The Past is our Prologue . . . 1960
“As everyone who appreciates fine music knows, the overture is only part of the concert. And in their symphony of service to others, the Catholic Daughters’ first 50 years in Texas may be likened to the overture – the exciting, stirring, opening passages of music that herald the major movements to come. Viewed in another way, this Golden Anniversary (subordinate courts) is neither the end of one era nor the beginning of another, but merely a bridge across the present that is anchored in both the past and the future.
Spiritually as well as physically and financially, the work of the past continues through the present and cannot help being projected on into the future. Illustrations of this theme may be found in the work of every Court.
Many courts now sponsor Junior Catholic Daughters of America and also Juniorettes who are earning and practicing unity and charity into womanhood.
Leaving out the physical aspects of the many buildings the Catholic Daughters have helped construct through donations, it may be pointed out that the sponsoring of Juniors who in turn will sponsor others later, and the continuing prayers for vocations, are typically examples of how the original work of a half-century ago is being perpetuated.
Thus, does the past become merely the prologue.”
Reverend Msgr. Frederick O. Beck, State Chaplain