Among tho se att ending the CDA state convention were (from left) Berni Gillings, convention choir member and Court St. Rose member; Kathy Bertsch, Court St. Rose member; Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Victoria Diocese, CDA state chaplain; Rosa Galipp, District 11 deputy; Phyllis Venghaus, Court St. Rose vice regent; and Cynthia Kosler, Court St. Rose member.
Among tho se elected to office were (from left) Janet Purdy of Weimar, newly elected CDA state secretary; Virginia Olsovsky of Flatonia, newly elected first vice state regent, and Kathleen Svatek of Flatonia, District 30 deputy.
The 54th biennial Catholic Daughters of the Americas state convention was held April 23-27 at the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas.
The theme was “Where God guides, He provides.” New officers were sworn in for 2025-27, and Mass was offered each day, with Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Victoria Diocese, CDA state chaplain 2025-27, presiding. Also attending was Msgr. John Peters, serving as Junior CDA chaplain…
