OLLU’s Center for Women in Church and Society Celebrates 40 Years of Empowering Women

The Center for Women in Church and Society (CWCS) at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a panel presentation and reception on March 23rd.

The event will take place on March 23 at 4 pm in Main Building, Room 311. If you plan to attend, please RSVP at CWCS@ollusa.edu  For any questions, please contact jlwalter@ollusa.edu  

Panelists at the event will include Sister Margit Nagy, CDP, co-founder of the center and OLLU professor emerita of History; Virginia Valenzuela, program coordinator from 2001-2006 and associate director from 2007-2008; and Jacqueline Walter, program coordinator from 2011-2013 and director from 2014 to the present. They will share insights about the center’s history and its ongoing mission to empower women.

The CWCS has come a long way since its founding in 1982. While its focus areas have evolved in response to the signs of the times, the CWCS is grounded in the CDP core values. The center is rooted in the belief that all beings are valuable, sacred, and deserving of respect and care and that where women thrive, all of God’s creation thrives. Today, the center provides an environment in which campus and community women support each other in living lives of physical, mental, and spiritual abundance. It also advocates for systems and policies that enable lives of abundance for women around the world.

The CWCS has been a beacon of hope for women for 40 years, providing a space where they can thrive and support each other. Its mission to empower women is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago, and we look forward to seeing the center continue to make a positive impact in the years to come.

Learn a little more about the CDP and CWCS history at https://www.cdptexas.org/center-for-women-in-church-and-societys-40th-anniversary/