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September 13, 2018All 11 Courts of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) were represented at the annual Oklahoma state workshop held Aug. 18 at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Oklahoma City.
This year’s workshop theme was titled, “Lessons from a Cupcake.”
When the workshop began, the ladies started decorating the cakes, adding a combination of toppings. Once the cupcakes were completed, each of the state court officers explained how the appearance, taste, touch and smell of the cupcake relates to each of the ladies, quoting verses in the Bible such as Job 27:3 and Matthew 5:13.
Some examples included:
Flavor – “If we don’t live our life like Christians, how will the world ever tell the difference between us and those who don’t know Christ? They will not be able to recognize our flavor.”
Sweetness – “There are 47 synonyms for the word, ‘sweet,’ including kind, generous, fair, patient, considerate and thoughtful. These are qualities that show Christ’s love for others through us. In Wisdom 16:21, ‘For this substance of yours revealed your sweetness toward your children and serving their desire of the one who received it, was changed to whatever flavor each one wished.’ In the prayer, Hail Holy Queen, it says, ‘Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our Life, Our Sweetness, and our Hope.’”
A silent auction was held with several CDA items up for bid as well as other items donated by many of the courts. A total of $364 was raised. They money will go toward the Theological Fund for the Samarians.
The Past Regent’s Club also held a raffle for a handmade quilt. The money raised will go toward the Porta Caeli House in Tulsa.
The Circle of Love Program Awards were given at the workshop.
Circle of Love Award winners:
Quality of Life – Saint Jude’s Court, Lawton
Spiritual Enhancement – Saint Mary’s Court, Guthrie
Youth/JCDA – Saint Mary’s Court – Guthrie
Family - Salve Regina’s Court – El Reno
The CDA 2019 state convention will be May 3-5 at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Oklahoma City.
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas. There are members in 45 states and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Kenya and Peru.
They donate to charities, administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.”
The CDA motto is “unity and charity.”
To learn more about CDA, go online to www.catholicdaughters.org or ask your parish about a CDA in your area.
Jolene Schonchin is a freelance writer for the Sooner Catholic.
