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August, 2019
Chaplain’s Message
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Virgin
Mary into
Heaven, body and soul. She is the Mother of Jesus Christ and
the
Mother of the Church. This feast has been brought to the
solemn
declaration in 1950. However, the practice of this feast seems
to have
been celebrated in Palestine sometime in the 6th century, known
as the
“Falling Asleep of the Mother of God.” As we celebrate this
feast, we, as
Catholics, need to be reminded of our ultimate destiny to be
resurrected with our body in heaven with God and with our
Blessed
Virgin. Together with her Son, she is the beginning of the world
with
grace. For in her womb, we found the Fountain of Life, Jesus
Christ, the
beginning of grace flowing to all of us, to nurture us in our
daily life on
earth. In her assumption, we found hope of eternal life.
Catholic
Daughters of the Americas should always look up to her as the
model of
faith and life. For she is the patroness of the Catholic
Daughters of the
Americas. May each member remember to ask her to intercede for
the
Church, for our parish, for your family and for each of you.
Thank you for your faithfulness to the mission of the Church and
of
Catholic Daughters of the Americas,
Fr. Justin
Local Court Officers
Chaplain: Father Justin Nguyen
P.O. Box 1062
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
512-858-5667 x203
[email protected]
Regent: Kat Berbel
275 Lonely Pine Cove
Driftwood, TX 78619
512-922-1590
[email protected]
Vice Regent: Myra Alilain
Recording Secretary: Cindy Falbo
410 Brentwood Drive
Austin, TX 78737
512-900-0524
[email protected]
Financial Secretary: Sylvia Blancarte
320 Carrol Lane
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
512-554-2435
[email protected]
Treasurer & Newsletter Editor: Allison Rice
420 Aspen Drive
Austin, TX 78737
512-565-1298
[email protected]
District Deputy #7: Laura Pena
[email protected]
National Website:
http://www.catholicdaughters.org
State Website:
http://www.texascda.org/#loaded
Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court #2719, St. Martin de
Porres, Dripping Springs
P.O. Box 1062, Dripping Springs, Texas 78620
Website: http://www.stmartindp.org/cda Newsletter Contact:
Allison Rice [email protected]
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Regent’s Message for August
My dearest CDA sisters,
Hope you are having a beautiful summer so far! Our court has
been
blessed with several new members over the last few months. What
a joy
to see our court grown in this way, which surely is the fruit of
the work,
love and faith demonstrated by each of you every day for our
parish
and community.
Celebrate our court anniversary by going to Mass with us on
August 4th
at the 11am Mass. Please wear white (black skirt or pant is
fine, if you
prefer). We will also install Fr. Justin as our new chaplain!
Then, we will
have a cake and punch reception after Mass.
Enjoy the waning days of summer my beautiful sisters! Peace,
Kat Berbel Regent, Ct. St. Martin de Porres #2719
+JMJ+
District Deputy’s Message
“Woman of Worth” is a book which I am currently reading with a
small group. The
stories and reflections take me back to your overwhelming and
joyous July
meeting. Congratulations on your record number of seven new
women pledging
their membership in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
You’ve increased your
awareness of how each of you can bring new life to this
organization. You are
women of vigor.
This book also reminded me of your calendar, 2nd Sunday’s,
wearing CDA
shirts/CDA purple. The woman in the book of Proverbs wears fine
linen and purple
to communicate to all her confidence in herself and her faith in
the Lord. Celebrate
being womenn of worth.
Congratulations on your CDA and JCDA Courts’ Anniversary and
blessings to a
beginning of a new CDA year.
God Bless,
Laura Pena
District Deputy
The image above is symbolic of our
CIRCLE OF LOVE program. By
definition, a circle is a curved line with
every point equal distance from the
point of the center and bound
together by the common interest. The
seven point program of the CIRCLE OF
LOVE is bound together by the
common interest- LOVE.
Our Circle of Love
Committee
Quality of Life: Julie Pierantoni
[email protected]
Spiritual Enhancement: Chery Lutz [email protected]
Youth/JCDA: Jennifer Sedlmeyer
[email protected]
Education: Myra Alilain
Legislation: Elaine Houle
[email protected]
Family: Open
Leadership: Open
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Circle of Love News Items
Youth/JCDA:
Four JCDA members attended the annual
mission trip to the Valley.
(L to R): Rebecca Goertz, First Vice President,
Camille Carder, Emily Bergeron, and Susan
Zepeda.
Spiritual Enhancement: Adoration Hour – Thursdays from
9-10pm
The Diocese of Austin Women’s Conference will be held on
September 7
at St. Williams Parish in Round Rock. More information at this
link:
https://austindiocese.org/womens-conference
Education:
Congratulations to our 2019 scholarship
winners.
Our Worthy Vice Regent, Myra, presented
the scholarship to Daniela Arguijo at the
Dripping Springs High School Senior
Awards at the end of May. Daniela will be
attending ACC.
We had the privilege of being joined by
scholarship winner, Andrea Callaway, at our
Cross Exchange in June. She shared with us her
excitement at attending Wyoming Catholic
College this fall and described for us a vivid
image of all they have to offer a Catholic young
adult in the way of adventure, studies, and
reverence for the Catholic faith.
Thank You to all scholarship committee members for your time
and
commitment to this project.
Upcoming Dates
August 2 First Friday, Noon Mass and First Friday
Healing Holy Hour, 7-8pm in the Church
August 3 CDA Serving at San Marcos Deanery
Catechist Retreat 8am-10am in the SDC
August 4 CDA 3rd Anniversary and JCDA 2nd
Anniversary Mass, 11am in SDC with
reception to follow.
August 10 Pray at Planned Parenthood with SMdP
Parishioners. More information in the
Bulletin online. 10am-11am
SDC Fountain Dedication. CDA will be
hosting the reception. 5:45-6:30pm.
August 11 2nd Sunday: CDA Shirt Day: Please wear
CDA shirt or clothing with CDA purple with
pins/patches at Saturday Vigil or any
Mass on Sunday
August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-
Holy Day of Obligation. Mass at 8am,
12pm and 7pm Spanish Mass. Vigil Mass is
7pm on Wed eve,
EIM Workshop 7-9pm in the Hall. You must
pre-register on the Diocesan Website. See
the Bulletin for more info.
August 17 Annual Knights of Columbus Shootout at
Hog Heaven Sporting Club. CDA will be
providing and serving desserts. See the
article on page 6.
August 20 CDA Monthly Meeting: 6:30pm, St. Peter
Room, St. Dymphna Center
https://austindiocese.org/womens-conference
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CDA State News
Let us lift up in prayer our new Texas State Court 2019-2021
State Secretary: Terrie Vacek
First Vice State Regent: Rebecca Brown
State Regent: Melodie Brunt
State Chaplain: Reverend Justin Brown
Second Vice State Regent: Carolyn Ritchey
State Treasurer: Virginia Olsovsky
(As pictured from Left to Right)
Link for State Website : TXStateCDA
CDA National News (Myra Alilain, Vice Regent)
Excerpt from National Clergy Consultant
Fr. Ed Lamp’s Welcome to New Members:
“The motto of Catholic Daughters is “Unity and Charity.”
Charity is often much easier than unity. In Catholic
Daughters you will encounter a variety of women, each
with her own opinion and ideas, and each created in God’s
image and likeness. Robert Fulghum once wrote: “We could learn a
lot from
crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty, and some are dull.
Some have
weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to
live in the same
box.” Only with Charity can we be United.”
Link for National Website:
http://www.catholicdaughters.org/index.shtml
Prayer Intentions of the Holy
Father for August
Evangelization: Families, Schools
of Human Development
That families, through their life of prayer
and love, become ever more clearly
“schools of true human development”.
St. Martin de Porres, Pray for Us
St. Dymphna, Pray for Us
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Happy Anniversary Our court, #2719, St. Martin de Porres,
celebrates its 3rd anniversary on August 14. We
started the chapter with 38 Charter Members.
As of the end of July, we currently have 55
members.
The JCDA will be celebrating their second
anniversary on August 19. We are so grateful to
Jennifer Sedlemeyer and Mary Carder for
continuing to support and guide our Juniors!
We will celebrate our third anniversary and the
JCDA second anniversary at the 11am Mass on
Sunday, August 4. We will be installing Fr. Justin as
our court’s chaplain at this Mass. Find the guidelines
for wearing white for the Mass here:
http://www.texascda.org/whiteDresses.php
Membership and Dues:
Since our anniversary is in August, this also means that
membership dues
are currently being collected and are due by August 31. You can
bring
your dues of $30 to the August meeting, drop them by the office
in our
CDA folder in the front lobby area, or mail them to our P.O. Box
1062, DS,
78620. Sylvia Blancarte can also accept them at any of the
activities we
are involved in during August. You can call Sylvia at
512-554-2435 to make
separate arrangements.
CDA Birthdays
August 5 JoAnn Schrass
August 8 Liz Chappy
August 9 Donna Inman
August 9 Rosemary Willcox
August 17 Chery Lutz
August 24 Diana Callaway
August 26 Debbie Heflin
August 26 Julie Kirk
August 30 Elaine Houle
August 30 Patsy Ward
Court #2719, SMdP
Happy 3rd Anniversary, August 14
CDA Mission Statement: “Catholic Daughters of the
Americas strive to embrace the
principle of faith working through
love in the promotion of justice,
equality and the advancement
of human rights and human
dignity for all.”
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CDA Upcoming Events
Breakfast for Deanery
Catechist Retreat
August 3
CDA will be providing breakfast food items and will be
serving in the St. Dymphna Center from 8am to 10am
on Saturday, August 3.
To volunteer to serve or provide items, please use this
link to go to the SignUp Genius Volunteer page for this
activity:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4fadae23a1fe3-
breakfast
Reception for the St. Dymphna
Center Fountain Dedication
August 10
The SDC Fountain, built in honor of Josh Egloff, will
be dedicated on August 10th after the Saturday,
5pm Mass. Josh Egloff , son of Pam Egloff, was a
graduate of Dripping Springs and a student at Texas
Tech.
It is an honor for Catholic Daughters to participate
in this dedication. Pam joined CDA at our July
meeting.
CDA will be be hostessing the punch and cookie
reception after the fountain dedication.
To volunteer to serve go to the SignUp Genius
Volunteer page for this activity:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4fadae23a1fe3-
sdcfountain
If all the spots are filled, please plan on attending if at
all
possible for support.
Wear CDA purple or your CDA insignia.
Knights’ Annual Hill Country
Sporting Clay Competition
August 17
CDA will be providing dessert items and serving chips
and salsa for this annual event to be held from 6:30am
to approximately 12:30pm on Saturday, August 17.
This is the Knights’ largest fundraiser and it supports the
Center for the Intrepid Soldiers at Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio. Funds also support the Burke
Center, Boy Scouts Troop 280, SMdP College
Scholarships, Special Oympics, our parish, and other
community projects.
The event will be at Hog Heaven Sporting Club, 24905
RR12 in Dripping Springs. Just .8 miles south of the
Church.
Signup for providing desserts at this
link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449aba72a
a1f58-knights3
Signup to volunteer for other activities at this
link:Knights Volunteer Form
You are also encouraged to purchase raffle tickets
and participate in the online auction. The online
auction link is here:
https://www.accelevents.com/e/hcsdskofcorg
Mark Your Calendar
October 5 Painted Churches Tour
October 14 Add to your calendar!! -Feed My Faith with Fr.
Leo
Patalinghug 6pm
October 20 CDA hosting Reception after the Confirmation Mass
October 27 St. Martin’s Fall Festival
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Parish Upcoming Events
EIM Workshop
Thursday, August 15, from 7pm to 9pm
Parish Hall
All volunteers working with youth and
vulnerable adults are required by the Austin
Diocese to complete a one-time Application
for Ministry and are required to attend and
Ethics and Integrity in Ministry (EIM) Workshop
within 60 days of completing the application
and then must attend a workshop every
three years.
To register for the upcoming workshop here
at SMdP, login to you EIM account at:
https://www.eappsdb.com/Login.asp?ORG
Z_KEY=4
This link is for both first time users and previous
applicants/compliant volunteers.
The Other 325 Days
Saturday, August 10,
from 9am to 10am
Our parishioners pray one day per month
outside of the Planned Parenthood facility on
E. Ben White Blvd.. All are welcome to join us.
If you’ve felt a calling to be a prayer warrior
for the most vulnerable among us, the
preborn, this is a wonderful way to get started
and see if this is something you are called to
participate in – perhaps during the upcoming
fall 40 Days for Life campaign.
We meet at 8:30am and carpool from the
Belterra Village parking lot (in front of Sky
Cinema). You can also meet us there by
parking behind the Wendy’s restaurant at E.
Ben White and S. Congress Ave and walking
east to the grassy area in front of the clinic.
If you need more information, please contact,
Allison Rice at [email protected] or 512-
565-1298.
Fall Festival Committee Meetings
Thursday, August 8 & 22, from 6:30pm to 8pm
Room 4, St. Dominic, SDC
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Our Recent Events
Deacon Kyle Nesrsta visited St. Martin’s on Sunday,
May 26 after his Ordination to the Transitional
Deaconate on May 18. We welcomed Deacon
Kyle back for a visit with a reception after each
Mass in which he assisted.
(L to R) Rachel Palacios, Mary Gomez,
Deacon Kyle and Sonia Fortier
(L to R) Therese Meyer, Cindy Falbo,
Deacon Kyle, Julie Pierantoni, Donna
Inman, and Mary Carder
Catholic Daughters assisted with the
Knights in hosting the Annual Veteran’s
Memorial Day Breakfast on Monday,
May 27. This was the first year for CDA
to help with this breakfast and we look
forward to participating next year!
(L to R) Cindy Falbo, Recording
Secretary, Guest Speaker Colonel Matt
Elledge, US Army Retired, and Elaine
Houle, COL Legislative Chair
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Ladies Cross Exchange
The CDA hosted the Annual Ladies Cross Exchange on June 18
at
the home of Myra Alilain, Vice Regent. The Cross Exchange is a
fun
and fellowship potluck and “white elephant” cross exchange.
Our
ladies of SMdP go all out to find the most unique and
beautiful
crosses.
The ladies prepare for the exchange.
Cindy Falbo unwraps a cross
that could be a lovely
pendant to match her
outfit.
(L to R) Diana Callaway, Myra
Alilain, Cindy Falbo
Such a Feast!
Sonia Fortier, Cindy Blanks
Cindy Falbo, Sarah Turk,
Therese Meyer, Charla Miller Charla Miller, Kat Berbel, Sylvia
Blancarte
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Eucharistic Procession & Farewell to Fr. Charlie One of the
last wishes of Fr. Charlie as a gift to him from
our parish occurred on June 23, the Solemnity of the
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. St. Martin de Porres
came together as a parish and provided for the largest
Corpus Christi Procession held on the grounds of our
parish. Commencing immediately after the 1:30pm
Spanish Mass, Fr. Charlie processed with the Holy
Eucharist out of the Church and over to the St.
Dymphna Center for a brief period of Adoration.
Fr. Charlie’s Farewell luncheon was served with over 400
parishioners in attendance. The CDA hosted the potluck
reception.
Kat Berbel, Mary Gomez, and
Charla Miller are canopy bearers.
The parishioners gather for the farewell speeches.
From the Pastoral Council:
“The Pastoral Council extends their heartfelt THANK YOU for
making Fr. Charlie’s Farewell Weekend one, we hope, he will
never
forget.”
We so appreciate the support and hard work from all the
Ministries, Staff, and most of all, this one of a kind Parish
Community! While
we believe we had at least twice, if not, three times the
attendance we were expecting, Luke’s Gospel yesterday told us,
“They all
ate and were satisfied”.
Cindy Gonzales and
Margaret Paine prepare
salads for the potluck.
Allison Rice applies quality control.
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Welcome Fr. Justin Nguyen
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #2719, St. Martin
de Porres, would
like to extend a warm welcome to Fr. Justin.
Receptions were held after all Masses during the weekend of July
6 & 7.
Parishioners were able to write words of encouragement on a
“Welcome Board”
and the CDA presented a gift bag to Fr. Justin with items
donated by CDA
members.
Pat Squeo attends to the welcome
table.
(l to R)Regent, Kat Berbel, Julie Kirk, Fr.
Justin, Cindy Falbo, and Allison Rice Ready to Serve!
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Congratulations to our new members who
attended and were pledged at our July 16th
meeting.
(L to R) Cindi Friedel (pledged in May), Kat
Berbel, Regent, Angie Reynolds, Pam Egloff,
Camille Calloway, JoAnn Schrass, Chrissy Oertli
and Rosemary Willcox.
Welcome to CDA!!!
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Other News
The Diocese of Austin presented CDA
Member, Judy Tixier, this year’s Lumen
Gentium Award for our Parish on July 16.
The Lumen Gentium Awards were
inaugurated in 2004 by Bishop Gregory M.
Aymond as a way to recognize Catholics
who exemplified the spirit of the Vatican II
docoument Lumen Gentium. The awards are
presented biennially.
Congrats Judy, we couldn’t think of a better
recipient of the award!!
Congratulations to Art Martinez, Grand Knight, Vincent Gomez,
Deputy
Grand Knight, and all of the officers installed in June.
Seminarian, Antonio Avilés, Jr., said his
farewell to our parish during the weekend of
July 13 and 14. Antonio joined the youth
mission trip as his last duty at our parish and
will be returning to Seminary in the fall.
Allison Rice and Chris Sanchez pose in front of
a mural created and painted by Chris for the
National Teams of Our Lady Conference held
in Navasota, TX on July 16-19. Chris did an
incredible job on this design! It was truly a
masterpiece!!
