Court Holy Rosary #1476 Catholic Daughters of the Americas

A Note from the Regent

Welcome back as we embark upon another year of continuing our mission and service to our Lord under the guidance of our Blessed Lady. We hope that everyone had a refreshing summer break in spite of the drought and troubling economic times.

This past year we were blessed with many significant successes that were only possible through love and cooperation of everyone. Together we accomplished a lot as we grew deeper in faith to our Lord and our Church community. For all the successes in the world will have no meaning if they do not strengthen our faith. I enjoin everyone to continue in this spirit of love, cooperation, and understanding as we work upon another year of our courts ministry.

In this issue some articles from Share Magazine, summer 2009 are summarized to remind the membership of their contents and applicability to our mission. The National Regents message on teamwork is very much alive in our court as shown by our courts participation in the recent Shrimp and Fish Dinner. The article on Volunteering reminds us that the spirit of volunteerism comes naturally from all members. I hope this summary will entice you to retrieve your summer 2009 issue of the Share Magazine and review the other articles.

Lately, we have experienced a loss of a number of Catholic Daughters and their family members. Let us continue to remember them in our thoughts and prayers.

Norma N. Locker

Worthy Regent

Teamwork is the Key to EffectiveService

Libby Ramirez, Share Magazine, Summer 2009

National News

(Eds Note: Some articles from the issue of Share Magazine, Summer, 2009 are hereby summarized)

Page 1 Excerpts from the National Regents Message on Teamwork..

.. We are all different and we all have special gifts given to us by God. You are all urged to support the new state leadership. Use your gifts for the betterment of our organization. In order for a local court or a state court to function at its best, it is imperative that teamwork be implemented. The Catholic Daughters cannot be an effective organization without teamwork present on every single level.

Page 4.Excerpts from the National Clergy Consultant on Defending Devotion to Mary

Father Ruppert dissected the Hail Mary, a prayer most popular for Mary saying the first half of the prayer should not be difficult for any Christian to accept since it consists of two direct quotes from Sacred Scripture: the salutation of the Angel Gabriel to Mary at the Annunciation and Elizabeths greeting when Mary arrived for the Visitation. The second part of the Hail Mary was added by the church.

Page 13 Multi-District Retreat seeks Face of God. We thank Terri Vacek for the wonderful article and pictures. We understand the editors of Share Magazine had to shorten the article because we know Terri described the whole event in detail in another article. Incidentally, can you identify yourself in the group picture?

Page 16 ..On Volunteering

Anne Nelson, First Vice National Regent said: Volunteering comes naturally to Catholic Daughters. Its what we do, and we do it prayerfully and with reverence. ..

Libby Ramirez, National Regent summarized the conference this way: We were glad to learn different perspectives on volunteering. It didnt make me want to change anything about the way Catholic Daughters volunteer. I think our attitude toward volunteering is very positive and weve been doing a good job of it for more than a hundred years.

Page 14 Fighting the Aid in Dying

When the Governor of Washington State filed the Aid in Dying Initiative (I 1000) on January 9, 2008 , the Catholic Daughters of this State went into action. To place the measure on the November ballot, 224,880 signatures were needed.

The Catholic Daughters worked hard and made the proper connections to alert the everyday people so that they will not sign the petition. However, at the end of July, it was learned that there was enough signatures and that Initiative 1000 would be in the ballots in the November election. The State Regent and the past State Regent became more aggressive in their campaign at this point.

(Read the article for the campaign made to prevent this issue from materializing).

In the end, despite the efforts of many faithful, I-1000 Death with Dignity was approved in November by Washington state voters 58 percent to 42 percent, and went into effect May 6, 2009, making it legal for doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication for patients with less than six months to live

Page 18, National Officers Responsibilities

Duchess Collins, National Director, Texas is the National Representative for Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.

Shirley Seyfried, Second Vice National Regent, is the National Representative of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the territorial court in Kentucky.

Maryann Grabasky, National Director, North Carolina is National Representative of Connecticut, North Carolina and the two Territorial Courts of South Carolina.

National officers stay strongly connected to Catholic Daughter activities in many geographic areas.

More news is available at the National CDA website at:

http://www:catholicdaughters.org

Texas State Website:

www.texascda.org

Local News

SHRIMP AND FISH DINNER, MAY 31, 2009

A Big Thank You to Everyone

We had a very successful Shrimp and Fish Fund Raising on May 31, 2009 at the K C Hall. Although ticket sales were slow before the affair, they picked up on the day of the affair. A lot of work, time, and talent were expended in this event and we would like to acknowledge those who helped in this affair. If we miss anybody, know that we appreciate your contribution and we apologize for the omission of your name.

Raffle Prize Winners

We would like to acknowledge the following donations to various aspects of the fund raiser:

Pastry Donors

Martha Krolczyk, Barbara Zulkowski, Leona Sebesta, Bernice Freudensprung, Jeannette Hudec, Annette Swallers, Margaret Ainsworth, Janey Schumacher, Violet Poncik, Donna Brewer, Jeanette Rehak (3 cakes), Norma Locker, Charlotte Carlson, Betty Rohan, Joyce Bartos, Shrley Kocich, Flora Pawlak, Rose Pederson

Flags-Up Basket

Jeanette Rehak (2), Norma Locker (3), Pat Schimara, Helen Torres, Margaret Ainsworth, Lillian Kujawa, ShirleyKocich,Virginia Hummel, Cathy Bittner, Joyce Bartos, Sharon Krystinik, Jeanette Rehak in memory of Margaret Rehak, Charlotte Carlson, Jill Sumpter, Joyce Horelica, Nancy Zurek.

Door Prize donors

Helen Torres, Jeanette Rehak, Nancy Zurek, Norma Locker, Dorothy Pospisil

Knights of Columbus cooks, etc.

Larry Bittner - Overall in charge

Daniel Zdunkewicz, Paul Warren, Ron Sembera, David Svatek (access to hall and rooms), Allan Stoeltje (ice supply), Stan Hruska (purchase of the fish), Jim Franklin (bingo caller), Richard Brewer, Rick Carlson (helped with the tea) Ron Hollas (permit)

And, all the others who helped.

Shrimp and Fish Dinner Workers - Helpers in the Kitchen and other areas

Cathy Bittner - Chair

Jeannette Rehak - Co-Chair

Serving Line - Helen Torres, Shirley Kocich, Flora Pawlak, Susanne Williams, Janice Rejsek, Amelia Burke

Tea - Charlotte Carlson

Meal Tickets - Rose Pederson, Joyce Bartos, Alma Slawinski

Raffle Tickets - Irene Cervenka, Beverly Waddle, Helen Torres

Other Helpers - Mary Ondrush, Gloria Zdunkewicz, Janey Schumacher, Kathy Franklin, Cookie Hummel

Special Mention - George Rehak (posters, hall)

Financial report for Shrimp and Fish Dinner Fundraising, May 31, 2009 KC Hall

Income $7,421.00

Raffle tickets sold $3238.00

Dinner tickets sold $2917.00

Silent auction$ 566.00

Flags-up $ 405.00

Pastry $ 174.00

Donations$ 121.00

Expenses $1,298.46

Raffle printing$ 282.60

Postage $ 35.26

Food & Misc items $ 980.60

NET INCOME $6,122.54

Notes:

KC Hall Rental: $350 (Donated by KC Club)

Cole Slaw Dressing (Donated by Gloria Zdunkewicz)

Silent Auction Winners

Silent Auction and Raffle donors

The following members donated the items for the Silent Auction: Jeanette Rehak, Rose Pederson, Cookie Hummel, Patsy Harlan, Alma Slawinski, Martha Krolcyk, Cathy Bittner, Joyce Bartos, Norma Locker and Amelia Burke. Thank you very much!

The following members donated the items for the Raffle: Mary Lee Cameron, Bernice Freudensprung, Paula Warnasch, Carol Hollas, Gloria Mican, Betty Rohan, Flora Pawlak, Rose Stavinoha, Leona Sebesta, Pat Schimara, Alma Slawinski, Mary Ondrush, Norma Locker, Rosalie Byrd, Olga Cunda, Dolores Wolff, Jeanette Rehak, Janey Schumacher, Joyce Bartos, Sharon Kristynik,Jo Short, Beverly Waddle, Helen Torres, Rosemary Fojtik, and Susanne Williams. We thank all of you for being so generous in your contributions

We would also like to thank Stephen Waddle for soliciting prizes from the various vendors & merchants from the area and to all Court members for buying/selling the tickets.

Local News continued

Catholic Daughter of the Year

We are going to elect the Catholic Daughter of the Year at the September meeting and the winner will be awarded at the October Meeting. Janey Schumacher, the Catholic Daughter of the year for 2008 will conduct the secret ballot election. Please come to the meeting and let your vote be counted.

Cake-Spin Booth at the Church Bazaar

By Rose Pederson, Chairman

Our cake spin booth is taking on a different look this year. We are having a CDA Bakery as the theme for our booth. Please bring a homemade baked good (cakes, pies or cookies) to the booth Sunday morning only. I am so appreciative of the ladies who are working hard on this project Jo Short, Joan Rhemann, Jacque Holchak and Dorothy Pospisil. And thank you also to the ladies who have volunteered to work in the booth at the bazaar.

Scrap Book

The scrapbook is a very important activity which the court participates in. It captures the activities of the court in pictures, text, or other means. It is so much fun to look at previous scrapbooks to relive past memories.

There is a contest in scrap booking among different courts. This contest is governed by a set of rules on how to organize, categorize and present the different activities of the court. Adherence to these rules is very important in order for the scrapbook to win. The next scrapbook will be judged during the state convention in Houston, 2011.

We want to thank Betty Overgoner who was chair of this committee for 2007-2009. Our scrapbook won 3^rd place at the last convention in McAllen, with the Shiner court winning 1^st place, and the East Bernard court winning 2^nd place.

We also want to acknowledge the other members who have painstakingly worked on this job before, i.e. Amelia Burke, Gay Collette, Norma Locker, Janice Rejsek, etc.

For the next two years (2009-2011), Kathy Poncik has accepted the Chair of the Scrapbook. Let us pray that she be given the inspiration, energy, and time to create a memorable one.

National Council of Catholic Women Convention (NCCW)

All members of Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW) are invited to attend the NCCW convention onSeptember 23-27, 2009 in Jacksonville, Florida. Every year ACCW awards a scholarship to one member of the Deanery to attend the convention. The scholarship pays for the registration, transportation, hotel, and banquet.

Your Regent was offered this scholarship to attend the convention and has humbly accepted the offer.

The next meeting of ACCW-Galveston-Houston is on August 25, 2009 at St. Dominic Center in Houston. The Regent will be out of town on this day but Joyce Bartos and Janey Schumacher will attend to represent the Western Deanery.

Review of Standing Rules

It is stated under I. Governance, section h, page 1 that the Standing Rules should be reviewed at the start of the year. Please study the Standing Rules and voice any modifications (changes, inclusions, deletions) at the September meeting. An Ad Hoc committee will be formed if the modification(s) need some in depth deliberations.

Yes, it is not too early to be thinking of how we are going to celebrate the theme of For in Him, we live and move and have our being. We shalll need a chairman to chair this event.

Centennial Celebration of First Court in Texas, November 7, 2009 in Austin, TX

Court Maria Galante # 115 in Austin, TX is the host of this centennial celebration with a luncheon and mass. Reservations for the luncheon are due on October 1, 2009 at a cost of $30.00/person. Attendance of the mass at 5:30 PM same day is purely voluntary. Officers attending are requested to wear their robes and white shoes. Those who wish to participate can give the luncheon fee to Pat Schimara, Treasurer, by September 27.

We hope our court members will participate in the celebration of this important occasion.

June Salad Supper

We had a well attended June Salad Supper with different kinds of salads brought by the members.

The winners of the Education Contest and the Mary Parsons Scholarship were all invited and most of them were present. It was so nice to hear the children share the inspiration and thoughts which guided them in producing their winning entry. Chairs for these contests are Patti Kocich and Doris Gurecky.

We also honored Father Bill for being our Chaplain the past ten months. Alma Slawinski read a poem entitled The beautiful hands of a priest. We also gave him a mass card, a monetary gift and a dinner certificate to Western Steakhouse. He thanked everyone and was glad to have the certificate because he has not visited this eating place.

Judy Janecka, winner of the Adult Poetry contest read her winning entry which is shown below.

Gods Gifts In My Life

By Judy Shimek Janecka

I stand at the foot of the cross and see the greatest of Gods gifts ever given to me;

The gift of your Son, a treasure untold, a gift more precious than silver or gold.

A thorny crown upon His head, His body beaten, His blood shed,

Mocked and insulted- bruised by our sin, defeating evil, the final victory so to win!

With a mothers heart broken, with love unspoken,

Holding him near, stricken with strife in torment you watched Him die.

What can I say? I can never repay, the sacrifice made, the price you paid,

In gifting me the most awesome of Gods Gifts in My Life?

(1^st place Education Contest Winner, Poetry Division, Adults, April, 2009)

Life is short forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that made you smile. Anonymous

Chairs - Current and Needed

We need one moreChair for the hospitality committee and aChair for Public Relations. One of the comments in our scrapbook was the lack of newspaper articles (Publicity) on our activities. Please volunteer if you can help.

Member News

Birthdays for August & September, 2009

Pray for their recovery

Grace Guidry, Georgia Krejci, Charlotte Carlson, Georgiana & Julius Nowak, Hattie Ries, Harry Wolff, Edward Bartniski, Ron Hollas, Dorothy & Herman Pospisil, Melvin Pollock (Arkansas), Jacque & Melvin Holchak, Dennis Hudec, Nancy Zurek, B Jean Saecheli, Simon Bartos.

Our Sympathy to the family of

Ethel Arrington on the death of her husband, Arthur Lee

Gay Collette on the death of her husband, Pete

Mary Hacker on the death of her brother, Msgr Leroy Braden

Velma Bonura on the death of her eldest daughter, Marie Therese McBride

Cindy Brady on her death on June 26, 2009

Elaine Westfahl on the death of her sister, Mrs. Swatek

Lillian Kujawa on the death of her brother-in-law Henry Mikalejewski, Sr.

Adelle Mensik on the death of her brother Henry Rosenbaum

Dorothy Scotka on the death of his brother George R. Bienski

Congratulations

50^th wedding anniversary

Dorothy and Norbert Scotka, June 27, 2009

Georgiana and Julius Novak, August 9, 2009

Lillian and Adolph Kujawa, September 5, 2009

Bessie and Eugene Vasek, September 5, 2009

25^th wedding anniversary

Annette and Keith Swallers, July 20, 2009

.And

Father Bill Bartniski on his 42nd year of ordination, May 27, 2009

Humor Section - “It’s Hard to Get Old”

Couple in their nineties is both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember...

Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure....’

'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks...
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too.

Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.

Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it!  Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'

Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs... She stares at the plate for a moment.

'Where's my toast?'

Next Meeting

Tuesday September 1, 2009

Marian Hall

Refreshments 6:30 pm

Meeting 7:15 pm 

Hospitality

May-August: Helen Torres

Question!!

What do you think of changing the date of  the Christmas Party from Dec 1 to Dec ?  to afford Father Bill the opportunity to attend?