The Catholic Daughters of the Americas - Court Daughters of Mary #2755 invite all Catholic women 18 years and older!
Monthly meetings are typically on the 2nd Monday at 7:00 PM (no meeting in July), with a Rosary at 6:30 PM.
The next meeting is Monday, January 13, 2025.
Fundraising Updates
Thanks to everyone who supported our fundraiser at Catholic Concepts. We appreciate your support!
We are planning more "Dine with us" nights at local restaurants in 2025. We are planning a Mardi Gras Dance on March 1, 2025 and a Mother-Daughter Tea in May 2025. More information will be published here soon.
What do we do with the funds we raise? Besides Saint Michael Catholic Church, we supported several charities in 2024: (click on each charity for more information)
In 2024, we also awarded 3 scholarships {$1000, $500, $300) to graduating high school Seniors. They are attending Tarleton State University, Oklahoma University, & Texas A & M.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas -- Texas State Court -- State Memorial Scholarship Application for 2025
Those eligible to apply for scholarships are graduating seniors in accredited high schools or home school students who will graduate with Senior High School credits, who are related to a living Texas CDA member in good standing, and/or are members in good standing of a Texas JCDA court.
The application includes 3 pages:
Click on each page to open and then print. The application must be completed and postmarked by January 31, 2025.
CDA Mass Cards
Masses will be said in the diocese of Victoria, Texas, on the first Friday of the month, for one year, by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas' current State Chaplain, Bishop Brendan J. Cahill. A donation of $3.00 is requested. Masses will not be celebrated at St. Michael and should not be confused with our parish Mass cards. Please call Dotty Vanicek at 817.805.1018 and arrangements will be made to deliver the cards to you. The funds collected are used to award scholarships to graduating seniors who are either JCDA or related to CDA members.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) are hosting monthly meetings to make rosaries to donate.
The next meeting is Saturday, January 4, 9:15 AM to Noon.
We welcome all who would enjoy fellowship and learning to make rosaries. You do not have to be a member of CDA to attend. We do ask that you click HERE to RSVP for the event. If you have any questions, or need additional information, contact Chris at 817.925.4542 or at chrisdelmolino@gmail.com.
Broken Rosary?
If you have an old or broken rosary, or a rosary you no longer use, and you don't know what to do with it, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) Rosary Ministry will use your old rosary to make new rosaries from the beads, the medals, and the crucifixes. Just put them in the rosary donation box, on the round table in the Narthex, and we will treat your rosary with reverence and care.
2024 Court Daughters of Mary Scholarship Application is closed.
Scholarship recipients were announced at our June 10 meeting. Congratulations to our three scholarship recipients!
Watch this space for news about our 2025 Scholarship Application.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth "Patti" Tapia at CatholicDaughters.smcc@gmail.com
Group Photo from Installation Mass in July 2019
Group Photo from 5th Anniversary Celebration Mass on July 8, 2024
List of Local Court Officers and Duties can be found here
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Court Daughters of Mary Standing Rules:
Which Charities should our court support?
As a Court with a mission of Unity and charity, our Court needs to decide which of our National and State Catholic Daughters projects/charities we want to allocate funds from our budget to. As a beginning court, it was recommended that we select two National projects and two State projects and we need all of the members' inputs. To learn more about the projects so that you can cast a mindful vote - visit the following:
Texas State Projects & Charities
National Projects & Charities