THE V Catholic Daughters of the Americas Darlene Moritz P.O. Box 474 Milford, IA 51351 Address Service Requested nOn-PROfIt ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Permit no. 22 Ames, IA Please keep this issue until the next one. You’ll want the very important information inside! OICE of the IOWA Catholic Daughters www.IowaCatholicDaughters.org In this issue... Page 2 ......................... Publication Information Page 2 .......................... Message from Chaplain Page 2 .................................. Letter from Editor Page 3 ........................ Letter from State Regent Page 3 ................ Letter from National Director Page 4 .. Letter from Immediate Past State Regent Page 4 ....................Letter from State Treasurer Page 5 ................... Education Contest Winners Page 6 ................... Education Contest Winners Page 7 ..................... Newest Catholic Daughters Page 7 ..................... CDA Members Take Action Page 8-9..................................Local Court News Page 10-11 .........................................Convention Page 12-17 ...............................Local Court News Page 18 ............................... Prayerful Memories Page 19 ............ State Officers and Chairpersons Page 20 .............................. Dates to Remember State Regent - Rose Holschlag MISSION STATEMENT Catholic Daughters of the Americas strives to embrace the principles of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality, and the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all mankind. Summer 2013 More on Pages 10-11! 2013 Iowa CDA State Convention
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THEVCatholic Daughters of the AmericasDarlene MoritzP.O. Box 474Milford, IA 51351Address Service Requested
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In this issue...
Page 2 .........................Publication Information
Page 2 ..........................Message from Chaplain
Page 2 .................................. Letter from Editor
Page 3 ........................ Letter from State Regent
Page 3 ................ Letter from National Director
Page 4 .. Letter from Immediate Past State Regent
Page 4 ....................Letter from State Treasurer
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Dear Catholic Daughters, Our deep appreciation to our state and local officers and members who planned, made the arrangements and participated in our State Convention in Fort Dodge! To me, hopefully to all present, and, all the members of our local courts, a truly spiritual and rewarding time of renewal and inspiration. May we continue “Making Challenges Golden Op-portunities”. In our resurrection joy, we continue to live the Easter, Ascension and Pentecost mys-teries and pray that we can fully appreciate and present these holy gifts that we have received to the human family thirsting for the life and love that our Savior offers to all of us. In the Ascension time, Jesus had prepared the Church he had already established to fully understand that they (we), the Church, would become his living and visible presence for all time. May we believe that he continues to prepare us when we contem-plate his Word and his example that we can become willing and prepared to be faithful to the trust that he has placed in us! Having entrusted us, he will also provide his power through the grace of the sacraments and the guidance and gifts of the Holy Spirit. For forty days our Lord granted forgiveness, understand-ing, inspiration and the unfolding of God’s plan for the life of the Church, our lives. He then called us to carry on His ministry, not only in Jerusalem but also “to the ends of the earth”. We are called, like Mary, the Apostles, the Church, to continue and prayer-fully reflect on our place in this commissioning. The “two men dressed in white” (angels) con-tinue to ask us why we are stand-ing in our “safe” or comfortable
places looking up to the sky while Jesus, himself, is waiting to be loved, encouraged, forgiven and blessed by us in all of our broth-ers and sisters and the commu-nities where God has placed us through his providential wisdom. He has already made available the opportunity and gifts we are called to share to spread the good news.Pope Francis reminds us: “Be-ing Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our life and change it, transform it, and free it from the darkness of evil and sin. Dear brothers and sisters, let us point out the Risen Christ to those who ask us to account for the hope that is in us (cf. 1 Pet 3:15). Let us point him out with the proclamation of the word, but above all with our lives as people who have been raised. Let us show the joy of being children of God, the freedom that living in Christ gives us, which is true free-dom, the freedom that saves us from the slavery of evil, of sin and death! Looking to the heavenly homeland we shall receive new light and fresh strength, both in our commitment and in our daily efforts. This is a precious service that we must give to this world of ours which all too often no longer succeeds in raising its gaze on height, no longer succeeds in raising its gaze on God.” General Audience, April 10, 2013 “O Holy Spirit, Paraclete, perfect in us the work begun by Jesus” Pope John XXIII
Sincerely in Christ, Msgr. Carl L. Schmitt, State Chaplain
From the Desk of Your EditorDarlene Moritz
Heard on the radio the other day, “Hope you enjoyed your one day of Spring”. That made me smile. How about you? We Catholic Daughters of the Americas are movin’ on whether it feels like Spring or Summer. At the State convention in Ft Dodge last April, it almost looked and felt like winter!! This issue will capture many of the activities of 2013 that have been going on. Convention was for sure a huge success but we have also celebrated some 100th Anniversaries of courts with more to come. At the State convention I mentioned that we want to add some news from our National office. It isn’t just for the state officers to know what is going on out there in New York, but you folks need to know too. (And if your Regent forgets to tell you what was in the quarterly newsletter from National, you can find it on line at www.catholicdaugh-ters.org and read it all for yourself) Use the computer at your local library. The winners of the educational contest are listed and I will put the written articles in future issues. Congratulations to the new members listed since the spring issue. You have chosen to a part of an orga-nization that gives you Spiri-tual Benefits all year long!
Share that with someone you care about too. Many courts are working on invit-ing new members. Great! We sincerely hope that you new members will join many others in the coming events of CDA. Anna Baxter Day next June in Cedar Falls and the National Convention will be July of 2014 in Billings Montana and there is a good possibility of going together on a bus. Wouldn’t that be a hoot! And hopefully you will be able to attend one of the four workshops this fall. (Dates are not set as of yet). The next issue of The Voice will be sent out around the 15th of Septem-ber instead of the 1st in hopes of including more current information from the National Office. Since that mailing date is later, the deadline for the next issue (September) will be Sep-tember 1st for you to send in your articles and pictures. So send your information; email me at: [email protected] or mail to P O Box 474, Milford, IA 51351. Be sure to include your Court # in the subject line. If you have questions or concerns call 712-330-6725. Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Sisters in Christ, Darlene Moritz, First Vice Regent of Iowa
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Rose Holschlag
State Regent’sSummer Report
Dear Blessed Catholic Daughters, First of all, I want to sincerely thank you for allowing me the privilege to serve as your state regent for the past two years. I am humbled and truly hope that I am able to meet the needs of the Iowa Catholic Daughters of the Americas in this position for another term. Thank you for your confidence in me. I would like to thank Janet Laubenthal for her dedicated work as our second vice state regent this past term and welcome Betty Pratt to the state board as our new state secretary. As we each anticipate our roles: Darlene as 1st Vice State Regent, Jan as 2nd Vice State Re-gent, Betty as State Secretary and Sheila as State Treasurer I’m sure that we will certainly be able to meet the ‘Golden Opportunities’ with God’s graces. Now that our 50th Biennial Convention is history, I sincerely hope that each of you have received some valuable information and ideas. Even if you weren’t able to attend, I trust that your sisters who were there are sharing the in-formation with you. You can also visit our great Iowa website, www.IowaCatholicDaughters.org to see a nice slide show of some of the activities of the convention. Congratulations and thank you again to the hosting courts for all of the prepara-tion and help during the convention and to all of the courts who supplied the very nice raffle items and showcase displays. Elsewhere in this issue is a recap of the convention. Jan does such a neat job of writing our history, thanks Jan! Many/most of the financial reviews have been received. Remember, you are to send a copy of the review to National, Your State Secretary, Your State Regent and keep a copy for your records. Also, don’t neglect to add the number of members in your court to the form where it is asked for. That helps both you and us to keep track so that
you are not paying for more members than your court actually has. Without this information, we can’t help you as well. Again, some of your state officers had the privilege to attend some wonderful court anni-versaries. Thank you for your invitations to these memorable events. Please don’t forget to also in-vite past state regents to these functions. Remem-ber, these ladies continue to have a great concern for all of our Catholic Daughters. Let us all help to keep them both informed and in our prayers. As we all wrap up our CD of A meetings for the 2012-2013 season and plan for the 2013-2014 season, let us continue to work on increasing our membership. We had some dynamic increases from some of the courts this past year. Congratu-lations on the good work and let the rest of us join them in the list of increased membership for the next year. Anne Nelson, our National Regent, said that CDA is “a gift, a challenge, a group of Catholic women working in the vineyard of the Lord”. Let us not be selfish, we need to share this gift that we all benefit from! Remember ’Until every Catholic lady is a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, OUR WORK IS NOT DONE’. Let us all share and invite. Don’t judge that a lady does or does not want to join us unless we graciously ask her. May you each enjoy a safe and happy 4th of July weekend with family and friends. Your state officers will be attending a State Officers Conference in Belleville, IL. July 11-13, 2013. At this conference, we plan to garner as much information as we can to share with you. We are part of a national organization and as such we do try to keep you, our membership well informed. Your Sister in Christ, Rose Holschlag, Iowa State Regent
Spring Greetings, my dear Iowa Catholic Daugh-ters! I hear that you had a wonderful State Conven-tion- so wish I could have joined you! I would like to thank your State Officers for all the work they put into making it a great convention as well as for the count-less hours of work they have devoted to taking care of Iowa CDA for the past 2 years. Congratulations for the “new” board- those serving a second term in the same office, one who is transitioning into a new office, and one new lady! While many courts are looking forward to a break from meetings this summer, I would encourage you to do a little planning right now to prepare for the busy CDA months in the Fall. The following are some things to think about: 1) How will our court encourage even more participation in the Education Contest by both young people and our CDA members alike? The themes for 2014’s contest will be sent out to the court regents in the Fall so be watching for it. 2) If your court doesn’t have a newsletter, how about starting one this Fall? Newsletters are such wonderful tools for keeping our members involved and more active. They also educate new members as to what we do and why we do it. Finally, newsletters are a dynamic tool to use in drawing in new members! 3) How about a Fall Membership Drive? Have you read about the “Dig in for Members” Membership Drive? How about the $500 award to the local court who brings in the most members, by percentage, from April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014? Enjoy some summer relaxation- with the late spring snow storms, I think most all of us are looking forward to warm summer breezes! God Love You,Vickie M. Feist
Letter from our National DirectorVickie Feist
The Banner used at the State convention in Ft Dodge is made of heavy vinyl and may be used to carry in parades or events in your area. Contact 1st Vice Regent, Darlene Moritz, 712-330-6725 or [email protected] with the dates that you would request. All shipping will be the responsibility of the court requesting the banner.
Banner Thank youJanet Laubenthal
for serving the past two years as Iowa CDA 2nd Vice Regent.-All your CDA Sisters of Iowa
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Notes from Immediate State RegentMary Pester
Dear CDA Members, My surgery is over and I must send a special “thank you” to all who remembered me in their prayers and cards. It went well, now I must take it easy for six weeks. After that I’ll be back to my normal self. I felt bad not being able to attend the State Conven-
tion. My court reported it to be a great convention. What else do you expect out of Iowa CDA Members!
Thank you again for your support. Mary Pester
Past Regent dues for 2013-2014 are due July 1, 2013. Please regents, send the names of each past regent of your court along with the dues. Dues are $1.00 per member. Re-member these dues help defray the expenses of the Anna Baxter Day.
Thank You! Mary Pester, Immediate Past State Regent. 205 Hill Ave. Ot-tumwa, IA 52501. If you have questions or concerns contact Mary at (641-682-4264) or [email protected]
Lord Jesus
I gIve you my hands to do your work;I gIve you my feet to go your way;I gIve you my eyes to see as you do;
I gIve you my tongue to speak your works;I gIve you my mInd that you may thInk In me;
above aLL, I gIve you my heart that you may Love In me, you, father and aLL mankInd
I gIve you my whoLe LIfe that you may grow In me,so that It may be you, Lord Jesus, who works and Love and prays In me. amen.
Although the Catholic Daughters courts are not always directly affili-ated with one parish, they can be an important part of the parishes their members hail from. Several courts throughout Iowa are made up of members from 3 or more parishes. Council Bluffs’ court serves five par-ishes. We work very hard to be known and to assist with all of the parishes. This is not as easy as it is for those who serve just one parish, but it can be done and actually should be done. One way we communicate with the parishes is our system of Parish Rep-resentatives. The member who serves in this leadership position connects with the parishes on a regular basis about bulletin flyers, programs, reli-gious education and RCIA programs, LifeSaver drives, raffle sales, etc. They are key to making this relationship happen. Our court has chosen to partner with the city parishes by promot-ing their youth and how they serve their parishes. We have a Good Faith Award which is given by the Catholic
Daughters but selected by the pastors. A high school senior is awarded this each spring at their parish graduation celebration Masses. We also pro-vide funds for each parish’s religious education program, First Communion program and altar server groups. Connecting with those adults from the parishes who are joining the Cath-olic Church through the parish RCIA program is an excellent way to show our support of them in their faith journey. Each fall we purchase a Bible for the candidates and include a note in the Bible with our thoughts and prayers for them. It is also a good way to connect with future court members! Partnerships with parishes builds strength for your court as well as awareness of all the good that you do. Each parish should consider your court “theirs” because you are so pres-ent and supportive of them. Protect that partnership as you plan your programs and donations and public relations activities and you will reap the rewards that will help your court grow.
Partnering with Parishes by State TreasurerSheila Graham
Prayer of a Catholic Daughter
Here in your inner sanctum,Here where my eyes behold
The purple and white of penanceTwined in a cross of gold;
Here where my lips now trembleIn a pledge of a solemn oath, Charity-Unity, please God,
Teach me to know them both.Here where your Virgin Mother
Is the symbol of womanhood;Where all that I see betokensThat which is kind and good;Help me to keep these preceps
Help me to be worthy of the name“Catholic Daughter”
In its beautiful entirety.
written by Flois DuBois of Court St. Mary #1046 of Dumont, NJ
At the 2013 Iowa Catholic Daughters of the Americas State convention, the following prayer was recited by the newly elected officers after State Chaplain, Msgr. Carl Schmitt concluded the installation
Thank youto Pat Hassett of Ft Dodge for assisting in getting everything ready for the Masses at
Convention and for serving.-Your Iowa CDA Sisters in Christ
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Division I Poetry
1st Place Collin Bleich Ct 283 Algona2nd Place Kate Kavars Ct 330 Council Bluffs3rd Place Lily Castile Ct 152 Mason City
Division II Photography
1st Place Claire Horak Ct 504 Washington2nd Place Magdlyn Nitchals Ct 460 Estherville3rd Place Addisen Lytle Ct 2291 Cedar Falls
Education Contest Winners
Division II Poetry
1st Place Devin Brevig Ct 1737 Decorah2nd Place Nicholas Ehlinger Ct 1156 Maquoketa3rd Place Catherine Hyers Ct 2291 Cedar Falls
Division III Photography
1st Place Molly Martin Ct 330 Council Bluffs2nd Place Michael Olk Ct 1287 Dubuque3rd Place Melissa Curtis Ct 1976 Manchester
Division III Poetry
1st Place Emily Riesenberg Ct 1797 West Bend2nd Place Samantha Beicks Ct 354 Lawler3rd Place Sara Hoover Ct 642 Garner
Division IV Photography
1st Place Stephanie Veon Ct 1797 West Bend2nd Place Carol Bohaty Ct 354 Lawler3rd Place Anne Studer Ct 342 Wesley
Division IV Poetry
1st Place Catherine Balk Ct 1806 Waucoma2nd Place Janet Marbach Ct 1976 Manchester3rd Place Janet Laubenthal Ct 1797 West Bend
Division I Computer Art
1st Place Ambur Koenigs Ct 152 Mason City2nd Place Katie Crock Ct 1976 Manchester3rd Place Sydney Becker Ct 983 Osian
Division I Art
1st Place Allison Arnz Ct 1287 Dubuque2nd Place Gabby Martin CT 330 Council Bluffs3rd Place Jordan Hansen Ct 283 Algona
Division II Computer Art
1st Place Phoenix Ranney Ct 330 Council Bluffs2nd Place John Zook Ct 152 Mason City3rd Place Annika Sutter Ct 1976 Manchester
Division II Art
1st Place Faith Bourgeac Ct 94 Iowa City2nd Place Handy Emil Jr Ct 2291 Cedar Falls3rd Place Courtney Kirsch Ct 283 Algona
Division III Computer Art
1st Place Nick Brylski Ct 1287 Dubuque2nd Place Max Donalelson Ct 330 Council Bluffs
Division III Art
1st Place Victoria Kragskow Ct 330 Council Bluffs2nd Place Kate Hanky Ct 1287 Dubuque3rd Place Emma Bruns Ct 1540 Sibley
Division I Essay
1st Place Megan Arenson Ct 495 Independence2nd Place Olivia Duehr Ct 1287 Dubuque3rd Place Toby Conway Ct 983 Ossian
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Education Contest Winners
Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Court #216, Fort Dodge IA are happy to announce Mary Eide, daughter of Eric and Carol Eide of the $1,000.00 scholarship. Presenting the award is Regent Rita Carlson at the St Edmond awards day ceremony. Mary’s es-say spoke of the value of the Catholic education, the importance of God and family first in her life.
The St Edmond High School Out-standing Girl Award was presented by Regent Rita Carlson to Katy Bocken, daughter of Jim and Kathy Bocken. The award winner is chosen by a panel of educators from St Edmond from five nominees who were all very qualified candidates. We wish them all congratulations on their achieve-ments.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Court #216, Fort Dodge IA has awarded two $500.00 tuition scholarships that were presented at the monthly meet-ing on May 9th, 2013. This scholar-ship is in the second year since its inception in 2012. Presenting the certificates of achievements Regent Rita Carlson. Court #216 is happy to announce the recipients: Charlie Doyle, son of Tim and Susan Doyle and Madi Tar-box, daughter of Jan Vinson and Jude Tarbox. Both Charlie and Madi were happy to receive their award for their accom-plishments and spoke to the members of the importance of their Catholic education, God and family. Congratu-lations Charlie and Madi!
Scholarship Criteria for 8th grader entering 9th grade at Saint Edmond H.S. (not home setting)Requirements 1. You must be Catholic. Open to male or female. You do not have to have a relative who is a CDA Member. 2. Average grade of C or better. 3. Short Essay entitled, “Why you would like to be considered for this scholarship?” • Essay as outlined in application • List of Church activities • List of Community activities • List of School activities • Letter of character reference from your Priest, Deacon, or Religious Sister (non-relative) • Letter of character reference from your school teacher (non-relative) • Letter of character reference from an adult (non-relative)
Division IV Art
1st Place Anne Studer Ct 342 Wesley
Division II Essay
1st Place Carson Clark Ct 14 Emmetsburg2nd Place Avery Nabholz Ct 495 Independence3rd Place Grace Henrich Ct 152 Mason City
Division II Music
1st Place Levi Capesius Ct 283 Algona
Division III Essay
1st Place Emily Riesenberg Ct 1797 West Bend2nd Place Casey McEvoy Ct 216 Ft Dodge3rd Place Samantha Reicks Ct 354 Lawler
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Goal 5,000 New Members
Contest DatesApril 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014
PrizesTwo Courts win $500 and Court Photos in Share magazine.
In case of a tie, the award monies will be split.
Divisions1. Court that installs the most new members by percentage.
2. Newly installed Court with the most Charter Members.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas Membership Contest
Membership Contest Rules 2012-2014“Dig in for Membership”
LOCAL COURTS
Will you receive more new members for your local Court between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2014, than any other Local Court in the Catholic Daugh-ters of the Americas ® organization?
If the answer is, “Yes!”, then your Local Court will win $500 in the 2012-2014 National Catholic Daughters Membership Contest. The $500 check will be awarded at the 55th Biennial National Convention held in Billings, Montana, in July 2014.
NEW COURTS WITH THE MOST CHARTER MEMBERS
Will you institute a new local Court with more Charter Members than any other newly instituted local Court between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2014? The Charter information, all applications, and list of officers must be in the national office by March 31, 2014.
If the answer is, “Yes!”, then the newly instituted local CDA Court will win $500. The $500 check will be awarded at the 55th Biennial National Con-vention held in Billings, Montana, in July 2014.
Remember our 2012-2014 theme, “I am the vine, you are the branches”, as you dig in to increase Catholic Daughter membership in your Local Court. Branch out and institute the largest new Local Court so you can help them win the membership contest.
Note: An informational Catholic Daughter’s membership power point is available from [email protected] for use in recruiting new members.
Mary Ann Kizer, National Director/Membership Chairman Joyce Ann Fleming, National Director/Membership Co-Chairman
Approved: Anne Nelson, National Regent
The Newest Catholic DaughtersCourt # Name of New Member 43 Doris Mineart 94 Becky Martel 94 Roe Rogers 94 Eve Casserly 94 Marciana Carlos 152 Shannon L. Ruiz 179 Lynn Ruba 189 Norma Budden 216 Diane Dahlgren 216 Jennifer Schomberg 216 Mary Elizabeth Kenny 269 Elizabeth M Sokolowski
283 Joann Briggs 302 Margaret Jacobson 302 Michelle Pagano302 Cecily M Tobin302 Lorinda Peters302 Delores(Dodie) Bauman302 Shirley Burges321 Roberta Mahoney858 Irene Lang858 Pauline Weiler1057 Muriel Schaa1585 Ellen Rose1714 Sandra Even
1714 Cheryl A Moore1714 Madonna Samec1714 Marcia A Sproul1714 Ellen Streit 1976 Lila Geers1976 Karen V Ries1976 Rebecca Sullivan1976 Dannenbrink1976 Delores Stelken1976 Laura Heffernen1976 Linda Bessey1976 Nancy Grimm2515 Kim Ingwerson
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All mail for the state regent, Rose Holschlag after March
31st needs to be sent to502 W. Hamilton St,
New Hampton, IA 50659
Your Next National Convention will be in Billings, Montana. Dates are July 16-20, 2014. Talk about this at your meetings and plan this summer to incorporate a way to send your delegates and alternates to this convention. Your State Officers are working on the possibility of a bus but we need some input from YOU.
If you would like to come along, (even if you don’t know for sure right now), please contact your State Regent, Rose Holschlag. 502 W. Hamilton St. New Hampton, IA 50659. Phone: 954-579-7794.
National Convention
Local Court News
Court #189Court Bernadette #189 of Sheldon Iowa celebrated its’ 100th Anni-versary on Sunday, April 7, 2013 with a Mass, Brunch and Program. The court has 37 members. Speak-
ers were Angela McGillick Rose Rodger and Carol McCarty; All 50+ year members of our court. National Director, Vickie Feist also spoke and presented a plaque to Regent Joyce Whitcanack.
Court #189Pictured at Sheldon AnniversaryFront Row L to R: Rose Rodger, Treasurer; Joyce Whitcanack, Re-gent; Karen Pottebaum, Financial Secretary; Jan Grundmeyer, Iowa State SecretaryBack Row L to R: Jean Portz, Vice Regent; Marge Culligan, Record-ing Secretary; Vickie Feist, National Director for Iowa; Rose Holschlag, Iowa State Regent and Darlene Moritz, Iowa 1st Vice Regent.
Court #190From L to R: The singers were: Ginger Rassmusen, Annie McMa-hon, and Sr. Judi Angst. On Sunday April 28, 2013, Court #190 of Rock Rapids cel-ebrated their 100th Anniversary with a Memorial Service reading and lighting a candle for all the deceased members of this court. As those candles were lit across the communion rail one can only imagine the dedication of these fine ladies who helped this court reach 100 years. Mass followed
the service. The Knights of Co-lumbus along with State Regent, Rose Holschlag, 1st Vice Regent, Darlene Moritz, State Secretary Jan Grundmeyer and National Director, Vicky Feist of Pierre S. Dakota attended. National Direc-tor presented a plaque to Regent, Deb Kruse and completed it with a big hug. Lunch and a program of music was provided by Ginger Rassmusen, Annie McMahon and Sr. Judy Angst completed the cel-ebration.
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Local Court NewsCDA MEMBERS FROM COURT ST. ANTHONY #330 Council Bluffs
TAKE ACTION FOR PRO-LIFE MINISTRY
By Mary Sue Wickham, CDA Public Relations CorrespondentCatholic Daughters Court St. Anthony #330
Recently, two members of the Catholic Daughters Court St. Anthony #330 took action and became involved with a Pro-Life Ministry. This Pro-Life Ministry is a new Program that was added among the many activities and community events that the CDA Court St. Anthony #330 is involved with.
Angela Shea and Sue Meidlinger became new Members of the Catholic Daughters Court of St. Anthony #330 this year. Both ladies serve as Board Members for the Gabriel’s Corner Pregnancy Counseling Center located in Council Bluffs, IA. Gabriel’s Corner operates solely on caring, professional volunteers and donations. Two registered nurses are available administering ultrasounds and many educated counselors offer free pregnancy tests, confidential counseling, parenting classes, facts on STD’s, facts on the morning after pill, Norplant, RU-486 and other material needs. Many clients of Gabriel’s Corner are young women who are unmarried teenagers facing an unwanted pregnancy.
Gabriel’s Corner strives to help the woman keep her baby.
Deacon Jean Plourde and his wife Kathy, the Founders of Gabriel’s Corner, hold true to their mission statement as stated in the Gospel of Luke: “The Angel Gabriel announced to Mary the birth of her child who would become the Savior of the world. It is the Mission at Gabriel’s Corner to announce to pregnant mother’s that they, too, carry in their womb one of God’s precious infants made in His Image and likeness for a specific
purpose.
A Holy Hour of Prayer is dedicated and held every Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. in the Gabriel’s Corner Chapel. There they pray to end abortion. Also they pray for the conversion of Planned Parenthood Doctors and Staff. They pray for the many women who’ve had an abortion for their healing. They also pray for the man who lost his chance to become a loving father to the baby that was aborted. Thus, they continue to pray to end abortion. On the 3rd Saturday of the month, Gabriel’s Corner is blessed to celebrate Mass with one of our local priests. Anyone is welcome to come pray at Gabriel’s Corner
on a Saturday morning.
Angela Shea and her friend Sue Meidlinger became the Pro-Life Resource Gals for the Catholic Daughters Court St. Anthony #330 because of their great volunteer experiences with Gabriel’s Corner. Both Angela and Sue have participated in the “40 Days For Life” Life Chain which is held the first weekend in every October. They also have attended many religious conferences held in Des Moines.
The State of Iowa has many wonderful Pro-Life locations and online links to help educate our culture and community. Below are a few of the many pro-life links. These are all excellent resources to stay informed as to what is really going on in our country and it speaks the truth. Also we are very blessed to have Spirit Catho-lic Radio in our local community on Radio Dial 102.7 FM.
On the Television Station EWTN has also many religious resources and saints praying for us.
Mark Crutcher from Life Dynamics interviews 3 abortion mill workers who tell what they saw happen to babies who survived late term abortions. Kermit Gos-nell is not the only abortionist killing babies born alive. Website- http://www.lifedynamics.com
Tom Chapman with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - “USCCB Pro-Life Secretariat” Email – [email protected] or [email protected]
Learn more about Iowa Right To Life Website – www.iowaRTL.org
Be sure to check out the link for “CHOOSE LIFE” License Plates which Jenifer Bowen at Iowa Right To Life is spearheading with the IOWA DOT.
LifeNews.com – informs us of news from actions by the states, for example- the Florida House Committee passes a ban on sex selection, race-based abortion.
Kansas OK’s Bill saying life begins at conception, defunds abortion.
Virginia votes stop abortion funding it. ObamaCare Exchange.
North Dakota is now the first state to ban abortion based on Downs Syndrome.
Ken Bresnan – Parish Outreach Liasion Catholic Charities
601 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA 50309
Ph. 515-237-5089 FAX – 515-237-5099
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The theme of the 50th Biennial State Convention was “Making Challenges Golden Opportunities”. That was exactly what over 240 Catholic Daugh-ters did all around Iowa in April when they turned the challenge of wintry, snowy weather into a golden oppor-tunity to attend the State Convention. The convention was held April 19 -21, 2013 at the Starlite Village Inn in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Convention Chairman, Rita Carlson from Fort Dodge, and the nine host courts from the Sioux City Diocese are to be commended on their work and organization, attend-ing to every detail, to make this a very successful convention. Our sincere appreciation to all of them.
Opening ceremonies began with a beautiful procession for Mass includ-ing robed National, State and Local Court officers, Knights of Columbus and the Iowa Air National Guard. Our State Chaplain Monsignor Carl Schmitt celebrated the Mass with Monsignor Lyle Wilgenbusch from Waterloo as concelebrant.
Keynote speaker, Father Jim Sichko from Richmond, Kentucky, gave a dynamic presentation entitled, “The Spirit of God Is Upon Us”. While Father provided much laughter, his message was very spiritually uplifting and truly memorable calling us to be authentic and striving to be the best we can be. He said we must walk the walk of Jesus, be in love with our faith and make scripture an essential in our lives.
State Regent Rose Holschlag officially opened the convention Friday after-noon. We were fortunate to have the National Secretary Treasurer Sherry Nilles present as well as Past Na-tional Director Helen Arndorfer and Past State Regent Rose Harper. We
remembered our Immediate Past State Regent Mary Pester in prayer as she was scheduled for heart surgery the week after convention.
The convention days were busy with much business to be conducted. New State Officers were elected for 2013-2015. They are State Regent Rose Holschlag, State First Vice Regent Darlene Moritz, State Second Vice Re-gent Jan Grundmeyer, State Secretary Betty Pratt and State Treasurer Sheila Graham.
A Nominating Committee was elected for 2015. Rita Carlson from Court # 216 Fort Dodge is the Chairman along with committee members Jane Roach Court # 152 Mason City, Lavonne Reinert Court # 1945 Ankeny, Marti Lynch Court 330 Council Bluffs and Julie Wiedner Court # 94 Iowa City.
The delegation voted to raise the State dues $.50 per billing or $1.00 per year.
Many awards were presented for various achievements. Sherry Nilles presented certificates to 19 courts that had increased their membership during the past year. Janet Lauben-thal presented the Education Contest awards and Darlene Moritz recognized the winners in the Local Newsletter Contest.
Sheila Graham reviewed the many items available on the website and updated the members about new features. Darlene Moritz informed the attendees about The VOICE stressing the importance of publishing the Local Courts’ news.
Sherry Nilles brought news from National including information about a $500.00 award being given to the Court with the greatest increase in membership between April 1, 2012
– March 31, 2014. She explained the “FUN”d Calendar members received recently and assured everyone that the two year CDA Calendar will be contin-ued.
There were several interesting rooms to visit as time permitted including the Showcase Room featuring attractive displays showing the activities from many of the courts. The winner of the Showcase was Court Isabella # 642 in Garner. The Raffle Room was truly awesome filled with beautiful and unique items with chances available to purchase in hopes of winning a favor-ite item. The CDA Supply room car-ried many articles useful to the courts and their members. The poolside hospitality provided a pleasant area to enjoy refreshments and fellowship.
Convention attendees enjoyed many delicious meals in a most welcoming atmosphere. The program for the ap-preciation banquet Friday evening fea-tured Monsignor Lyle Wilgenbusch. He had a great message with ideas for recruiting new CDA members. Jon Leonetti from Des Moines was the guest speaker for the Saturday evening banquet. He gave a very passionate presentation encouraging prayer and dedication to Our Lady.
A Memorial Service preceded the Mass on Saturday. The names of the deceased members of each court from the past two years were read as a candle was lit in their memory. Mon-signor Carl Schmitt presided at the Mass with Father Anthony Espinosa from Nebraska and Father Clair Boes from Rockwell City as concelebrants.
The Installation Mass for our Chaplain and new State Officers took place Sun-day morning. National Officer Sherry Nilles and Monsignor Carl Schmitt conducted the installation assisted by Helen Arndorfer, Rose Harper and Janet Laubenthal. Monsignor Schmitt celebrated the Mass assisted by Dea-con Dr. Tim Barry from Fort Dodge.
At the close of the convention raffle items were distributed. The name Rita Carlson was drawn as the winner of the $500.00 raffle. Announce-ments were made about future activi-ties for the Catholic Daughters.
Anna Baxter Day – June 8, 2014 hosted by Court # 2291 in Cedar Falls.
National Convention - July 2014 in Billings, Montana with interest being shown in the possibility of a bus from Iowa for members to travel to the convention.
State Convention – 2015 in the Des Moines Diocese with location to be announced.
The 50th Biennial State Convention had been a great experience. Much in-formation had been acquired and the Masses and speakers provided a spiri-tual fulfillment. Many new friendships were developed and former acquain-tances renewed. Rose Mary Snyder from Wesley and Mary Lou Ludwig from St. Benedict were recognized for their long time membership of over 60 years. The oldest member attend-ing the convention was Esther Zwei-bohmer, age 90, from Ossian and the youngest member was Lisa Risvold, age 27, from Des Moines. Members returned to their communities ready to continue making challenges golden opportunities as they work to spread the good news of the Catholic Daugh-ters of the Americas.
Be sure to check the Iowa Website at www.iowacatholicdaughters.org for pictures from the convention
Jan Grundmeyer
State Secretary
From L to R:
National Secretary/Treasurer, Sherry Nilles, Sheldon, IA; Iowa State Chaplain, Msgr. Carl Schmitt, New Hampton;, Iowa State Regent, Rose Holschlag, New Hampton; Iowa State 1sr Vice Regent, Darlene Moritz, Milford, IA; Iowa State 2nd Vice Regent, Jan Grundmeyer; Iowa State Secretary, Betty Pratt, Sioux City and Iowa State Treasurer, Sheila Gra-ham, Council Bluffs, IA.
Highlights from the 2013 Iowa State Convention
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Highlights from the 2013 Iowa State Convention
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Local Court News
Court #94Anna Pusateri, of Court Craigie #94, Iowa City, celebrated her 100th birthday last November. Anna was our court regent from 1950- 1952. Anna has two children, Mrs Lynne (Mary Ann) Strabala and Father Joseph Pusateri, a long time missionary in Samoa. Our court provided financial assistance to Father Pusateri while he was in Samoa. Congratulations to Anna or her 100th birthday!
Court #94 Winners in the Educational Contest from Court #94 Craigie of Iowa City are pictured from Regina Elementary. Lots of smiles!
Front row left to right: Spencer Knight, Luke Aschenbrenner, Mi-chelle ChangBack row left to right: Faith Bourge-acq, Katherine Geerdes, Abby McCor-mick and Katie Hagan
Court #14In 2012 Angie Beem was the Citi-zen of the Year and in 2013 Lou Ann Huberty received this honor. Being co-workers at many Catholic Daughters events and volunteering in Emmetsburg were mentioned in both of their nomination papers. St. Rose of Lima #14 – Emmets-burg, IA 50536
Pictured L to R: Lou Ann Huberty and Angie Beem.
Court #14Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas, Court #14 St Rose of Lima welcome newcomers to the parish by giving a Bible. This has been a 13 – yr project with 153 Bibles being delivered to the newborns. Mary Ann Young presents the Bible to Jonas Swift, son of Jeff and Laura Swift of Emmetsburg while Peg McNally takes their picture. Helping their brother receive this gift is Quinn, Gavin, Gabriel and Julia who all have received Bibles in the same manner.
Court #216Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Court #216, Fort Dodge IA Regent Rita Carlson presented certificates and monetary awards to the students who earned their award through the State Education Contest in poetry, art, essay and photography.The students were very happy to participate and all smiles for their awards! Court #216 would like to thank Ann Brungardt for chairing the education contest for many years and specials thanks to the educators who involve their students by making the contest a classroom project.
Court #216Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Court #216, Fort Dodge IA Regent Rita Carlson presented a check to the Food Pantry Director Teresa Kutz at their monthly meeting May 9th, 2013. The monies collected from the offertory at one of the Masses during the State Convention held in Fort Dodge April 19-21st, 2013. As you can see Teresa was very excited and the members were thrilled for our many blessings and the generosity of the members who attended the State Convention. Thank you all!
Court #216Ft Dodge Court #216 has many court members attend the 50th Biennial State Convention in April
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Local Court News
Court #216Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Court #216, Fort Dodge IA are happy to announce the monies raised for the Lifesaver Project totaled $1,095.34 “The Catholic community is so very generous towards our Catholic Daughters charities and projects said Regent Rita Carlson, we are forever grate-ful for their commitment and sup-port. “ 60 % will stay with the Fort Dodge community as the members voted to award the local Catholic Charities, 40% will be sent to the Sioux City Diocese with the Bishop awarding shelters in need through-out the State of Iowa.
Marilyn Savage
Lois Schrek and Julie Smith
Elaine Dorau
Jody Flaherty and her girls
Barb Lynn and Mary Peterson
Jim Dahlgren chooses a favorite, “Nose to Toes” option. $20.00 will buy the number of fundraiser tickets spread between the nose and toes of the donor. The taller the person of course, the better the chances.
Court #283Winners of Court St Cecelia’s # 283 Easter Baskets FundHelpers for the drawing: Claire Hoover, Kaylee Zimmer-man, Miranda & Sabrina Book, Ellie Foertch and Renee Harris.
½ of the proceeds from this proj-ect has been donated to the Parish Families Against Hunger pro-gram.
Nick & Lori McGuire (Get Ready for Spring – Gardening)
Court #283Court St. Cecelia #283, Algona, IA presented their first ever scholar-ship awards in 2013. Pictured (L to R) Regent-Denise Schreiber, An-drew Thilges-winner $250 Middle School Scholarship-Bishop Garrigan JH; Amelia Golwitzer-winner $500 Graduating Senior Scholarship from BGHS; Maria Meis-winner $250 Middle School Scholarship-Algona Community Schools, and Committee Member, Farah Wehrspan. Winners were selected on their dedication to their faith, school, family and com-munity involvelment. We proudly salute our first scholarship winners.
Court members L to R Julie Norland and Paula Erpelding at the Easter Bas-ket fundraiser. Over $1100.00 raised. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the PFAH (Parish Family’s Against Hunger) program.
L to R: Barb Kramer (Meditation, Inspiration, Spiritual) Karen Thilges (Italian Cuisine and Wine Lovers) Jim Dahlgren for Garrett Wirtz (Kid’s Bucket) Tom Eischen (Coffee Tea & Puzzles for Fun)
Richard Frideres and Pat (The Great Outdoors)
Brook Kramer (Family Road Trip) Not Pictured: Marilyn Lacey (Going to Grandma’s)
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Local Court News
Court #283Court St. Cecelia #283 held their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 7th beginning with Mass and May Crowning followed by their an-nual CDA Education Awards Night and Taco Bar Supper. Pictured are (L to R) Collin Bleich 1st Place Winner State, Division I Poerty; Regent, Denise Schreiber and Levi Capecius-1st Place Winner State, Division II Music. Both individual entries are now at the CDA National Contest level. We also awarded two third place State Level Winners, Jordan Hanson Di-vision I Art and Courtney Kirsch, Division II Art. Also pictured is the entire group of local winners who we awarded locally for their par-ticipation. We are so proud of the children’s accomplishments.
Court #321REPORT OF MEETINGS OF MARCH & APRILA new member, Meera Mahoney, was added to the courts’ member-ship and a transfer of Roberta Mahoney. Financial Secretary, Marianne Reynolds reported membership is now 138. The court thanked the Sacred Heart Quilters for donating the quilt for the raffle at the CDA State Convention. The annual Lifesavers campaign was held April 13&14. Donations were collected at all Masses at Oelwein and Fairbank. The annual garage sale was discussed. Date will be June 6-8. Frances Potter agreed to chair this fund raiser with Linda Ridihalgh and Diane Stewart’s help. A committee, chaired by Re-gent Delphine Deaner along with Virginia Larimer, District Deputy, Jan Silver, Vice Regent and Karen Michels, District Deputy will work on standing rules of the court.Members approved a donation to the speaker system fund for Sacred Heart Parish. The court presented rosaries to members of the First Communion Class and also received a prayer bear. Jim Patera, Deacon of Oelwein & Fairbank parishes has agreed to be the courts chaplain. The court approved donations to the Youth Ministry expenses for theNCYC trip in November and also to the Vacation Bible School. The Mother/Daughter Brunch will be June 2nd after the 10:30 Mass. Program will be given by Jake Bleitsch on the Veterans Memorial Park in Oelwein.
Court #321CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS AT-TEND STATE CONVENTIONFour members of Court St. Rita 321 of Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas recently attend the Iowa State CDA Convention in Fort Dodge. Jan Silvers served as Parliamen-tarian for the gathering. Acting as Secretary Assistant was Vir-ginia Larimer. Also attending was Delphine Deaner who is Regent of Court St. Rita and Karen Michels who serves the State Regent as a District Deputy.In addition to business meetings and spiritual growth opportuni-ties, the convention also featured dynamic keynote speakers. Fa-ther James W. Sichko, pastor of St. Mark’s Catholic Church of Richmond, Kentucky presented, The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Us. While Father Jim brought much laughter to attendees, his message was for them to be who they are called to be, to be authentic and strive to be the best they can be. A second keynote presenta-tion was given by Jon Leonetti of Des Moines who is an international Catholic speaker and radio host. In his passionate address, Leonetti
pointed out that there is a three-fold plan to sainthood: disci-plined prayer, the sacraments, and dedication to Our Lady. He concluded his presentation by re-minding his audience that grace is gifts received at Christ’s expense.Also addressing the gathering was Monsignor Lyle Wilgenbush, Episcopal Vicar for the Water-loo Region of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. In his presentation, Msgr. Wilgenbush’s spoke on the challenges of growing member-ship in our changing society. He then suggested several creative ways to deal with these chal-lenges.The purpose of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas is to participate in the religious, chari-table and educational works of the Catholic Church. They engage in creative, spiritual programs which provide its members with the op-portunity to develop their God-given talents in meaningful ways that positively influence the wel-fare of the Church and all people throughout the world. Catholic Daughters of the Americas strives to embrace the principle of faith working through love in the pro-motion of justice, equality and the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all. Member-ship is open to Catholic women over the age of 18. Virginia Larimer
Ct 321 members who attended State Convention in Fort Dodge L to R:Virginia Larmimer, Delphine Deaner, Jan Silver and Karn Michels
Education winner group
First place winners
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Local Court News
Court #408Sacred Heart Court #408 held their Annual Garage Sale on May 3-4, 2013. All items are donated by Parish Members and “sold” for a Free Will donation. The Sale is held in the Sacred Heart School Gym. Items were brought in on May 2nd after school. Past Re-gent, Betty Kaschmitter is wearing a sweatshirt sold by the Parish Youth Group. Regent, Mary Reiss-ner helps to sort the clothing in an effort to open the doors for busi-ness. The funds raised will go to our Youth Projects in the Parish. Last year’s Garage Sale total was approximately $1500.00
About to begin set up
Regent, Mary Reissner
Ready for business
Past Regent Betty Kaschmitter
Items brought in
Court #408The Catholic Daughters of Sacred Heart in Spencer Court #408 hosted a reception for the Class of 2013 Baccalaureate Service at Sacred Heart Church on Sunday, May 12. 350+ were served cookies, bars, lemonade and coffee in the Parish Hall.
From L to R: Sue Eilers, Marilyn Bock, Sheila Currans, Jenny Wagner and Debra Kopel.
Court #642Winning Showcase at State Con-vention - God’s Gift Baby Bottle Project from Court Isabella #642 Garner. Members pictured are Lu-Ann Lauters and DiAnn Jass. Each of our members has an empty baby bottle and are asked to fill it with loose change throughout the year and say a prayer for the unborn each time they put change in it. Funds collected are then do-nated to a Pro-Life organization.
Court #642Education Contest winners from Court Isabella #642 Garner are: 1st row: Division I - Luke Hansen-1st place Art; Mitchell Steffens-meier-1st place Essay; Jamie Hejlik-2nd place Art2nd row: Division III - Sara Hoover-1st place Poetry; Alyssa McGuire-1st place Essay; Kelly Babcock 2nd place Poetry; and Regent Mary Jo AmesA certificate and a monetary gift was presented to each winner before their Faith Formation class session. Our Education Chairs are: Mel Hejlik & Marcy BarkemaCongratulations to all!
Court #814“All dressed up for the Saturday night banquet” are the ladies of Court #814, West Union (l-r: Rosemary Lehmann, Norma Freidhof, Anne Sellers, Mary Polk, Arlene Miller, Florence Johnson, and Judy Meskel).
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Court #1570As an out reach to the parish and local community, the members of the St Andrew (Sibley) Catholic Daughters of the Americas, were proud to present several “tie” blan-kets to the St Andrew Guild. The Guild will be distributing them is members of the community, such as those who are hospitalized or ill. The ladies enjoyed praying and working together on this project.
Pictured: L to R - Lois Marco, Lor-raine Poss, Joan Phehall, Lois Flem-ing, Ethel Miller, Norma Busherfeld and Kathleen Osterman.
Court #1714Our CDA court sponsored a com-munity blood drive. CDA members made calls, setup for the drive, made treats to serve our donors, greeted them, and helped clean up at the end of the day. CDA mem-bers, spouses, family, friends, and people from the community came and donated blood to save the lives of others. Our court enjoys provid-ing service to others and consid-ered this event a special opportu-nity to do so. Submitted by Cally Bengston Court Member
Court 2498Members of Court St Mari Goretti #2498 in Portsmouth gathered to wrap gifts for the confirmation classes in Harlan, Panama and Portsmouth.
Pictured are Eunice Blum, Betty Reinig and Lisa Schmitz. (gift wrap-pers)
Court #2498Court St Maria Goretti #2498 celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary with an open house serving cof-fee, chocolate milk, milk, juice and rolls. They also collected dona-tions of coffee mugs, tea bags, chocolate packets and coffee pack-ets to be delivered to the needy and also cash donations.
Pictured are Lisa Sandag, Eunice Blum, JoAnn Kendel, Susan Schmitz, Mary Ellen Reisz, JoAnn Finnerty, Denise Reinig, Darlene Wilwerding, State Treasurer, Sheila Graham, Phyllis Allen and Zita Smith.
Court #2591Our Lady of Grace – College Campus Court at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City enrolled eleven new members in the Court. Sister Janet, Spiritual Director at Briar Cliff, arranged a beautiful ceremony of enrollment. She used the Tools of the Trade, but added music, scripture readings, and the lighting of candles. The Officers used the circular Catholic Daughter emblem to pin each new member.The Campus Court has par-
ticipated in the 40 Days for Life, sponsored Child Care in the eve-nings and afternoons (free child care for the University employees’ children), and decorated a Christ-mas tree with angels which had requests for gifts for children from the Crittenton Center. The Court has done some community build-ing among each other, gone to Mass as a group, and assisted with other service projects such as edu-cation on justice issues for women. They are planning a social with the Campus Knights of Columbus on campus.
Local Court News
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Local Court News
Court #283Court St. Cecelia CDA #283, Al-gona, IA recently made a $5,000 check contribution to Father Ed Girres for the Capital Campaign at St. Cecelia Catholic Church, Al-gona, IA towards the Building for Our Faith Community Campaign. Pictured with Father Ed Girres are: (L) Sandra Laubenthal, Treas., and (R) Denise Schreiber, REGENT. The parish has neared the $2 Million dollar mark in donations/pledges for campaign. The mon-ies donated from Court St. Cecelia will help to assist in building the new Parish Center where they will continue to hold their Court events and monthly meetings in years to come. For more information on the campaign please go to the cam-paign website: [email protected]. Submitted by Regent, Denise Schreiber
Court #2515A WEDDING FEASTCDA Court Our Lady of the Lake #2515 held A Wedding Feast on April 20 at St. Mary’s Church in Spirit Lake, IA. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI declared that in this Year of Faith, we are to be witness-es to a transformed life by sharing our joy. And joy was in exceeding abundance as wedding dresses spanning the years from 1909 through 2012 were either mod-eled or displayed on mannequins. Modeling the gowns were ladies of the parish and youth group. 30 wedding dresses as well as brides-maid and flower girl dresses, and a ring-bearer in Scottish kilts, were included in the style show. Several CDA families had 3 generations of wedding dresses and brides repre-sented, with the age range of ladies present ranging from age 2 1/2 to 90. CDA members decorated tables in unique wedding themes. A salad luncheon followed, which was served by members of the KC’s. Proceeds of A Wedding Feast will be used to support youth proj-ects in the parish.
Court #2515Vintage wedding dresses on man-nequins Three generations of Smith wed-ding dresses: Ellie Smith in her bridesmaid dress worn for her sister Liz’ wedding; Sophia Ad-ams modeling Elsie Smith’s 1962 gown; Elizabeth Smith Araguas in her 2012 gown; Sandie Thomson Smith in her 1988 gown; and Carly Jensen modeling a bridesmaid dress worn for the wedding of Sandie and Curt Smith.
Court #1737Art Contest Winners from Court Regina Mundi in Decorah were;Front Row: 1st place, Claire Jen-sen; 2nd place, Kelsey Maher; CDA member Mary Ann Hackman; 3rd place winner, Nathan Tappe and CDA member Jannan Malanaphy.Back Row: CDA members, Sandy Bohr, Alice Hemeseth, Carolyn McGlaughlin and Colette Dahms.
Court #1737Court Regina Mundi #1737 of Decorah had a winner in the Educational Poem contest. Devin Brevig won first place in Division 2. Looking for Devin and all those students to be participants in the next contest. Front row L to R: Devin Brevig 1st, Marissa Weis 2nd, Mary Ann Hackman, Nathan Tappe 3rd, Jan-nan Malanaphyback row L to R: Sandy Bohr, Alice Hemesath, Carolyn McGlaughlin, Colette DahmsSubmitted by;Colleen Wetli
Court #1737Pictured L to R:Regent, Carolyn McGlaughlin; Devin Brevig, Poem contest win-ner; Treasurer, Sandy Bohr and Financial Secretary, Karen Dallen-bach.
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Prayerful MemoriesCourt St Rose of Lima #6 – CarrollMildred MormanEmma MayerFlorence Bromert
Court St Rose of Lime #14 – EmmetsburgAnetha KellyBetty BrennanAlice Rosacker
Court Little Flower #814 West UnionLois CorkeryDonna Scholbrock
Court Our Lady of Victory #983 – OssianMaeJenn Bohr
Court Our Lady of Perpetual Help #1057—AshtonIrene Richter
Court St Raphael #1156 – MaquoketaViola Bramer
Court Dubuque #1287 – DubuqueMargaret Jacobson
Court Our Lady of Fatima #1492—ManningElizabeth Whitmer
Court St. Maria Goretti #1545—McGregorDorothy Miller
Court St Benedict #1599—St BenedictIrene Mollenkamp
Court Infant of Prague #1627 PocahontasRose A MalmAnna Wells
Court St Pius X #1714 JesupShirley BurnsSally SampsonColletta Vick Dolly KirchnerDee Everson
Court St Frances Xavier Cabrini #1797 West BendRita Kjar
Court Bishop Edward Daly #1945- AnkenyMary KennedyCatherine Pearson
Court Mary of the Assumption #1976 Man-chesterRosemary M HarringtonRose GansemerVerna Alden
Court Elizabeth Ann Seton #2291 Cedar FallsMaxine Beener
The following prayer was read by State Regent, Rose Holschlag and we want to share it with all CDA who were unable to attend.
THE PHONE NUMBER
heLLo god, I caLLed tonIght
to taLk a LIttLe whILe
I need a frIend who’LL LIsten
to my anxIety and trIaL.you see, I can’t quIte make It
through a day Just on my own…I need your Love to guIde me,
so I’LL never feeL aLone.I want to ask you pLease to keep,
my famILy safe and sound.come and fILL theIr LIves wIth confIdence
for whatever fate they’re bound.gIve me faIth, dear god, to face
each hour throughout the day,and not to worry over thIngs
I can’t change In any way.I thank you god, for beIng home
and LIstenIng to my caLL,for gIvIng me such good advIce
when I stumbLe and faLL.your number, god, Is the onLy one
that answers every tIme.I never get a busy sIgnaL,never had to pay a dIme.
so thank you, god, for LIstenIng
to my troubLes and my sorrow.good nIght, god, I Love you, too,
and I’LL caLL agaIn tomorrow!
p.s. pLease bLess aLL our cathoLIc daughters.and my frIends and famILy too.
Voice ReturnsLadies, we are spending up to $2.62 each for some of the issues
being returned due to incorrect addresses, deaths, forfeitures, etc. PLEASE keep us informed when your members’ changes occur
as soon as possible! Doing so will help us to keep our costs down. At EVERY meeting you need to ask if everyone
is getting their Voice and if not it needs to be checked on why. Thank you for your help.
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Iowa State Officers and ChairpersonsVTHE OICE
STATE CHAPLAIN Msgr. Carl Schmitt619 Rural StreetNew Hampton, IA 50659(641) 394-2744 [email protected]
STATE REGENTRose Holschlag, Ct 388 Joan of ArcSummer address:502 W. Hamilton St.New Hampton, IA 50659Winter address:800 SH 495 #577Alamo, TX 78516(954) [email protected]
FIRST VICE REGENTEDITOR FOR THE VOICE &RECEIVES NEWSLETTER CONTEST ENTRIESDarlene Moritz, Ct 1585 Our Lady of LaSalette P. O. Box 474Milford, IA 51351(712) 330-6725 (cell)(712) 338-4072 (home)[email protected]
SECOND VICE REGENTEDUCATION AND LIFESAVER CHAIRMANJan Grundmeyer, Ct 1976 Mary of the Assumption1830 Buchanan Delaware Ave.Masonville, IA 50654(563) 924-2754 (home)(563) 608-5396 [email protected]
STATE SECRETARYRECEIVES ALL CHECKS, REPORTS AND ADDRESS CHANGESBetty Pratt, Ct 269 Ave Maria930 SpringbookHinton, IA 51024 (712) 490-3550 [email protected]
STATE TREASURER & WEBSITE MASTERSheila Graham, Ct 330 St. Anthony286 High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA 51503(712 256-0195)[email protected]
STATE PROJECTS CHAIRMANMEMBERSHIP EXTENTION & DEVELOPMENT Sherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Perpetual Help711 25TH Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712) [email protected]
PAST STATE CHAPLAINSIMMEDIATE PAST STATE CHAPLAINFr Robert Lathrop910 S 9th StKeokuk, IA 52632-4604
Rev. Frederick FangmannVilla Raphael 1155 Mt Loretta AveDubuque, IA 52003
IMMEDIATE PAST STATE REGENT PRESIDENT PAST REGENTS CLUBMary Pester, Ct 43 Adelaide Proctor205 Hill AveOttumwa, IA 52501(641) 682-4264(641) 684-4690 (FAX)[email protected]
PAST STATE REGENTSRose Harper, Ct 524 Joan of Arc2073 Bayfield Road Muscatine, IA 52761(563) [email protected]
Sherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Perpetual Help711 25TH Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712)[email protected]
Helen Arndorfer, Ct 157 MadonnaP O BOX 592CLARION, IA 50525(515)-571-3106 [email protected]
Beverly Klein, Ct 1976 Mary of the Assumption109 Circle Drive Manchester, IA 52057(563) [email protected]
Dolores Mertz, Ct 1797 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini1803 E Mound St Apt 8Algona, IA 50511(641) 425-0420
Shirley Ales, Ct 524 Joan of Arc2419 Lafayette St SWCedar Rapids, IA 52404-6167(319) 389-6530
STATE CHAIRPERSONSRIGHT TO LIFE Marilyn Bose, Ct 460 Joyce Kilmer#1 Alexander Road Estherville, IA 51334(712) [email protected]
QUALITY OF LIFEMonica Johannsen, Ct 408 Sacred Heart17 W 16th St.Spencer, IA 51301(712) [email protected]
COMMUNITY & WORLD ISSUESLouise Vogel, Ct 1550 Our Lady of the Assumption396 I AvenueChurdan, IA 50050(515) 389-3157
LEGISLATIVE/OPERATION MORNING STARAnne Sellers, Ct 814 Little FlowerP. O. Box 385Fayette, IA 52142(563) [email protected]
RETREAT CHAIRMANMary Pester, Ct 43 Adelaide Proctor205 Hill AveOttumwa, IA 52501(641) 682-4264(641) 684-4690 (FAX)[email protected]
PRIEST/SEMINARIANS RELIGIOUSCarolyn Smith, Ct 2476 Our Lady of the Holy Rosary55386 Forrester Valley LaneGlenwood, IA 51534(712) [email protected]
SPIRITUAL ENHANCEMENTCleo Harder, Ct 269 Ave Maria320 DavidsonSioux City, IA 51103(712) [email protected]
YOUTHAngie Beem, Ct 14 St. Rose of Lima2002 Madison StEmmetsburg IA [email protected](712)852-3849
NATIONAL PROJECTSMarilyn Kral, Ct 642 Isabella540 Bush AveGarner, IA 50438(641) [email protected]
NATIONAL REGENTAnne Nelson6420 Wilben RdLinthicum, MD 21090(410) [email protected]
NATIONAL DIRECTOR FOR IOWAVickie Feist311 S Lincoln AvePierre SD 57501 (605) [email protected]
PAST NATIONAL DIRECTOR IOWA REPRESENTATIVESherry Nilles, Ct 1057 our Lady of Perpetual Help711 25TH Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712) [email protected]
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORPeggy O’Brien10 West 71st St.New York, NY 10023(212) 877-3041(212) 724-5923 (FAX)[email protected]
NATIONAL PUBLICITY CHAIRMANThomas Panas140 W 71st St. Apt. #51New York, NY 10023(212) 501-0763(212) 501-7656 (FAX)[email protected]
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Important Dates to RememberJune 2, 2013........... Priest.Appreciation.Day.–Send.those.pictures.of.what.your.Court.does.for.your.Priests.
June 2, 2013........... Corpus.Christi.Sunday
June 9, 2013........... Court..#814..Little.Flower.90th.Anniversary.celebration...Instituted.June.24,.1923..June 10, 2013.......... Court.1627.Infant.of.Prague,.Pocahontas.celebrates...Court’s.60th..Anniversary.
June 16, 2013.......... Father’s.Day
July 11-13, 2013....... State.Officers.Conference,.Belleville,.Illinois..
August 15, 2013....... Assumption.of.Mary.(Holy.Day.of.Obligation)
September 1, 2013...... Deadline.for.articles.for.the.Fall.(September).Voice.Issue
September & Possible October Saturdays....Keep.open.for.a.CDA.Workshop.in.your.area!
October 4, 2013....... Court.St.Anne.#215.Rock.Valley.100th.Anniversary...Instituted.October.4,.1913.
October 11-13, 2013... Annual.CDA.Retreat.at.American.Martyrs.Retreat.House,.Cedar.Falls
October 12, 2013...... Court.Our.Lady.of.Good.Counsel.#216.Ft.Dodge.100th.Anniversary.celebration.......................................Instituted.October.26,.1913
June 8, 2014........... Anna.Baxter.Day,.Cedar.Falls..Watch.for.more.details.
July 16-20, 2014.... National.CDA.Convention.in.Billings.Montana...Let’s.fill.a.bus!.Or.two!!!
