Carol Bogacz - carol.cz400@gmail.com
Connie Dronette - conniecda@yahoo.com
Peggy Guckin - MMG721@aol.com
M. Susan Champion Hicks - WisconsinCDA@aol.com
Rose Holschlag - randrholschlag@earthlink.net
Debbie Lattus - lattusdl@gmail.com
Carolyn Malik - cdacarol@sbcglobal.net
Pamela J. Poland
Marialice Sagan - msagan2011@hotmail.com
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NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Circle of Love
Spiritual Enhancement Connie Dronette & Pamela Poland
Quality of Life Carol Bogacz
Family Essie Walker
Leadership Sherry Nilles
Education Marialice Sagan
Youth/JCDA Debbie Lattus & Susan Hicks
Legislation Margaret Sitte
Committees
Campus Courts Peggy Guckin & Susan Hicks
Membership and Court Development Emily Guilherme &
Susan Moné
Projects and Charities Emily Guilherme
Habitat for Humanity Rose Holschlag
Website Pamela Poland
Ceremonials Susan Moné
Standing Rules Peggy Guckin
Resolutions Susan Hicks & Rose Holschlag
Grants/Proposals Susan Hicks
Newsletter Susan Moné
Tools of the Trade National Officers
Bylaws Susan Hicks, Carolyn Malik & Sherry Nilles
1903 Sherry Nilles
2020 Convention Chair Carolyn Malik
State Representatives
Olga Samaniego, TX, Alaska, Mexico, Guam
Sherry Nilles, IA, Puerto Rico, New York, Idaho, Virgin Islands
Essie Walker, NC, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Emily Guilherme, CA, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Peru
Susan Moné, AZ, Montana, California, South Dakota, Kenya
Carol Bogacz, WV, Florida, Connecticut, Tennessee, Indiana
Connie Dronette, LA, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon
Peggy Guckin, PA, Illinois, Alabama, North Carolina
Rose Holschlag, IA, New Hampshire, Vermont, Arkansas
Susan Hicks, WI, Michigan, Maryland, Washington
Debbie Lattus, MD, DC, Oklahoma, Arizona, Virginia
Carolyn Malik, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado
Marialice Sagan, MI, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Kentucky
Pamela J. Poland, VT, Ohio, Nebraska, West Virginia, Kansas
A Message from Our National Chaplain
Most Reverend Brendan J. Cahill, S.T.D.
National Chaplain
We Never Walk Alone
This January a group of 63 people from our diocese of Victoria joined a pilgrimage to Washington, DC to participate in
the annual March for Life. In Washington we marched with tens of thousands of other people from around the nation.
The Catholic Daughters were well-represented on this trip, a non-violent presence to promote the value of every person
and challenge our leaders to stand up for a culture of life and respect.
Now we are in the Easter season and my mind goes back to those days. Sometimes we may feel overwhelmed by the
challenges we face. I definitely remember feeling during those days in January that sometimes the problems in the world, and even in my own Church, seem so overwhelming. Yet in the midst of the darkness the light of Jesus enters in and offers true hope and healing. Look at the story of the Easter tomb for insight. Mary and the women were overwhelmed with grief – their whole world had fallen apart. The one they loved and followed was no longer with them, and they must not have been able to see the next day (or maybe even the next hour). What to do but to go to the grave and mourn? Can you imagine the difference in their walking between the heavy weight of grief and the lightness of joy on the return home? The difference could be attributed to the personal, real presence of Jesus – not only does he appear risen from the dead, he also promises to walk
the road with us.
This seems to me the source of strength and hope each day. Each of us can probably identify with the following – I have my own weaknesses and fear, sometimes I walk the road with my face down and don’t even know what the next hour will bring – Jesus Christ comes to each of us in these times and promises that we never walk alone!
My dear sisters, in this Easter season let us lift one another up by looking at the presence of Jesus all around us. First, He
has given each of us the gift of the Holy Spirit. We are the true presence of hope to one another. Think about how much
it meant when someone prayed for you in a difficult time – or even the humility when someone thanks you for the card
or prayer you sent them in a time of need. Jesus Christ walks the road and makes the path a little lighter each day.
Second, He is present in His community, the Church. When we gather and pray in the Eucharist the power of the Risen
Lord is completely present. This presence we carry intothe streets of our life I thought about again looking backat the March for Life in January. We celebrated the Eucharist in a hotel meeting room with our group from Texas, we marched with tens of thousands in Washington and celebrated a large Mass in the Basilica the night before the March, and we encountered people at restaurants, on the Metro and at the hotel – all of these were events of carrying the presence of the Risen Lord to the streets of our life.Well, you’ve now filled me with hope and joy – mayGod bless you and your families in this Easter season and may you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit in the Pentecost!+
We want all Catholic Daughters of the Americas to head to Texas for the next National Convention to be
held July 15-19, 2020, at the downtown Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. There will be tours and lots of
neat stores at which to shop. Hey, ladies, check this out - Neiman Marcus is only one city block from the
convention site! You can visit the George Bush Presidential Library as well as the 6th Floor Museum from which Lee Harvey Oswald sat himself down to shoot John F. Kennedy. Lots of history here as well.
So, be sure to save the date and mark your calendars because you will not want to miss out on guessing
“WHO IS THE REAL MINNIE PEARL?
”More information will be forthcoming.
The Newly-Installed National Board (National Director Michele Bowman could not be present for picture because of injury.) Please keep all of them in your prayers and wish them well!