Catholic Daughters
of the Americas

Court Our Lady of Fatima #1387
Celebrating 76 Years

of Unity and Charity

MISSION STATEMENT

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.

A powerful network

Formed in 1903, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) has over 63,000 members in 45 states across the U.S., including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Kenya, and Peru.  We provide local spirituality, sharing, and activity under the support of a vibrant national organization.  Become a member or share your blessings to help our mission.
National CDA

Motto is "Unity & Charity"

CDA members perform charitable work, administer scholarship programs, and strive to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow, or sickness.  We 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 people.  We pray together and work together in charity.
About Us

Come, join us!

Chartered in 1945 in Ontario, California, Court Our Lady of Fatima #1387, meets monthly from September through June.  With over 40 members, we continue to grow as we support local food banks, Catholic school students, and other charities that are close to our hearts.  God is calling us to acts of faith and charity.  Prayerfully consider joining our Court.
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Catholic Daughters in Action

Your generous donations ARE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN!
In our Virtual Bake Sale, we collected over $1,000 for these food banks:
His Hands Food Pantry
Mary's Mercy Center
Thank you, everyone who participated and donated!
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Donations

He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 22:9

Would you support us in our charitable mission?

  • to help the poor through local food banks
  • provide girls' Catholic High School scholarships
  • support local charities as critical needs arise
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Court Blog

By Yvette Weilacker 10 Sep, 2023
With all of the challenges of this life, we must remember that God is in charge. Things are just starting to open up in California, but it seems we've got a long way to go before we can meet at large venues. So we will push forward with online fundraising and hope for the best. With the help of many, God will provide! We just started a See's Candies fundraiser for the Easter season, and this will be immediately followed by a St. Patrick's Day "Zoom" Bingo fundraiser on March 20th which will give us an opportunity to get family and friends together for a fun afternoon online. We are close to our goal of funding the Catholic high school scholarships for this year, and then we will see how much we can help a young lady with a calling to the religious life who needs to pay off her student debt through The Labouré Society before she can proceed. Her name is Erin Lyons , and her story of being called from her career as an ER nurse to the religious life is most compelling. Erin has chosen to enter the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Carrollton, Ohio. As a court, we will do what we can to support her vocation. If you would like to hear Erin's story, watch her video on Labouré's website .
By Yvette Weilacker 23 Feb, 2021
Things are just starting to open up in California, but it seems we've got a long way to go before we can meet at large venues. So we will push on with online fundraising and hope for the best. With the help of many, God will provide! We just started a See's Candies fundraiser for the Easter season, and this will be immediately followed by a St. Patrick's Day "Zoom" Bingo fundraiser on March 20th which will give us an opportunity to get family and friends together. We are close to our goal of funding the Catholic high school scholarships for this year, and then we will see how much we can help a young lady with a calling to the religious life who needs to pay off her student debt through The Labouré Society before can proceed. Her name is Erin Lyons , and her story of being called from her career as an ER nurse to the religious life is most compelling. Erin has chosen to enter the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Carrollton, Ohio. As a court, we will do what we can to support her vocation. If you would like to hear Erin's story, watch her video on Labouré's website . We invite you to donate to her cause if you are able. God bless!
By Yvette Weilacker 30 Nov, 2020
The initial tally of funds collected from our Virtual Bake Sale shows over $1,000 in donations. Thank you!!! Our Catholic Daughters court, like most of our courts, has very little or no overhead in conducting charitable campaigns such as this one. So we are happy to take the entire amount collected and split it 50/50 between His Hands Food Pantry in Upland and Mary's Mercy Center in San Bernardino. If you can donate (non-expired) non-perishable food to either of these food banks, please contact them directly at the links above . Highly-prized items would be peanut butter, canned fruit or vegetables (with pop-top lids), Vienna sausages, and applesauce packets. If God has blessed you with an abundance, please consider sharing your resources with the less fortunate since all food banks are in dire need. More and more families have their breadwinners who are losing their jobs. WE ALL have to take the initiative . And many of these families are now at risk for losing their homes. As a Court we are looking into how we can support those families with their mortgages. If you know of any non-profit responding to this particular need, please use the "Contact Us" button at the foot of this page. Again, thank you! And God bless you all!
By Yvette Weilacker, Regent 02 Nov, 2020
Dear Friends and Benefactors, We really need to bring to your attention to just how dire the situation is for parents and young people who have lost their jobs or have had their work hours reduced. Food banks across the country have been closing down for lack of donations. And ones that remain open are struggling. A lot of this is caused by the pandemic-driven, government-mandated shutdowns and restrictions on businesses who employ so many people. So if you are fortunate to have your job and/or business intact these days, please consider these things you can do to help those who are truly in need: 1. Give some of your time to serve at a food bank or soup kitchen 2. Collect any extra non-perishable food in your pantry, and take these to your local food bank 3. The next time you go to the grocery store, purchase some non-perishable food that you can take to your local food bank -- peanut butter, jam or jelly, canned food or fruit with pop-tops, oatmeal, rice, flour, pasta, spaghetti sauce, evaporated milk, boxed almond milk ... 4. Pray for the poor and those who are suffering with depression, addictions, mistreatment, and homelessness 5. And if you can't leave your home or it is easier to pull out your credit card, please consider donating through our Virtual Bake Sale so that our Catholic Daughters court can distribute the proceeds to our 2 local food banks: Mary's Mercy Center in San Bernardino, CA, and His Hands Food Pantry in Upland, CA _________________________________ In Matthew 25:31-40 , Jesus spoke to his disciples about the final judgment of the nations. I am sure you are familiar with these lines: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me ... And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'" Whether you can help or need help, God bless you all!
By Yvette Weilacker, Regent 08 Oct, 2020
So why a Blog?
By Yvette Weilacker, Regent 07 Oct, 2020
A little list to help you get through this time.
By Yvette Weilacker, Regent 06 Oct, 2020
How we are adjusting to a more robust online presence.
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