600 1st Avenue Southwest, Oelwein, Iowa 50662, United States
Local, State, National Projects & Charities
Uganda Basket Project
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
The Uganda Basket Project is a voluntary
donation taken at each meeting to support the program where mothers learn about nutrition for their children and learn how to make a nutritious porridge. The goal of this program is to help these women become self-sufficient and able to feed their families in spite of their male- dominant, polygamist society. At the end of each meeting, one donor will receive a basket with the name of its weaver attached.
Diana Stewart, Vice Regent for Court St. Rita #321 Oelwein stopped by Curtiss Hall on the Iowa State campus to pick up another year’s supply of Uganda baskets from Marcie Fahn, ISU Uganda Program Asst. Director. Marcie put together an assortment of small and medium-sized baskets made by women in Uganda as a way to make money for their single-parent families. Besides purchasing the baskets, freewill offerings are collected to sponsor a program to help mothers learn how to make nutritious porridge to feed their undernourished children. Starvation is a major concern in Uganda. Each court member enters her name for a drawing for the basket displayed at each meeting. The money exchange rate is phenomenal! A little goes a long way. For example, a goat costs $15– a source of milk and meat.
This is how Court St. Rita obeys the corporal work of mercy to feed the hungry on a worldwide scale.
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
Each summer, Court St Rita, with the help of a few invaluable volunteers, gather and sort through donations from the community to raise funds. Proceeds are split between Sacred Heart Parish of Oelwein and the Court's projects. Tune in to the Court St Rita Facebook page each June for more details!
advent calendar food box
Sacred Heart Garage Sale
advent calendar food box
With the falling of leaves, Court St Rita has several projects to help combat food insecurities heading into the cold winter months. The Advent Food Calendar Box is a project for members and supporters to compile a box of needed non-perishable food items to be distributed to Giving Tree families. Check out the Court St Rita Facebook page for details each year!
Life Saver Project
Life Saver Project
advent calendar food box
Iowa’s Catholic Daughters Lifesaver Project is an important, mandatory project that involves each of Iowa’s 60 courts… and benefits countless men, women and children who are victims of domestic abuse. If we listen to the local, state, and national news we are aware of the rise in violence in our society. Violence not only strikes others… it happens in the homes of our families, our friends, our neighbors, schools, communities, state, and nation. Abuse does not have to be physical, it can, and often is verbal and emotional. Abuse is often “hidden” and not a black eye or slap marks.
APRIL IS DESIGNATED AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH BY THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS!
The focus of the Lifesaver Project is the collection of funds in the respective parishes/facilities around the individual court for donation to facilities who assist victims of domestic violence.
Legislation
Life Saver Project
1903 Society
As Catholic daughters, we believe that it is an obligation to become better informed on public issues while supporting church teachings. This includes human rights, justice, peace, and especially Human Life, embracing the Catholic Church's position against abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty.
1903 Society
Life Saver Project
1903 Society
Our National Headquarters building, located at 10 West 71st Street in Manhattan’s historic Upper West Side, is not only the home of our National Office and the place of employment for our support staff, it is a treasure which belongs to every member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. The care and preservation of this Grand Old Lady is, likewise, the responsibility of each and every member of our order.
Any State, Court or individual can pledge to become a member of the Society and support the upkeep and maintenance of our beautiful, historic brownstone in New York City.
Upon completion of your pledge as a Perpetual Member of the 1903 Society, you will enjoy these added benefits:
- Your name inscribed on a plaque at National Headquarters.
- Certificate of Membership
- 1903 Society Membership Pin
Circle of Love
Circle of Love
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