INTRODUCTION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM (ILT)
Twelve months ago, as we entered into 2020, as an International Leadership Team, we were already excitedly preparing for our July International Council Meeting (IC) which was planned for the Netherlands. We were looking forward to going back to our roots, where ‘it’ all began almost 100 years ago. But by early March, while we were all in some form of ‘lock down’ this dream vanished. Finally in late August, we decided that we would try a Zoom I.C. meeting.
From the moment we made the decision to try a Zoom IC to the start of our first session on September 26, we became a flurry of activity. We had to find translators and learn the Zoom simultaneous translation function, and together with the Communications Team training sessions and testing sessions were organized. We also had to ensure that each I.C. representative had the necessary device to participate and so much more. On the face of it, it all seemed easy, but there were layers upon layers of details to figure out and work through. These sessions began on Sept. 26 and were conducted in 2-hour blocks of time on 5 consecutive Saturdays and on the 6th Saturday being October 31, we had the opening for our Jubilee.
When we opened the I.C. with Maria Carlos warm welcome to all attendees, seeing each other on the screen and actually having a productive first session, there was a sense of hope and magic in the air. Just seeing each other on the screen after our months of Covid confinement, smiling with delight, connecting in small ways through the session, felt empowering. We were together at last and once again carrying out the work of the I.C. and the international Grail. We were together again!
Was this first step perfect? NO! Was it worth doing? YES!! Will we do it again? Absolutely. Like any new endeavor, the first step is the hardest. It’s done with a mix of courage and trepidation. But we took a step. For each of the five I.C. sessions, we learned from the prior week and we forged on. With week six being open to all Grail members, in every Grail country to come together to celebrate the opening of our Jubilee. With more than 300 women on Zoom, listening to music from different countries, with readings and an address by Isabel Allegra and so much more. That was the first time in our Grail history that every Grail member in every Grail country was invited to an international celebration. When the celebration ended, no one wanted to leave, slowly over the next hour, Grail sisters took their time to great one another, seeing faces at times we hadn’t seen for years, and slowly oh so slowly, saying good bye.
In this I.C. report we will include:
• The Opening Message: Maria Carlos Ramos. • A Word about the ILT Election Process. • The Grail Chair Proposal.
• On Growing in the Grail, to include Training for Transformation as an integral aspect of the “Common Elements” for Growing in the Grail programming.
• The Finance Team Proposals.
• Evaluation comments from participants.
• The Nucleus Team’s on proposal on Registration in the Catholic Church will be coming later.
OPENING ADDRESS BY MARIA CARLOS
On behalf of the International Leadership Team I would like to welcome you and tell you that we are very happy to have reached this momentum.
While some get up to start the day, others prepare to rest at the end of the day. We are not just living at the same time. We are living the same time. The same moment in different latitudes, hemispheres and continents but in the same place, in the same virtual/real space ... we are together!
We surpassed time and space thanks to the technology and hard work of the Communication Team - I anticipate our thanks to this team, for their efforts to find the most suitable tools for us, for their commitment, for their many hours of work: THANK YOU!
I like to think that we form a constellation in the sky. That we are like stars. Dust in the immense sky, shining among thousands and thousands of other constellations.
Welcome to the Grail Galaxy!
Shirlei has already given us the technical guidance for this two-hour trip, and for the coming Saturdays. We hope and wish that this is an unforgettable and important Momentum for each one.
I take the opportunity to share some concerns and hopes of the International Leadership Team (ILT).
And I would like to start by saying: for the ILT, this International Council is truly a Momentum! In Physics, Momentum is the force that keeps an object in motion. It is the exact instant when a body gains speed.
We can consider this Momentum in the life of the Grail as historical.
For the first time, whether we are used to using these technologies or not, the Grail women are virtually meeting, on video conference, to start an International Council.
This Momentum officially inaugurates a New Age in the Grail.
It was not our desire or vision that brought us to this New Age, it was the very moment of collective history that forced us to take this step. We are living a pivotal time between the past and the future.
It is, therefore, a privilege to be able to be precursors of this Momentum. We are the bridge between one and another Times.
We are, therefore, responsible for the impulse given here. For the speed that we print here.
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Marian Shwab is here with us and must remember well our effort, with Zodwa Mabaso, to find a theme for the 2017 International General Assembly (IGA) in Fátima.
In that time we wanted to privilege the time for reflection and debate, the analysis of the economic, political, social and environmental situation in the world. We were aware that our analysis would add nothing to the impasse that we were experienced globally in the various dimensions of human life and the planet… Our responses to the world's vulnerabilities would be insignificant ... One drop…
One thing we did not want to lose sight of: the Hope that we inherited from the women who preceded us, the Hope that moves us.
The theme of the International Assembly of Fátima in 2017 was almost prophetic! There is a crack in everything is where the light comes in…
We drew the contours of the crack that seemed to us.
We shared our experiences and our efforts to paddle against a tide that was clearly rising and submerging us.
We talked a lot about ‘transition time’. And we set up the tent.
We prayed. We prayed what we didn't know how to name.
More than prophetic, these words were clearly an affirmation of Faith: There is a crack in everything is where the light comes in…
Three years passed. And this year we were violently surprised by the Unknown. The absurd! The unimaginable!
Our life was suspended. Plans, projects, programs have been postponed. We believed it was temporary. A brief interruption. A break for the Planet to breathe. We waited.
A tiny microorganism has paralyzed the world! To the plagues in Egypt, which we meditated during the days of Lent, we added Covid 19. They were the plagues and the desert. We waited impatiently for the time to pass the Red Sea, the days of the promised land… the normality of days !?
For the first time the words of the Gospel were real: the darkness in broad daylight and a cry, in a mixture of despair and hope, that was spreading across the land:
«At noon, there was darkness all over the land (…) Jesus exclaimed with a loud voice: Eloí, Eloí, lama sabachtáni? My God, my God, why did you abandon me? » (Mc15, 33-34) We agreed with the Pope: the world is sick!
Seven months have passed!?
In these months, we have been feeding ourselves on each other's voices, spread around the world. The special editions of the March, April, May and July 2020 Newsletter have made us even more aware that we form a body, that we are experiencing a global vulnerability, that we are in the same boat. No one is saved alone.
It was an encouragement to read each one!
In this ‘break’ we lost some of our sisters on the journey. We were poorer. Smaller. Celebrating their lives, reading their life stories, helped us, consoled us, inspired us.
It was seven months of turbulence, which is not over yet, and we do not know how far it will go. In the middle of a pandemic, we are witnessing the emergence of another virus, more subtle, but equally deadly: FEAR
• fear generating hate, with racist, xenophobic, sexist confrontations filling the streets, with populist and nationalist ideologies gaining greater prominence and supporters;
• fear generating insecurity, with economies skidding, unemployment and hunger scandalously throwing millions into poverty and making the poorest prey for exploitation and slavery; • fear of generating greed with environmental attacks multiplying and armed conflicts
reproducing
We have the feeling of being trapped in a maze. We ask ourselves: until when? Where do we start?
We used to say from the past that the Grail women lived and went through the 'elbow of time' ... The elbow… that joint where the bones join, that knot that can strangle the passage of blood, or that can make the movements of giving and receiving possible.
We too have the perception that we are living in an 'elbow of time', a time that can be Fatal or Vital, of more life or more death.
The ancient Greeks had two words for the time: chronos and kairós. Chronos refers to
chronological or sequential time (the time that is measured, of a quantitative nature), Kairós has a qualitative nature, it is a time without time, it is the decisive time in which something special happens.
This time that is given to us to live is thick, with a substrate that we still cannot decipher. It is a time for Kairós. It's a decisive time.
This time that is given to us to live is an ‘opportune time’.
If we have learned anything this year - and there have been many things we have learned but which we have not yet been able to name - one thing at least was: the world can change! And change radically.
What is decisive for us?
What change do we want to announce?
This International Council will not mark history as a ‘utopian revolution’, nor as the moment of ‘visions of the future’ but it will be marked by the effort put into everything, despite everything. Despite a virus that enclosed us, despite the uncertainties that have taken over our days ... This International Council, I said, will be marked by the efforts of the teams that worked and
prepared the proposals that will now be presented and debated. Proposals and the hard work doing by the Networks and teams, which despite knowing nothing, can be decisive for the life and action of the Grail, which will have an impact in the coming years on the life and action of the Grail.
In the coming days we are asked for: the courage of discernment. Dare to be humble and ask the right question.
And if nothing is concluded, this International Council will at least be marked by the technology for which we were catapulted and by the launch of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Grail. And just because of that it will be a significant Momentum.
From today, another way of being in the Grail is underway.
To the international teams that prepare this International Council, to those that prepare the contents and proposals and to those that made this International Council technologically and effectively possible, to the translators, that will make the dialogue and understanding between all possible; representatives of Countries, Networks, Work Teams:
Thank you!
Thank you very much on behalf of ILT.
I would like to end with the words of the poet John O’Donohue who accompanied us for four years in reflecting on our diversity.
Blessed the space between us.
It is not ironically that I remember these words. We know that it is not enough to get closer to be effectively close. And, in the same way, when we are distant it does not always mean that we are disconnected: a real intensity of communion can be experienced in the distance.
Blessed the space between us.
Today more than ever we know that the space between us is really sacred, because we are sacred. And sacred is the world.
May geographical distances never blind us to the wounds of the world. May the sacred be our journey.
May the Spirit guide and enlighten our work and bless each one. Blessed are you.
THE ILT ELECTION PROCESS
At the first IC Session on September 26, 2020, the International Election Team was introduced with Marian Schwab as the International Election Administrator. Other team members working with Marian were also introduced: Mindy Burger and Pam Hall.
The Team walked everyone through the election process, how it would be conducted, the process for voting. This election process is well underway with Marian, Mindy and Pam in touch with all Grail countries each step of the way.
THE VAN GINNEKEN CHAIR WOMEN AND CARE FOR THE FUTURE AT THE NIJMEGEN RADBOUD UNIVERSITY
This proposal was received very positively at the October 3, 2020 International Council Session. Nineteen (19) of our 20 Grail countries cast their ballot: 16 voting yes and 3 abstentions. Background
Like all ideas, The Grail Chair idea was not born finished. Like all ideas, this one gained new forms and identities as it was shared with others Grail members. The embryo of the idea comes from The Netherlands, but at this moment it has very varied contributions. The Grail Chair idea brought together a group of Grail members from different parts of the world.
In mid-May 2020 it became clear that Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies was interested. The small group who had been circulating and discussing this proposal with Grail women throughout the world, came to the ILT to let us know of this interest from the university.
The university was enthusiastic and wanted to welcome the Grail through the establishment of this position. Like most academic institutions, Nijmegen Radboud University had a clear set of criteria, guidelines, and a timeline for us to consider.
To move forward, the ILT affirmed this proposal for next steps to be taken with the university, with the understanding that to actually become a project of the International Grail, it would need a vote by the IC. The ILT saw this as an exciting opportunity for all of us and looked forward to further discussions at the IC meeting.
Brief highlights from the proposal Why?
• To remember and learn from the fascinating, rich and diverse first century of our International Grail Movement;
• To further influence and support the impact of the Grail in a second century through study, research, advocacy and publications;
• To empower women and children through education and research to transform the world –
thereby being true to our Grail dream. What?
• Studying disruptive experiences and challenges; • Letting new insights emerge from practices & reflection; • Co-creating new possibilities.
Who?
• All of us;
• An international team of academics and others put together from our membership to shape the scope of work, and keep it connected with regular newsletter articles, and other aspects. • The chair holder: with the initial chair coming from the Netherlands with a view of opening this to
Grail women from anywhere for specified periods of time;
• Stakeholders who share our dream and are prepared to work with us. For Whom?
• Inspire young students with our vision through seminars & dialogues and invite them to join us with their talents and dreams;
• Enable young Grail women from all over the world to nourish themselves through a period of study.
Where:
• Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Faculty of Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies) (base): modules, minors & (guest) lectures;
• Universities, colleges and other institutes all over the world (satellites): guest lectures and seminars;
• Virtual: Online Webinars, Seminars and Zoom Meetings.
Connecting to the Structures of the Grail: To develop mechanisms to create a bridge between the Chair and the international structures of the Grail, so that the Chair position is recognized within the Grail and provides regular reports to the IC and the Grail International General Assemblies. The Vote and Considerations.
Nineteen (19) of our 20 Grail countries cast their ballot: 16 voting yes and 3 abstentions. Considerations as we move forward:
As you can see, these considerations broadly related to funding, the name of the Chair, possibilities for identifying future Chairs, with many other aspects to be considered. We thank you all deeply for taking the time to provide so much thought as this project is established. • There is a request to also admit students who do not have an academic bachelor, but a
professional bachelor or another degree that is similar to a professional bachelor.
• There is need to know the history of the Grail in depth. Could it be the means to avail documents we are searching for, such as the 32 talks of Fr. Van Ginneken concerning social life? We have for spiritual and lacking the second set of social life. And we were fortunate to see how these people were putting on. There is need to discover more so as to shape the Grail East Africa accordingly. We think this is the only way to reach that goal.
• This will be an important perspective for the knowledge of the history and deepening of our Grail roots, mainly starting at a university in the Netherlands where the Grail was born; • Very important for this training, perhaps other countries in the future may follow this example. • The Grail here is very recognized and respected. We have a participant who studied the
history of the Grail and did a master's thesis. We refer to Iris José dos Anjos.
• Being a pro bono task was questioned. International Finances should provide a budget to finance the person responsible for the Grail Chair.
Also the attribution of the name – maybe it could have the name of a theme or be named after a Grail woman.
• An Imaginative proposal. Most of us involved in our preparatory discussions have graduate degrees in theology/religious studies so some familiarity with this aspect of the academic
world. We understood initially that this was an international project and that the Chair would be open to Grail women who are not Dutch. The proposal, as presented at the IC, does not seem to allow for this opportunity.
• What is being asked of the International Grail? Is it a Dutch initiative or an International Grail initiative? What are the financial implications of the project – internationally? for the Dutch Grail? Some asked, if the Grail is a lay women’s movement, why would the first recipient be ordained? It is not normal, in our experience, for the group who establishes a Chair to choose the first recipient.
• We would also like to see some emphasis on what Grail women who travel to the Netherlands to take advantage of any opportunity afforded would have to offer/contribute to the
receiving university not just what they might receive from their experience. As described, the Chair seems overloaded with academics. How will it reach out to and incorporate research related to the grassroots work of the Grail? Many disciplines now do this. There are Grail academics around the world upon whom to draw.
• We support the idea of launching a Chair at the Dutch University provided 1) funding is secured from within/outside the Grail to ensure that Grail women outside of the Netherlands can seriously consider spending a year or more “on sabbatical” or living/working in the Netherlands and 2) that the title of the Chair be changed. We do not think that a Chair for the International Grail should be in the name of a male, no matter how important he was to founding the movement and how well-known and respected he is in the Netherlands. We suggest “The International Grail Chair – Women of Vision” or “The Rachel Donders and International Grail Chair – Women of Vision”.
• It would have been the preference of most of us, at this point in our history, not to name the Chair after a man.
• We deeply believe that the Chair of the Grail should have a space like the one proposed but we want to remind, mainly to ourselves, that although we are an ecumenical group, at these present moments our spectrum is much broader and we consider it inter-spiritual. We respect our roots although we feel that spirituality is not only lived from Christianity but is also alive in various sources. We believe that it is important to share dreams from inclusion. Thank you for taking this our position into account.
• Be a comprehensive and inclusive project.
• Take advantage of the diversity that we have in our movement. The program indicates to the academy, but we believe that grassroots women have a lot to contribute. Even in relation to the composition of the team and research.
• We do not forget to include the younger generation.
• The discussion showed different opinions: some found that our past should be reflected scientifically - possible in the launching of a CHAIR.
• The majority however was critical to establish a kind of permanent project - expensive, depending on the administration of a University with own aims for it - with the name of Fa. Van Ginneken, great, genius, but in our view today in some aspects ambivalent.
• Some good lectures on his life and the aim for founding the Women of Nazareth, and his faith for our Centenary, would be wonderful and not give new burdens.
PROPOSAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FROM THE TEAM ON GROWING IN THE GRAIL
This team presented a proposal for the IC to consider including Training for Transformation as an integral aspect of the “Common Elements” for Growing in the Grail programming. This proposal was very well received by the International Council.
Nineteen (19) of our 20 countries voted and the 19 that voted said YES!
However, there were comments and consederations which will be shared with the Growing in the Grail Team which they will study and consider as they move this forward.
Comments and considerations:
• Not a prerequisite for becoming a Grail member • Not appropriate for some members
• The GiG Team made important process suggestions in their Report related to the implementation of this proposal. These should be noted in the future work of the Team • We agree as we understand that women all around the Grail will be involved in the TFT
program and its agenda
• We are interested and can’t wait regarding this two proposal. We needed this to educate us in a lot of ways and even motivate us to improve ourself and the projects we are currently doing.
• Actually, one of our Grail sisters who had attended TFT in Africa and have made her research with regards to child and nutrition in two respective provinces in the Philippines that can be a great contribution to 2022.
• One of the benefits of including Training for Transformation as an integral aspect of the “Common Elements” for Growing in the Grail programming is recognizing this programme as a Grail initiative. With it we also underline our willingness to be open to the signs of the times. Also mentioned – this methodology should be used together with other methodologies promoting the initiation to the symbolic of the Grail and addressing spiritual matters.
THE IC REPORT ON FINANCE
Proposal to the International Council from the International Finance Team based on recommendations from The Finance February Meeting – Fatima, Portugal.
This team presented two proposal for the IC to consider, at the October 10, 2020 International Council Session.
The two proposals were very well received by the International Council.
1. Do you agree with the proposal to expand the number of members of the International Finance Team by including a representative from each of the current International Funds: HEF, IAF and CNF?
Nineteen(19) of our 20 countries voted on this first proposal and the 17 that voted said YES and two voted NO.
However, there were comments and consederations which will be shared with the International Finance Team which they will study and consider as they move this forward, in dialogue with the ILT.
Comments and considerations:
• Ampliar equipe com a participação dos Fundos será estratégico, pois possibilitará um olhar geral sobre finanças e não somente atender demandas;
• Importante garantir a diversidade de países e regiões na composição; • Incluir a Capital Foundation?
• We feel it would encumber the decision-making process without achieving any benefits. Meetings among representatives from the current International Financial Funds to assess guidelines for projects and find ways of accessing financing sources internationally (as opposed to locally or nationally), on the contrary, are necessary.
• The creation of a think tank with about these matters is desirable.
• Thank you for the efforts of the Finance Team in working hard for the Grail Finance and thinking of ways to improve our finances. This will create an effective and sustainable programs and reach out to more communities that will help transform their way of living. • Before I agree, in areas of finance, the bigger the group, the problem and the less the
group the better. Is there so far some loopholes or gaps identified which forces us to increase the number?
• With big group consensus sometimes takes time and sometimes the grapevines. Have we analyzed these things before coming to this decision?
• Other networks will also feel they need to be added to the team. When they ask, will you deny them a chance?
• I recommend that the Finance team be independent from other teams, otherwise, we might cause chaos in the future.
• What about the increased travel cost?
• That each Project in the Grail around the world have a finance representative to be able to expose both financial needs and achievements.
• The need to observe the diversity in the composition of the team. We are also guided by transparency and clarification in the composition of each finance team.
• Following the manual IC, the different funds are described in it by Joan Dilworth Fund / Legacy. Is there no need to include the Childhood Nutrition? Fund (CNF) in the IC manual?
2. Do you agree that the current Higher Education Fund is also used for the study of languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English and Kiswahili?
Nineteen(19) of our 20 countries voted on this second proposal and the 18 that voted said YES and one voted NO.
However, there were comments and considerations which will be shared with the International Finance Team and the Higher Education Fund Team, which they will study and consider as they move this forward, in dialogue with the ILT.
Comments and considerations:
• Providing that it fits the higher education definition and that any allocations of fund for language learning not be at the expense commited Grail women seeking acess to accredited higher education.
• Idiomas Explorar estudos com as professoras do próprio Graal.
• A sugestão também de se fazer intercambio para dar aulas nos países e ou aprender tantos idiomas quanto outros conhecimentos.
• Imersão com troca de serviços e formações.
• Sugestão incluir capacitações, especializações que possam ser estratégicas para expansão do Graal.
• Many of the suggestions/recommendations regarding the work of the HEF were areas identified by the previous HEF Team. Membership on the IFT would have facilitated their earlier resolution. An excellent idea!
• It would seem that the study of Kiswahili may not be as urgent. Secondary school education is in English, I believe, in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. I do not know about Mozambique and Angola. Perhaps, what is needed, are Grail women who can be prepared to do simultaneous translation – probably Kiswahili first language speakers.
• within a decided frame.
• My colleagues agree with the use of these funds for language learning. It is also proposed to look for free courses or make an exchange with companions of the Grail.
• Yes, because communication is so important however with care because we do not know how much we have for that pot.
• I recommend developing teaching CD (video since they show actions) and then be distributed to the countries. This might cost less money than joining an institution and again many will benefit than individuals. Even it will become part of the formation program in our countries. • This question of learning other languages spoken at the level of the international Grail comes from at least two recent IGA and an IC meeting. When we return to the same subject, it is because it is a challenge at the level of the Movement. However, we have to take into account the objectives of the HEF (6.2.4.4, IC Manual). Let us not rush into running out of funds for learning language – no depleted the funds for HEF, as there remains a need to invest in higher education of Grail members, especially the youngest members.
• Once again, we call awareness to the existence of a balance of learning the various languages of the Grail. It must flow in several directions, from English to Spanish; Swahili for Portuguese, etc., etc. Although we know that learning other language, it goes according
to the needs of each one. We should invite or urge each of us to learn the language of the other.
• Allow women who don’t study on an academic level to benefit from this fund It is not necessary to use the fund for learning Swahili, most Grail women who speak Swahili speak English. For those who are able to fulfill a leadership positions in the Grail, it can be combined with an academic study in a foreign country.
• Contribute to the translation of documents that are mostly in English, that these funds can also help the translation process so that all members can obtain the information.
• In terms of learning the four languages we find it beneficial if it’s used in everyday life and in dealing with people you encounter. If it will be used for Grail Projects like translating meetings and documents, then learning the language is a must. We agree as well that HEF should fund such program. We are fortunate, HEF is willing to support our Grail sisters through education which is very empowering.
• It is good that people are supported and encouraged to learn language for the benefit of our community.
EVALUATION COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTS
“Challenges were there but the measure exceeded some as we advanced each of the 6 Saturdays.” “It is important that we look at the privilege of accessing technology and the Internet and ensure that
no one is left behind.”
“Overall, we had good time to work and learnt how work on virtual environment.” “The experience of this virtual IC meeting was strange.
It was my first time in an IC meeting. I felt frustrated for not being able to communicate properly, present ideas, reflect with others, build upon each other’s’ points of view... Also I lacked all the
personal aspects – all the sensorial experiences that help us get to know, connect to and appreciate
“The ‘climate’ was warm, welcoming and inviting, providing a very good and open experience. It
would have been helpful to have more opportunity to pursue some questions … I believe that Teams learnt from the discussion;”
“I highly appreciate the effort made by the ILT, the communication team and the translation team to
realize this meeting online”
“The joy to meet and see familiar faces of Grail women from all over the world, was visible and
could be felt - a gift!”
“The contents were well prepared and very helpful for a full understanding and possibility to decide.” “Bearing in mind that it was happening for the first time, as Kenyan Grail we feel it was a successful process that gave us an opportunity to discuss the most important issues for our Grail movement.” “Sensitive agenda that were discussed like registration to the Catholic Church, Finance, Grail Network
reports, were eye opening discussions and helped us understand more on our status as a movement.” “Zoom was appropriate technology for our virtual meeting. Although it is better to have face to face meeting where we can touch each other, discuss and show work to each other for better result, but
due circumstance, we had to go virtual.”
“…we learned a lot. It was cost effective. It is calling us to improve Network and Internet programs.
Let us continue with it if possible for the coming meeting.” “So fabulous to make this work for us all around the world!”
“The Communications Team did an exceptional job getting everyone online, providing tech support,
and facilitating the presentations, discussions, and IC Meeting in general.”
“One comment or constructive criticism several of us would like to make is that the translations were not always very accurate and sometimes held up the flow of the meeting.”
“My experience was wonderful since it was the first time to use zoom.” “I realized that it is cost effective and time saving.”
“People were active and always respectful of time”
“All in all everything went well. Gratitude goes to the communication team, ILT and all members who
made it happen.”
“The Launching of the Grail birthday and celebration of 100 years was a memorable event that
demonstrated our true identity and spirituality. Having time to learn of our history and the journey in which different women from almost all Grail countries took to engage in the transformation of the world. They used different abilities, talents, skills and knowledge during the celebration. This showed how Grail is a strong movement of women.”
