The International Grail, 2011 - Presentation by Becky Hill

The International Grail

As seen by the IGA 2011 * Kleinmond, South Africa

Grail Centre*Kleinmond*South Africa

International Leadership Team

Christa Werner (Germany) * Carol Webb (Australia/US) * Christina dos Anjos

(Brazil)

AUSTRALIA 19362011 IGA Delegates:Kay Hunt (IC) * Mary Nelson

National Leadership: Jill Herbert, Kay Hunt,

Mary Nelson

Active Members: 67Nucleus Members: (9)

Participating Religions:Catholic: 90%Protestant/Anglican: 10%

Active Regions: 4 North Queensland BrisbaneAvila, North Sydney Melbourne

National Focus: Trade & MultilateralAgreements, Popular Education, Migrants &

Refugees, Inter‐Faith Dialogue, Gunawirra

Aboriginal Projects, Prayer & Spirituality Mary Nelson * Kay Hunt

BRAZIL 19492011 IGA Delegates:Shirlei

A. Silva (IC) *Eliana

Rocha

National Leadership: (9) Shirlei, MarinaFlavia, Matilde, Claudia, Nadia, Xanda, Dilma

e Maria

Active Members: 35Nucleus Members: 0

Participating Religions:Catholic: 34Spiritist

Doctrine: 1

Active Regions: 6 Pirapora

BuritizeiroBelo Horizonte BraziliaMontes Claros Angra

dos Reis

Grail Center Locations: Belo Horizonte –MG (national headquarters)Buritizeiro

–MG

National Focus: Solidarity Economy, Women’s Rights,Community Health & Education, and

Strengthening of CultureChristina dos Anjos

(ILT) * Shirlei

Almeida da

Silva * Eliana

Rocha

CANADA 1950’s2011 IGA Delegates:Mary Boyd (IC) * Samia

Saad

National Leadership: (3)


Participating Religions: MultipleCatholic: 93%Protestant: 7%

Active Regions: 4TorontoCharlottetownMontrealLondon

National Focus:Global Justice Mary Boyd * Samia

Saad

GERMANY 19322011 IGA Delegate:

Maria Schwab (IC)

National Leadership: Maria Schwab, Silvana

Ferraguti, Maria Bauernfeind

Active Members: 23

Nucleus Members: (5)

Participating Religions:

Catholic 100%

Grail Center Locations: 3

Mulheim

Offenbach

Munich

National Focus:

Migrant Project‐

International Initiative HochfeldInter‐Religious Dialogue

Maria Schwab * Christa Werner (ILT)

ITALY 19622011 IGA Delegates:Claudia Poggi

*Rosemeire

Rodrigues, National Leadership: (3) Gemma, Pia, Marina

Sangalli

(IC)


Participating Religions: CatholicChristianFeminist TheologyNew Paths of Bible Spirit/Eco‐Spirituality

Active Regions: 3Milano RomaCalabria

National Focus:Migrant Women Project, Third Phase Txintxa

Process

Claudia Poggi

* Rosemeire

Rodrigues

KENYA 19792011 IGA Delegates:Perpetua

Otieno

(IC)*Angelina Kyonda



Participating Religions:Catholic 100%

Active Regions: 4KisumuKitaleMachakosNairobiGrail Centers:Daranja

Mbili

in Kisumu

National Focus:Primary Education

Perpetua

Otieno

* Angelina Kyonda

MEXICO 19682011 IGA Delegates:

Rosaurora

Espinoza , Reyna Martinez


Active Members: 14

Nucleus Members: 1

Participating Religions: Multiple

Mostly Catholic

Active Regions: 2 Groups approach

Mexican reality in 5 regionsNorth‐South GroupMorelos‐Los Reyes

National Focus: Women’s spirituality

according to indigenous roots, Education,

Rural Women’s Projects, Environment,

Traditional health and ways of celebration

Rosaurora

Espinoza * Reyna Martinez

MOZAMBIQUE 19862011 IGA Delegates:

Manuela Muianga

(IC)

National Leadership: Manuela

Muianga, Emilia Botao

Active Members: 23

Nucleus Members: 0Participating Religions:

Catholic

Active Regions: 1Grail Center Locations:

Maputo

National Focus:

Environment

Manuela Muianga

NETHERLANDS 19212011 IGA Delegates:Elly

Koenig (IC) *Hermien

van Sloten

National Leadership: Elly

Koenig, Elly

v.

Leeuwen, Didine

Petit, Joke Poot


Participating Religions: MultipleCatholic ProtestantBuddhist

Grail Center Location:Utrecht

National Focus:Human Trafficking, Inter‐Religious

Dialogue/Diversity, Anti‐

Discrimination

Hermien

van Sloten, Elly

Koenig, Mieneke

Hage, Mary Omedo

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 19812011 IGA Delegates:

Albina

Namuesh

(IC) * Monika Moka


Active Members: 42


Participating Religions:

Catholic 100%

Grail Center Locations: 3

Wewak

Manus

Port Moresby

National Focus:Poverty, Health HIV‐AIDS, Education,

Church & Youth, Environment Albina

Namuesh

* Monika Moka

PHILIPPINES 19752011 IGA Delegates:Monica de Leon (IC) * Adalberta

Francis

National Leadership: Adalberta

Francis, Mavhic

Simborios, Candie

Mugot

Active Members: 29Nucleus Members: 0


Active Regions: 4ManilaE. SamarN. MindanaoW. Mindanao

National Focus:Leadership Training Seminar for Young Women,

Livelihood for Members Adalberta

Francis * Monica de Leon

PORTUGAL

19572011 IGA Delegates:Maria Carlos Ramos (IC) * Mariana Malta

National Leadership: Maria Carlos Ramos,Mariana Malta, Maria Ondina

Duarte



Grail Center Locations:Terraco‐LisboaGolega

National Focus: Women, Migration, Young

People & Teenagers, Theology &

Spirituality, Development & Cooperation,

Training for Transformation, Formation &

Projects, Banco

de TempoGinoca

Neto

* Mariana Biltes

* Joana Fialho

Maria Carlos Ramos * Mariana Malta

SOUTH AFRICA 19452011 IGA Delegates:

Zodwa

Mabaso

(IC) * Nabs Wessels

National Leadership: Nabs WesselsAggie Modise, Thoko

Makhanya, LoekGoemans, Zodwa

MabasoNational Formation: Sibongile

Mtungwa, Ina Conradie, Ann Moore

Active Members: 41


Participating Religions: MultipleCatholicProtestant

Active Regions & Grail Centers: 3 KleinmondJohannesburgKwaZulu

Natal

National Focus:

Justice, Popular Education, Global

Warming, Environment, Sustainability Zodwa

Mabaso

* Nabs Wessels

* Aggie Modise

SWEDEN 19982011 IGA Delegates:

Joyce Kemuma

(IC) * Bibi

Helgesson

National Leadership: (5) Kerstin, Bibi,

Joyce, Anne, Karin

Active Members: 8

Nucleus Members: 0

Participating Religions: Multiple

Lutheran

Other Protestant

Active Regions: 2

Uppsala/Stockholm

Goteborg

National Focus: Inter‐Religious

Dialogue, Retreats & Pilgrimages

Bibi

Helgesson

* Joyce Kemuma

TANZANIA 19702011 IGA Delegates:Margarita Shirima

(IC) * Evetha

Mcha

National Leadership: (5) Margarita

Shirima, Maria Msuya, Regina Mlikha,Dionisia

Mshasa, Yustina

Karama

Active Members: 100Nucleus: (52)


Active Regions: 4Grail Center Locations: 2KisekibahaDido

National Focus:Education, Environment

Margarita Shirima

* Rose Mmbaga

* Evetha

Mcha

UGANDA 19532011 IGA Delegates:Josephine Nakagolo

(IC) * Winfred Nyonyozi

National Leadership: (3) Josephine Nakagolo,

Teopista

Nakabule, Clothilda

Bukirwa



Active Regions: 4

Grail Center Locations: KampalaMasakaMushangaKishabya

National Focus:Health, Women’s Issues, Education Josephine Nakagolo

* Winfred Nyonyozi

USA 19402011 IGA Delegates:Marian Schwab (IC) * Becky Hill

National Leadership: Mary Farrell, Judith

Blackburn + National Council


Participating Religions: MultipleCatholic ProtestantJewishVarious Spiritual Journeys

Active Regions: 9 BostonGrail Center Locations: PhiladelphiaGrailville CincinnatiCornwall

New York CityBronx Michigan

WisconsinNational Focus:

LouisianaSocial Justice, Spiritual

CaliforniaDiversity, Environment, SouthwestUnited Nations Council on Status of Women

Becky Hill * Noreen Willhelm * Marian Schwab * Lucy Jones

OPEN DAY at Mthimkulu

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n

Many Thanks to the South African Grail

and the International Backstage Team…

Sally Timmel, Anne Hope Nqobile Masuku

Aggie Modise, Loek Goemans

Ginoca Neto

Loretta Joseph, Aggie Modise, Jacky Gind, Ntombi Nyati, Priscilla Erasmus, Joy Talliard

A South African Welcome

SDSE Work Group: Sibongile

(SA), Becky (USA), Evetha

(Tanzania), Shirlei

(Brazil), Reyna (Mexico), Zodwa

(SA), Josephine (Uganda), Rose (italy)

Sustainable Development & Solidarity Economy Work Group

Back Row: Mary Nelson, Nabs Wessels, Marian Schwab, Maria Carlos Ramos, Mary Farrell, Lucy Jones, Bibi

HelgessonSecond Row: Zodwa

Mabaso, Shirlei

da

Silva, Elly

Koenig, Kay Hunt, Perpetua

Otieno, Noreen Willhelm, Maria Schwab, Mariana Malta, Christa Werner, Reyna Martinez, Joyce Kemuma, Margarita Shirima, Loek

Goemans, Mieneke

Hage, Angelina Kyonda, Josephine Nakagolo, Evetha

MchaThird Row: Mariana Biltes, Joana Fialho, Eliana

Rocha, Mary Boyd, Rosaurora

Espinoza, Winfred Nyonyozi, Becky Hill, Rosie Rodrigues, Christina dos Anjos, Samia

SaadFront Row Seated: Monica de Leon, Hermien

van Sloten

, Carol Webb, Albina

Namuesh, Adalberta

Francis, Monica Moka, Mary OmedoNot Pictured: Claudia Poggi

, Manuela Muianga, Marilyn Aitken, Sibongile

Mtungwa

International General Assembly 2011

GOD BLESS AFRICA !

The International Grail Vision Statement

We are an international movement and community of women of different cultures, socialbackgrounds and generations. We trust in the Spirit of God, Mystery and Source of Life.

We are called to create a sustainable world, transforming our planet into a place of peaceand justice.

We acknowledge that we are part of the whole of creation, striving to live simplyand to nurture a culture of care for all the earth.

We are determined to look for signs of hope in a complex world.

We are strengthened by the compassionate energy and creative action of women.

Born in the Catholic tradition, the movement is grounded in the Christian faith andchallenged by the radical call of the teachings of Jesus. Today we are women of variousreligious traditions and on life-giving spiritual journeys. We recognize that in each of ourGrail countries, our expressions of faith, religion and spirituality reflect our own realitiesand cultures. We respect and acknowledge these differences.

Recognizing the global realities we confront, we are committed to growing together andlearning from one another’s wisdom, experience and spiritual search.

September 23, 2011