Connie Hunsinger Regent Editor Judy Swortz

hunsinger@juno.com 253 582-0877 May 2015 253 582-0373

Court News Our Lady of the Lakes #1850

In Unity and Charity

Serving South Tacoma and Lakewood Washington

Calendar of Events

2015

May 1 One million rosaries for the unborn

sponsored by St Michael The Archangel

May 7 Regular Meeting

Rosary at 5:30 Meeting at 6 pm

St John Bosco Parish

Bunco Party and Potluck!

May 16,17 Bake Sale at SFC

Bring your baked goods prior to Mass on

May 16! Offer to help sell the baked goods!

Dear Sisters in Christ,

This is our last newsletter until September. (Remember we meet from

September to May). After a short meeting we will play Bunco beginning

at 7 pm. This is a potluck so please bring finger foods. There will be

short informational meeting about the convention.

Please consider running for office this upcoming year. We have the sum-

mer to think and pray about serving others. Please consider doing this.

We all need to take our turn and there is lots of help.

Life has a way of catching up with us and the month of April was a very

busy for us. Anna Clark of the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center in

Seattle, addressed our group at the April meeting. It was well attended

and revealing to all of us; learning about human trafficking.

We also had the privilege of helping our fellow sister Shirley Kapala with

the funeral of her husband Mike who passed away in April. It was a happy

occasion to help out and a sad occasion saying good bye to our good

friend and helper.

Diane Cloquet, Bonnie Manning, Marcia Marshall and I attended the

CDA State Convention in Vancouver last week. Our Court received many

accolades and we learned a lot. We will share this information with you.

May is the month of Mary. Look to her for your guidance

Fondly… In Christ, Connie Hunsinger

Mission Statement of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas

The purposes of the organization are to participate in the religious, charitable and educational aposto-lates of the Church. Catholic Daughters of the Americas engage in creative and spiritual programs which provide its members with the opportunity to develop their God-given talents in meaningful ways that positively influence the welfare of the Church and all people throughout the world. Catholic Daughters of the Americas strive to embrace the principal of faith working through love in the promo-tion of justice, equality the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

A humble thank you to all of you CDA members

for your prayers, your support and your love during this difficult

time! There are really no words to express my thanks for all of you

do and have done for our family!

Knowing that without a doubt we could count on you , knowing

your Circle of Love was at work within all of us means the world to

me.

I could feel Our Lady’s love, her arms around me in your

presence near me.

With Love, Shirley Kapala.

Connie Hunsinger at the state convention!

CDA #1850 P.O. BOX 39198

TACOMA, WA 98439-0198 Regent Connie Hunsinger 253 582-0877 hunsinger@juno.com 10101 120 St SW Lakewood, WA 98948 Recording Secretary Margarita Pedraza 253 582-0135 no email cell253 302-1220 7112 Turquoise Dr SW Lakewood, WA 98498 Alternate Recording Secretary Stefanie Kizer cell 253 906 5176 253 536-9287 stephkizer@comcast.net Treasurer Mary Lou Lachowsky 253 983-1713 no email 10609 Russell Road Lakewood, WA 98499

Vice Regent Diane Cloquet 253 983-0885 chenamus@comcast.net 7510 88th Ave SW Lakewood, WA 98498 Financial Secretary Ruth Newhouse 253 582-2819 no email 8217 88th St Ct SW Lakewood, WA 98498 Alternate Financial Secretary Position unfilled please consider helping out Alternate Treasurer Kathy Spencer 253 584-7988 kathy_spencer@hotmail.com

Chaplain Father Armando Red St Frances Cabrini 253 588-2141

Pray for Shirley Kapala whose husband Mike died in April. Keep Sarah and Bill Jones in your prayers. Pray for our friend and fellow CDA member Terry Roy and her family. Pray for Elaine Crouse. Pray for Mary Ann Van Camp, and her husband George as they journey through life. Think of our sister Betty Flieg and her husband Stan who is at Manor Care.

Please pray for all of those who need our prayers, those in a state of depression, those in chronic pain, those suffering from disease. Pray for those in the military, those whose families are far from them. Think of our housebound members and call them.

Pray for those alone in life. Reading this article is also a prayer… Please pray the rosary.

If you want to send a mass card, please contact Sunshine Chair Pat Smith at 253 389-4180 The cards come from the National Basilica in Washington DC. The cards are $3.00 about the same as any card.

Happy Birthdays Fran Liebert, May 6 LuVerne Bender, May 13 Diana Sullivan, May 15 Marge Howard, May 22 Mary Ann VanCamp, May 24 Ruth Newhouse, May 28

If your birthday is not here, call Judy

at 253 582-0373!

Catholic Daughters of the Americas strives to embrace the principles of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality and the advancement of human rights and human dignity.

DUES CAN BE PAID

ANYTIME! CDA dues for 2015 can be paid

anytime now.

Please make your check for

$25.00

payable to:

CDA #1850 PO Box 39198

Tacoma, WA 98349-0198

You can bring your check to

the meeting!

Bake Sale 16 & 17

at SFC! Bake Sale is at St Frances Cabrini after

5 pm Mass on Saturday and 8,11 &

12:30 masses on Sunday.

We hope you will cheerfully participate by donating to our

cause, bringing and buying baked goods in April, May and June!

Do not forget our cause! The children of St Frances Cabrini

School benefit.

Package in no less than 6 cookies each wrapped and priced.

(unless they are giant). Please identify your items if they have

nuts and price them before bringing them in.

We thank you in advance for your hard work baking and hope

you can keep this up!

This bake sale helps us achieve our goals! .

The Circle of Love

CDA emblem

In Unity, In Charity

Helping Hands R Us.

May 1, 2015 One Million Rosary Campaign to end abortion

The Saint Michael the Archangel Organization of Memphis Tennessee stated that on this day over 38,000

people have agreed to pray the rosary on behalf of the unborn.

This organization is organizing a spiritual battle for the end of the surgical and non-surgical killing of the

unborn.

It is anticipated that universally people from many countries will simultaneously pray the rosary for the un-

born on May 1.

This effort is one in which we have participated the past five years. Despite the ongoing pain and suffering,

we need to rejoice! Because of Easter we have to remember the risen Christ!!

Many members of our court have actively supported this effort and it follows, that we continue to do so, since

our efforts are to support those whose lives are most vulnerable.

St Michael leads armies of angels against Satan, leader of the army of God and protector. A serious saint, an

angel of those who want to end evil. This is the saint to whom we ask for intervention of evil.

This effort is supported by the American Catholic Bishops.

"I encourage the faithful to seek the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe...by praying the Rosary for the pro-tection of unborn praying the Rosary for the protection of unborn human life through the campaign human life through the campaign of the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization." Archbishop (now Cardinal) Raymond Burke in 2008

Holy Father’s Intentions

May 2015

Universal: That rejecting the

culture of indifference, we may

care for our neighbors who suffer, especially

the sick and the poor.

Evangelization: That Mary’s intercessions

may help Christians in secularized cultures be

ready to proclaim Jesus.

Know How to Listen

and Act on What You

Learn!

Try these tactics in your

everyday life. If and when you ask your

neighbors and co-workers how

they are... really listen! Act accordingly.

Take the time to be and listen to a hurting friend.

Take time to notice others’ hard work and thank

them for what they do.

Take time to pray for others.

Be supportive of others in their time of need.

Have no fear, smile at everyone.

CDA COOK-

BOOKS These cookbooks are from mem-

bers of CDA state wide and are

for sale at the bake sales and from the

members of Catholic Daughters. There are

fabulous recipes, good ideas and are fun to read.

Call Connie Hunsinger at 253 582-0877 or email

her at hunsinger@juno.com.

Kellie Schneider and Connie Hunsinger

Diane Cloquet and Rosemarie Lewis.

Our April meeting with Anna Clark of the

Intercommunity Peace Justice Center in Seat-

tle, was informational for all of us. Human

dignity, the ability to choose an occupation and

be paid for it are part of an anti-slavery cam-

paign.

Economic, political and social reasons in-

clude “slave labor” work that enslaves

men, women and children in agriculture,

industries and the sex trade.

The international migration of people

searching for a better life can turn into a

nightmare with the scourge of trafficking

and forcing people to work in less than

ideal conditions for little or no money and

substandard living conditions.

We tend to think that cheap clothing, cheap

food have no adverse consequences. We

need to be aware of where and how our

food and goods are made.

Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and

Pope Francis all have looked at human

rights and the globalization of industry.

STATE AWARDS TO

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES #1850

At the 46th Biennial State Convention.

3rd Place Legislative

2nd Place for the Newsletter.

From the Circle of Love we received:

2nd place for the National Projects

3rd place for Leadership.

From the Education Contest we received:

2nd place in Poetry Division 1: Chloe Mau gets $30.00

3rd Place Essay Division 1: Stephanie Hillyer gets

$20.00.

These education certificates will be given out on

June 12 at St Frances Cabrini.

Awards

At the state convention: l-r Bonnie Manning, Connie Hunsinger,

Diane Cloquet and Marcia Marshall.

Photo to the right:

Diane Cloquet and Connie Hunsinger