The OLG News - May 2014

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President Lucille Van Valkenburg (480) 502-1060 lucillevan@cox.net

1st Vice President Lena Beale (480) 459-5142 lab952@gmail.com

2nd Vice President Laurie Rivera (480) 809-2199 laurieellenrivera@gmail.com

Recording Secretary Pauline McNaney (480) 342-9025 pmcnaney@cox.net

Corresponding Secretary Maureen Piontek (480) 515-3771 indymo2az@cox.net

Treasurer Lynn Schuttenberg (480) 488-3771 lynnzmail@cox.net

Assistant Treasurer Linda Larson (480) 600-9123 ourladysguildlaptop@live.com

Advisor/Parliamentarian Pat Phee (480) 538-5337 patphee@cox.net

Newsletter Editors Nina Filippi, mnf925@gmail.com Barbara Kerner, blk_az@cox.net Barbara Ehrhard, behrhard@cox.net

E-Blasts Barbara Ehrhard, ourladysguildemail@cox.net

Guild Calendar

May 2014 6 Executive Board Meeting, Teen Center, 9am 12 Book Club, AJ’s (Lone Mountain), (pg 8) 20 Appreciation Brunch 9:00 am, Parish Hall (pgs 1 & 7)

June 2014 3 Possible Board Meeting

9 Book Club, (pg 8)

14 Woman of the Year Luncheon, Cathedral of Ss. Simon & Jude (pg 3)

Our Lady of Joy Catholic Parish

PO Box 1359, Carefree, AZ 85377 Our Lady’s Guild

April was a busy month - the Chihuly tour on April

8th and the final speaker for this Guild year on April 15th! Sixteen ladies toured the Chihuly exhibit at the Desert Botanical Gardens on a hot afternoon! Our guide was great and stretched our hour tour to an hour and a half while she told us about the many wonders on the Sonoran desert landscape. Thank you to everyone who joined in on this interesting tour.

At our General Meeting, Evelyn Robles gave us lots of tips on how to avoid identity theft. Some tips we all know, some were new to me...don't put your outgoing mail in your private mailbox, don't use easily discovered passwords, don't keep your Medicare card in your wallet. For those who weren't at the meeting, Ms. Robles left copies of a very helpful pamphlet about identity theft which I'll bring to the May Luncheon. And we raised a quick $16 from the sale of the unwanted treasures from the Guild cabinets.

Month in Review

KENTUCKY DERBY PARTY: MAY 20, 2014

(aka) Appreciation Brunch

OLoJ Downs (Parish Center). Hats required !

(for those without a hat, we will have hats available).

Most original/creative hat will win a prize.

A lovely buffet of favorites from the Kentucky Derby will be served.

The horses (yes, horses) will begin racing after the 8:00 am mass.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS, YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS DAY OF FUN!

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Our Guild year is almost over with the last meeting being the Appreciation Brunch on May 20. We had the pleasure of one of our Angel members, Alcida DeClaire, at our April general meeting. I know that many Angel members no longer wish to participate in many of our activities but I hope they know that we are delighted to see them at any of our get-togethers. Congratulations to the new Board. Thank you to our members who have served previously and have agreed to return. I know many Guild members are involved in other ministries so volunteer time is stretched to the limit. If you have never served on the Board or chaired one our activities, please get involved. If everyone shares some of the responsibility, the Guild's programs will be successful and it will turn out to be an enjoyable experience. It is the best way to get to know our members! I speak from experience having served on the Board in several positions. Pauline McNaney was new to the Guild and on the Board this year and Joan Marso and Becky Crain, relatively new members, will be on the Board this coming year.

Thank you to all the ladies on the Boards these past two years. You have been a joy to work with. You should be proud of all you accomplished. Thank you to all the Guild members for your support. I hope you realize that our two fundraisers have allowed the Guild to donate more than $16,000 this year to our Outreach recipients. That's amazing!

And thank you for letting me spin some of the Irish in me. These things, I warmly wish for you-Someone to love, some work to do, A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer. And a guardian angel always near.

God Bless, Lucille

A FINAL MESSAGE FROM LUCILLE VAN VALKENBURG,

PRESIDENT OF OUR LADY’S GUILD MAY 2014

8th Annual Holiday Bazaar November 7 & 8, 9am-4pm It’s hard to imagine that plans are already in development. Believe it or not, this successful event is in it’s 8th year. It’s become a major fundraiser for our organ-ization. That’s why we need your support. Many faithful & enthusiastic members of Our Lady’s Guild are already busy at work to make this year’s Bazaar an op-

portunity for more Outreach projects. We gave over $8,000 from last year’s event. Booths are available for vendors and/or crafters. If you, or someone you know, are interested in “setting up shop” at this year’s Bazaar, don’t wait another minute!! Contact Laurie Rivera, Vendor Chair at 202-316-8488 or laurieellenrivera@gmail.com

REMEMBER ...To save your summer reading & other books for the Book Nook . Drop off starts 10/13/14 at the Ministry Office. Please contact Sue Brimmer at 623-547-6300 for ques-tions or information..

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A NOTE FROM THE 2nd VICE PRESIDENT

I would like to say; thank you to everyone for your support and comments during my time as

2nd VP. Some programs were great, some not so much (...I'm still not sure about our Yoga stress lady....I'm doing the clam shell right now and saying hi to you all....) but it was lots of fun for me. Special thanks to Cindy Czarnik for her spectacular travel talks. Our tours to the State Capi-tol, the Japanese Friendship Garden, Los Cedros, as well as the DBG, were great times to learn a little (ok, maybe a little too much about horse insemination...) and enjoy each others company. We all look forward to the programs and tours Lyn and Becky have in store for us all to enjoy!!

The new Executive Board for Our Lady’s Guild 2014 – 2015 were elected at the April 15th General Meeting.

Co-Presidents Toni DiJorio/ Johanna Covert

1st Vice President – Lena Beale

2nd Co-Vice Presidents – Lyn Frimer/ Becky Crain

Treasurer – Geri Rotchford

Asst. Treasurer – Carol Loignon

Recording Secretary – Laurie Rivera

Corresponding Secretary – Joan Marso

Parliamentarian/ Advisor- Lucille Van Valkenburg

We thank them for their willingness to serve and wish them

success in the 2014-2015 membership year.

Each year the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW), sponsors

volunteer women for the contributions they have made to build the body of

Christ in their Parishes. This year, Barbara Ehrhard was nominated to

represent OLoJ. The winners of the awards will be honored at the PDCCW

meeting and Mass at the Cathedral of Ss. Simone & Jude on

Saturday, June 14, 2014.

The winners will be published by submission to Diocesan & local newspapers.

Please set aside the date as we await notification.

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Let’s lunch at

La Santisima Gourmet

before the theater,

Chihuly Tour April 8th. Sixteen ladies toured the Chihuly exhibit at the Desert Botanical

Gardens on a hot afternoon! Our guide was great and stretched our hour tour to an hour and a half while she told us about the many wonders on the Sonoran desert landscape. Thank you to everyone who joined in on this interesting tour.

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Be sure to “Like” us on Facebook @ Our Lady’s Guild

at Our Lady of Joy Parish. Our Guild has a new

Facebook page, Like us, post comments, check out

events! If you have news and or photos you would

like our members to know about. To post, send an

email to Sharon Forbes at sforbes3@cox.net

July

7/1 Carol Loignon

7/4 Carol Brown

7/4 Sr. Patt Smith

7/10 Barbara Gardner

7/14 Arlene Baker

7/14 Patricia Wertzberger

7/17 Kathleen Gougion

7/17 Elizabeth Perkins

7/22 Maria Haredzinski

7/23 Beverly Bryson

7/24 Lorraine Romanow

7/26 Doretta Hughes

7/29 Antoinette Barbieri

7/30 Joanne Anetsberger

May

5/6 Gladys Wilke

5/8 Linda Psyk

5/12 Rose Hernandez

5/14 Susan Willer

5/15 Sandy Steinke

5/16 Patricia Phee

5/16 Lois Wendling

5/18 Jody Powers

5/19 Sr. ME Lawrence

5/19 Elsa Solorzano

5/22 Gertie Craig

June

6/2 Jean Brennan

6/3 Paula Peluso

6/4 Micki Galanthay

6/6 Toni DiJorio

6/7 Rita Stephens

6/7 Judy Rogers

6/10 Sheridan Vingelli

6/13 Roberta Klodt

6/20 Pat Sarraino

6/27 Suzanne Marlin

August

8/1 Cindy Czarnik

8/3 Loretta Sanowski

8/4 Maureen Lukowiak

8/5 Nancy Leverich

8/5 Carol Marsland

8/5 Barbara Proctor

8/6 Barbara Michaels

8/9 Rosalie Jones

8/10 Alcida DeClaire

8/10 Carolyn Diercksmeier

8/10 Candy Sperco

8/11 Lyn Frimer

8/12 Lena Beale

8/14 Ardie Downing

8/14 Myra Florentine

8/15 Maureen Piontek

8/16 Pauline McNaney

8/17 Loretta Glyman

8/20 Terry Melvin

8/20 Geri Rotchford

8/21 Wanda Tartaglia

8/22 Sharon Forbes

8/24 Shari Seim

8/27 Helen Balush

8/30 Carol Buran

Wonder who’s cake it is

with all those candles??

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OUR LADY’S GUILD OUTREACH 2013 - 2014

Our Lady’s Guild major focus is to help women and children in our local area, that we are able to significantly impact,

though fundraising and outreach. To date, we have distributed over $13,000 to 10 organizations:

St. Charles Apache Mission School $1,000

Aid to Women’s Center $1,000

Annunciation Catholic School $1,000

Cactus Shadows High School $300

Foothills Food Bank $4,183

St. Vincent de Paul OLOJ Conference $4,183

Diocese of Phoenix Prison Jail Ministry $500

Maggie’s Place-Magdalene House $500

Child Crisis Center $500

St. Joseph Youth Camp $498

TOTAL $13,664

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Our Lady’s Guild Invites

ALL MEMBERS

Appreciation Brunch and Installation of New Officers

Come honor our dedicated 2013-2014

Guild Officers and Committee Chairs

on Tuesday, May 20th 2014

8:00 am Mass & Installation of new Guild Officers

followed by Kentucky Derby themed Brunch

and Appreciation Ceremony of Volunteers

There is no fee for the Brunch but please

RSVP by May 13th so we will know

how much food to prepare.

(480) 538-5337 or PatPhee@cox.net

WEAR A KEN-

TUCKY

DERBY HAT

WEAR A

KENTUCKY DERBY

HAT

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

**Please note: Carol Byrne’s name was accidently not listed as one of our “Cast of Characters” in the

Mystery Luncheon on March 1, 2014.

Carol you were Fabulous, Dear !!

The Book Club met on April 14th at AJ’s at Lone Mountain and Scottsdale Rds. at 1:00. We had a wonderful discussion about Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. The book was enjoyed by all and generated a lively conversa-tion. The books for the next several months are as Follows: May 12th – One Summer by Bill Bryson; June 9th – Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan; July 14th – The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd:

Aug 11th – The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchannan

Any questions please call Johanna Covert 480-248-7125

Happy Reading

FINER DINER’S: The Finer Diner’s Please e-mail Cindy Czarnik at sold@czarnik.com about this group.

GENEALOGY GROUP: The group will meet on Call Lena Beale at (480) 459-5142 if you are inter-ested in attending.

GARDEN GALS: Contact Barbara Gowan at (480) 502-8697 if interested in this group’s activities

PRAYER CHAIN: If you would like to learn more about this group contact Maureen Lukowiak at Lukowiak@cox.net. As Maureen’s says, “Our work is never done.”

SHAWL MINISTRY: We continue to knit and crochet shawls for parishioners who are struggling with a long-term or serious illness. Please contact Linda Larson (480) 600-9123 or Maureen Lukowiak (480) 502-8133 for additional information.

THEATER GROUP: Sign up for next seasons shows with Carol Byrne at carolbyrneaz@netscape.net or 602-531-9107