INSIDE THIS ISSUE

JCDA Food Drive .....................3

Estabaan ..................................4

Work shops ..............................5

Education .................................5

Rosary Sunday .........................6

Registration Form ...................7

Financial Reviews ....................4

October 2014 Volume 1, Issue 5

Arizona CDA Reflections

Susan Moné, a parishioner at

Resurrection Parish in Tempe, is

now one of nine national directors

for the Catholic Daughters of the

Americas. (Courtesy photo)

Story by The Catholic Sun

Written by Ambria Hammel

Susan Moné goes to Mass in Tempe, but her Catholic identity extends far beyond

that.

She knows there are plenty of other women across the country equally committed to

feminine spirituality and charity. Moné, a longtime member of Catholic Daughters

of the Americas, encountered many of them throughout the organization.

Its reach spans 45 states plus Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Moné is now one of nine national directors for Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

The Resurrection parishioner was elected to the position at the Catholic Daughters’

biennial national convention held in Billings, Montana, last month. She will oversee

the ceremonial committee and serve on the membership and development commit-

tee. Moné will also supervise activity in Arizona, Nevada and Washington.

True to their name, faith is at the forefront of the Catholic Daughters of the Ameri-

cas’ activities. The current theme: “Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you

do for me” (Mt 25:40).

“Most important is our spiritual growth,” Moné told The Catholic Sun midway

through a national meeting. She said gatherings at every level — local chapters are

called courts — begin with Mass, a rosary or other prayer service.

Arizona State Chaplin

Fr. Abran Tadeo

pastorstmargaret@hotmail.com

St. Mary Margaret Parish Tucson

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

Moné and her mother are charter members of the Our Lady of the Desert Court

based at Holy Cross in Mesa. There are currently 22 courts in Arizona — eight of

them in the Diocese of Phoenix — and three junior courts that welcome girls as

young as 6 years old.

Moné was about that old when women from Catholic Daughter courts sponsored key

events at her Catholic elementary school. She also knew of the organization’s work

from her mother and grandmother; both were members for over 50 years.

Moné developed a devotion to the Blessed Mother, the organization’s patroness,

early on in life. Her family prayed the rosary nightly after dinner. Joining Catholic

Daughters of the Americas was a natural next step.

“I have remained a member because it became every bit a part of my life as a mother

and grandmother,” Moné said.

She became heavily involved, relishing faith-sharing opportunities with what she

called “a beautiful group of Catholic women” and ultimately held all local court and

state-level positions. Her four-year term as state regent ended last year.

“Catholic Daughters made my faith a vision and made my Catholic faith a way of

life,” Moné said.

Members of the organization live out their deep spirituality through prayer and ser-

vice. The 70,000 members donate to charities — the national level supports five of

them — administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where

there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness,” according to a press release.

Locally, that means Catholic Daughters of the Americas members support the Socie-

ty of St. Vincent de Paul and Maggie’s Place, a home for pregnant women. They also

sponsor a seminarian, make prayer shawls for those being cared for by Americare

Hospice and donate handmade rosaries to various missions. Expect Catholic Daugh-

ters presence at the Arizona Rosary Celebration in Tucson and Phoenix next month.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas also has a legislative component, which encour-

ages members to contact state representatives regarding issues that may influence

their faith. Part of that outreach includes supporting the March for Life in Washing-

ton D.C. each year. Moné will be there in January.

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YOUTH of the parish to bring food to “Feed the Hungry” in our area.

The Junior Catholic Daughters #2677 of Surprise held a Youth Food Drive at St. Clare of Assisi parish in Surprise the weekend of September 13th. The girls first stapled sorely needed items onto grocery sacks, they then announced to the con-gregation, they were challenging the YOUTH of the parish to bring food to “Feed the Hungry” in our area. The girls ranging in ages from 6 to 15 collected 556 bags of groceries and several hundred dollars in cash donations.

Lorrie Holland of the adult Court of Cath-olic Daughters of America helped Kiera Wesley, JCDA president coordinate the effort. Lorrie said, “This is a way to get youth involved in serving the needy.”

The food was organized, boxed and sent to the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry in El Mirage.

YOUTH FOOD DRIVE A SUCCESS IN SURPRISE!

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Kennedy Whitaker and Delaney Green loading and unloading

From left to Right Delaney Green, VP, Ash-ley Korkosz, Recording Sec, Emily Korkosz, Sara Duda, Ellie Wahlund,

ESTEBAN IN CONCERT

Nationally acclaimed entertainer and recording artist, ESTEBAN and Teresa Joy, Violinist Extraordinaire along with their invited guest, Paul McDermond on Marimba and Steel Drums are making their first ever appearance in Sur-prise on Friday, December 5th at Valley Vista Performing Arts Center, 15550 Parkview Place. Esteban is best known for his ability to weave jazz and classi-cal notes into old favorites from the 50’s. He was classically trained by re-nowned Spanish Flamenco Guitarist, Andres Segovia. Opening for ESTEBAN is the LIFETEEN Band from St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church. The band plays contemporary Christian Soul. Doors open at 5:30pm. Show starts at 6:00 p.m. ESTEBAN is donating a portion of ticket sales to the Catholic Daughters of America in Surprise to benefit some of their favorite charities, SMILE TRAIN, Saint Vincent DePaul and Phoenix First Academy for Homeless Chil-dren. Lorrie Holland, CDA promoter, from Surprise is a 25 year fan of Esteban. She says, “This is World Class Entertainment. Attendees are not only going to have a wonderful concert experience, they’re participating in a very worthwhile cause.” Tickets on sale now at brownpapertickets.com or call Lor-rie at 623-512-1042

REST IN PEACE

During the month of September we

lost two of our past State Regents,

Betty Grogan and Peggy Chew.

For the last few years Betty has been

living in Jacksonville Florida close to

her son Tom and his family.

Betty was instrumental in forming the

Court in Green Valley, becoming Arizo-

na State Regent, and then a National

Director for CDA.

Betty had a great sense of humor and

never took herself too seriously. She was

devoted to the Church her family and

CDA.

She was a mentor and friend to many of

us, and we thank God for her presence in

our lives.

We also lost one of oldest members

in Arizona Catherine Stevenson Past

Regent of Court 2359 in Green Valley

she was 98.

In July, Lynn Wilson Newsletter

Editor lost her husband Michael E

Wilson III (1959-2014 ) she express-

es her sincere thanks to everyone for

the card and letter. She also asks that

you keep her son Michael Wilson IV

in your prayer as he leaves for basic

military training this month.

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a handsome well-preserved body. Rather, the objective should be to skid in broadside, thorough-ly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming, “WOW what a ride!!!” ” Author Unknown

Esteban and Teresa Joy

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Fall Workshops

These workshops are bursting with information for everyone and are well worth the time to attend.

This years education contest theme is “Love Your Neigh-

bor as Yourself” or “Be a Good Neighbor.” If you have not

received this information please contact Lynn Wilson at

520-350-6810 and she will send this out to you. Be sure to

set your deadlines, so your court can have the winner’s

information sent to Lynn Wilson by the First of February

so we can send it off to Nationals by our deadline.

EDUCATION CONTEST

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The registration form for the fall workshops is on page seven of the newsletter.

Please pick a date that you can attend and return it as instructed on the form. We

hope to see all officers attend one of the workshops.

Fr. Abran will be attending the workshops to give a short morning retreat. We are so

blessed to have a chaplain take the time to support us with kind effort for our officers

and court members.

These workshops are bursting with information for everyone and are well worth the

time to attend. The state court has made a great effort to offer the workshops in many

locations in the hope that all can attend.

50/50 RAFFLE TICKETS

TO SUPPORT THE STATE CONVENTION!!!

The 50/50 raffle tickets have been

printed and are ready to be hand-

ed out to all the courts. Please

return all the money collected for

the tickets and the stubs to

Maureen state Regent.

Good luck to everyone and thank

you for supporting the state court

as they prepare for the 2015 state

convention.

BEWARE OF YOUR EMAIL

Arizona Rosary Sunday Guest speaker is Farther Jaun-Diego Brunetta. He has

been a priest since 2001 . He earned his doctorate in 2003 and has served as

Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven CT.

The title for this year’s event is Honoring Mary under her title of Immaculate

Conception.

This years event will be Oct 11, 2014 at Saint Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in

Tucson, 8650 N. Shannon Road Tucson and in the Phoenix October 12,2014 in

the convention Center Hall F&G 33 S 3rd Street Phoenix.

We wanted to let you know that if you get an email from another catholic daughter stating that they are in another country and have lost their luggage and need you to send them money or they need money for a niece that has cancer it is a scam. Delete it: Do not re-spond to it. Somehow they have gotten into someone’s computer that has everyone’s email address and is emailing different scenarios

requesting money. Please pass this onto your family and friends. And also get your computer checked to make sure you do not have the virus.

ANNIVERSARY YEAR COURT 1932

ROSARY SUNDAY

Court Padre Kino#1932 will start our anniversary year in September

with an installation Mass at Resurrection parish. Fall is a very busy

time of year with new officers and preparations for Rosary Sunday, CDA

Day and the WRAP campaign to plan. This year we will be spending CDA

Day at Resurrection parish's Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast. On

the heels of these events comes Thanksgiving and the beginning of the

winter holiday's with all the preparation and activities for them.

The 50th anniversary committee is very busy planning for that event in

February, 2015. We will have an anniversary Mass and celebratory

luncheon at the Landmark in Mesa. It promises to be a busy fall and

winter.

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Newsletter Deadlines

December 1st 2014

March 1st 2015

June 15, 2015

Please mail to

P.O. Box 2226

AZ City AZ. 85123

Email to ;

Mlwilson_7@q.com

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Catholic Daughters of the America’s

Arizona 2014 Retreat and Workshop

Please choose from one of the following dates and locations:

October 4, 2014 Sun City West Our Lady of Lourdes Madonna Hall 19002 N. 128th Ave Sun City West AZ 85375 9am until approximately 3pm, Registration is $10.00, this will include lunch and snacks. Please send your check payable to CDA AZ State Court along w ith your registration form to Lorrie Holland 17008 W Devon Lane, Surprise Arizona 85374 as soon as possible. This will allow your host Court, Our Lady of Lourdes, to know how many they will be providing lunch and snacks for. November 8, 2014 Douglas

St. Luke’s Church Hall

1211 15th ST Douglas AZ 85607

9am to approximately 3pm. Registration is $10.00, this will include lunch and snacks

Please send your check payable to CDA AZ State Court along with your registration to Maureen OReilly-OShea 821 W Union

Bell Drive, Green Valley Arizona 85614 as soon as possible. This w ill allow your host Court, St. Michael the Arch-

angel, to know how many they will be providing lunch and snacks for.

November 15th Winslow

St. Joseph Church Hall

Winslow AZ

Please send your check payable to CDA AZ State Court and registration form to Maureen OReilly OShea 821 W Union Bell Drive,

Green Valley AZ 85614 as soon as possible. This w ill allow your host Court, St. Mark, to know how m any they

will be providing lunch and snacks for.

December 13, 2014 Tucson Arizona

St. Margaret Mary Church Hall

801 N. Grand Ave. Tucson AZ 85745

Details to follow.

Save this portion for your records.

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Send this portion to the highlighted person above, be sure the check is made out to CDA AZ State Court in the amount of $10.00:

Please Print:

Name_____________________________________________ Phone ______________________Cell___________________

Address __________________________________City ____________Zip________ Email____________________________

Court Name___________________________________________________________Number ________________________

Please check the Date you are planning to attend.

October 4, 2014

November 8, 2014

November 15, 2014

December 13, 2014

Editor

Lynn Wilson

P.O. Box 2226

Arizona City AZ. 85123

PHONE:

(520)350-6810

E-MAIL:

Mlwilson_7@q.com

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Mission Statement

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 positive-

ly 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.

Financial Reviews

It’s not too soon for Court Officers along with the District Deputies

to schedule the Local Court Financial Review.

Please be sure copies of the completed Review Form is sent to State Secretary Lorrie Holland, Your District Deputy, The National Office in New York and myself Maureen O’Reilly O’Shea State Regent.