Formed in 1903, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas.  We are a national organization, with 63,000 dues-paying members in 1,150 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

We provide local spirituality, sharing and activity under the support of a vibrant national organization.  Members donate to charities, administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.” They 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.

Regent - Gwen Thompson
Financial Secretary - Karla Peifer
Recording Secretary - Anita Hemingway
Treasurer - Norma Panther
District Deputy - Chris Peiffer
Chaplain - Fr. Lou Leonhardt
Accompanist - Deb Hernstrom
Historian - Joyce Osborn
Apostolate - Carole Olney
Circle of Love & Ceremony Coordinator - Diana Cox
Ceremonial Coordinator  - Diana Cox
Cantor - Donna Johnson

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Craigie #94 meets at 6:30pm in the St. Wenceslaus Church Hall, the second Tuesday of the month, ten months each year.  Any practicing Catholic woman over eighteen years of age is welcome to join and attend our monthly meeting.  We are an active organization of motivated women 18 years & older working together in unity and charity to respond to the needs of others.  

Our local CDA chapter, Court Craigie #94, is active throughout the Iowa City with the annual Lifesaver Campaign each April to help with domestic violence intervention in our community, a Patriotic Rosary in May, awarding college scholarships to local Catholic high school students, providing monthly meals at The Catholic Worker House, and hosting a sewing day each month to make dresses, diapers, shorts sets, and plastic mats for Orphan Grain Train to be distributed to the most needy communities around the world.

The group meets monthly and officers are installed in June every two years. 

Membership is open to Catholic women ages 18+. If you would like more information about CDA or would like to attend a meeting, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..