Arizona CDA Reflections

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1 Catholic Daughters of The Americas November 2015 Arizona CDA Reflections Arizona State Chaplin Fr. Ariel Lustan Arizona State Regent Maureen O Reilly O Shea moreillyoshea@gmail.com First State Vice Regent Irene Gramza Second State Regent Marilyn Witte State Secretary Lorrie Holland State Treasurer Carolyn Larson New JCDA Court St. Rita of Cascia, Casa Grande Court Daughters of St. Anthony of Casa Grande began the work of establishing's a new JCDA court back in August of this year. They began with 20 girls from the catholic school and Religious Education classes who attended a mother daughter tea in September. This event was will attended and several mothers also expressed interest in joining the Adult Court. Irene Gamza and Lorie Holland, members of the State Court also attended the afternoon tea. The work began on making sashes for the girls by our own Mary Peoples who was willing to under take this task. After the tea, word was out about this new court and the number grew to 34 young ladies who wanted to join JCDA. Mary Peoples quickly returned to the sewing machine to make more sashes. Inside this issue First State Regent... 2 National News... 3 Court Court National Director... 5 New State Chaplin... 7 State Regent... 9 Several of the soon to be JCDA young ladies joined the Adult court on Catholic Daughter Sunday for their Corporate Communion Mass at the Parish and breakfast afterwards. The court Received their paperwork and Court name in November and the court was installed November 9th by the State Regent Maureen O Reilly O Shea. Thirty two girls were installed, elections for officers was held and the officers were also installed. There are over 30 girls in the court which Lynn Wilson and Court Chaplin Father Alan will oversee. Pictured above was taken at the Corporate Communion Sunday. Officers are President Savannah Rico, Secretary Arianna Bustamante, Treasurer Jackie Schisler and Vice President Destiny Lobos. Congratulations, Juniors!

2 COURT MADONNA, NO SUN CITY, AZ Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving CHARITABLE DONATIONS FOR 2015: The financial committee of Annette Smith, Edwina Crosby and Elaine Sury came up with a plan for the charity beneficiaries. Annette reported for the Charity committee at the May meeting. After discussion of their proposal, and vote, it was decided to give $100 for the five CDA projects, and $150 to the ten CDA charities. We also gave $300 to St. Clements and $700 to each of the following four schools for help with tuition for a needy student; St. Catherine of Seine, St. Gregory, St. John Bosco and St. Matthews, all Catholic grade schools in Phoenix. The donation of $600 from Patricia Powers daughter, Marta and husband Joe, was given to Children s First Academy, a school for homeless children in Phoenix. This made a total donation of $3, Our Court has been truly blessed this year. Thank you to all our members who give of their time and talent throughout the year in order that we are able to raise funds to give to those in need. Court #2250, Our Lady of Guadalupe: This has been a busy year for out court, breakfast for the church reps for Rosary Celebration (have been doing this for 30+ years), Helping with Life Choices (women s choice clinic) with getting needed diapers and clothes for the mom s who keep their babies, Most Holy Trinity Parish events, boutiques for Rosary Family Radio and ours at St. Paul s Catholic Church.. Our sister Barbara Hernes passed away in September and we attended her funeral. We look forward to hosting the January State Workshop at St. Paul s and seeing you again. A very Blessed Christmas season to our sister CDA members. Irene Gramza, Regent From your State 1St Vice Regent: Irene Gramza What a time it has been this fall, state workshop in Casa Grande which was well attended and our fist attempt to do a computer, Facebook and website materials. Maureen and I did workshops on bylaws, standing rules and budgets. Hope you are all working on your standing rules and budget, they are due to Maureen and I by January 15, I know that the ladies were impressed at the way I presented Ceremonial dress, I ll try to do better at the January 16th workshop. I was happy to attend your masses and special events this fall, and now that I am retired I would love to come to others, just send me an and I ll be there. I love seeing all of you at doing God s work for others. My wishes for you and your families as we enter into Advent and the coming of our Lord s birth at Christmas. Blessing to those who need our help as their celebrations can be a happy one for them. God Bless, Irene Gramza 2

3 Court Queen of Peace #2359 Court 2634 St. Gianna Beretta Molla recently was granted space on the new K of C Sign in front of the Knights of Columbus Hall in Miami. National News Thank you all for all you do in your states. We would like you to add some information from the National Office to your communications with your Courts. Thank them for sending in their National Dues payments in a timely manner. We do ask that in the memo line on the check they put the invoice number they are paying. They do not need to write National Dues or to give us the breakdown of 25 members x $7.50! Some Courts - as you may know in your state - do not have any indication on their checks as to the their Court Number or State. Our files are processed as NY We have to try and read signatures to find the correct court. Thank you Rosters - Can you pass on information since we have had many surprising statements concerning them. Continued on the page 7 We are just beginning to catch fire as our winter members return to us. This year we have added a new charity to our giving. In keeping with the new Family Circle, the Court has voted to adopt Sr. Jose s Homeless Shelter for Women in Tucson. Money that we raise at our annual Court Christmas Auction will be given to the shelter as well as individual members giving gifts. Jenise Silva has volunteered to chair the Family and has asked members to bring nonperishable food items to the meetings. These will be added to the food items the Knights of Columbus collect. We also marked the passing of our sister, Josephine Vivaldi, a newer member of our Court but hard working. Three members and Officers attended a well presented Fall Retreat and Workshop in Casa Grande. Much information was gathered. 3

4 Court Madonna 2067 Court Madonna 2067 had a fun "getting to know you" after the October meeting which was followed by an ice cream social. Members brought all types of toppings for our ice cream sundaes. This month we are having a Advent Retreat which will be facilitated by Father Frank Bartle on Friday, November 13th, from 9AM to 2 PM. We are expecting over 100 women to attend. Then on November 23rd, we will have a mass in St. Clement of Rome Church, for the deceased members of our Court, and all deceased CDA members. December a Baby Shower is being planned with all gifts given to a home for unwed mothers. This gets our Court on a good start toward the coming year. Court 2359 in Green Valley During the November meeting of Court 2359 in Green Valley 3 new members were received into our organization. They are also looking forward to receiving two more at their December meeting. Congratulations to the Court and their Officers They are fast approaching the goal set by Regent Bette Acitteli to have 50 court members by the end of her term as Regent in May St. Rose of Lima Court #2398 St. Rose of Lima Court #2398 of Safford sponsored an event to celebrate the senior parishioners (over 80 years of age) on Catholic Daughters Day, Oct. 18. A Mass was held at 11:30 a.m., and all participants received a pin. Following the Mass, light refreshments, punch and water were served in the Volunteer 4

5 Court 2651 Daughters of St. Anthony The Daughters purchased six candlesticks for the main altar in church to match the ones that stand on either side of the altar. Father Ariel is shown blessing them on November 8th at the 10 AM Mass Left to Right Mary Peoples Court Vice Regent June Nunnink Court Treasurer And Lynn Wilson Past court Secretary. CELEBRATION IN WINSLOW On October 20, 1935 as the country was recovering from the depression, 38 women in Winslow, became charter members of Court St Mark #312 They were the roots that set the goals for the court that has weathered the growth over the years. On October 24, 2015, I had the honor along with State Regent, Maureen O Reilly/O Shea, 1st Vice State Regent, Irene Gramza, 2nd Vice State Regent, Marilyn Witte and State Treasurer, Carolyn Larson to join the 44 members of the court to celebrate 80 years of service in their parish and community. The celebration began with a very meaningful mass of Thanksgiving to the Lord for all the members past and present. At the end of the mass I read the original charter of the court signed by National Regent Mary Murphy. After mass was a wonderful, fun reception. Every member was presented with a Certificate of Recognition for their service in the court from a few months to 64 years. These ladies have continued to grow in spirituality and service which began so many years ago and their dedication as Catholic Daughters of the Americas. The court also hosts a very active JCDA Ct St Maria Goretti #312 instituted 3 years ago. Great job ladies. May Our Blessed Mother continue to guide you as your court serves her son in all you do. Be very proud of your court. God bless, Susan Mone, National Director 5

6 Junior Catholic Daughters New JCDA Court St. Rita of Casa Casa Grande Following the Corporate Communion Sunday mass at St. Anthony future JCDA members joined the CDA court Daughter of St. Anthony for breakfast in the Community Center Hosted by the Knights of Columbus. The court along with family enjoyed good food and fellowship. JCDA COURT SANTA CHIARA #2677 The girls of this court along with Court St. Clare of Assisi held their 2 nd annual Youth Food Drive to benefit the local conference of Saint Vincent DePaul. This was a 3 weekend event, with mass announcements, then passing out the grocery sacks with a list of needed items and finally the drive which resulted in the collection of 507 bags of groceries and $1, in cash donations. The girls are getting ready to visit a 15 year old girl with lethal stomach cancer. They will go to pray with her, take her a sashe and pin and make her an honorary member of the court. In the works, is a foundation the girls hope to start in memory of Damien Seran whose sister Isabella and mom, Delia are members. Damien 16 years old drowned at Lake Pleasant this past July 4 th weekend. Damien loved animals, therefore; the foundations purpose and goal will be helping HALO Animal Shelter, with dog accessories, dog food and cash donations. The girls hope to conduct an annual fundraiser. 6

7 Court Padre Kino New State Chaplin Fr. Ariel Lustan Fr. Ariel Lustan has accepted the request to be our State Chaplin. He will fill this position till Fr. Ariel is the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua, Casa Grande. We welcome you to the CDA. Court Padre Kino is ready to launch into the holiday season with our annual December potluck holiday meeting on December 2, 2015 with warm winter clothing gifts for the patients at Desert Vista Behavioral Center. In January we have Mary Ann Reuter from Resurrection coming to talk to us about "Right to Life" and February, being our 51st anniversary, we will celebrate with an exerpt from our history written and presented by Melanie Collinsworth. As a court, we are ready for the holidays to begin by remembering to "Keep Christ in Christmas" and practicing that the other 364 days of the year also. From Page 3 National News #1 - we do not charge for rosters #2 -Courts can request a roster at any time. They should especially request them before they have their bi-annual Financial Reviews. They should not request one every time they send in an address correction. #3 - they should have an updated roster at the time of their court elections. Some officer lists are sent in and some officers have never had their membership application sent in to Headquarters. #4 - Membership dates are based on the date of the Pledge being taken. In the past, the billing database would put 10/1 or 4/1 used for billing purposes but not the actual date. We now put the actual date after all National Bills are processed. Some dates show 2/1/1984 which was a default date used when they changed over computer systems in We would appreciate the update #5 - they can send s with updates and corrections at any time. They must give us the State, Court number and complete name of the member. "Please change the address from 25 Lexington Ave to 31 Triangle Place" does not help!! #6 - they should not update the PDF or Excel version and send it back. We would not be able to look through to find the updates unless they are marked as such. Our printers in the office are black and white. #7 - Membership, Transfers, and Renewals can be scanned and ed. They should not scan an application then send the original in the mail. This will cause a duplication which our system does not alert us to. Jesus disciples are called to this, even today, especially today: to bring people into contact with the compassionate Mercy that saves, Pope Francis 10/25/2015 Mary Impellizeri Executive Director 7

8 COURT OUR LADY OF LOURDES #2278 Sun City West Court Madonna 2067 Court Madonna 2067 had a fun "getting to know you" after the October meeting which was followed by an ice cream social. Members brought all types of toppings for our ice cream sundaes. This month we are having a Advent Retreat which will be facilitated by Father Frank Bartle on Friday, November 13th, from 9AM to 2 PM. We are expecting over 100 women to attend. Then on November 23rd, we will have a mass in St. Clement of Rome Church, for the deceased members of our Court, and all deceased CDA members. December a Baby Shower is being planned with all gifts given to a home for unwed mothers. This gets our Court on a good start toward the coming year. Greeters & Ticket-Takers at the Spaghetti Dinner on Halloween: Left to right: Claire Schaefer (daughter of Rose Marie Schaefer), Carol Kennedy, Rose Marie Schaefer (our AZ Daughter of the Year) and Lucy Horner. On Halloween our court sponsored our annual Spaghetti Dinner. We sold over 400 God our Father, Your power brings us to birth, Your providence guides our lives, and by Your command we return to dust. Lord, those who die still live in Your presence, their lives change but do not end. I pray in hope for my family, relatives and friends, and for all the dead known to You alone. tickets at $10 each. Profits going to our charities were over $2,000 last year and should be about the same this year when all bills are paid. Our next fundraiser is a Cookie Walk/ Bake Sale featuring home baked & decorated Christmas cookies for sale on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 2-6 pm in Madonna Hall at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Sun City West. Pictured below (left to right) Shari Trunnell, Helen Wieczkiewicz, Kay Coffey, Myra Litscher, Colleen Fay, Odilia Scier, and (seated) Carmella Gorga - Servers at the In company with Christ, Who died and now lives, may they rejoice in Your kingdom, where all our tears are wiped away. Unite us together again in one family, to sing Your praise forever and ever. 8 Amen.

9 St. Germaine Court # 2473 Prescott Area Habitat For Humanity (PAHH) was founded in Since then PAHH has placed 79 families in homes. Houses are not free! The families have to qualify and also work, sweat equity hours with Habitat working in various ways to earn their hours. Toolbelts & Tuxedos Annual Gala is PAHH largest fundraiser of the year. St. Germaine Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court # 2473 has been involved in many ways with PAHH over the past several years. We have members that have helped build homes, the Court has contributed several donations for home needs and we also have two of our Court members who work for and volunteer for PAHH. The attached pictures show the live auction at the Gala and also members of the St. Germaine Court # 2473 enjoying the event that was held at the Prescott Resort in Prescott this past Saturday, November 7, The St. Germaine Court has enjoyed its partnership with PAHH, and look forward to continuing through the years. God Bless, Carolyn Larson, From Our State Regent It hardly seems possible but here we are at Thanksgiving. I hope you all enjoyed a restful summer. I know have been busy since then. Here are some of the things I thought you might enjoy reading about that I have totally enjoyed with some of the Courts over the past two months. On October. 11th I joined members of Court St John Paul ll for their Baby Shower weekend. They collected gifts donated by the Parish to benefit new mothers. after each Mass refreshments were served and games were played. The JCDA from Marana donated beautiful blankets to them. See picture. The weekend of Oct. 17th and 18th was a busy one in Casa Grande The Daughters of St Anthony hosted our Retreat and Father Ariel Lustan was the Retreat Master ( The high light of the day) The Board attempted something new for our program. A Computer, Face Book and Web Page class. Madeline Marcoux, Sarah De La Cruz and Carolyn Larson did a wonderful job, the only criticism was that it needed to be longer. We hear you ladies and will do just that. The ladies of Casa Grande provided a wonderful lunch. The other morning class and the afternoon was spent updating everyone on the new information from National. Our next Retreat and workshop will follow the same format it will be on January 16th in Phoenix. The following day Oct. 18th was Casa Grande Corporate Communion. 1st. state Vice Regent Irene Gramza and I attended. Father Ariel blessed all of the Catholic Daughters and the future JCDA members during the Mass, afterwards we attended a breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus. It was during this time I asked Father Ariel if he would consider being our State Chaplain and he did not hesitate to say yes. As you are all aware we did get the Bishops approval and sometime in the near future we will install Father Ariel. On October 22nd Court St John Paul ll Court celebrated their first year as a Court. Irene and I attended the Mass.The Celebrant was Abran Tadeo their Chaplain. a delicious reception followed. October 24th was a big celebration in Winslow. Their 80th year. The oldest Court in the State of Arizona. National Director Susan Mone, her husband Doug and granddaughter Cheyenne were in attendance along with most of the State Board and my husband Bill OShea. After a wonderful Mass and lots of pictures we enjoyed a wonderful meal, with fun and laughter and lots of prizes. The next day we were able to have breakfast at the La Posada Hotel with time to chat before we drove home. I have been Privileged to visit a few Courts this month. Court Immaculate Conception Ajo for their financial review and of course a delicious lunch, Court St Augustine and Court Queen of Peace for their monthly meeting and I plan on being at St. Francis of Assisi later this month. All Courts are busy getting ready for their fund raisers. It is still my pleasure to work with your State Board. We look forward to seeing many of you at the next Workshop and of course in Pittsburg for the National Convention in July 2016 I would like to thank all of the District Deputies who work so hard on behalf of us all. There attendance at your financial reviews and the reports that they send to me are so appreciated. I sincerely wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas. I will look forward to seeing you in the near future. God Bless Maureen AZ State Regent 9

10 Catholic Daughters of America s Editor Lynn Wilson P.O. Box 2226 Arizona City AZ PHONE: (520) Mlwilson_7@q.com We re on the Web! The purposes of the organization is to participate in the religious, charitable and educational Apostolates of the Church. Catholic Daughters of the Americas engages in creative and spiritual programs which provide its members with the opportunity to develop their God-given talents in meaningful ways that positively influence the welfare 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 promotion of justice, equality and the advancement of human rights and all. Next News letter deadline is Feb 5, 2016 Please all articles before this date. Please Submit all articles on a word format (not from cell phones) and send pictures in a separate file. See us at: Arizonacatholicdaughters. Weebly.com PLEASE PLACE STAMP HERE Catholic Daughters of The Americas