OURT OUR LADY OF ST. HYACINTH NO. 2361CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS

DEER PARK, TEXAS 77536JANUARY 2020 VOLUME XIV NO. 6

Next Meeting – Tuesday, January 21 7:00 PM. Meeting Room One

Dear CDA Sisters:Happy 2020 to each and every one of you! Things will be kicking into high gear over the next couple of weeks as we prepare for our February 1 brunch! Our theme is: Embrace the Gift You Are. Right now, we have 17 tables registered to be decorated plus the Knights table. This amounts to 145 seats (8 rounds of 8 and 9 rectangles of 12)! Our first Sunday to sell ticket is January 19th followed by the second and last Sunday of January 26th. I have dropped off 20 tickets at church office and our District Deputy, has picked up 10 as some St. Luke’s members have shown interest in attending. I need some ladies (3) to help out Amy Edwards after January 19th 8:00am mass; 1 more member for 10:00am mass and 4 members to sell tickets after January 19th noon mass. I will have sign- up sheet at our January 21 meeting for January 26 ticket sales. If you are wanting to model, I will also have a sign-up sheet at monthly meeting. Charlena from Nena’s Boutique will be our guest speaker in January to get us pumped to model and give to details on where to try on clothes, etc. Maria Mays (along with Phyllis Wagner) and Kathy Zuckero are taking care of our raffle baskets. At last count, they are working on 6 baskets: Shopping, Beauty/Spa, Plus One (once known as Date Night- Your Vice-Regent renamed this); Lotto tickets; Wine and Cheese, and Restaurant Gift Card basket. PLEASE bring donations to our January 21st meeting. Brenda Demetriou has donated a wine basket and bottle of wine. I sent out an email earlier in January listing what we needed. If you have any questions about what is needed, please contact either Maria Mays at 713-805-0978 or Kathy Zuckero at

Court Officers2018-2020

Denise Michalak, Regent1906 Thunder Ridge WayHouston, TX 77089dsrosse@sbcglobal.net(361) 522-4549

Gina Howell, Vice-Regent1339 DiamantePasadena, TX 77504gghowe43@yahoo.com (281) 543-8862

Ada Fallon, Recording Secretary6311 Crestside Dr.Pasadena, TX 77505Ada.fallon@yahoo.com (832) 236-4539

Patty ColonFinancial Secretary7421 Faith Dr.Deer Park, TX 77536phcolon@earthlink.net(713) 906-1015

Lisa Jewell, Treasurer1018 CragmoreSeabrook, Texas 77586tors-mom@sbcglobal.net(281) 291-9608

District DeputyDelia Coy9519 Misty BridgeHouston, TX 77075delia.coy@att.net(281) 831-5730

Father Reginald SamuelsCourt Chaplain2921 Center St.Deer Park, Texas 77536

Gina Howell, Newsletter editor1339 DiamantePasadena, TX 77504gghowe43@yahoo.com(281) 543-8862

832-414-7270. Our menu and what members need to bring will be discussed at our January meeting; as well as Brunch set-up and food preparations.Myself and six other members met at The Bridge Over Troubled Waters on Saturday, January 11th to clean & sanitize two day-care rooms. We helped two families over Christmas as well as making a lot of teenagers very happy with your donated Christmas gifts to the Bridge! Ladies, we are making a difference! Please remember that we now have a website: cda2361.org. Isabel and Sayda Soto are always adding new information and keeping it updated. Patty Colon continues to keep up with our Facebook page. Both sites are great sources of information for our members! Thank each of you! Please continue to keep our members in your prayers. Many are dealing with elderly parent issues, health issues, death of loved ones, etc. Sometimes life can get overwhelming, especially for women that work and still manage take care of all. Blessings! Denise Michalak, Regent

CDA Mission StatementThe purposes of the organization are 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

human dignity for all.

NATIONAL COURT NEWS (www.catholicdaughters.org)

National Clergy Consultant Fr. Ed Lamp’s Welcome to New Members

Dear Sisters in Christ;

“Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening.” 1 Samuel 3:10., is the Scripture chosen by our National Regent Olga Samaniego [2018-2020]. You have heard the Lord’s soft yet forceful whisper, and you have responded. I welcome you to an illustrious group of dedicated women; the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

As a Catholic Daughter under the patronage of the Blessed Mother, you will show your faith in Jesus Christ, by your devotion to the church, locally and globally. You will join with other women, some 66,000 members in 1,150 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Kenya, and Peru, to bring Jesus to a needy world.

The motto of Catholic Daughters is “Unity and Charity.” Charity is often much easier than unity. In Catholic Daughters you will encounter a variety of women, each with her own opinion and ideas, and each created in God’s image and likeness. Robert Fulghum once wrote: “We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are

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pretty, and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.” Only with Charity can we be United.

Again, I welcome you to The Catholic Daughters and your new journey to encountering God as you walk with us. Remember this, the simple act of listening to Christ yields amazing blessings.

May your blessings be in an abundance as a Catholic Daughter.

Father Ed LampNational Clergy Consultant

STATE NEWS (www.texascda.org)  

4th Biennial Pray and Play Retreat WeekendBenefitting Missions of Mercy (MOMS)

Sponsored By the Texas State CourtFEBRUARY 7 -9, 2020

Alice, TexasRETREAT MASTER

Olga Samaniego National Regent

LOCAL COURT #2361 NEWSI hope you all enjoyed your holidays and are ready for this New Year 2020! We already are off to a busy start. Our Ladies Brunch is right around the corner! We are still in need of table decorators and models. If you are interested in signing up for either of these, please contact someone on the Brunch Committee or sign up at our next meeting on January 21st. If you have checked out tickets to sell, please return the money at the meeting as well. All money must be turned in prior to the day of the brunch.

We had our first volunteer event at the Bridge Over Troubled Water this past weekend. Thanks to the group of ladies who were able to attend and represent our court. We look forward to many more opportunities to serve them.

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DATES TO REMEMBER

1/20: Martin Luther King Holiday, church office closed, No meeting!1/21 CDA Meeting, Meeting Room 1

1/18 & 1/19: Brunch Ticket Sales all masses1/25 & 1/26: Brunch Ticket Sales all masses

2/1: CDA Woman’s Brunch

Need a mass card for someone special? Please contact Gina Howell at gghowe43@yahoo.com or 281-543-8862.

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

Jan 5: Phyllis GodbyJan 16: Ada Fallon

Jan 18: Cindi WheatJan 24: Anna VerastequiJan 26: Maria HernandezJan 24: Anna Verastegui

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Please contact Rose Kolenc with the Sunshine committee if you need to have a card sent out to someone in need.

Her email is rose_kolenc@yahoo.com.

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: All CDA members and their families. All special intentions from our members on our Facebook page. Please lift in prayer all our CDA sisters who are dealing with the caregiving of parents whether it be physical or mental care needing attention. .

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Please always include in your prayers our church, our priest, our community, all our CDA members (most especially those members who are unable to join us due to health reasons), our soldiers, and our families.

If you also know of anyone that needs our prayers or have a family member that needs prayers, please let Susan O’Keefe know at lsok0513@comcast.net so that we may communicate that through email and in our newsletter. We have weekly intentions now on our Facebook page.

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