochrane, Alberta, and Sophie, Mazie and Porter, who live in Hamillville, Ontario. Over the years Margaret Ann has been actively involved in her church as a lector, Eucharistic minister, minister of hospitality and counter. More recently volunteer work includes nursing home visitation, Birthright, Women’s Institute and of course helping with the newspaper.

Margaret Ann Jacobs

Margaret Ann is a retired teacher who lives in Elmvale, Ontario. She is married to Michael, who currently publishes a local newspaper from their home, and is the mother of three adult sons. She is also a grandmother to Ethan and Sean, who live in Cochrane, Alberta, and Sophie, Mazie and Porter, who live in Hamillville, Ontario.

Over the years Margaret Ann has been actively involved in her church as a lector, Eucharistic minister, minister of hospitality and counter. More recently volunteer work includes nursing home visitation, Birthright, Women’s Institute and of course helping with the newspaper.

Karen Lawless
Life Member

Mary Ellen Stinson
Life Member

Celestine F. Hall
Life Member

Patricia Cross
Life Member

Carole Pitcher
Life Member

Marlin Taylor
Life Member

Mary Hawkley
I joined Holy Family Council, Whitby, Ontario in 1986 and was president of the council twice as well as holding other convenorships. I was Regional Chair for Durham for 2001-2003. While continuing to be active in my parish council, I moved to the Toronto Diocesan Council in 2003 where I held a number of positions before I became President in 2011.

Mary Hawkley

I joined Holy Family Council, Whitby, Ontario in 1986 and was president of the council twice as well as holding other convenorships.

I was Regional Chair for Durham for 2001-2003.

While continuing to be active in my parish council, I moved to the Toronto Diocesan Council in 2003 where I held a number of positions before I became President in 2011.

Mary Quinlan
Life Member (1970)

Hazel Hawrish
Life Member

Donna Shaddick
Life Member (1977)

Mary Capobianco
Life Member

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