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Helen Alvare - Janet Smith - Mother Mary Assumpta Long were among the speakers at the Nov. 10, the sold-out Worcester Catholic Women's Conference. Four hundred women registered for the full-day event held at Assumption College.

WORCESTER – At the 2018 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, the last presentation of the day was given by Susan Conroy, the author of “Mother Teresa’s Lessons of Love and Secrets of Sanctity” and several other inspirational books. She once worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata by helping her serve the “poorest of the poor” in India, and she discovered what makes someone a saint.

Humor helped get serious messages across at Saturday’s Women’s Conference. Susie Lloyd's talk was titled, “Be Not Afraid of the Puddle in the High Chair,” reminiscent of an experience of eating out with family which she recounted humorously for conference-goers.

The announcement at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore that we had to table a vote regarding several action items that would contribute to holding bishops accountable came as a surprise to all of us. I left for Baltimore ready to discuss the plan and to support the proposal that more must be done to demonstrate our commitment to handling properly allegations of abuse of minors. I am disappointed that we cannot move forward this week. . .