60th Biennial Catholic Daughters of the Americas Convention in New Orleans

​August 14 - August 18, 2024

1600 Catholic Women Convened in New Orleans to Elect National Leaders and Conduct New Business
 Thursday, August 22, 2024. Sixteen-hundred members of The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, formed in 1903 and now one of the largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas, gathered in New Orleans from August 14-18 for their 60th  Biennial National Convention.
 
The organization elected a new National Board, proposed and voted on new resolutions and by laws, announced their Woman of the Year and conducted a beautiful candles and white rose Mass of Installation for the newly elected National Board. The Convention held Opening, Memorial, and God and Country Masses and a Clergy and Men’s Luncheon.
 
The Convention theme, “Faith as Small as a Mustard Seed,” has been the guiding principle of National Regent Emily Guilherme’s two-year tenure.  This theme, referenced in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, emphasizes the power and potential of even the smallest amount of faith.
 
The Keynote Speaker was Johnette Williams who hosts EWTNs Women of Grace,  an appropriate choice for a national organization of Catholic women. Women of Grace “encourages and affirms women in their dignity as daughters of God and in their gift of authentic femininity.”
 
National Regent Emily Guilherme said “Conventions are a time for learning, sharing, and networking. We will have the opportunity to make new friends and greet those we know from previous conventions, share ideas, goals, and activities with Catholic Daughters from other courts.”
 
In a letter welcoming the Catholic Daughters to New Orleans, Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, wrote:  “By living your mission and integrating your two-fold purpose of ‘spirituality and service,’ you bring Christ to others, helping to heal and transform our broken world, beginning in our families, parishes and communities.  By your
love, compassion support and sacrifices Christ is made visible and experienced.”