Catholic Daughters of the Americas meets in Minnesota

Published: 2006-08-04

MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) -- The Catholic Daughters of the Americas pledged to take actions ranging from supporting U.S. troops and their families to assisting victims of human trafficking in resolutions approved during their biennial national convention in Minneapolis July 17-21. Nearly 900 members from local and state courts (chapters) in the United States and several other countries attended the meeting. Claudia R. Bosch of Dickinson, N.D., first vice national regent and convention chairman, was elected national regent for the next two years. She succeeds M. Joan McKenna of Boston in that post. In the keynote speech Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, head of Sisters of Life, spoke about the spiritual and emotional experiences of working to prevent abortions and assist pregnant women.

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