Catholic Daughters of the Americas Mission Statement Court St. Clementine #821 Medford, MA 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 for all Regent: Annette Johnstin 2015 -2016 Court St. Clementine #821 Meeting Schedule Court St. Clementine $821 Officers Newsletter for , November, 2015 Regent: Annette Johnstin 52 Moreland Street Somerville, MA 02145 617-764-1084 ajjohnstin@aol.com Monday, September 11, 2015 6:00 pm Mass; 7:00 pm Meeting Monday, October 12, 2015 7:00 pm Meeting Vice Regent: Monday, November 9, 2015 6:00 pm Mass; 7:00 pm Meeting Monday, December 14, 2015 6:00 pm Meeting Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:00 pm Meeting Monday, March 14, 2016 6:00 pm Meeting & Lenten Program Recording Secretary: Nancy Ryan 10 Wellesley Street Medford, MA 02155 781-874-1606 ndean10@comcast.net Financial Secretary: Joanne Grande 7 Valley Park Street Medford, MA 02155 781-888-9223 joannegrande@tufts.edu Treasurer: Carol Ghiloni 23 Saint Clements Road Medford, Ma 02155 c aghiloni@aol.com Monday, April 11, 2016 7:00 pm Meeting Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 pm Meeting Monday, June 13, 2016 6:00 pm Meeting Mt Vernon Restaurant Meetings: St. Clement Parish Hall Masses: St. Clement Church Spiritual Advisor: Sr. Ann Marie Ghiloni, CSJ 444 Centre Street Milton, MA 02186 annmarie.ghiloni@csjboston.org District Deputy Christine Murphy 1 Hartshorn Avenue Malden, Ma 02148 mcmurphyc@comcast.net ***Reminder*** The Recitation of the Rosary occurs after the 7am Mass every first Saturday of the month. Please show your support whenever possible. Save The Dates: November 21st and 22nd- Bake sale affter all Masses November 22- preorder for Christmas Wreaths, Raffle drawing, Continental breakfast November 23- Set up for Jingle Bell Festival November 26-December7- Courtyard Bazaar begins December 5, 2015-Women Affirming Life Breakfast December 6, 2015 Mass State Christmas Luncheon at Lombardo's, 11:30, $40 per person December 6, 2015- Sale of Christmas Wreaths, Bingo Bonanaza for kids at 11:15am, Christmas Brunch December 14, 2015- Monthly meeting and Christmas party and Yankee Swap. $15 new gifts. It be will be fun !! Prayer Corner Please pray for Kathleen Marino, sister of Sr. Ann Moynihan, has Ocular Cancer and is very ill. News from the State Gathering was held on October 17th and was a great success. Mass Citizens for Life- State board attended the dinner on October 22nd. Guest speaker was Rick Santorum. Members who attended found it very enlightening and entertaining. Gambit drawings begin November, 2015 and ends April, 2016. Monies help fund Scholarship Program. Mass Catholic Daughters Past Officers Club will be holding their annual meeting at Holy Cross Family Ministry, Father Peyton Center on Saturday November 21, 2015. Cost $25 and dues $5. Please send check to Joyce Ann Fleming. Mass State Christmas Luncheon will be held Sunday, December 6th at 11:30 am at Lombardo's, 6 Billings St, Randolph, Ma. $40 per person. Each Court will be donating a gift for the raffle table of at least $20. For tickets please contact Maureen Trainor, State Regent. On October 7, 2015 members of Court Everett # 324 voted to close their Court. November is Blood Drive Month. Anyone donating blood this month should be sure to tell them they are from Court St Clementine and we will get credit. Help Wanted- Mass State Court needs an Editor for the Purple and Gold Forum. A Newsletter printed quarterly. This could be fun !!!! Contact State Regent Maureen Trainor if interested. Old Business Italian Night is now behind us. Hopefully everyone had a good time. We cleared about $400. Set up for Jingle Bell festival will be the week of November 23rd. The Christmas Tree will be donated by the Johnstin Family. PLEASE, PLEASE don't forget to bring your $20 gift cards to be placed on the tree. The more we collect the more desirable our tree will be. I will pick up the purple and gold decorations. If you would like to donate a gift card but cannot get to the store or our meeting, please call me at 617-5297944 and I will come to you. New Business Prize-o-la will be here Wednesday April 20, 2016, We will need 100 new gifts to raffle. Gifts should be at least $20. So please , start thinking about what you would like to donate and pick it up whenever you can. By March you will be all set. Thank You's I would like to thank our hostesses Claire Suthar and Tina Johnstin. Thank you to our Audit volunteers: Emily Shannon, Susan Keating and Mary Ackerly. Joyce Ann Fleming stood in for our DD Christine Murphy. Thank you to Carol Ghiloni for being the best hostess ever !!! Next meeting will be Monday November 9, 2015 for a 6pm Mass followed by our meeting. Sandwiches from Dom Sausage, $5 donation. Reflection of the Day: I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart. Thanksgiving Reflection and Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer In Unity & Charity Carol, Nancy, Joanne, Christine, Sr Ann Marie and Annette