South Dakota State Officers
State Regent: Michele Sage
First Vice Regent: JoAnn Hoffman
Second Vice Regent:
State Secretary: Mary Kay Zimmerman
State Treasurer:
State Chaplain: Deacon Phil Carlson
Our District Deputy:
National Representative: Nancy Bambanek
National Office:
Catholic Daughters of the Americas
10 West 71st St
New York NY 10023
Telephone: 212-877-3041
National website: www.catholicdaughters.org
National Officers 2024 - 2026
National Regent: Susan Moné
National Regent-Elect: Essie Walker
First Vice National Regent: Connie Dronette
Second Vice National Regent: Nancy Bambanek
National Secretary-Treasurer: Brenda Anderson
National Clergy Consultant: Rev. Siby Punnoose
National Chaplain: Father John Erick Villa
The purposes of the organization are to participate in the religious, charitable and educational Apostolates of the Church. Catholic Daughters of the Americas engages in creative and spiritual programs which provide its members with the opportunity to develop their God-given talents in meaningful ways that positively influence the welfare of the Church and all people throughout the world. Catholic Daughters of the Americas 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.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas provides its members with updated programs to serve the current needs of church and country.
The programs cover a vast scope of activities beginning at the parish level and expanding into all concerns of today's church and society.
Regular meetings of the local courts are held once a month, with a minimum of 10 meetings a year.
We encourage all Catholic women 18 years and older to join the Catholic Daughters of the Americas to share their responsibility.
If you have an interest in joining our us, fill out the application and submit it to our local regent.
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas.
They donate to charities, administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.”
The CDA motto is “Unity and Charity.”
The CDA was formed over 100 years ago and today numbers 70,000 dues-paying members in 1,250 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country, and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Catholic Daughter women enjoy each other’s company at meetings and work hard for their parishes and communities.
Deeply spiritual, together they share faith, love of God and a distinctly feminine spirituality alluded to by Pope John Paul II when he spoke of the necessity of “feminine genius” in today’s world.
The programs includes concerns of today’s church and society as well as issues that affect the well-being of women and children.
The Legislative Program encourages interested members to learn about laws that may influence their faith and to contact their state representatives to make their personal positions known through Operation Morning Star [The Catholic Daughters of the Americas does not endorse political candidates].