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THE VOICE of the IOWA Catholic Daughters • Winter 2014 Edition

In this issue…Page 3 . . . . . . Publication Information

Page 3 . . . . . . . Message from Chaplain

Page 3 . . . . . . . . . . . Letter from Editor

Page 4 . . . . . . Letter from State Regent

Page 4 . . . . . Letter from Nat’l Director

Page 4 . . . . . . . Introducing Deb Steger

Page 5 . . . . . . . Letter from Ann Sellers

Page 6-7 . Education Contest Winners

Page 6. . . . . . . 2015 Education Contest

Page 8 . . . . . CDA Kick off New Season

Page 9 . . . Education Savings Accounts

Pages 10-14. . . . . . . . Local Court News

Page 15 . Evolution of Catholic Daughter

Page 15 . . . . . . . . . New CDA Members

Page 16. . . . . Eligibility for State Office

Page 17 . . . . . . . . Milford Soup Supper

Page 18 . . 2015 Iowa State Convention

Page 19 . . . . . . . . . . . State Officers andChairpersons

Page 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . Important Dates

Page 20 . . . . . . . . . Prayerful Memories

CDA EventsEWTN air times Corrected.

We have been notified that thedates were correct but the dayswere not for the airing of theCatholic Daughters of theAmericas interviews on theEWTN Church Universal pro-gram.

Here are the new and correctdays and dates:

Sun 12/07/2014 05:00 PMEDT

Tue 12/09/2014 05:00 AMEDT

Fri 12/12/2014 10:00 PM EDT

HOLIDAY NOTE:You are encouraged to usethe US Postal Service’sChristian stamps this

holiday season.

The Circle of Lovereports are due

April 1 to the StateChairmen.


Dear Catholic Daughters,I am writing this a little early

since I will leave shortly for ourpilgrimage to physically and spiri-tually walk in the footsteps ofJesus in the Holy Land. We inviteyou to take this joyful journeywith us as we journey together inour daily journey in, with, and,through the Lord Jesus.

Pope Francis, in all his writ-ings reminds us that our livesshould be filled with JOY, joyfullyanticipating opportunities fordoing the Father’s will in allthings and building a home forGod in our lives and the commu-nities we can serve. This season isfilled with calls to lives of grati-tude and happiness. Lives of grat-itude are joyful lives.

We have been blessed with an-other year in the life of theChurch, the Body of Christ, our

home for life and eternity. Wehave been gifted with anotheryear of daily union with Christ inthe Holy Eucharist and the sacra-mental life of the Church. Wehave been privileged to try to livethe Eucharist Sacrifice of ourLord by service to God and Godin our brothers and sisters. This isespecially evident by our partici-pation and service in the CatholicDaughters of the Americas andour service to God’s children inour country and Church family.

As we celebrate Veterans Day,Thanksgiving, Gratitude for thegraces and growth in the pastChurch year, and anticipation ofthe special “comings” of Jesus inAdvent and the daily gift of newlife, we can be filled with bothgratitude and joy.

Our special thanks to all whohave graced our lives by offering

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A Message fromOur ChaplainMsgr. Carl L. Schmitt

From the Deskof Your EditorDarlene Moritz

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From the Desk of your Editor, As I sit down to write this arti-

cle, so many thoughts cross thegrids in my brain. How fortunateit is to be a Catholic Daughter andtouch so many lives! Your articlessent of what is transpiring in yourcourts and news of what is goingto be happening here in Iowa, justmakes my head and heart skip abeat. So, where do we start? Isuggest on page one and readeverything to the last page. Usethis issue to share with someonewho might just want to be calledin ‘Unity and Charity’ to theCatholic Daughters of the Ameri-cas. It is a tool in your hands tohelp answer questions on who weare and what we do. But remem-ber, we are not working just onthe local levels, but up to the Na-

tional with goals and accomplish-ments. Over the past threemonths, we have new membersand RENEWED members. Justcheck out the list in this issue.

The Fall Workshops are overas well as Thanksgiving. It is myprayer that both of these eventsin your life have been rewarding.By the time this issue of THEVOICE reaches your homes, weare already into the Advent Sea-son. Waiting...waiting...for ourSavior. Excitement is in the airagain as we wait like a little child.How Blessed we are! Even thesnow is not all bad. How manyChristmas Eves I have thought itwould be so peaceful to havesome new falling snow or anysnow at all. (However, the farm-ers may have a different take on

their lives and loving service ei-ther giving their lives for our free-dom, religious freedom andsafety, especially our veteransand those who work for our rightshere at home and around theworld. May we honor and assistthem here at home.

As Catholic Daughters, wecontinue to refresh and rededi-cate or mission and goals to serveas the living presence of our Lord,and by the inspiration and guid-ance of the Holy Spirit, carry onhis mission in establishing God’shome for time and eternity. OurLord entrusted us to be His pres-ence in the continuing issues ofour day: to work for world peace;working for critical issues of pub-lic policy on poverty, schoolchoice, religious liberty, compre-hensive respect for human lifeand all creation, immigration re-form, respect and support of mar-riage and family, humantrafficking, solidarity with thepoor, and the creation of commu-nities working for justice, etc.

Our officers recently met withthe Bishops of Iowa and the IowaCatholic Conference, and sharedmission and goals of the CatholicDaughters in Iowa and the Na-

tion. They invited the Bishops tocall on us to work for their goalsin the state of Iowa and the localChurch. We were reminded thatall the issues are established bytheir work in the Iowa CatholicConference and State Board eachyear and when need arises. Sincethe early 70’s, the Bishops andthe Iowa Catholic Conferencehave worked for justice for fami-lies, parents and children, espe-cially the right of equalopportunities for parents tochoose, without penalty, the edu-cation they want for their chil-dren. Officers are calling us tomake a priority of our support forESA’s, or Education Savings Ac-counts, which would representjustice for parents enabling themto make alternate choices forstate certified education for theirchildren. Information describingESA, the Iowa Conference web-site, and the website for the ESAcoalition are listed on page 9.Every Court and individual cansign up for legislative alerts fromthe Iowa Catholic Conference.

Peace and Blessings!Sincerely in Christ,

Msgr. Carl L. Schmitt, StateChaplain

this.)There are a number of items in

this issue that are important to allCatholic Daughter members.Msgr. Carl has a message of joyand gratitude. He also has en-couraged CDA members to be in-formed on what is out there inIowa to help our young folks withtheir education. There are otherarticles to tap into on this fromTom Chapman, Director of theIowa Catholic Conference. Thereare a couple websites to check outon this www.iowaace.org/educa-tion-savings-accounts/ andwww.iowacatholicconference.org

Courts have once again beeninstrumental in sending news ofwhat has been going on locally intheir courts. The ‘Evolution of aCatholic Daughter’ is a must readas are all the articles we have toshare with one another. We arethe hands and feet of Jesus in allwe do.

Deadline for the spring issueof The Voice will be February 20,2015. A reminder to those thatare sending in photos via email tosend them attached as a .jpg file.

And you can certainly mail pho-tos. If you want them returned,send a self-addressed, stampedenvelope and you will get themback. Many photos were pickedup at the workshops this past fall.The best photos are taken upclose and be aware of the lightingthat affects the picture. Windowsand mirrors that reflect lightgreatly affect the photos. All ofyour articles need to be completeand less than 400 words. Sendyour questions and/or concernsto me via mail at P O Box 474,Milford, Iowa 51351 or email [email protected]. The ad-dress changes need to be sent toState Secretary, Betty Pratt. YourState Secretary then passes thesechanges to me. So you only needto send to one on the state leveland to the National office.

Wishing you all a most Blessedand Peaceful Christmas.

Sisters in Christ working on aMission of the Catholic Daughtersof the Americas of Unity & CharityDarlene Moritz, 1st Vice Regent

of Iowa.

Introducing Deb StegerHi, my name is Deb Steger and I am your

new State Treasurer. My husband John and I will be married 22

years this year. I work for the local hospital inDyersville Iowa as a cook.

I am also a District Deputy for Maquoketaand Farley courts.

As a Past Regent, Past Vice Regent, Treas-urer and fill in for a Financial Secretary inCourt St Rose of Dyersville, I feel confident tocomplete the current term of your State Trea-surer’s position.

Unity and CharityDeborah Steger, State Treasurer

Court St Rose #350 Dyersville, Iowa


State Regent’sWinter ReportRose Holschlag

Letter from OurNational DirectorJo Hammen

Dear Sisters in Catholic Daughters,

With the cooler temperatures wesurely do appreciate our warm homesand clothing. This brings to mindagain all of those homeless and lessfortunate who don’t have these con-veniences that we all take so much forgranted. So many times we thinkthat there is nothing we can do aboutthat. Ladies, we need to reassess ourabilities. Through the CatholicDaughters we are able to help manywith our good deeds, prayers andcontributions to the local as well asour national charities and projects.My couple of dollars and your coupleof dollars combined do add up tomake a big difference in the lives ofmany. We may not be able to see thedifference but Jesus does.

Your state officers have been verybusy making plans for your state con-vention. I trust your court is alsomaking plans as to what you will bebringing to show and share at theconvention; the great accomplish-ments and projects that you aredoing. It is so energizing to see all of

the beautiful projects in which eachcourt is involved. Remember, we doneed a nice raffle item from yourcourt too.

We have been made aware that ourstate convention is the same weekendas the state track meet. So, it is im-perative that you reserve yourroom(s) at the Holiday Inn and Suitesin Des Moines as soon as possible. Iffor some reason you are unable to at-tend, you do have the option of can-celling, just ask when you make yourhotel reservations what the timeframe is for cancelling if needed. Theroom will accommodate up to fourladies. The phone number to call forreservations is 515-278-4755, be sureto ask for the Catholic Daughters con-vention rate. The dates of the con-vention are May 14-17, 2015. We dohave some fantastic speakers and ac-tivities planned to make this a memo-rable, uplifting event for you. And allthis for only $135.00 convention reg-istration fee; $100.00 for DistrictDeputies, State Chairpersons, Chap-lains and hosting court members.

What is your court’s new project

for this year? Our National Regent,Shirley, has asked that each courtboth local and state come up with anew project for each year. Your statehas taken on a couple at this time.First of all we had a meeting with allfour bishops of the state in Octoberwhich will be an annual meeting withthem. They are very willing to workwith us for which we are happy. Theywere quite interested in the accom-plishments of our organization anddo endorse them. The second projectis our support of getting the Educa-tion Savings Accounts program upand running. You will find more in-formation about this elsewhere inthis issue. What a boost this programwould be for our young parents to as-sist with the education of their chil-dren, our future leaders. Other goalsour national regent has set is to in-crease our Spirituality and Member-ship. The goal on the national levelfor membership is from the current70,000 members to 100,000 mem-bers. We have set our state goal tohave increase of 300 members; Ithink this is very attainable, espe-cially with the endorsement from ourbishops. Let us all share our bless-ings!

I want to thank each of the hostingcourts for hosting our fall workshopsand also all of you members who tookthe time from your busy schedules toattend. Per our evaluation sheets, youdid get some valuable information,

new ideas and help. If you find thatwe missed something that you wouldlike addressed in a future workshopor even convention, please make itknown to one of your state officers.Our purpose is to help all of you (andus) to be better Catholic Daughtersserving our Lord.

The annual Catholic Daughter Re-treat in Cedar Falls was another in-spiring and successful weekend.What a great message our RetreatMaster Father Greg Bahl had for allof us attending. Next year’s retreat isscheduled for October 9-11, 2015 withRev. Melvin Hemann as the retreatmaster.

As we prepare for the holidays, letus all remember to be thankful for allof the blessings that we have beengiven.

Our God is an Awesome God, howwonderful He watches over and takescare of us!! Let us, each and everyonetake the time to Thank Him by takingcare of those around us who are inneed. And after all of this, we will beable to celebrate His wonderful birth-day, hopefully with our families andfriends.

Here’s wishing each of you andyour families a very Blessed andMerry Christmas and God’s direction,good health and prosperity for theNew Year!

In Unity and Charity,Rose Holschlag, State Regent

Dear Catholic Daughters, I was very happy to attend one of

your workshops and to meet so manyof you. I can tell that your state boardis very hard-working and devoted toCatholic Daughters and to you.

Because I will be serving as yourNational Director for the next twoyears, let me introduce myself. I live inLittle Chute, WI, which is near Apple-ton and Green Bay. My 3 daughtersand their families (6 grandchildren)live within 50 miles of my home. I am

a retired administrative assistant inthe paper industry and now devotemuch of my time to 3 choirs at myparish church. I’ve been part of CDAfor many years and it has become partof me.

The holiday season is fast approach-ing with its busy preparations. Let’shope that we can take time to bethankful for all our blessings. May Godhold you in the hollow of His hand.

Unity – Charity – PeaceJo Hammen

Deb StegerNew State Treasurer


Carrying Our CrossIn our Archdiocesan paper there is an article about carrying our

cross by Father Ron Rolheiser, OMI.It also made me think of two recent and similar news stories. Two

women suffering from brain tumors. Likely not the same type but stillthe outcome is the same.

One chose to end her life by moving to a state that assists with thisby giving certain medicines. One chooses to live her life as well as shecan while she can. Lauren Hill was “On the Road”. She loves the gameof basket ball so much that she wished to be able to play a collegegame before she could not. So her wish came true this last week whenthe collegiate association moved up the game so she could play in it.She made the 1st basket & the last basket of the game as she got tired.

In the article there are several steps1st Accept the suffering2nd Take up our cross & give up our lives3rd Walking in the footsteps of Jesus as He carries His cross, we

must accept other deaths before accepting the physical death.4th We must wait for the resurrection. So much of life is waiting,

waiting in frustration, inside injustice, inside pain in longing , battlingbitterness as we wait for something or someone to change the situa-tion.

5th Carry our cross daily means accepting that God’s gift to us isnot what we expect.God answers our prayers by giving us what we need rather than whatwe think we need.

Finally taking up our cross & being willing to give up your lifemeans living in a faith that believes that nothing is impossible forGod.

These two women each chose to carry their crosses very differently.On one hand one can empathize with the one who knew her outcome& didn’t want to go through that suffering, but yet is that suicide? Andthe other one who has embraced her cross & carries it with a smile onher face & determination to carry out her dreams as much as she can.

Lauren chose to accept her cross with dignity & the other womanchose to end her cross by her own terms rather than God’s terms. Onecan empathize with her thought process, knowing what awaits her,but what if part of that was a revelation that she will not be able to seenow. May we always remember to Carry Our Crosses with dignity &respect God’s commandments & our lives as a gift from Him.

Respectfully submitted,Anne Sellers

State Legislation Chair

NEWSLETTER CONTEST NOTICEAll local newsletters need to be sent to Darlene

Moritz by March 15, 2015 to be judged. The winnersin the different categories will then be sent to the

National Newsletter Chair.

Court rosters are available foreach court via emailing;[email protected]

If you have not checked yourmembership list against Nationals’,

now is the time. Send any changesback to National and your StateSecretary, Betty Pratt. Any ques-tions or concerns, please contactyour state officers.

Spencer Court takespart in 2014 Rosary Rally

18 people, many of which were Catholic Daughters gathered to say therosary at noon on Sat Oct. 11, 2014 in the Memorial Garden at SacredHeart Church in Spencer, IA. They were Participating in the 2014 RosaryRally. “America needs Fatima”

A Christmas Message fromGlenwood Court, Terri DynekWith the holiday season upon us, we need to remember that God

gave us precious gifts when he created the world. We must rememberto thank him for these gifts. These gifts are what enabled us to acquireall the material things in our home, and business. Do we need all thesematerial things? Think about giving up one gift and have family timein which you play games, watch movies, enjoy the blessing of eachother company, and reminisce about the fun and funny things thathappen. Most important is thanking God for everything he has givenus including his Son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is the rea-son for the season. Always remember to keep Christ in Christmas!Blessed Holidays to you all.

FINANCIAL SECRETARIES


Jesus Loves Us

Jesus loves me. I know this is true.He died on the cross for me, so thereis something I must do.Being kind to others and helpingsomeone in need.Caring for God’s wonderful earth, theflowers and the trees.Showing others forgiveness and say-ing sorry when I’m wrong.Giving someone encouragement whenthey’re not feeling strong.Jesus taught us to love one another.He will show us the way.So I will try my best to spread his lovearound every day.

Education Contest WinnersPOETRY DIVISION I 2ND PLACE 5TH GRADEEVIE WARD, COURT #1287 DUBUQUE

POETRY DIVISION II 2ND PLACE 8TH GRADEJOSEPH LISTON, COURT STANTHONY #330 COUNCILBLUFFS

POETRY DIVISION III 2ND PLACE 11TH GRADEEMILY RIESENBERG, COURTST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI#1797 WEST BEND

POETRY DIVISION IV 2ND PLACE (ADULT)DENISE SCHREIBER, COURT ST CECELIA #283ALGONA

How do I promote peace in theworld.

Picking up off of the ground.Building up not tearing down.The love of man like brick and mor-tar,will never fall, break down, or smol-der,like a comforting hand upon your

shoulder.Strong but like a gentle breeze,Helping the hurt up off their knees.

Hands

When God made humans He gave usour handsGod, our Creator, alone understandsWhy some hands are fisted and readyfor warWhy some hands aren’t even surewhat they fight forSome hands are folded and ready toprayAnd some hands are open to take painawaySo look at your hands and ask, “Whatdoes He see?”Hands that are hurtful, or hands thatspread peace?

Jesus Love Us – How do weSpread that Love

Kindle the flame of love from deep in-sideSpread the word that God is alive!Send up a prayer and never forgetTo stop, take a moment and then re-flect.Share a smile, a hug, and a few kindwordsFor through your actions Jesus isheard!From the break of dawn to the darkof nightGive thanks to God for being our light

By Mary Sue WickhamIn August 2014, the

Catholic Daughters ofAmericas Court St. An-thony #330 worked ontheir Charitable Project ofgiving school supplies tolocal area schools in Coun-cil Bluffs, IA. Donations ofthese Back To School Sup-plies were donated bymembers of the court. Do-nations were given to localschools such as the CouncilBluffs Community Schools,Lewis Central Elementary,Middle, & High School,Iowa School for the Deaf,St. Albert Elementary, Mid-dle, & High School, Council Bluffs Christian School, and also to homeschoolfamilies within Council Bluffs, IA.

According to CDA member Pam Ratigan, items donated by the court in-cluded back packs, mechanical pencils, pencil cases, stick glue, washable andcolored markers, wide rule spiral notebooks, folders, erasers, crayolas, andcolored pencils. Pam said that the Back To School Supplies Charitable Projectwas a very worthwhile cause that helped the needy by promoting education tothose less fortunate.

Court St Anthony #330 Back ToSchool Supplies Charitable Project All Local Courts are encouraged to

sponsor the Education Contest eachyear for students in their communi-ties, schools and CCD classes as wellas adult CDA members.

Thank you to all of the courts thathave participated in the past. Wewere very fortunate to have winnersfrom Iowa in the National competi-tion last year. The themes for thisyear are:

“Love your Neighbor as yourself”“Be a Good Neighbor”Participants may choose from six

categories to express their ideas andenter the contest.

The categories are: Art, Essay, Po-etry, Computer Art, Music and Pho-tography.

The Local Court Regent should ap-point a chairperson of education. The

chairperson will have all of the rulesand necessary forms for anyone wish-ing to enter the contest. The detailsfor the contest are also posted on theIowa Website at www.iowacatholic-daughters.org.

Completed entries should be sentto the local chairperson by February15, 2015.

First place winners in the localcontest should be submitted to theState chairperson no later thanMarch 15, 2015. The Iowa State Courtchairperson for education is: JanGrundmeyer, 2nd Vice State Regent,1830 Buchanan Delaware Ave, Ma-sonville, Iowa 50654.

The first place winning entries inthe State will then be sent to the Na-tional competition.

When you get to your wit’send, You’ll find God lives there.

Pictured L to R: Shar Pekny and Pam Ratigandeliver items to the main office of the CouncilBluffs Community Schools. Not pictured is com-mittee member Brenda Dresen.

2015 National Education Contest


Education Contest Winners

How I Can Promote Peace in the World

As citizens of the world, we should help promote peace. We should do thisbecause if we do, we will make the world a better place. Our world would bebetter because everyone would respect each other and care for the earth.There would not be any bullying and abuse to animals and people.

I can promote peace in my home by living out the Ten Commandments. Ican do this by respecting my mom and dad when they tell me to do something.I can also do this by respecting my little sister, Noelle.

I can make peace at school by being polite. Opening the door for someoneis another way I can help. I can also help by letting someone go in front of mewhile I’m walking in the hallway. Finally, I can ask kids who don’t have any-one to play with at recess to play with me.

I can promote peace in the church by greeting people around me when Ienter the Church. I can also give money during the collection for supportingmy parish and helping the poor. Altar serving is another way I can helpspread peace. I serve so the other people at the Mass can enjoy it more.

These are ways that I can promote peace in our world. If everyone wouldtry to do their best to help each other out, our world would be a better place.

ESSAY DIVISION I 2ND PLACE 5TH GRADEOLIVIA BURKE, COURT DUBUQUE #1287 DUBUQUE

ESSAY DIVISION III 2ND PLACE 9TH GRADE JACOB BERNING, COURT DUBUQUE #1287 DUBUQUE

ESSAY DIVISION II 2ND PLACE 8TH GRADEMOLLY BLONDIN, COURT CRAIGIE #94 IOWA CITY

How do we Spread Love?

Jesus did so many great things for us. He gave his life for our sins. Theway we show love for others is nowhere near how he should his live for us, butis a start. We spread Christ’s love by volunteering, setting good examples,holding service projects, and participating in missionaries. These are justsome ways that Catholics all over the world spread Christ’s message.

Volunteering is a way of spreading Christ’s love because you are aiding thepeople that are incapable of doing something their own. Volunteering showsthat you care for others by taking time out of your day to help them. Whetherit is volunteering at a soup kitchen, homeless shelter, or even an animal shel-ter you are making a difference in someone’s or something’s life. Volunteeringmakes people happier because they know that others are happier as well. Al-ways put others before yourself.

Service projects are a great way to give back to your community. At Reginawe hold service projects every month because we understand that giving ismore important than receiving. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”—Acts 20:35 Service projects are a great way to help people who are not as for-tunate as we are. Regina holds a service project before Christmas where wegather a lot of things such as: toys, candy, bed mattresses, chairs, microwaves,books, ovens, and stoves to help out families in the community who are not asblessed as we are.

Participating in missionaries is one way to spread Christ’s love and tospread Christianity in general. Some missionaries travel throughout theworld. This promotes cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the mix of twodifferent cultures. Many people are now able to understand our faith when itis brought to them. Missionaries also have the positive effect of joining to-gether Catholics and people of other religions such as Muslim Hindu or Bud-dhist.

One way that kids can spread Christ’s love is by setting a good example fortheir peers at school. Many kids face peer pressure and often do the wrongthing because everyone else is doing the wrong this as well. If one person doesthe right thing, more people are likely to follow because they understand thedifference between good and bad. Helping someone that is hurt may start anew friendship or many new friendships, Christ was a very loving person andby loving everyone around us we spread Christ’s message.

There are around 1.2 billion Catholics in the world. This means that Jesus’love has spread amongst 1.2 billion people. Our mission as Catholics is to getChrist’s love to about 7 billion people. Being kind to people is one of the easi-est ways to spread Chris’s love. If you would like to see Christ in others, startwith yourself. “Be the change you want to see in the world”-Mahatma Gandhi

Jesus Loves Us. How do we Spread Love?

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be nomore hurt, only more love”.—Mother Teresa. The ultimate example of this isfound in Jesus. Jesus was willing to give up his life, enduring more physicalpain that we could ever imagine, just to save us from our town sins. He loveduntil it hurt, and as a result, inspired people to love beyond what they thoughtwas possible.

Loving until it hurts is really the secret to spreading Christ’s love. We allknow how easy it is to love someone that we like, someone who shares thesame morals and interests as us, but there is no physical or emotional pain inthat. What we have to do is love our enemies, love the people that we don’teven like, love the people that annoy you, don’t share the same morals as you,and perhaps don’t like you. Those are the people who it’s hard, or it hurts, tolove. By loving those people, we are being the light of Christ for others andspreading God’s love.

In truth, God is love. So anything, anything at all, that you do out of love,you are doing for God. By loving, you are helping people to know God, to knowthe feeling that even in the depths of despair, there will always be someonethere for you. On the other hand, though, if you allow anger and annoyance toget the best of your, you are halting God’s love. Being the best you can be is thebest way to spread God’s love. We have to allow ourselves to be inspired byrole models like Jesus, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King, Jr. We haveexamples of people loving their enemies and spreading God’s love without let-ting hate or anger get the best of them. We just have to follow their examples.

We, by ourselves, cannot spread the love of God to everybody. No matterwhat it may be, we all have our limits. So in order to make sure that everyonehas the opportunity to feel the love of God, we must all try to be the best wecan be at every time. If, at your funeral, people look back on your life and say,“Wow, he really was a man of God”, or “Wow, she was a woman of God”, youhave successfully done your job of spreading God’s love.

When I say goodmorning I mean to say:

G-od O-ffers us His O-utstanding D-evotion to

M-ake us O-bedient & R-eady for a N-ew day with Him. I-nspire others, N-ever forget G-od loves you!


A Public Rosary Rally was heldon Saturday, October 11, 2014 atnoon in the Manning City Park with17 people in attendance. This eventis sponsored by the America NeedsFatima Organization every year onthe Saturday closest to October13th, this is the day that Mary ap-

peared to the three children of Fa-tima and the Miracle of the Suntook place. This yearly event waslead by Catholic Daughter member,Carleen Schwieso with the assis-tance of other members of CourtOur Lady of Fatima #1492 Man-ning, IA.

Pictured are those who attended during the rally. Pictured by the tree onleft side: Vicki Thielen; Left side seated: Leo Willenbor, Darlene Willen-borg, Arlene Meier, Iola Muhlbauer and Ramona Hughes; Seated at theleft of the table: Marge Croghan, Bea Akers, Joan Bauer, PhyllisMuhlbauer, and Imelda Kerkhoff; and on the right side of the table is Fr.John Gerald V.F., Butch Meier, Imelda Langel and Dolores Herbers.

Public Rosary Rally in Manning

CDA Kick Off New SeasonThe Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Ascension #495 kicked

off the new season with their meeting on September 4th at St. Patrick’sParish Hall in Winthrop.

The meeting featured a pot luck dinner, appreciation to Shanna Klevefor receiving a National Education Award, and a presentation on attendingNational CDA Convention in Billings, MO in July of this year. The pot luckdinner was hosted by Lois Gaffney, Lola Bargery, Diane Fank and KathyDecker who all did wonderful work and deserve a big thank you.

CDA members teamed up to present a report about attending the Na-tional CDA Convention in Billings, MO in July. State 2nd Vice Regent JanGrundmeyer, three members from the Dyersville Court including DistrictDeputy Deb Steger, Vice Regent Stella Heller and Rosie Platz along withRegent Jean Gillpatrick presented the program. Jean thanked membersfor their support and pledges toward the convention.

Highlights from the report included information about the bus trip fromIowa to Billings Mo, the registration at convention and visit to displaybooth, the concert by the Irish tenor Mark Forrest, issues from the conven-tion including the theme of the National Regent Ann Nelson ‘I am the vineand you are the branches’, issues from presenter Father James Sichko andkey note addresses from Teresa Tomeo, actions about the work accom-plished, the Catholic Woman of the Year is Muriel Forrest, the theme andgoals of the new National Regent Shirley Seyfried, theme ‘WHATEVERYOU DO FOR THE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN, YOU DO FOR ME’Mathew 25:40, and her goals for the next two years are 3-fold using thattheme:

1. Each court to do one new program in the next two years…2. Increasemembership up over 100,000 again… and 3. Increase our spirituality…,the devotions held and the induction of new national officers and directorsat a mass held at St. Pioux X church including the instillation of a new Na-tional Chaplin of the CDA Father Matthew Kuhn and the mass was cele-brated by Bishop of Great Falls – Billings Micheal W. Warfel.

New Hampton CDA members give to Lego ClubCatholic Daughter member, Joyce Shatek, (on right) presented adonation to the Lego Club at the Carnegie Cultural Center. TheLego Club is an after school program for kids.


EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTSSummary from the Tom Chapman, Director, Iowa Catholic Conference:

Education Savings AccountsEducation Savings Accounts would provide that the state deposit about $5,600

annually into a savings account for nonpublic school students to help pay for tu-ition and other educational expenses. ESAs would level the playing field for par-ents who already send their child to a nonpublic school, or for those who lack theresources to switch from a public to a nonpublic school.

If this bill was enacted, and a student changed from a public to a private school,the state average “per pupil” money would follow them from the public school totheir Education Savings Account.

Public schools would not be impacted by the creation of Education Savings Ac-counts for current private school students because public schools do not receivefunding for private school students. The public schools would retain their stan-dard property tax levy.

Note: It would be important for people to go towww.iowacatholicconference.org <http://www.iowacatholicconference.org/> andclick on “Join the Network” so they get our alerts.

Also: IOWA ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATIONhttp://www.iowaace.org/education-savings-accounts/

Education Savings AccountsThe Iowa School Choice coalition is now proposing the creation of an Educa-

tion Savings Account (ESA) in Iowa. Under this proposal:• EVERY Iowa student is eligible to receive a grant equal to a portion of the

state per-pupil funding.• Students use that grant for educational expenses such as private school tu-

ition, textbooks, tutoring, and online learning.• ALL students would be eligible regardless of their income level.• Any funds not used by graduation could be used for tuition at an Iowa college

or university.• This program would allow true, universal school choice and inject the positive

force of market competition into the Iowa educational arena.

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For many years Courts Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ashton, St Andrew in Sibley andSt Bernadette in Sheldon have been meeting jointly for their October meetings. Thiswas begun by Past Regent Paula Schwebach of the Sheldon Court. Each court takes aturn every 3 years in hosting this event. The attendees are invited to sit at different ta-bles so that they can mingle with ladies from the other courts. There have been manyclever ways that this is done. (This year Ashton hosted and the theme was “Mary, OurMother”. Name cards with different pictures of Mary were signed, and then eachmember found a table on which the same picture of the Blessed Mother was placed.)

Ashton, Sibley, Sheldon Courts Meet TogetherA meal is served by the hosting court withthe other two providing the table favorsand door prizes. After the meal, thegroup breaks into individual courts fortheir respective meetings. After themeetings are over, they again gather to-gether for a program. It could be playingcard games, trivia games, or whatever thehosting court decides. The cluster enjoysthis annual event by being together andvisiting with the other courts.


Local Court News

Court St. Rita #321Sacred Heart School and Parish

staff members were guests at theannual fall potluck held September8. Each guest introduced them-selves and shared how long theyhad been teachers at Sacred HeartSchool. The members learned thatmany of them are long time staffmembers.

Barbara Rundle and VirginiaLarimer attended the northeastIowa workshop in Festina on Sep-tember 27. They found the work-shop helpful, especially the playpresented by the state officers re-garding the financial review.

On the beautiful morning of Oc-tober 11 the court sponsored theOur Lady of Fatima Public Rosaryat the Knights of Columbus Club inOelwein. Held outdoors, the groupused a life-size rosary, a gift of alocal craftsman. Co-chairpersons ofthe event were Nickey Michels andBarbara Rundle. Novella Wilson

was the leader for the rosary.October 12 was the date the an-

nual corporate Mass was held.Members gathered early beforeMass to participate in the rosary of-fered for the increase of archdioce-san vocations and world peace.Members also filled all the lay min-istry needs for the Mass.

A Make-Bake-Sew-Grow CountryStore Silent Auction was held inconjunction with the October courtmeeting. It was a successful eventand the receipts will be used by thecourt for their charitable giving.

The Fall Food Event service proj-ect took place at the Novembermeeting of Court St. Rita. A soupand sandwich supper was spon-sored by the court officers with thehelp of a committee. With approxi-mately 30 members in attendancethe free will donation yielded a nicesum for the court and ultimately theneeds of those in the Archdiocese ofDubuque.

L to R: Donna Riesselman-50 yrs;Ruth Kisgen-75 yrs; Irene Meis-lahn-25 yrs. Back row; from R to Lare: Virginia Schultes-50 yrs, Al-berta Meiners, 50 yrs, Ivadell Lan-gel-50 yrs, Irene Eischeid-60 yrs,Eva Neitzel=50 yrs, Jane Peter-50yrs; and Gin Behrens- 50 yrs. Notpictured were Alice Heinen-25yrs,Judy Balk- 50 yrs, Ardella Irlbeck-60 yrs, Helen Stevens-60 yrs, ClaraLangel-65yrs; Luella Klein-70 yrsand Alvina Wendl-77 yrs. We hon-ored all of these.

Court #454, TempletonIn June, Court #454 Templeton hon-ored members who have met ‘mile-stones’ in years of membership in theCDA. All members with membershipdivisible by five were recognized attheir functions. Since the last meet-ing, the longest member, AlvinaWendl was honored for 77 Years ofservice to the Catholic Daughters ofthe Americas. Congratulations to all!


From L to R: State 1st Vice Regent, Darlene Moritz; Financial Secretary,Rita Bosler; Vice Regent, Jeanne Schlup; Regent, Kerrie Summers;Recording Secretary, Kate Rens and Treasurer, Dorie Kramer and Dis-trict Deputy Eleanora Sokolowski.

Court #215, Rock ValleyCourt St. Anne installed new officers at their June 10th meeting. Installingthe new officers were District Deputy Eleanora Sokolowski and 1st ViceRegent, Darlene Moritz.

Local Court News

Court #524, Muscatine Three members of Court Joan of Arc were recognized for their years ofservice at our regular meeting on October 13. Not pictured, Josie Gaeta,65 years, pictured left to right - Shirley Birkhofer 30 years, and GertrudeBusch 25 years. Each of the ladies received a certificate and a lovely bou-quet of flowers.

From left to right, we are: Sharon Jenkins, Treasurer; Virginia Ullrick,Financial Secretary; Pat Taylor, District Deputy; Peggy Murdock, Re-gent; Celeste Philbert, Vice Regent; Cheryl Carlile, Recording Secretary.

Court #858, AmesNew Officers starting the first meeting on September 11th at St CeciliaChurch in Ames.

Court #6, CarrollThe Carroll Public Library received a copy of the book, “Catholic Daugh-ters of the Americas—A Century in Review”. Librarian Brandie Ledfordaccepted the book presented by Regent, Bev Vonnahme (right) and do-nated by District Deputy, Monica Kruse.

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Pictured left to rightare front row areGwen Batenhorst,Josie Gaeta, EvelynJewett, Julie Herald,Shirley Birkhofer.Left to right in backrow are Donna Tib-betts, Regent KathyHollingsworth, ViceRegent HelenBailey, RecordingSecretary Ann Bahnand Betsy Fletcher. Court #525, MuscatineMembers of Court Joan of Arc # 524 met for Mass on National CatholicDaughter Sunday, October 19.


Court #504, WashingtonCourt McDermott 504 gathered to attend Mass as a group on Sunday, Oc-tober 19th to celebrate CDA Sunday. Twenty of them went to the Bistro forbreakfast , after which Regent Janice Carr conducted a short businessmeeting. Tickets were distributed for the upcoming Soup Supper on No-vember 9th after the 5:30. Mass. Fr. Bernie Weir also attended. The sacra-ment of the sick was given to those who chose to receive it. In Novemberwe will distribute cookie plates to those who are home bound in honor ofThanksgiving. State Convention was discussed and members were to planto attend if at all possible. We are one of the hosting courts.

Local Court News

Court #1156, MaquoketaCourt #1156 St Raphael ofMaquoketa sponsored a bake andgarage sale on September 19th and20th. This was our 6th AnnualSale. All members donate home-made baked goods and used itemsfor our sale.

Pictured in front L to R: LourdeGrady, Pat Peck and Lila Tender-holt. Back row L to R: DorieNeiers, Karen Torrey and LuAnnBries.

Court #1545, McGregorAll smiles in McGregor, Ia last Junewhen these six new members wereinitiated at their June meeting at StMary’s. Congratulations to thesenew members!Pictured after Mass front row L to R: Bev Vonnahme, Regent; Stephena

Kallemeyn, new member; Sharon Daniel, Treasurer; and Sue Greving,Recording Secretary. Back row L to R: Rosie Obman, Vice Regent; EttaMae Blair, Court District Deputy; Fr Tim Johnson, Court Chaplain andPeggy Wilberding, Financial Secretary. Not available for the photo wasnew member, Betty Wurzer.

Court #6, CarrollOn November 6, 2014 new members, Stephena Kallemeyn and BettyWurzer were inducted into the Carroll Court. The court also held a Memo-rial Service for the deceased members of their court.


Local Court News

Court #524, MuscatineMembers of Court Joan of Arc #524cut and wrapped caramels after theNovember meeting. In the center ofthis picture our Past State RegentShirley Ales is wrapping caramelsalong with several of our othermembers. The caramels are soldafter the Masses on the Sunday fol-lowing the November meeting. Wehave utilized this as a fund raiserthe last three years and it seems togo over very well in our community.

Court #1057, AshtonNew Officers for the 2014-2016terms are: Back L to R: SherryNilles, Treasurer; Judy Block, Dis-trict Deputy; Janelle Fischer,Recording Secretary; TheresaRiley, Financial Secretary. Front Lto R: Vice Regent, Marion Dombekand Karen Trei, Regent.

Court #330, Council BluffsBy Mary Sue Wickham, CDA PR CorrespondentThe CDA Purple Satin Scarves were worn by all CDA Members during theMonday, November 10th, 2014 CDA Memorial Mass in honor of our twodeceased CDA Members Jeanette Bowen and Rose Vergamini.

Court #1714, JesupSt Athanasius Parish of Jesup Iowa was sponsoring a golf outing for thepriests of Dubuque Diocese. CDA workers were cleaning up after theluncheon. When we walked into the kitchen with loads of dishes, we foundArchbishop Michael Jaekles drying the previous load of dishes. Wethanked him and shooed him from the kitchen. Submitted by NormaWestemeier, Past Regent

Court #330, Council BluffsAbove: CDA Members LindaSpencer and Patty McGinn of CDACourt St. Anthony #330 of CouncilBluffs, IA recently designed andmade 33 Purple Satin CDA Scarveswith gold lettering emblem of“CDA” sewn on each scarf.


L to R: Anna Wille, Recording Secre-tary; Dorothy Wille, Financial Sec-retary; Joyce Melcher, Treasurer.Back L to R: Betty Evers, Regent andJoan Schissel, District Deputy. Notpictured are Marilyn Hemsath, ViceRegent and Rev. Greg Bahl.

Court #1545, McGregorOn June 3rd new officers of Ct StMaria Goretti were installed. Fourchurch communities of St Mary’s inMcGregor, St Mary’s of Guttenberg,St Joseph of Garnavillo and StPatrick’s of Monona encompassesmembers of this court. Great leader-ship in these communities to sharewhat Catholic Daughters is all about!

Court #1714, JesupFrom L – R: Members from Jesup, Court St. Pius X # 1714, Regent NancyKies and Vice Regent Marlene Mangrich accompanied by Regent JeanGillpatrick from Independence, Court Ascension # 495, to attend the StateCDA Fall Workshop held in Festina Parish Center in Festina, IA on Sep-tember 27, 2014.

Local Court News

Court #6, CarrollOn October 4, 2014 members of Ct St Rose of Lima #6 attended the last workshop held by the state in Jefferson.Pictured from L to R: Monica Kruse, District Deputy; Kaye Stock, District Deputy; Sue Greving, Recording Secre-tary, Bev Vonnahme, Regent; and Sharon Daniel, Treasurer.

Right: Pictured L toR are Mary Tritz andJoan Neuses.

Court #1287,Dubuque Mary Tritz and JoanNeuses are standingnext to Mary. Theyattended the NationalConvention inBillings MO last July.It was a wonderfultrip and great experi-ence.


The following article is a por-tion of the first letter written bythe Regent of Court Mary of theAssumption #1976 for their CDAnewsletter and later for theircluster newsletter in an effort toexplain what the CatholicDaughters’ organization is andwhat it does and hopefully at-tract a few new members in theprocess.

As was proclaimed at the in-stallation ceremony for our newofficers, “one of the happy mys-teries of endings and beginningsin the Catholic Daughters of theAmericas (as in life) seems to bewhat we take with us from oneoffice to the next or from onesegment of our lives to the other;so that earlier experiences doprepare us for experiences yet tocome”. I pray that this is true,yet I know that I will need a lotof help from Our Lord, ourBlessed Mother, and from youmy dear fellow Catholic Daugh-ters. I am in awe of my prede-cessor, Shirley Schlichte and allshe did to continue the good

work, traditions, and blessings ofour Court and I am deeply hum-bled to have been chosen to leadsuch a wonderful group of hard-working, generous, and holywomen. I am often quiteamazed to find myself in this po-sition. How did I get here? Per-haps some of our new memberscan relate to my story:

In 2002 I was asked by a dearfriend to join. I didn’t reallyknow what the Catholic Daugh-ters were all about, but I hated todisappoint my friend so I said“yes”, paid my dues, was in-stalled as a new member, andthat was about all for that year.

The next year or so I wasplaced on the committee forChristmas potluck, so I did makeit to that meeting. I came homewith the impressions that theCatholic Daughters were a nicesocial gathering of ladies whocould really cook! However I didnotice they had an agenda attheir meeting and were donatingto some local, communitycauses. “That’s nice”, I thought.

The next time our little yellow

book came out I was placed onthe Dinner Theatre committee.Amazing! So many ladies allworking together to put on agreat evening of food and enter-tainment and raising a greatamount of money in the process.It was really impressive, butwhat were they doing with all themoney? I really didn’t under-stand until another year whenmy dear friend asked me to beVice Regent.

Again, hating to disappointand feeling a sense of obligationto” take a turn”, I said “yes”.Now I was going to all the meet-ings, and now I was beginning tosee the vast scope of the CatholicDaughters’ works and charities.I saw gratitude in the eyes ofgrieving families for our supportand comfort as we said a rosaryfor their loved one. I read thankyou notes from our local scholar-ship winners as well as letters ofgratitude from our sponsoredgirl from Mexico for our finan-cial support, letters, and prayersof encouragement. I saw ladiesstanding at store entrances giv-

ing out lifesavers and raisingmoney to assist abused adultsand children in our LifesaverCampaign. I received almostdaily prayer line e-mails askingfor prayers for a sick parish-ioner, family member, or friend.I heard teenagers, on fire fortheir faith, giving witness after atrip to the National CatholicYouth Conference they attendedwith the help of our financialsupport.

At every meeting there was anopportunity to support someparish, community, national, orworldwide cause, in other words,to be an active member of the“Body of Christ”.

I am so grateful for this oppor-tunity and I hope wherever youare on your journey as a CatholicDaughter you will be open to agreat growing experience.

As was also proclaimed in thatinstallation ceremony, “Growthoccurs when we respond to thelife that is all around us, withopenness and joy, with rever-ence, with gratefulness, and withcare.

Evolution of a Catholic Daughter

6 Carroll Marilyn Snyder6 Carroll Marita M Bruning6 Carroll Stephena Kallemeyn6 Carroll Betty Wurzer14 Emmetsburg Ellen Picray14 Emmetsburg Liz Bruch14 Emmetsburg Jacqie Conway14 Emmetsburg Dogie Biliran14 Emmetsburg Catherine Neary43 Ottumwa Donna Tylkowski94 Iowa City Dorothy Lynn94 Iowa City Norma Panther94 Iowa City Kelli Bell94 Iowa City Linda Bagby94 Iowa City Marilyn Fulton216 Ft Dodge Shari Fitzgerald216 Ft Dodge Leonora Dillingham

216 Ft Dodge Laura Crouse Jepsen283 Algona Jane Eischen283 Algona Lori McGuire302 Des Moines Genevive Loraditch302 Des Moines Delores Gioffredi302 Des Moines Lora Cesana302 Des Moines Carol Pearson302 Des Moines Nany Kuenen302 Des Moines Cherie DeTolve-Dale350 Dyersville Delores Biermann350 Dyersville Rita Domeyer350 Dyersville Mae Louise Ovel388 New Hampton Marilyn Elenz388 New Hampton Nancy Grober388 New Hampton Miriam A Rock408 Spencer Sharon Stadsvold408 Spencer Penny Schuchhardt

408 Spencer Karen Potaczek408 Spencer Macrina Tesch495 Independence Susan Frischkorn495 Independence Marsha Lehs495 Independence Linda Jane Bagby504 Washington Francis Greiner1057 Ashton Winifred Krogman1057 Ashton Carol Swensen1156 Maquoketa Audrey Schmidt1156 Maquoketa Carolyn M Regenwether1714 Decorah Patricia Hartman1797 West Bend Cathy Backstrom1806 Wacoma Barbara Schaufenbuel1806 Wacoma Bernice Dietzenbach2476 Glenwood Maggie Osborne2498 Portsmouth Jennifer Foster2498 Portsmouth Doramae Heller

Winter 2014 New CDA Members


To be eligible for a State Office, acandidate shall be a member ingood standing and available to herstate to handle all responsibilitiesthe office entails, a current or pastState officer, State Chairman, Dis-trict Deputy or a current or pastLocal Court Officer. The term of of-fice shall be for two years beginning30 days after election or until suc-cessors are elected. Officers shallserve only two consecutive terms orfour years in any one office.A. A member who intends to run

for office shall submit a statementof qualifications, a current photo-graph, a statement of endorsementby the Local Court of the candidatewhich must be voted on at a localcourt meeting and signed by a ma-jority of the Local Court Officersand a consent to serve signed by thecandidate. Five (5) copies of eachshall be received by the Nominatingcommittee Chairman no later thanFebruary 1st of the convention year.B. Candidates may make known

their intentions to run for office totheir Local CourtC. Candidates may respond hon-

estly when asked if they intend torun for an office.

STATE REGENT• Be the chief administrative offi-

cer of THE ORDER responsible tothe national Board and the NationalRegent. She enforces the laws ofTHE ORDER.

• Presides at the meetings and

appoints Committees, State Chair-men and parliamentarian.

• Prepares and sign all vouchersand counter sign all checks issuedby the State Treasurer.

• Perform other such duties aslisted in the Tools of the Trade.

1ST VICE STATE REGENT• Assume the duties of the Re-

gent if absent.• Assist the State Regent when

requested• Represent the Sate at meetings

of the National Court • Perform other such duties as as-

signed by the State Regent or aslisted in the Tools of the Trade

• Be the Editor of the StatePaper, The Voice published fourtimes a year.

2ND VICE STATE REGENT• Assume the office and duties of

the First Vice State Regent if officeis vacated due to resignation, re-moval or permanent disability.

• Represent the State at meet-ings of the National Court. Ex-penses may be paid by the StateCourt.

• Be informed of all State and Na-tional matters.

• Perform other duties as may benecessary for transaction of busi-ness of the State Court or as di-rected by the State Regent.

• Assume the Education Contestfor the State. Be responsible for thejudging and first place winners sent

to the National Education Chairper-son.

• Assume Chairman of the Life-saver Campaign.

• Assume responsibility for theCDA Iowa State Scrapbook.

STATE SECRETARY A system of checks and balances

at the State level is just as impor-tant as those in each of our localcourts. This system of checks andbalances must remain in placewhenever and where ever money isreceived which is then transferredto the Treasurer as a second officerwho verifies and makes deposits.

• The receipts of any and allfunds for the State CDA will begiven to State Secretary which willreflect a debit or credit in the offi-cial State Secretary ledger books.Ledger books will be kept for “re-ceipts” and another for “disburse-ments”. Secretary providesapproval and signature, via stateboard orders, for expenses of theState Court, State Officers, andState Chairmen.

• The State Secretary will keepminutes of the state board meet-ings, compile a summary of emailcorrespondence following the lastday of each month, record and tran-scribe the minutes of State CourtBiennial Convention, and send no-tice for meetings and issue noticeswhen directed by the State Regent.

• The Secretary receives allmembership changes from local

courts and maintains state recordson local court membership.

• Local courts also receive noticeof state dues for periods endingMarch 31st and November 30th;sent out by the State Secretary.

• Represent the State at meet-ings of the National Court. Performother duties deemed necessary forbusiness of the State Court or as di-rected by the State Regent.

STATE TREASURER• The Treasurer works closely

with the State Secretary to ensurethe system of checks and balancesof the State court.

• Receives all monies of the StateCourt from the State Secretary andissues a receipt for same to theState Secretary.

• Pay all disbursements of theState court and expenses of theState Officers and CommitteeChairmen, upon receipt of avoucher from the State Secretaryand signed by the State Regent.

• Maintains a balance not in ex-cess of insured amount in one de-pository.

• Prepares and presents a Trea-surer’s Report monthly, for eachboard meeting and the BiennialConvention.

• Represents the State at meet-ings of the National Court

• Performs other such duties asassigned by the State Regent or aslisted in the Tools of the Tradebook.

DISTRICTDEPUTIES

What is a District Deputy in the CatholicDaughters of the Americas? As officers in theCDA whether on the local, state or nationallevel; all have duties and or responsibilitiesthat come with the office. Duties of DistrictDeputies are the same. She has certain re-sponsibilities. Some of her duties are as fol-lows:

• Help local courts assigned by State Regentfor a period of two years.

• Represent the State Regent at assignedcourts’ meetings

• Enforce the Rules of the Order.• Report to the State Regent on a reporting

form found in the Tools of the Trade.• Help courts receive new members and in-

stall officers.• Supervise and sign financial reviews of as-

signed courts when present.• Perform any other duties assigned by the

State Regent.

Eligibility to run for a State Office

National Fun’d CalendarIn checking on the National CDA

Website on the home page, we have awinner in Humboldt, Iowa. Fr. JamesT. was the winner on November 3,2014. If you have not sent in your Fun’d

Calendar mailed to you from National,you may want to find it and turn it in.

On November 1, 2014 the Catholic Daughters ofMilford hosted the Third Annual Veteran SoupSupper for area Veterans and their families.Nearly 120 were in attendance to enjoy either Chilior Chicken Noodle Soup (with homemade noo-dles). A flag folding ceremony was conducted anda ‘Missing Man’ table was on display and as thelights were dimmed, Vice Regent, Ramona Boeseread what it all meant….

Through the Missing Man Table ceremony, atradition used often as part of a military dining-inor service ball, we honor those marines, sailors,soldiers, airmen, service members and civilians as-sociated with the U.S. military who cannot be withus. The ceremony initially grew out of concern overthe Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. This ceremonyis not governed by any US Department of Defenseor service-specific directive.

The table is set for one: a single place-settingsymbolizing the frailty of an isolated prisoner.

The tablecloth is white, signifying purity of in-tention as men and women respond to America’scall to arms.

The single red rose represents the blood shedensuring freedom of the homeland and also sym-bolizes steadfast faith and commitment of thosewaiting for a returning loved one.

The yellow ribbon on the vase represents theoutward and visible sign of determination.

The slice of a lemon on the plate reminds us thebitter fate of many missing-in-action.

Reminding us of countless tears shed by familieswaiting in hope for a loved one to return home isthe salt on the plate.

The upside down glass represents those who

cannot be with those at the meal.The light of hope shining through the lighted

candle offers a guiding beam, a ray of hope.Gaining strength through our faith we open the

Bible. The Bible tells us that in times of troubleand turmoil witnessed throughout the ages, faithand belief in a power greater than self can sustain.

And the EMPTY CHAIR, the missing…who arenot or cannot be here.

The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by manyand we are making plans for the 4th Annual Veter-ans Soup Supper in 2015.


Milford Court hosts Veteran Soup Supper

Above: Nearly 120 were in attendance at thethird annual Veteran Soup Supper.

PotluckDinner atCourt St.MariaGorettiThe Catholic Daughters Court St.Maria Goretti #2498 hosted apotluck dinner welcoming their newparish priest, Fr. David Smith SJ, astheir special guest on August 4,2014.

Front row: Joann Kenkel, Eunice Blum, Fr. David Smith SJ, Zita Smith, Darlene Wilwerding, Desiri Wilwerd-ing. 2nd row Lisa Schmitz, Zita Bruck, Mary Ellen Reisz, Joan Sondag, Melissa Schwery, Jennifer Foster. 3rdrow Theresa Kruse, Betty Reinig, Connie Gau, Susan Schmitz, JoAnn Finerty, Dora Mae Heller. Back row Phyl-lis Allen, Denise Reinig, and Lisa Sondag. Also present but not pictured was Kathy Graeve.

Above: The “Missing Man” table was on dis-play at the ceremony.

The 51st Iowa State Conventionwill be May 14-17th at the Holi-day Inn & Suitesat 4800 MerleHay Road. Yourconvention willinclude MarkForrest, Inter-national IrishTenor; Fr JimSichko, Priestand knownspeaker fromKentucky and Karen Schwaller, Au-thor, Speaker, Farmer from North-west Iowa to just name a of few whowill make youglad you at-tended. Thebusiness meet-ings will keep allmembers intouch with andable to makechanges throughthe Bylaw andResolutionprocess. Be sureto get all the de-tails from yourRegents. Registration for the fourday event is $135. District Deputies,State Chairmen, Chaplains andhosting court members are $100.Encourage your Chaplain to attendthis convention. The hotel reserva-tions can bemade by calling515-278-4755and ask for theCatholic Daugh-ter Room rate.This rate willcover 1 to 4 in aroom. Act nowto ensure yourspot at the con-vention. (Note:This particularweekend is also the same weekendof the Iowa State Track meet.)


2015 Iowa StateConvention inDes Moines

Karen Schwaller

Fr. Jim Sichko

Mark Forrest

Sept 27th Festina IowaWorkshopAbove: State Chaplain, Msgr. CarlSchmitt attended the workshop inFestina and gave some words ofwisdom to those present.

Left: State Secretary, Betty Pratt isall smiles as she welcomes mem-bers to the registration table atFestina.

Local Courts shall elect delegatesto the State Convention at a busi-ness meeting preceding the dead-line for submitting delegateregistration to the State Regent.The number of delegates is deter-mined by the members Nationalbills for as of November 15 of thepreceding year.

Representation shall be: One (1)delegate, if the Regent is attending.

If she cannot attend, the next high-est officer who attends shall be thedelegate.

If no officers can attend, a mem-ber of the Court shall be elected as adelegate in her place. And addi-tional delegates for each twenty-five(25) members or major fractionthereof are elected as well. Alter-nates MAY NOT be appointed afterelections have taken place. From

the November 2014 billing of mem-bers, Iowa local courts have a po-tential of 220 delegates and 440alternates.

Your State Regent is receivingnames of delegates and alternatesnow and wants all courts to electand get the names sent in soon asplans are being made currently forthe 51st Biennial Convention in2015.

Delegates to the 2015 State convention


STATE CHAPLAIN Msgr. Carl Schmitt619 Rural StreetNew Hampton, IA 50659(641) [email protected]

STATE REGENTRose Holschlag, Ct 388 Joan of ArcSummer address502 W. Hamilton St.New Hampton, IA 50659Winter address800 SH 495 #577Alamo, TX 78516(954) 579-7794 [email protected]

FIRST VICE REGENTEDITOR FOR THE VOICE &RECEIVES NEWSLETTER CONTEST ENTRIESDarlene Moritz, Ct 1585 Our Lady ofLaSaletteP. O. Box 474Milford, IA 51351(712) 330-6725 (cell)(712) 338-4072 (home)[email protected]

SECOND VICE REGENTEDUCATION AND LIFESAVERCHAIRMANJan Grundmeyer, Ct 1976 Mary of theAssumption1830 Buchanan Delaware Ave.Masonville, IA 50654(563) 924-2754 (home)(563) 608-5396 [email protected]

STATE SECRETARY RECEIVESALL CHECKS AND REPORTSAND ADDRESS CHANGESBetty Pratt, Ct 269 Ave Maria930 SpringbrookHinton, IA 51024 (712) [email protected]

STATE TREASURER Deb Steger#350 St Rose502 2nd St SEDyersville, IA 52040-1622(563) 875-7446 (home) [email protected]

STATE PROJECTS CHAIRMANMEMBERSHIP EXTENTION & DEVELOPMENT Sherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Per-petual Help

711 25th Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712)[email protected]

PAST STATE CHAPLAINSImmediate Past State ChaplainFr Robert Lathrop910 S 9th StKeokuk, IA 52632-4604

Msgr. Kenneth Seifried513 Mueller StHolstein, Iowa 51025

Rev. Frederick FangmannVilla Raphael 1155 Mt Loretta AveDubuque, IA 52003

IMMEDIATE PAST STATE REGENT PRESIDENT PAST REGENTS CLUBMary Pester, Ct 43 Adelaide Proctor205 Hill AveOttumwa, IA 52501(641) 682-4264(641) 684-4690 (FAX)[email protected]

PAST STATE REGENTSRose Harper, Ct 524 Joan of Arc2073 Bayfield RoadMuscatine, IA 52761(563) [email protected]

Sherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Per-petual Help711 25th Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712)[email protected]

Beverly Klein, Ct 1976 Mary of the As-sumption109 Circle DriveManchester, IA 52057563-927-3879

[email protected]

Dolores Mertz, Ct 1797 St Frances XavierCabrini1803 E Mound St Apt 8Algona, IA 50511641-425-0420

Shirley Ales, Ct 524 Joan Of Arc2419 Lafayette St SWCedar Rapids, IA 52404-6167(319) 389-6530

STATE CHAIRPERSONS

RIGHT TO LIFE Marilyn Bose, Ct 460 Joyce Kilmer#1 Alexander RoadEstherville, IA 51334(712) [email protected]

QUALITY OF LIFEMonica Johannsen, Ct 408 Sacred Heart17 W 16th St.Spencer, IA 51301(712) 262-2301 [email protected]

COMMUNITY & WORLD ISSUESLouise Vogel, Ct 390 Queen of Peace396 I AvenueChurdan, IA 50050(515) 389-3157

LEGISLATIVE/OPERATIONMORNING STARAnne Sellers, Ct 814 Little FlowerP. O. Box 385Fayette, IA 52142(563) [email protected]

RETREAT CHAIRMANMary Pester, Ct 43 Adelaide Proctor205 Hill AveOttumwa, IA 52501(641) 682-4264(641) 684-4690 (FAX)[email protected]

PRIEST/SEMINARIANS RELIGIOUSCarolyn Smith, Ct 2476 Our Lady of theHoly Rosary55386 Forrester Valley LaneGlenwood, IA 51534(712) [email protected]

SPIRITUAL ENHANCEMENTCleo Harder, Ct 269 Ave Maria320 DavidsonSioux City, IA 51103(712) [email protected]

YOUTHAngie BeemCt 14 St Rose of Lima2002 Madison StEmmetsburg IA 50536 (712)[email protected]

NATIONAL PROJECTSMarilyn Kral, Ct 642 Isabella540 Bush AveGarner, IA 50438(641) [email protected]

STATE LEADERSHIPSherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Per-petual Help711 25th Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712)[email protected]

WEBMASTERRita Carlson, Ct 216 Our Lady of GoodCounsel1306 S 19th StFort Dodge, IA 50501(515)571-4268 (c) [email protected]

NATIONAL REGENTShirley Seyfried38482 North Shore DrBattle Lake, MN 56515(218)-862-3493 (H); (218)205-6454 (c)[email protected]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR FOR IOWAJo Hammen10 Fern CourtLittle Chute, WI(920)-788-4642 [email protected]

PAST NATIONAL DIRECTORIOWA REPRESENTATIVESherry Nilles, Ct 1057 Our Lady of Per-petual Help711 25th Ave.Sheldon, IA 51201(712)[email protected]

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMary Impellizeri10 West 71st St.New York, NY 10023(212) 877-3041(212) 724-5923 (FAX) [email protected]

NATIONAL PUBLICITY CHAIRMANThomas Panas140 W 71st St. Apt. #51New York, NY 10023(212) 501-0763(212) 501-7656 (FAX)[email protected]

Iowa State Officers and Chairpersons


November 30th...........................First Sunday of Advent 2014December 7 ................................4PM EWTN Church Universal Program fea-

turing National Catholic DaughtersDecember 8th .............................Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy

Day of Obligation)December 9 ................................4AM EWTN Church Universal Program fea-

turing National Catholic DaughtersDecember 12 ..............................9PM EWTN Church Universal Program fea-

turing National Catholic DaughtersDecember 25th ...........................Birth of Our LordJanuary 1st ................................Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God.January 6th................................EpiphanyJanuary 15th..............................Deadline for Bylaw and Resolutions to Kaye

Stock, 916 W 19th St Carroll 51401January 22nd .............................Roe vs. Wade decision 41 years ago…PRAY

FOR THE UNBORNPrior to February 1st ...................Local courts elect Delegates and Alternates

for the State Convention in MayFebruary 1st ...............................Deadline for Candidates for State Office to

submit papers to Nominating Chairperson,Rita Carlson, 1306 19th St. Ft. Dodge, IA50501

February 14th.............................St. Valentine’s DayFebruary 15th.............................Deadline for list of Alternates and Delegates

to the State Regent, Educational contestdeadline for the Local Court

February 18th.............................Ash WednesdayFebruary 20th.............................Deadline for the Spring Voice articlesMarch 8th ...................................Daylight Savings Time beginsMarch 15th .................................Deadline for Educational, Website and

Newsletter contests to the State. Educationalis sent to 2nd Vice Regent, Jan Grundmeyer.Newsletter is sent to 1st Vice Regent, Dar-lene Moritz. Website is sent to Rita Carlson,1306 S 19th St Ft Dodge 50501

March 17th .................................St Patrick DayMarch 19th .................................St Joseph’s DayMarch 29th .................................Palm SundayMay 14-17 .................................Iowa 51st State Convention Holiday Inn

4800 Merle Hay Road Des Moines

Important Dates to Remember Prayerful MemoriesCourt St Rose of Lima #6, CarrollHelen QuandtMonica LawlerKathy Hawkins

Court St Rose of Lima #14, EmmetsburgHelen Tate

Court Adelaide Proctor #43, OttumwaGretchen Denefe

Court Castile #49, WaterlooVirginia Mraz

Court Madonna #157, Eagle GroveAdelle Bockenstedt

Court Our Lady of Good Council#216, Ft DodgePatricia AlbrightIva FlahertyDorothy BowensPatricia Glaman

Court St Katherine #266, EarlingHelen Langenfeld

Court #269 Ave Maria, Sioux CityMary VakulskasKaren M SmithElizabeth Golden

Court St Cecelia #283, AlgonaMildred Miller

Court Ave Maria #302, Des MoinesTheresa Contri

Court St Rose #350, DyersvilleGrace Hinriens

Court Sacred Heart #408,SpencerHelena AndrewsKay Steffen

Court #458 Dolores, CherokeeMargaret Holton

Court #460 Joyce Kilmer, EsthervilleDoris Wycoff

Court Ascension #495, IndependenceTheresa KremerNancy Miller

Court Madonna #858, AmesPatricia Rua

Court Our Lady of Victory #983,OssianEunice ZweibohmerMailinda Moeller

Court Our Lady of Perpetual Help#1057, AshtonFaye May

Court St Raphael #1156,MaquoketaLavonne Streeter

Court #1287 Dubuque, DubuqueMary MeyerElizabeth ArthoferMary DannerMary DunneLorraine QuadeJeanette SlatteryFlorida UdelhovenFr Clarence Beckley

Court Our Lady of the Assumption #1550Dorothy Higgins

Court Mary Immaculate #1710,GraettingerBernice Weber

Court Regina Mundi #1737, Decorah Virginia McLainGladys RonanVivian Kimber

Court St Frances Xavier Cabrini#1797, West BendAgatha Forey

Court Queenship of Mary #1806,WaucomaMary HauerOlivette Klinner

Court Blessed Mother #1926,CascadeIrene LighthartRosene TrummAlverna SchusterFrances Ann Deppe

Assumption #1976, ManchesterMae Keenen

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