State Officer Goals and Activities for the 2009-2011 Term

Your State Officers can help your Court grow to its full potential. Here are just some of the ways they help Courts grow.

• Goals

  • To continue to offer opportunities for spiritual growth for all Catholic women through The Catholic Daughters of the Americas through prayer services and retreats
  • To introduce women's health issues and the importance to take care of ourselves and each other physically, mentally, and spiritually
  • To assist/comfort our CDA sisters in there times of need, sickness, sorrow, and share in the laughter of their joy and happiness
  • To encourage courts to seek out a variety of activities so that some will include family involvement and spark interest for ALL generations of Catholic Daughters
  • To continue to increase in membership by retaining our current members and seek areas for new courts including the areas of campus courts
  • To have the courage to recognize the leadership abilities in others and ourselves
  • To work with our brother Knights of Columbus on a combined state project
  • To initiate the process for a 3rd Habitat Build in Texas

• Activities

  • Offer the services of our State Spiritual Enhancement Chairman, State Chaplain, and JCDA State Chaplain for multi-district retreats and/or spiritual talks
  • Introduce a new state chairmanship State Activities Chairman to help members coordinate events in their areas to promote health and family involvement
  • Introduce a new state chairmanship State Chairman for Campus Courts to assist those DDs with campus courts and encourage involvement and interaction with local CDA courts and the campus courts
  • Continue to offer court incentives for increasing membership
  • Continue to recognize those members with the St. Bernadine of Siena Award for Court Development
  • Continue to provide support through our CDA Out Reach Program for courts who are struggling and to offer structure for newly instituted courts
  • Provide leadership workshops to develop and encourage our future CDA leaders
  • Begin a 3rd Habitat Build in Texas during this term
  • Know that we are women of God and show our charity through our actions and our words as we are called to. . ."Do Whatever He Tells You" John 2:5