The new mentorship program is sponsored by the Chattanooga Deanery CCW.
Nine new officers and commission chairs were installed April 2 for one year of service in the Chattanooga Deanery’s newly formed Council of Young Catholic Women (CYCW).
The installation took place at a Spring Mother–Daughter Tea held at Notre Dame High School. After their installation, the girls sang an a cappella version of “Amen,” which they learned from their voice teacher, Sister Anna Wray, OP.
Sponsored by the Chattanooga Deanery Council of Catholic Women, the CYCW is a mentorship program for high school girls in the areas of spirituality, leadership, and service. Any female teen in the deanery is welcome to participate. For more information, visit www.kdccw.org/cycw, or e-mail Lisa Tuggle at lisadtuggle@gmail.com.
Officers and chairs for the CYCW are Elizabeth Tuggle, president; Mary Flynn, vice president; Jackie Schulz, secretary; Becca Simerly, treasurer; Anna Lawson, leadership chair; Amy Malo, leadership co-chair; Olivia Anderson, spirituality co-chair; Vivian Anderson, spirituality co-chair; and Erica Cyrul, service chair.
On April 21 the entire CYCW board visited the Choices Pregnancy Help Center in Chattanooga. They met with director Pat Lindley and heard the story of how an abortion clinic on the site was closed in 1993 and the current help center established in its place, on the exact spot where more than 35,000 babies were aborted over a span of 18 years.
CYCW board members Elizabeth, Jackie, and Anna on May 6 attended the annual Knoxville Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Convention in Kingsport, where they presented a workshop titled “From Choice to Choices: Transforming an Abortion Clinic Into a Pregnancy Help Center.”
