Spring 2005
Texas JCDA State
Officers
Angela Harmon
State President
3010 Piccadilly Court
Garland, TX 75044
Whitney Quitta
State 1st Vice President
217 Park Drive
La Grange, TX 78945
Carol Filip
State 2nd Vice President
621 South Annie Street
Shiner, Texas 77984
Rachel Verm
State Secretary
106 Meadow Lane
Sealy, TX 77474
Rebecca Wicke
State Reporter
P.O. Box 283
East Bernard, TX 77435
Carolyn Malik
JCDA State Chairman
P.O. Box 243
Shiner, TX 77984
Linsay Kolar
JCDA Vice Chairman
3108 Glenview Ave.
Austin, TX 78703
CONGRATULATIONS!
Court Queen of Glory #2485 Houston, Texas
Instituted February 12, 2005 –
With Yolanda Hernandez as Charter Chairperson.
Joan Malek is CDA Regent of the new JCDA Court.
February 13, 2005
What did your court do to celebrate National JCDA Day? The State Court would like to hear from all the courts that held special activities. Please send us the details of your events with pictures so we can put them in the State Scrapbook or SHARE magazine.
Court Madre de Dios #2068, Channelview, hosted a bake sale at their church to help raise money for convention and retreat expenses. They are still busy collecting goods for their baby drive.
Besides planning a wonderful, fun-filled convention, the ladies of Court Annunciation #1962 in La Grange, Texas, just finished several local projects. The Giddings State School Project involved wrapping gifts and putting together goody bags for
the residents of the State school. On their annual visit to Marywood the girls delivered baby items for the residents.
In Shiner, Texas, Court St. Paul #1604, wrapped up 2004 by attending mass together. They also completed their craft project for the home bound of their parish and Nursing home residents which was part of their Make a Difference Day project. Instead of having a Christmas gift exchange amongst the court, the girls voted to bring a gift for needy children for the local Blue Santa program.
Court Mary St. John #2197, Baytown, has been keeping busy by volunteering at the KC Christmas Lot, singing Christmas carols and delivering Christmas cards to the nursing home. For New Years, the girls opted to have a sleepover and partied together all night! They just wrapped up their candle fundraiser.
MORE STATE NEWS-----
Court Ancillae Mariae #1886 in Crosby, Texas has been busy this new year hosting a JCDA Luncheon and Jewelry Show after mass in their Parish Center. All the proceeds benefited breast cancer research. In January, the group took a field trip to the IMAX in Houston and also helped with the Eastern Deanery Meeting by providing covered dishes and helping serve food. This spring the court is looking forward to having a Lenten retreat at Circle Lake.
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TO THE FOLLOWING
JUNIORS OF
COURT ST. PAUL #1604,
SHINER, TEXAS
WHO RECEIVED THEIR RELIGIOUS RECOGNITION MEDALS ON SUNDAY, NATIONAL JCDA DAY FEBRUARY 13, 2005 DURING THE 7:30 A.M. MASS. FR. BOB KNIPPENBERG, CHAPLAIN, BLESSED AND PRESENTED THE MEDALS TO THE FOLLOWING:
FAMILY OF GOD
MARY ADAMEK
BETHANY POKLUDA
EMILY POKLUDA
AND
I LIVE MY FAITH
BETHANY POKLUDA
MICHELE CAKA
ASHLEY KLOESEL
SHELLY KRESTA
STACEY PEREZ
ALEXA SCHAEFER
--CONVENTION UPDATES--
The call to the convention will be mailed prior to March 1. If you do not receive your packet of information, please contact the JCDA State Chairman.
Remember to make your hotel reservations early. We are allotted a certain number of rooms. However, more are available if reservations are made well in advance.
REMEMBER: Deadline for early registration is May 13th. Be sure to direct all convention registration information to:
PEGGY SUPAK, La Grange, Texas.
DOOR PRIZES and RAFFLE PRIZES are needed for the JCDA State Convention to be held in Austin, June 24-26, 2005. Please contact the JCDA State Chairman with any donations you may have. Also, ask your senior courts to make a contribution to the prizes to support the junior program.
FRIDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT------
The Catholic Rock Band CRISPIN will again be performing for your evening entertainment. They are excited about the opportunity to once again perform for the Juniors in Texas. They have added many new attractions to their performances. Hope to see all of you at the convention.
SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET SPEAKER------
Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, CDA State Chaplain, Bishop of the Diocese of Austin, Texas. He is a vibrant and exciting speaker. Don’t miss out on all the fun this convention has in store for YOU.
Don’t forget to send in your newspaper articles, pictures, etc. to the JCDA State Reporter Rebecca Wicke. Please make an effort to send at least two articles of your projects per year to be included in the JCDA State Scrapbook. This book will be on display during the convention along with the other local court scrapbooks.
Happy Birthday!!!
Whitney Quitta – April 30
Rachel Verm –
June 3
Rebecca Wicke – July 22