Catholic Daughters
The monthly meeting of Court Mother Seton 2513 was called to order by Regent Patricia Potratz on Monday, 10/01/2018 at 7:04 PM in the Knights of Columbus Hall. All of the officers were present, except Sonja Jacobs. The minutes of the September meeting were presented and a motion to approve was made by Janine Stevens and 2nd and approved with RMH date 10-26. The Minutes will be filed for the record by the Recording Secretary, Cheryl Eberle.
Guests: Olivia Yates and Laura
New Member Pledge: Virginia Cruz Avalos and Olivia Yates
Membership: TBD
Correspondence received: “Mama Dog, No longer by my side, Forever in my heart”, card from Fr Dennis Smith expressing thank you to the court for the lovely card and words of comfort and consolation on the passing of his pet dog. Items of correspondence will be added to our display frame.
Correspondence from State/National, Cynthia Pettit, Vice Regent: “Fun” D Calendar October 2018-19 for drawings was presented.
By General Consent, the following bills were submitted/approved for payment: none
Treasurer’s Report: Roberta Walker stated that we had a Bank balance of $6855.41 as of 10/01/2018.
Mass Cards available at every meeting: See Rosalind Barbera $2.50 each to support the CDA scholarship fund. Nationally, $42,000 was raised for scholarships from Mass cards.
Worthy Regent Patty Potratz: Motions made will be written down by Recording Secretary, Cheryl Eberle, then at the end of the meeting, the person who made the motion will sign it. Pie bake and Catholic Daughter aprons, fundraiser information shared and discussed. Sue Laux has the sign-up sheets for volunteers to take orders after Mass. Murielly McAllister currently mails the Mass cards for every court member’s birthday but this is the last month that she will be serving in this position so pray if you are being called to this service. Calling all streamstress/crafters to make a gift with the concept of prayers for Fr Dennis for the Installation Mass in 2020. Discussion took place. Alana Demma will consult her friend who does crafts to gather more info on this gift project. Janine Stevens and Carol Govers volunteered to serve as Co-Chairpersons. Rosary Crusade Oct 13, 11:50am-1:50pm in front of DeVivo’s on Hwy 377. America for Fatima. Flyers are in the back of the room for more info. Catholic Daughters and our families will attend Mass on Sunday 9:00am Mass on Oct 7. We will wear our white and sit in the corded off pews.
NEW BUSINESS:
RCIA: The needed books have been donated to Dr Tim Brennan for this year (Catechism of the Catholic Church) therefore the Motion 5: by Janine Stevens to buy the CCC books with an amount not to exceed $300 is removed at this time.
Upcoming Events and Reminders
Pro Life Support: The 31st annual Life Chain is Sunday Oct 7 from 2:00-3:30pm. Catholic Daughters will meet in front of Rosa’s Café on Hwy 377. Signs will be supplied. See Sue Laux for more info on National Life Chain Sunday.
Ronald McDonald House: Catholic Daughters will participate in the Meals from the Heart program by serving a breakfast on Friday morning on Oct 26th at 7:25am. Contact is Sonja Jacobs.
PregnancyHelp4U: Tour is scheduled for any court members who would want to tour their new facility on Oct 17, 2018 at 2:00pm. Email if you are interested. Also $25 for tickets to their Oct 30 annual Tea fundraiser.
Magnificat Breakfast: $20 per ticket, see Darlene Scheffer
Dinner with Serra’s (Supports Priests, Seminarians, and Religious) on Oct 16th at 6:30pm at Mexican Inn in Bedford.
March for Life: Allie Maroney, Events Coordinator is asking for help with March for Life in Washington this year. Discussed. Motion 7: Sue Laux made a motion that we donate $600 to March for Life, 2nd, voted and motion passed
Specialty License Plates: Catholic Daughters specialty license plates interest is being accumulated. 800 signatures are needed. They are $30 in addition but $22 of that will go back to Catholic Daughters of Texas, per District Deputy Debbie Braymer. All courts are gathering the number of members who are interested in this. If interested, sign-up at the table.
October birthdays: Roberta Walker, Carol Vaughn, Priscilla Baltazar, and Tunie Burke. (musical notes: Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, God bless you, happy birthday to you!! (musical notes)
November 5th, Monday: CDA Monthly Business Meeting is on the 1st Monday of the month. Bring a friend or new member.
Financial Review: Per District Deputy Debbie Braymer, this needs to be scheduled, due in October.
Parliamentarian: Mary Rios was serving as the court Parliamentarian. There is training for this position and each court needs one. This position is now open so think about it and let us know per District Deputy Debbie Braymer.
Winners for drawing: Virginia Cruz Avalos won a Heartsongs CD by Kathy Troccoli, Mary Giordano won a Matthew Kelly book Resisting Happiness, and Lisa Arth won a Matthew Kelly book Perfecting Yourself
Adoration: Adoration is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and there is a need for people to sign up to cover the afternoons from 3:00pm to 6:00pm or if enough people don’t volunteer it may need to be discontinued. Leaflets of info are on the entrance table.
Taking pie orders after Masses: Sat Oct 27, Sun Oct 28, Sat Nov 3, Sun Nov 4, Sat Nov 10, Sun Nov 11. Thank you to Sue Laux for coordinating sign-ups.
Pie bake/distribution: Pie bake on Sat Nov 17, then distribution will be on Sun Nov 18
Guests: Olivia Yates and Laura
New Member Pledge: Virginia Cruz Avalos and Olivia Yates
Membership: TBD
Correspondence received: “Mama Dog, No longer by my side, Forever in my heart”, card from Fr Dennis Smith expressing thank you to the court for the lovely card and words of comfort and consolation on the passing of his pet dog. Items of correspondence will be added to our display frame.
Correspondence from State/National, Cynthia Pettit, Vice Regent: “Fun” D Calendar October 2018-19 for drawings was presented.
By General Consent, the following bills were submitted/approved for payment: none
Treasurer’s Report: Roberta Walker stated that we had a Bank balance of $6855.41 as of 10/01/2018.
Mass Cards available at every meeting: See Rosalind Barbera $2.50 each to support the CDA scholarship fund. Nationally, $42,000 was raised for scholarships from Mass cards.
Worthy Regent Patty Potratz: Motions made will be written down by Recording Secretary, Cheryl Eberle, then at the end of the meeting, the person who made the motion will sign it. Pie bake and Catholic Daughter aprons, fundraiser information shared and discussed. Sue Laux has the sign-up sheets for volunteers to take orders after Mass. Murielly McAllister currently mails the Mass cards for every court member’s birthday but this is the last month that she will be serving in this position so pray if you are being called to this service. Calling all streamstress/crafters to make a gift with the concept of prayers for Fr Dennis for the Installation Mass in 2020. Discussion took place. Alana Demma will consult her friend who does crafts to gather more info on this gift project. Janine Stevens and Carol Govers volunteered to serve as Co-Chairpersons. Rosary Crusade Oct 13, 11:50am-1:50pm in front of DeVivo’s on Hwy 377. America for Fatima. Flyers are in the back of the room for more info. Catholic Daughters and our families will attend Mass on Sunday 9:00am Mass on Oct 7. We will wear our white and sit in the corded off pews.
NEW BUSINESS:
RCIA: The needed books have been donated to Dr Tim Brennan for this year (Catechism of the Catholic Church) therefore the Motion 5: by Janine Stevens to buy the CCC books with an amount not to exceed $300 is removed at this time.
Upcoming Events and Reminders
Pro Life Support: The 31st annual Life Chain is Sunday Oct 7 from 2:00-3:30pm. Catholic Daughters will meet in front of Rosa’s Café on Hwy 377. Signs will be supplied. See Sue Laux for more info on National Life Chain Sunday.
Ronald McDonald House: Catholic Daughters will participate in the Meals from the Heart program by serving a breakfast on Friday morning on Oct 26th at 7:25am. Contact is Sonja Jacobs.
PregnancyHelp4U: Tour is scheduled for any court members who would want to tour their new facility on Oct 17, 2018 at 2:00pm. Email if you are interested. Also $25 for tickets to their Oct 30 annual Tea fundraiser.
Magnificat Breakfast: $20 per ticket, see Darlene Scheffer
Dinner with Serra’s (Supports Priests, Seminarians, and Religious) on Oct 16th at 6:30pm at Mexican Inn in Bedford.
March for Life: Allie Maroney, Events Coordinator is asking for help with March for Life in Washington this year. Discussed. Motion 7: Sue Laux made a motion that we donate $600 to March for Life, 2nd, voted and motion passed
Specialty License Plates: Catholic Daughters specialty license plates interest is being accumulated. 800 signatures are needed. They are $30 in addition but $22 of that will go back to Catholic Daughters of Texas, per District Deputy Debbie Braymer. All courts are gathering the number of members who are interested in this. If interested, sign-up at the table.
October birthdays: Roberta Walker, Carol Vaughn, Priscilla Baltazar, and Tunie Burke. (musical notes: Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, God bless you, happy birthday to you!! (musical notes)
November 5th, Monday: CDA Monthly Business Meeting is on the 1st Monday of the month. Bring a friend or new member.
Financial Review: Per District Deputy Debbie Braymer, this needs to be scheduled, due in October.
Parliamentarian: Mary Rios was serving as the court Parliamentarian. There is training for this position and each court needs one. This position is now open so think about it and let us know per District Deputy Debbie Braymer.
Winners for drawing: Virginia Cruz Avalos won a Heartsongs CD by Kathy Troccoli, Mary Giordano won a Matthew Kelly book Resisting Happiness, and Lisa Arth won a Matthew Kelly book Perfecting Yourself
Adoration: Adoration is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and there is a need for people to sign up to cover the afternoons from 3:00pm to 6:00pm or if enough people don’t volunteer it may need to be discontinued. Leaflets of info are on the entrance table.
Taking pie orders after Masses: Sat Oct 27, Sun Oct 28, Sat Nov 3, Sun Nov 4, Sat Nov 10, Sun Nov 11. Thank you to Sue Laux for coordinating sign-ups.
Pie bake/distribution: Pie bake on Sat Nov 17, then distribution will be on Sun Nov 18
