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Please refer to our Parish Directory for Contact information
The Columbiettes will be hosting a Mother Daughter Social in the family center on Sunday February 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm. Inviting Mothers & Daughters (Daughter-in-laws), Grandmothers & Grand-daughters of all generations to attend. The theme for the afternoon gathering will be a Luau. Similar to the Mother Daughter Tea we will be served by Knights of Columbus, but instead of Tuxedos, they will be attired in Hawaiian Shirts. Entertainment of a special kind can also be expected as well as a Luau style menu. Tickets will be $20.00 for Mother-Daughter and $5.00 for each additional daughter. Tickets will be available in the church office beginning Feb 6th and sold after masses the weekends of Feb. 11/12 and 18/19. Questions? Contact- Maggie Herbstritt @ 391-0170.
Clothing Sale
Columbiettes are sponsoring a children's spring and summer consignment clothing sale. Sale dates are Friday, March 2nd from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Saturday, March 3rd from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. You do not have to be a Columbiette to participate. This event is opened to everyone. For more information you can email hfclothingsale@hotmail.com or call Paula @ 409-5208.
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Inquiries and interested ladies contact: Maggie Herbstritt at 391-0170 or email at dmherb3816@yahoo.com
Officers for the 2011 – 2012 year are:
PRESIDENT: Maggie Herbstritt
PAST PRES: Mary Long
VICE-PRES: Mary Collins
SECRETARY: Judy Chittuck
TREASURER: Vicki Meyers
FIN. SECRETARY: Dolores Brown
SENTINEL: Joan Schlicher
Who are the Columbiettes?
On March 2, 1939 the first Columbiettes were instituted in New York City, where the Supreme Council resides. Locally, in the fall of 1991, a group of women met to hear about the Columbiettes from fellow parishioner, Margaret Wayman. On March 12, 1992, Bishop Greco Auxiliary was founded. Membership is by induction, dues are yearly and members receive a monthly newsletter.
The Columbiettes represent a unified body of Catholic women ages 17 or older that when initiated become members of a team who act as our “extended family”. Columbiettes provide emotional support to each other when needed. A Columbiette does not have to be married to a Knight of Columbus and in fact could be single, but our group stands ready to help our Knights of Columbus Council promote Holy Family and the community.
Benefits
The benefits of membership are many, including spiritual, moral, charitable, educational and social. We pray for each other and play together building lasting friendships and crucial support systems in our lives. Many hands make a lighter load when doing projects for our organization.
Parish Activities
In addition to our fun events such as our Ladies Night Out socials this organization is very active in our parish. These ladies can be found singing in the Choir, serving as Eucharistic ministers, ushers and lectors, working in the nursery and serving as catechists for our Faith Formation program. Many Columbiettes are members of the Bereavement Committee, Family Life Commission, Stewardship team and other commissions at Holy Family.
This organization has made monetary donations to parishioners in need, provided financial backing for the beautiful statues in the new church, donations toward the sound system and held a “stock the nursery” shower to provide our youngsters with new items for the nursery. In addition we helped stock the Kitchen. A Mother-Daughter Tea is hosted by the Columbiettes each Spring.
Community Assistance
Each year the Columbiettes sponsor community organizations. Fundraisers for these sponsorships include two Clothing Sales, a Casino Night, and smaller fundraisers such as cookbooks, Butter Braids sales, pie sales and new ideas are always brewing. This year we gave $2000.00 to Birthright, Inc., a free pregnancy center that offers counseling, testing, and other assistance, and $2000.00 to The Brunson Backpack Program. This program gives food in a backpack for weekends to school age children. Last year we gave $2900.00 to Safe on Seven, a domestic violence center, iCAN House, a resource service & center for Autism & Asperger’s, and The Ronald McDonald House, which provides shelter for families of patience at Forsyth & Baptist Hospital.
In the past we have adopted Holy Family Youth, Holy Family Faith Formation, Tyler’s Hope, Sally’s Angels, and Julian’s Beacon, SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now), Riverwood Therapeutic Riding, Room at the Inn, Sertoma Deaf Camp; Dominican Sisters of Peru; Hand to Hand, Cancer Services, the Battered Women’s Shelter, Human Service Alliance and Hospice of Forsyth County, just to name a few. In addition we helped the Senior Stocking Project of Clemmons for the last three years and provided material and cut patterns for Newborns in Need.
Meeting Location
Meetings are the 2nd Monday of each month (except July & August) at 7:00 pm in the Holy Family parish center. The Organization is made up of officers (President, Past President, Vice President, Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Sentinel and Chaplain), Program Directors , and general membership.