Resources
Organizational resources
Central Deanery Bylaws (updated for 2021)
Central Deanery Standing Rules (updated November 2023)
Protocol PowerPoint Presentation (quick tips)
Parliamentary Procedure Manual
Best Practices for Affiliation Treasurers (NEW!)
Deanery Treasurer Responsibilities to ODCCW (NEW!)
PRIESTS’S STOLE
History of the NCCW Priest's Stole
Instructions for NCCW Priest's Stole
Forms
Nomination Form for Central Deanery
Central Deanery Expense/Reimbursement Form
(MS Word)
Charitable Contributions Quarterly Report (.doc file updated July 2025)
Project Report Form
Central Deanery Letterhead
Prayers
Prayer for Persecuted Christians
A Board Member’s Prayer
Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel
For a peaceful election
9 Day Novena for faithful citizenship (english)
9 Day Novena for faithful citizenship (spanish)
Patriotic Rosary
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Communication
Free Conference Call - www.freeconferencecall.com
Sign-Up Genius - a great way to get people to sign up for activities and projects. www.signupgenius.com
Phonevite - free automated phone reminders or messages for those who don't have email. www.phonevite.com
Zoom - a great way to have a video meeting for board or general meetings. Zoom
Google Meet - meet.google.com. You’ll need a free Google account to use this meeting feature.
graphics
Want to create some beautiful graphics for your social media pages, flyers or trifolds? Try out Canva (canva.com) or PicsArt (picsart.com). Both are easy to use and have some free built in templates. Typically, you will get basic features with the ‘free’ option and if you want more sophisticated features, you’ll need a paid subscription.
GOLDEN ROSE AWARD INFORMATION
Orlando Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Each year, parish pastors are asked to seek out a young woman from their parish or school to nominate for the Golden Rose Award. This award was established by the National Council of Catholic women not only to recognize young women who exhibit outstanding qualities in Spirituality, Service and Leadership, but to encourage them to become members of a local Council of Catholic Women affiliation.
The award is open to young women ages 14-21. In our Diocese, our Bishop has chosen to invite every parish to participate in this program – even if the parish does not have an active Council of Catholic Women.
The way the ODCCW administers this program is to assign a committee every two years to our board. This committee then interacts with each Deanery in the Diocese to get an assigned contact, at the Deanery level, to communicate key information to the affiliates.
The nominees are not recruited by the Council of Catholic Women – the pastor or youth minister or faith formation director at the parish is responsible for this activity and is responsible for completing the paperwork required. The CCW affiliation president (if a CCW parish) writes a letter of recommendation to be included in the paperwork that is sent to the Deanery Golden Rose contact and subsequently, what ODCCW sends to NCCW.
Once the paperwork has been completed, pastors send completed applications and nomination forms to the Deanery Golden Rose contacts. The welcome letter includes the names and email addresses of the Deanery Golden Rose contacts. All applications must be received by the Deanery Golden Rose contact by January 8th of each year. Each Deanery is responsible for choosing a Golden Rose nominee, whose name is submitted to the ODCCW Committee members no later than January 22 of each year. The Deanery contacts and the ODCCW Golden Rose committee and any designated by Deanery Presidents will choose the recipient of the ODCCW Golden Rose no later than February 3 of each year.
The 6 Deanery Golden Rose recipients will be invited to the ODCCW Convention for the Golden Rose luncheon, receive a Golden Rose, a certificate, an NCCW membership, and a $150 award.
Learn more about the Golden Rose Award program:
Read the letter to pastors
Learn who does what, and by when (the process details)
View the application and nomination forms