Our Lady of Perpetual Adoration

Court 2481, Gervais, Oregon

It’s not every day that we have one of our members celebrating being a Catholic Daughter member for 70 years.  Rose joined Junior Catholic Daughters in Stayton when she was 18.  We are so fortunate to have her as a member of our Court.  Here is Mary Grassman doing the formal pinning.  Congratulations Rose! 

Let Rose be an inspiration to all of us!
 

Under the patronage of the Blessed Mother, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas are united by their faith in Jesus Christ, in their devotion to the church and the Holy See.

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas.  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.” The group was formed over 100 years ago and today numbers 66,000 dues-paying members in 1,150 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Kenya, and Peru.

Catholic Daughter women enjoy each other’s company at meetings and work hard for their parishes and communities.

Deeply spiritual, together they share faith, love of God and a distinctly feminine spirituality alluded to by Pope John Paul II when he spoke of the necessity of “feminine genius” in today’s world.  The program includes concerns of today’s church and society as well as issues that affect the well-being of women and children. 

The Legislative Program encourages interested members to learn about laws that may influence their faith and to contact their state representatives to make their personal positions known through Operation Morning Star [The Catholic Daughters of the Americas does not endorse political candidates].

Girls and young women ages 6-18 can join the Junior Catholic Daughters of the Americas. 
Young college women can become members of Campus Courts at some universities.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Our Lady of Perpetual Adoration, Court #2481, Gervais OR,  congratulates the 2022 Vivian Duda Memorial Scholarship winner, Isabel Contreras. 

Isabel has been awarded $2,000.  Isabel is a graduate of Gervais High School and has  completed her freshman year of college at the University of Portland (Oregon).  She was on the Fall & Spring Dean's list.  She will continue toward her Nursing Degree this fall at U of P. 

Click Here to Read the March 2022 Letter from Our State Chaplain, Father James Herrera

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At the April 2022 meeting, the members voted to support these charities for the coming year:

Catholic Relief Services
In 1943 this international project was started to provide assistance to the people in the poorest parts of the world. CRS reaches out to more than 100 countries with support such as food, medical supplies and religious assistance.

Smile Train
The Smile Train is an international charity dedicated to helping the millions of children in the world who suffer from cleft lip and palate through free surgery for children, free training for doctors, and research to find a cure. This life-changing surgery is truly a modern day miracle. It gives these children a new smile and a second chance in life. 100 % of the donations goes for the program and 0% to overhead. The average cost per surgery is presently $250 and takes about 45 minutes

Missionaries of Charity
On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI.