December 2014 Volume 1, Issue 6 Catholic Daughters of the Americas INSIDE THIS ISSUE Running for office ....................2 Queen of Peace ........................2 Padre Kino ...............................3 National Projects .....................3 State Regent .............................4 St.. Rose of Lima ......................5 Daughter of St. Anthony ..........5 Arizona State Chaplin Fr. Abran Tadeo pastorstmarga- [email protected]St. Mary Margaret Parish Tucson Arizona State Regent Maureen O’Reilly O’Shea [email protected]First State Vice Regent Irene Gramza Second State Regent Marilyn Witte State Secretary Lorrie Holland State Treasurer Carolyn Larson Arizona CDA Reflections CDA Installaon St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. All State Officers were in aendance at the November 2nd Installaon of the new Court along with Susan Mone Arizona Naonal Director, Delma Ariaza Past State Regent/Past AZ Naonal Director, and Fr. Abran Tadeo. Court Regent is Dorothy Tolar, Vice Regent is Penny Ku- ehl, Recording Secretary is Gloria Limon, Recording Treasurer is Rita Domagalski, and Treasurer is Manuela Salazar
CDA Installation St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. All State Officers were in attendance at the November 2nd Installation of the new Court along with Susan Mone Arizona National Director, Delma Ariaza Past State Regent/Past AZ National Director, and Fr. Abran Tadeo. Court Regent is Dorothy Tolar, Vice Regent is Penny Ku-ehl, Recording Secretary is Gloria Limon, Recording Treasurer is Rita Domagalski, and Treasurer is Manuela Salazar
Court Queen of Peace held CORPORATE COMMUNION on Sunday, Dec. 7th at the 9 AM Mass. (See Photo ) Being Advent Season it is a good time to pray together and look forward to the Birth of Christ. It is also a good time to show the unity of our Catholic Daughter groups but show the strength that we have in our Courts. Court 2359 will have a Christmas Luncheon which will be held after our regular meeting on Thursday, December 18th, in Room 213. Once again this year we will have our Auction to raise additional monies for the Court. This has always been fun in the past and many of us look forward to it! We may do a “silent auction” this year but you will have to come and see!! Please bring an item that we can auction – in the past, we have had beautiful Christmas decorations, Southwestern items, cookie trays, jewelry, linens. Also mark your calendars for our FASHION SHOW March 17, 2015. Joyce Purdue and Pat Kubat are co-chairing and Joyce is already lining up her Committee everyone is invited to attend.
RUNNING FOR STATE OFFICE
QUEEN OF PEACE 2359
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Shown is Marta Vielma, Regent
Bette Acitteli, Bernie Rosenthal,
Carol Scalise and Natalie Bial-
kowski
Have you considered running for a State office? WE hope you consider this “life changing
experience.”
Candidates For State Office
A. A member who intends to run for the office shall submit a a statement of qualifications,
a current photograph, a statement of endorsement by the Local Court of the candidate
which must be woted on at a local court meeting and signed by a majority of the Local
Court Officers and a consent to serve signed by the candidate. Five (5) copies of each
shall be received by the Nominating Committee Chairman no later than February 1, of
the convention year.
B. Candidates may make known their intentions to run for office to their Local Court.
C. Candidates may respond honestly when asked if they intend to run for office.
COURT PADRE KINO
Court Padre Kino #1932 started our year in September with an
Installation Mass at our new parish home, Resurrection Catholic Church
in Tempe. Father Romy personally welcomed us at our first official
meeting there in October. We spent CDA Day on October 19 at the
Knights of Columbus breakfast in Pope John Paul Hall at our new parish
home. Thanks to research done by the History Committee for our 50th
Anniversary coming up in February, 2015, we opened our event with "The
Opening Ode" sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree and closed the event
with "The Closing Ode" sung to the tune of America or My Country "Tis
of Thee. Any of you remember those songs? As always, October is
beyond busy also with Rosary Sunday and the W-R-A-P campaign. It is
good that is finished for another year. All we need to worry about now
is the busyness of the holidays and our 50th anniversary in February! This
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NATIONAL PROJECTS AND CHARITIES DONA-TIONS FROM COURTS
JUNE 1, 2012 TO MAY 31 2014
Apostleship of the Sea
$7,946.84
Catholic Relief Service
$12,888.18
Covenant House
$8978.88
Disaster Relief
$13,270.76
Habitat for Humanity
$29,925.58
Holy Cross Family Minis-
tries
$25,466.44
Laboure Society
$5,907.80
Misericordia
$1367.08
Morality in Media
$21,335.63
Pontifical North America
College
$14,337.08
Sisters of Charity (Mother
Teresa)
$10,550.18
Smile Train
$57,578.47
SOAR
$27,445.13
Tutwiler Clinic
$10,379.23
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Ajo Court—Financial Review and Pizza For lunch So
much fun and a great combination Camaraderie and
Pizza Bertha Castro Vice Regent Yolanda Walls Re-
gent Back row Elvia Celaya and Palmira Moreno
PROFIT FROM 2012-2014 FUNDRAISERS
1903 Society
$170,211.04
FunD 2013-2014 Calen-
dars
$118,295.41
Pocket Calendars 2014-
2016
$82,971.89
FROM OUR STATE REGENT
I know you all have had exceptionally busy months since you returned from your summer hiatus.
I hope you are all enjoying your time furthering the efforts of the Catholic Daughters “In Unity and
Charity,” or as our new Court Regent in Court St. John Paul II says in “In Unity and Charity and
Fun.” Yes Ladies it also had to be fun. The only way we can attract and KEEP new members is by
showing our “Unity and Charity” towards each other, the Community and Parish. In doing so we
have to show the “Joy” we have in doing our work and the “Fun” we have with each other. ALLWE
DO MUST BE FOR “THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.”
I have been privileged to attend many of your functions since September. I thank you for the invi-
tations and the warm welcomes I have received.
Casa Grande Court Daughters of St. Anthony held a Corporate Communion, beginning with the
Rosary before mass and a luncheon afterwards at the Golden Coral.
Court Queen of Peace had their Corpate Communion in Green Valley followed by lunch with the
Knights of Columbus.
Court St. Rose of Lima in Safford hosted a Mass for the parishioners who were 80 years or older
and then held a reception for them in the Church Hall afterwards. This Court will be hosting their
Christmas Tree exhibit for the Town of Safford and Thatcher beginning Dec 6th through Dec 12th.
This is a big event. I plan on being there on one of those days. If you feel like a drive to Safford it
will be worth your effort.
Court St. Clare of Assisi has a fund raiser with a Concert by the Spanish Flamenco guitarist
Esteban on Friday Dec 5th in Surprise and I am really looking forward to attending that event.
On the first day of Advent November 30 Court The Daughters of St. Anthony hosted there second
“Advent by Candle Light” A beautiful setting, with readings, singing and hospitality by the
“Daughters.”
I was also privileged to attend the Financial review for Ajo and Douglas along with District Deputy /
Former State Regent Delma Araiza. I hope to visit other Courts not mentioned here in the future.
We have had two workshops so far this year and another is planned for December13th. Fifty or so
Officers and members attended the Retreat conducted by our State Chaplain Father Abran Tadeo
followed by the workshop in October. It was hosted by Court Madonna in Sun City West a special
thanks for those who drove from Lake Havasu to attend. Douglas Court St. Michael the Archangel
hosted the Retreat and Workshop for the sixteen Officers and Court members in November. A
special thank you to the Miami Court for attending, that was a long drive.
We certainly appreciate the time and preparation it took for Father Abran too be with is for the
Retreats. Also for the time and effort the host Courts put in to making them successful. On De-
cember 13th Court St. John Paul II in Tucson will host the last of the Retreat and Workshops for
this year. We are expecting between 40 to 50 attendees.
This year we have instituted three new courts. I was privileged to attend their Installation Ceremo-
nies along with our State Officers and State Director Susan Mone.
St. Michael the Archangel in Douglas, St. Clare of Assisi in Surprise, and St. John Paul II in Tucson
Now we have them we need to support them in every way possible. The hard part now begins.
The ladies first have to know each other and then develop a respect for those that have agreed to
be the Officers in their Courts. We would ask that you keep them constantly in your prayers.
As Advent continues and Christmas draws near, I wish you all Peace and Happiness and may the
New Year bring us all good health. In Unity and Charity,
Maureen O’Reilly O’Shea
Arizona State Regent 4
Coming Soon, Pro—Life Billboard
The Daughters of Anthony #2651 in Casa Grande have had an extremely busy, but spiritually and financially profitable past few months. In early October the group collected huge amounts of diapers and child clothing for the Casa Grande New Life Pregnancy Center. In connection with that, the Daughters held a Bake Sale and Pie Sale (over 200 were baked and sold) for the Respect Life billboard project. This is being done with the help of the local Knights of Columbus and will we displayed on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Casa Grande.
Advent by Candlelight was held the first Sunday of Advent in our Community Center. Around 160 ladies attended an evening of meditation, song and friend-ship in preparation for the holy season. Lastly, as was done last Christmas, the Daughters have purchased 500 copies of “Did Adam and Eve Have Belly But-tons?” by Matthew J. Pinto to be distributed to parishioners after the Christmas Masses. Last year, the group distributed Matthey Kelley’s book, “Rediscover Catholicism.”
Members of Court St Teresa of Calcutta ate Rosary Sunday at Eliz-
abeth Ann Seaton Church in Tucson Juanita Carbajal JCDA Adult
Safford had a busy fall season. Past Pres-ident Deborah Gibbs installed new offic-ers: Regent Kitty Avalos, Vice Regent Helen Romero, Treasurer Ida Sainz, Re-cording Secretary Carolyn Vessels, Fi-nancial Secretary Rosa Montoya and Chaplain Deacon Carl Vessels. Also, the Court honored senior citizens age 80 and above at a special Mass on Nov. 23, where Fr. Robert Rodriguez gave each a blessing; and all were treated to refresh-ments afterwards in the hall. State Re-gent Maureen O’Reilly O’Shea and Past State Regent Delma Araiza were in at-tendance. The Court is still reeling from the deaths of three of its members in one week’s time and has been readying for the annual Festival of Trees, where they will be selling burritos, baked goods, boutique items and stuffed animals as they greet the community who stream in to the hall to admire the beautifully dec-orated trees.
