Funds come solely from dues and gifts. She welcomes the peace the prohibition brings. And you can worship with your sister and not feel like you are going to be challenged. Most chapters small Most Daughters chapters are small, a dozen or so members, though they range in size from 3 to several hundred. Most meet monthly for prayer and study.
All chapters devote themselves to the parish prayer list and to aiding their priests.
Some projects grow well beyond a single chapter, like the Balm of Gilead has in Texas. That ministry, started by Daughter Joan Dalrymple of Houston, offers pastoral care, help, even housing to families of hospital patients who come from across the country to M.D. Anderson Hospital for cancer treatment or surgery. It has become very big throughout all Texas. They take vows to follow a rule of life that obligates them to serve and to pray daily for their own congregation and clergy and for the larger church. A Junior Daughters division, also growing rapidly, accepts girls ages 7 to 20.