Category Archives: Cursillo News
2019 April Cursillo National Newsletter
To view the April 2019 Cursillo National Newsletter, go here: https://www.natl-cursillo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-April-Newsletter-English.pdf
2018 December Cursillo Newsletter
Enjoy the Belleville Cursillo newsletter, The Evanbelizer, for December 2018!
School of Leaders – September 2018
Lead your Environments to Christ! This is what Cursillo is all about, and the School of Leaders is where we learn from each other to achieve that Ideal. In September, we talked about the challenge we have been suffering for decades – the sins of a small minority of priests and hierarchy. “Why do we remain Catholic?” is what our Environments ask of us.
To whom shall we turn? The Church is the Body of Christ, offered to us for the forgiveness of sins, and for the promise of eternal life. If only we forgive as we are forgiven, and love as we are loved. It is our responsibility to love and minister to those children who were abused, and to minister to the sinners who preyed on them. But their sins do not deprive the Church of God’s love. God is asking us to love even more! This is a job for the 4th Day and the friends they make!
Do not hide your faces, Cursillistas! This is Christ’s Church, and we receive the Grace of God and the prayers of Mary on behalf of the Church. The sins of certain individuals cannot take that away. We must continue to bring that message to our Environments and to our friends. Make a friend, be a friend . . . The Church will prevail against the Gates of Hell. I want to be a part of that – – I can’t wait to see what God has in store for his children. How can I do my part?
Our School of Leaders will meet on October 9th, November 13th and December 11th at 7:00 pm in the Parish Center of St. Joseph’s Parish in Freeburg, IL. Please join your fellow Leaders! And pray for all of our Priests and Bishops!
Romans 1: 12: “What I mean is that both you and I will be helped at the same time, you by my faith and I by yours.”
De Colores and Peace!
John I Schaberg
Lay Director – September 2018
Susan and I attended the semiannual Cursillo Region IV Encounter which was held at the Franciscan Spiritual Center at Mount St Francis, Indiana on September 7-9. Region IV is comprised of sixteen Dioceses in seven Midwestern states, most of which were represented at the Encounter. The Regional Encounters are open to all Cursillistas. I encourage everyone to consider attending a future Regional Encounter. The next Encounter will be held on April 5-7, 2019 at St Joseph’s Retreat and Conference Center in Tipton, Indiana.
A short report was given by our Regional Service Team members who attended the National Encounter in Seattle, Washington in August. The theme of that Encounter was Unity in Diversity. Talks given at the Encounter are available on the National website including a discussion entitled “Step By Step” which is about a new 3-Day Manual that will be released soon, probably later this year.
Although details are limited we were told that the Manual will not be published but will be available on the National Website. The actual changes to the Weekend Schedule, including the Rollos and their sequence, will be minor so it should not significantly affect our weekend this spring.
Preparation for the Cursillo this coming March is moving forward. Planning is underway and teams are being formed. So now is the time to complete the application for your potential candidate and submit it to Laura Veach, our Pre-Cursillo Chair.
De Colores! Bob McCormack