Regions – Military Council of Catholic Women

Worldwide Regions

MCCW is available at every point on the compass.

Welcome From Our Director of Regional Coordinators

Greetings from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. I am Joan LaPore, Director of Regional Coordinators. I work at Wright State University Catholic Campus Ministry and find myself enveloped by “the chapel in the woods” when I am at work. I am surrounded by inspiring young adults that I refer to as my spiritual children. I am blessed.

MCCW has seven large regions. Each region is led by a team that includes a Regional Coordinator, a Communications Coordinator, and a Liturgist. The regional teams are made up of discerned volunteers who serve a two-year term with MCCW. The culmination of the team’s term is the regional retreat that is held near the end of the two years.

Have you been to an MCCW Regional Retreat? There are inspiring guest speakers, opportunities for connecting with military sisters in the faith, and time for discerning future MCCW volunteer leaders. The regional team is busy throughout their term with planning, budgeting, seeking retreat centers. All that can only happen with additional volunteers. Each regional team relies on you, MCCW sisters in Christ, to help launch a retreat. Regional retreats are also a lot of fun while raising money to support our future military chaplains. It feels good to give back some of the blessings we have been given.

Do you enjoy volunteering? Do you like organizing social events? Are you skilled at planning liturgies for Mass or the music for Mass? Are you interested in learning more about discernment? Are you skilled with technology and enjoy writing blogs or emailing groups about upcoming events? Do you love numbers and budget spreadsheets? These are all gifts that MCCW volunteers share. Do you think there might be a place for you at the ever-growing MCCW volunteer table? Please let us hear your talents and your gifts and how MCCW can help connect, unite, and inspire you to be a regional volunteer.

Blessings,

Joan LaPore

MCCW is a worldwide organization serving the more than 220 US military installations around the globe. To better serve our membership, MCCW is divided into seven geographical regions: Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western, Europe, Asia and Pacific. Scroll down for pictures from our 2019 Spring Retreats.

Each region is led by a Regional Coordinator and Regional Board. These volunteers serve our Catholic priests and form women in the Catholic faith through retreats, days of reflections, online resources, and support for CWOCs.

To learn more about programs and resources in your region, or how MCCW can serve your local priest or chapel, contact your regional coordinator:

Northeast (Patti Ramos) — northeastcoordinator@mccw.org
Southeast (discerning Spring 2021) — southeastcoordinator@mccw.org
Western (Muffy Patterson) — westerncoordinator@mccw.org
Central (Mary Garcia) — centralcoordinator@mccw.org
Pacific (Elizabeth Wheeler) — pacificcoordinator@mccw.org
Europe (discerning Fall 2020) — europeancoordinator@mccw.org
Asia (Catherine Vieux) — asiacoordinator@mccw.org

Learn More About Regional Board Opportunities

Regional Discernment Packet

Northeast

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The MCCW Northeastern is a historically rich, fourteen state region that offers our Sisters in Christ a unique spiritual journey of faith to discover more of our Church and His Grace through the eyes of the early settlers to present day trailblazers. We embrace all DoD-affiliated women spanning from New York, Ohio and West Virginia to all the states that rest between Maine and Virginia, including the District of Columbia. The MCCW Northeastern Region is excited to welcome and enrich you through the many amazing, spiritual MCCW programs and our bi-annual regional retreat.

Western

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The Western Region encompasses all of the Mountain and Pacific time zones with the exception of Alaska. Military locations in California, Colorado, Washington, Nevada and Arizona plus six other state.

European

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For OCONUS spouses living in Europe, the region is one of two international areas supported by MCCW resources. A variety of countries and cultural experiences provides a historic backdrop for MCCW activities and events.

Central

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The Central Regional is comprised of the central 1/3 of the continental U.S. and spans from the border with Canada south to the border with Mexico. Home to installations in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and North Dakota the region has 13 states.

Southeastern

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The Southeastern region spans from North Carolina to Florida, and west until the Central Time zone. The Southeastern Region brings a little Southern hospitality to their activities and events and offers resources to key bases in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Kentucky.

Pacific

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The Pacific Region of MCCW includes two OCONUS locations diverse in God’s majestic
beauty; Alaska and Hawaii. In these two locations, one can find themselves soaking
their feet in the mighty oceans, to sledding down snowy slopes. From the Aloha and
Ohana spirit, to the adventurous explorer; the Pacific Region holds God’s love for us
through all the beauty that surround these OCONUS locations. MCCW Pacific Region is
happy to assist and support the spirituality and growth of our Chapel groups!

Asian

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For families stationed in Guam, Japan and Korea, MCCW recently launched a new region bringing resources and support closer to Catholic military wives of the region. Previously included in the Pacific region, this area can now focus on offering unique events closer to where they call home.