Local Catholic Daughters attending the national Catholic Daughters of the Americas convention in New Orleans were Grace Lebeda (left), regent, Court St. Rose 1597; Rosa Galipp (second from left), District 11 deputy; and Phyllis Valchar (right), recording secretary, Court St. Rose 1597. They are shown with Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond (second from right), Archbishop of New Orleans.
Some 1,600 members of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas – formed in 1903 and now one of the largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas, – gathered in New Orleans from Aug. 14-18 for their 60th biennial national convention.
Among those attending were Grace Lebeda, regent of Court St. Rose 1597; Phyllis Valchar, recording secretary of Court St. Rose 1597; and Rosa Galipp, district d…
