Despite my strong dislike for getting up early when I don’t have to, I rolled out of bed before the sun on Saturday morning. I’ve never been an officer before, so I am determined to make the most out of my position as financial secretary for our CDA court. That meant volunteering to attend the Maryland State Catholic Daughters of the Americas 90th Anniversary Celebration. I’d never been to a big CDA event before, since I was inducted after the annual tea party, so I was excited but tired.
(A quick explanation: CDA is like the Knights of Columbus, but for women. The Knights founded us as the Daughters of Isabella just over 100 years ago. We have courts and regents the way they have councils and grand knights, like ordinary clubs have chapters and presidents.)
I got out the door a bit later than I’d intended, but Kaitlyn and Christina were ready to go when I got to the CSC and we headed for the highway. We found St. Philip Neri with no trouble at all, thanks to MapQuest. As it turned out, arriving at 9am meant we were so early that no other Daughters were there yet. We walked through the church hall awkwardly until I saw someone. “Look, there’s a woman in white!” I said, smoothing my own white dress. “Let’s follow her!”
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