Catholic Daughters of the Americas 

Our Lady of Carmel Court #1993

WHO ARE WE? Our Mission Statement: Catholic Daughters of the Americas is an organization that strives 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 mankind. It is our goal to enrich our spirits and give back to the community through acts of charity.
Belonging to CDA asks for a deep commitment of your God-given talents and gifts. Our organization started in the spring of 1903 in Utica, New York. The local Knights of Columbus felt the need for a women’s auxiliary and inaugurated the first such organization and gave it the name of “the Daughters of Isabella,” however, in 1921 we became known a “Catholic Daughters of America” because of a controversy with a group from Connecticut that insisted it was the first to adopt the name. In 1978, we became known as “Catholic Daughters of the Americas” and so our name stands.

OUR MOTTO: UNITY AND CHARITY- together we strive to foster our motto of Catholic and spiritual women who come together to share our faith and our many gifts in modeling our faith through our works of charity in our parish community.
Membership in our CDA Court is for Catholic women ages 18 and older who love and support our Catholic Church and the Holy See, our Pope, and who desire to participate in social and charitable activities. We meet and work in “local courts” which are part of their respective state and national courts. There are more than 16,500 Catholic Daughters in the state of Texas, organized in approximately 245 local courts. Our membership in our local court provides each member access to state and national activities.

You are invited to become a member! How? Court Our Lady of Mt Carmel 1993 meets in a monthly basis, except June, July, and August. We meet on the 3^rd Thursday of each month at 7 PM for our business meeting. We conduct a prayer service beginning at 6:30 PM for any CDA who would like to join us before the business meeting. Our annual membership dues are $30.00 payable by September 30.

To become a member or for more information, please contact one of our officers:

Marisa Vela, Regent-                                       [email protected]
Kimberly Martinez, Recording Secretary-   [email protected]
Deborah A. Prukop, Treasurer-                      [email protected]