Court Bishop McDonnell #1403

Dear Sisters,

As I write this letter, the winds outside have been howling for several

days now. Wind, itself, is invisible; we hear and see it’s effects and

power. I am reminded of our invisible but powerful Triune God.

What does the Bible say about wind? Here are just a few references

that I especially like:

Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the

ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man be-

came a living creature.

Acts 2:1-4 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all to-

gether in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound

like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were

sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on

each one of them. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began

to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Mark 4:39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the

sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great

calm.

I’ve been visualizing the power of God; Father, Son and Spirit as all

of my senses embrace the wind. Enjoy the Holiness of the wind!

Happy St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Day! Happy Daylight Savings

Time and Spring, but especially ,may we all have a Holy and Blessed

Easter Season!

In Unity and Charity,

Dorothy Buckley, Regent

Chaplain

Deacon Mike Leyden

418 Vanderbilt Avenue

W. Babylon, NY 11704

631 669-0068

District Deputy

Midge Finck

15 Cove Lane

Levittown, NY 11756

516 735-1966

Regent

Dorothy Buckley

15 Cameron Ave

Babylon, NY 11702

631 539-8522

Vice Regent

Andrea McGurk

739 3rd

Street

West Babylon, NY 11704

631 884-3458

Treasurer

Dawn Chapman

46 South Bay Drive

Babylon, NY 11702

631-587-1821

Financial Secretary

Terry Hoffmann

66 Whalers Cove

Babylon, NY 11702

631 669-0198

Recording Secretary

Rosemary Cola

339 Park Ave.

Babylon, NY 11702

631 422-1988

Catholic Daughter of the Americas P O Box 25

Babylon, NY 11702

March 2020

Date: Thursday, March 12 2020

Time: 7:30; Doors open for meeting at 7:00

Location: O’Connell Room

Agenda: (Hopefully) Irish Dancers; Bring a non-perishable item for the 40 Cans for Lent Box; Nomination Com-mittee for Board June 2020-2022.

Saturday, March 7th St. Patrick/St. Joseph Days

Dance (Parish Event/Fundraiser)

Sunday, April 5th Palm

Sunday

Sunday, April 12th Easter

Future CDA Business

Meetings: Thursdays, April

16, May 14 and June 11

Eileen Mollloy, Marie

Tessitore, Dot Buckley

and whomever wishes to

supply their usual Irish

treats!

To our February Hos-pitality Committee Mary Oehrlein,

Claudia Spadolini, Graceann Fitzgerald, Maria Maxwell and Leslie Mann.

A Communion Breakfast Satur-day. April 25, 2020. $30.00 per person. Our new members will be welcomed officially at the 9 A.M. mass, and our usual delicious breakfast will follow immediately after in the O'Connell Room. Our dynamite speaker is Reverend John Sureau, Pastor of St. John the Evangelist,

R.C. Church, Cen-ter Moriches. Please let Laraine Leitch know if you plan on attending. You may pay at the meeting or send a check to CDA #1403 P.O. Box 25, Babylon,

NY 11702. Our Chair, Kathy Post, will ad-vise us of any further details at our March meeting. No walk-ins!

This year’s annual Past Regents Sum-mer Spree will be held on Saturday, Au-gust 1st, 2020 at Noon at the Mill Pond Country Club, 300 Mill Road, Medford, NY. Three course sit down luncheon, dessert bar and house wines. $40.00 per person. This is an important fundraiser for Catholic Daughters PR Group. It’s also lovely and fun! Please let Dot know by the June meeting.

PRAYERS for the healing of Catherine Hughes John, Christopher Tolve, Bar-

bara Grywin, Marty Kennedy, Bill Fleming, Daniel and Gloria Loughlin, Gene

Gallo, Beth DeMarco, Lori Senatore, and Lorraine Kneessy’s husband. Let’s al-

so keep Adrienne Plumeau’s family in our prayers

Our National Convention will be

held on July 15-19, 2020 at the down-

town Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

The CDA Quarterly National News-

letter can be accessed by going to their

website www.catholicdaughters.org

The CDA State website is

www.catholicdaughters.org/

The girls spent two days of their February break working on the Family Room.

They will be making Birthday Boxes this month for Outreach.

Please go to the St. Joseph’s website and

click on Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-

cas (under Ministries).

Andrea McGurk is keeping it updated, in-

cluding our most current newsletter!

The 40 Cans Program does not need fruits

and vegetables.

There is a need for coffee, apple juice,

ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, toilet pa-

per, paper towels, peanut butter, jelly and

cereal. Also, gift cards to supermarkets.

Several people can get together and get a

gift card. We can give those directly to Pat

Colletti at the meeting!

Mission Statement of

The Catholic Daughters

of The Americas

The purposes of the organization are to participate in the religious, chari-

table 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 through love in the promotion of justice, equality and the advancement of

human rights and human dignity for all.