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1 Cursillo Movement of Baltimore April 2017 Newsletter April 14, 2017 April 16, 2017 April 17, 2017 April 28-30, 2017 May 12, 2017 May 15, 2017 June 9, 2017 June 19, 2017 June 29-July 2, 2017 July 2, 2017 June 30, 2017 July 14, 2017 July 17, 2017 August 3-6, 2017 August 3, 2017 August 11, 2017 August 19, 2017 August 21, 2017 NO ULTREYA at Church of the Crucifixion GOOD FRIDAY! EASTER! He Has Risen! School Of Leaders at Our Lady of the 7:00 PM Region 2 Spring Encounter in New Jersey Ultreya at Church of the 7:30 PM School Of Leaders at Our Lady of the 7:00 PM Ultreya at Church of the 7:30 PM School Of Leaders at Our Lady of the 7:00 PM MEN S WEEKEND Please pray for our candidates and team 4:00 PM arrive at 3:30 PM Rotating Ultreya in 7:30 PM Ultreya at Church of the 7:30 PM School Of Leaders at Our Lady of the 7:00 PM WOMEN S WEEKEND - Please pray for our candidates and team 4:00 PM arrive at 3:30 PM Ultreya at Church of the 7:30 PM GRAND ULTREYA and FIESTA at the Luddy 3:00 PM School Of Leaders at Our Lady of the 7:00 PM

2 Lay Director s Message by Dave Luddy During this season of Lent, we are all trying so hard to deepen our relationship with our Lord and Savior. At the same time, as the warm weather arrives and the flowers start blooming, it seems to me that Jesus is making his presence among us visible in so many wonderful ways. And, as new life grows in His creation, He shows us that we too can have new life in Him. I also see signs of new life within the Cursillo movement. Several of the Cursillistas who lived their weekends last summer have become active in friendship groups and Ultreyas, are serving as new leaders on the Secretariat, or are serving as team members for the upcoming weekends. Please continue to support them in their fourth day and in their service to our community. Mark Carter and Vicky Mundt are busy forming teams for the upcoming weekends and are preparing for the start of team formation sessions. Our new 3 day weekend committee is providing lots of planning and support. The School of Leaders is hosting special sessions to support the teams. We would love to have your support in all of these areas. But, most of all we need your support as sponsors. Paul Gonzalez has been reaching out to you to pray for potential candidates and to be brave enough to invite those who might benefit. Within the next month, we will make a Go/No Go decision for the weekends based on the number of candidates. So, please do your best and keep Paul informed of any candidates that you are working with. Thanks to Sue Wenzlick s efforts in leading the awesome purse and bag bingo on Jan 28th, we received a very generous check for the Cursillo Movement of Baltimore. This will help us to defray weekend expenses and to keep the cost down for our candidates. It will also allow us to provide full or partial scholarships for candidates who cannot pay the full cost of a Cursillo weekend. So, please don t let cost get in the way of any potential candidate. Just let Paul know the situation and he will take care of it. Our spring and fall Palanca masses and get togethers are a wonderful way for us to come together as a community to pray and to enjoy food, fellowship, and information about our movement. Our most recent one on March 18 th was well attended and we learned a lot about our Palanca efforts. Please see the article in this newsletter for details. Do you live in an area that makes it difficult to come to an Ultreya? One of our goals is to host rotating Ultreyas in different parts of the Archdiocese. We ve had them in Laurel and Annapolis and would love to expand to other locations. If you d like to host one in your area, please contact Andy Roe, our 4 th day coordinator, and he will help to make the arrangements. Blessings to you and your family as we approach the Easter Triduum. I pray that you will experience God s love and mercy in a special way and will find opportunities to share it with those that you encounter in your daily life. De Colores, Dave Luddy deluddy@gmail.com

As we meditate on the Paschal Mystery, we can make analogy to Jesus' three days in the tomb with the three days of the Cursillo weekend.

He was in the tomb for three days? Firstly, if the question is by what power did Jesus rise after He was dead; the answer is by the power of God.

The resurrection was the proof that God had accepted the sacrifice of Jesus and, thus, renewed fallen creation that had been disfigured since the original sin of Adam and Eve.

3 As we meditate on the Paschal Mystery, we can make analogy to Jesus' three days in the tomb with the three days of the Cursillo weekend. We enter the tomb on Friday in our sin and selfishness and come out on Sunday full of new life. One might ask: If Jesus was buried on Friday, how did he rise on Sunday? He was in the tomb for three days? Firstly, if the question is by what power did Jesus rise after He was dead; the answer is by the power of God. Because Jesus offered Himself as the totally perfect and innocent sacrifice offered to God for the remission of sins, the Father accepted that sacrifice as making atonement (i.e. literally--- AT-ONE-ment) for the human race. The resurrection was the proof that God had accepted the sacrifice of Jesus and, thus, renewed fallen creation that had been disfigured since the original sin of Adam and Eve. Secondly, if the question has to do with counting the number of days, we need to realize that Jewish law reckons the day to begin at sunset. We read in the Gospel of Luke 23:54 It was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was about to begin. Therefore, Jesus was laid in the tomb before sunset on Friday; that was the first day. Jesus was in the tomb all day Saturday, which was the Sabbath, (Luke 23:55) the second day. The Gospel of Luke continues (24:1), But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. Jesus rose from the dead early Sunday morning, the third day. So while Jesus was not in the tomb for a complete 72 hours (three complete 24 hour periods), He was in the tomb before the end of Friday (one day), all of Saturday (second day), at day break on Sunday (third day). Therefore, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. Father Larry Adamczyk LAdamczyk@archbalt.org Spiritual Advisor s Message by Father Larry Adamczyk Cursillo of Baltimore For more detailed information about what is happening in our movement along with team formation! Cursillo Community of Baltimore For posts of events in your area that would improve our Piety, Study and Action!

4 Have you ever taken the time to put yourself into a scene in a Scripture reading? What would you have done if you were one of the 30,000 people who converged on Jerusalem for the holiday and learned that Jesus was going to make an entrance into the city? If you were a follower of Jesus you would probably have laid your cloak down on the ground and if you were an activist against Roman rule like Judas, you would have laid down palm branches which were the sign of rebellion. What about today April 9 th, 2017? How is Jesus being welcomed into your life style sphere of knowledge and activities? Will your family and friends get to Mass to get some palm to put behind the picture of Jesus and forget about Him until some other religious holiday like Easter and Christmas? How do we deal with the people in our lives who only have a passing interest in who Jesus is and what He taught and why? These are not easy questions? We have two Cursillo weekends coming up and instead of 25+ people attending, we are lucky to get 10, but then again isn t that the same 15% percent of Baptized Catholics attending Mass regularly on Sunday and Holy Days except for the big ones? If Jesus were to come down today and enter every major city how many people will show up for the parade and when the City Councils and Mayors throw Him in prison because He didn t have a parade permit, who would show up at the court and sign their name on a petition to drop the charges? Think about it! Remember the charge you were given at the end of the weekend: Christ is counting on you and you said I am counting on Christ! Well, welcome to the real world. Of the hundreds of men and woman who have gone on weekends why don t we have Ultreyas all over the State of Maryland? We make sure we change the oil in our cars on a regular basis, but what about the Chrism oil we were anointed with at our Baptism and Confirmation? I was looking at the Cursillo rooster in my home office that someone gave me and I didn t think about my weekend and what I have tried to do for Christ in my lifetime, but I thought about Peter denying Jesus three times before the rooster crowed and I have decided to do something about it. What about you? Deacon R. Wm. 'Monti' Montalto deaconmonti@gmail.com Spiritual Advisor s Message by Deacon Monti Give a Gift of Faith This EASTER! Not sure what to give that family member or friend for Easter this year? How about a subscription to the Lighthouse Catholic Media CD or MP3 of the Month Club? The recipient will receive a dynamic new-release talk from one of our nation s leading Catholic speakers to either their mailbox or their inbox at the beginning of each month. As an added bonus, a portion of the subscription cost will be donated back to our Cursillo movement. Your gift of faith will help the Baltimore Cursillo movement raise money all at the same time. Go to and use promo number

A prayer and call for candidates! Got a candidate in mind for a weekend? Please email Paul at pgonzalez59@myfam.com and let him know so we can start praying for your candidate.

5 A prayer and call for candidates! Got a candidate in mind for a weekend? Please Paul at pgonzalez59@myfam.com and let him know so we can start praying for your candidate. Cursillo "Letters of Interest" (ie. the application) can be found on-line at and should be turned into Paul Gonzalez. His address at the bottom of the form. Send your applications in now! CURSILLO WEEKENDS ANNOUNCING: MEN S CURSILLO WEEKEND June 29- July 2, 2017 O Dwyer Retreat House WOMEN S CURSILLO WEEKEND August 3-6, 2017 O Dwyer Retreat House CLOSURAS WILL START PROMPTLY ON RETREAT SUNDAYS AT 4:00 PM Pre-Cursillo by Paul Gonzalez PRAYER is one of the legs on which our Movement, our faith, must stand upon. We need to pray and "speak to God about our friends, before we speak to our friends about God", therefore, please include in your prayers the names of these potential Cursillistas: Bob H, Lisa H, Frank R, Larry W, Anthony M, Colleen M, Kevin H, Jon K, Caitlyn K, Lance L, Dawn L, Carol E, Susan H, Tom P, Loretta C, Beth S, Christina L, Brian B, Michelle A, and Jack S. I encourage you to send me the names of your potential Cursillistas so we can add them to this list. May the Holy Spirit speak through us, in word and action, as we bring these men and women to Cursillo and to a deeper and personal friendship with our Lord. May God Bless Cursillo! Contact Information: pgonzalez59@myfam.com or

6 Your 4 th Day Message by Andy Roe How s it going everyone! Hope you are ready for Easter as its coming fast! Ultreya is a Spanish word meaning "onward!" In real terms, that's what happens after a weekend is over. Remember what happens to Jesus and His closest disciples after they come down from the mountain after the transfiguration? They immediately have to go back to work! The same holds true for us. As much as we'd like to stay at the retreat house forever, the real world beckons. Fortunately, we have spent three days learning how to live in a whole new way, and we have a community, a servant community who is ready and waiting to help us to live our fourth day, which is the rest of our life. At the heart of the 4th day is the Group Reunion. The Group Reunion is a small group, usually 4-6 people who meet weekly to share their piety, study and action with one another. They pray with and for one another. These people are the ones who often know you best, and who keep you closest to Christ in your fourth day. The Ultreya is a coming together of many different groups where you get to group with someone new. If you are not currently in a Group Reunion please get in touch with me and I can help remedy that situation! Hope to see you at an Ultreya sometime soon! Andy Roe aroe@alarmtechsolutions.com The National Cursillo Center published a great article awhile back on living our fourth day which you can find here: Here are some excerpts: Most of the time we spend our time and efforts searching for the perfect candidate. However, if we concentrate more on the person who has the capacity for conviction, decision, and constancy, you can rest assured they will capture the message presented during the Cursillo Weekend, and therefore live out their Fourth Day helping others live their lives with conviction, decision, and constancy. Conviction (piety) in directing our whole life to God, we establish an intimate relationship with Him, an open and personal friendship. It is absolutely necessary for us to have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ in order for our piety to be genuine. Decision (study) putting our minds at the service of the truth or applying our minds to learn the truth. In essence, it is the process of learning to love and respond in faith to reach our potential as persons; fully human and fully Christian. Only by fulfilling our potential can we begin to understand God s love for us, and begin to live in that love. Constancy (action) is the perfection of piety, dedicating our very lives to God by aligning our will to His will, and then doing what we have been asked to do. Action is responding to the command of Jesus written in John 13: Simply stated, Action is exercising the power to love just as Jesus has loved us. PLEASE SIGN-UP FOR PALANCA TIMESLOT ON THE PRAYER CROSSING USING THE ONLINE SOFTWARE TOOL CALLED SIGNUP GENIUS - Men s Weekend - June 29-July Women s Weekend - August 3-6

7 Palanca by Darlene Conley Palanca is prayers, sacrifices and acts of mercy. Our Cursillo manual tells us that these are offered to God to obtain something and that palanca should accompany all evangelizing efforts. The Spanish word Palanca means "lever." Just as a lever allows a person to move things which are beyond their strength, therefore our prayers and sacrifices allow us to accomplish more than we would be capable of achieving. We should always be doing palanca in our daily lives. Example we can offer up any action of happiness, difficulty or suffering. For example when I go to mass I offer my thoughts, prayers and blessings of the Eucharist to my person or situation. Some other people may like doing novenas, rosary, adoration, or meditation. These are all good tools for palanca. Archbishop Borders once said, "Prayers are us responding to God and Grace is God responding to us." Without prayer or palanca nothing gets done. CURRENT PALANCA ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR BALTIMORE CURSILLO MOVEMENT Palanca masses Where the community comes together for mass, palanca prayers, and some social time. We also announce all upcoming activities within our community. We have two Palanca Masses a year. Here are our dates please include them on your calendar: Oct , Apr. 28, 2018 and Oct. 27, All Palanca Masses are held at Holy Trinity Parish in Glen Burnie. Palanca for the US and Worldwide Cursillo Weekends. Every week we are notified of upcoming weekends and we respond with our palanca weekly. Palanca for our own weekends. This includes our Prayer crosses for the upcoming weekends, Prayers for the teams and potential candidates, and Novenas. Prayer Requests sending our prayers for the sick. Pilgrimages to Holy Places we usually plan at least one outing a year. Annual day of reflection at St Anthony's we usually pray for our movement on this gathering day. Adoration at St. Mary's in Annapolois Two times a month - Prayers for the Cursillo Movement. Personal Palanca - Some of what we can do individually as I mentioned above: rosary, novena, adoration, meditation, sacrifices and quiet prayer time to name a few. PALANCA MASS March 18, 2017 We had 22 Cursillistas in attendance. Deacon German Flores did our blessing and closing prayer. We owe a big thank you to Julie Ruf, Maureen Tomcala, Darlene Conley, and Bernadine Smith for getting the key and helping us to set up and clean up.

School of Leaders by Vicky Mundt Are you interested in being a Team member for a future Weekend? Then come to School of Leaders to learn about team formation.

On April 17 - we are covering Chapter 1 (19-48); May 15 - Chapter 2 (50-109); June 19 - Chapter 3 (110-175) and July 17 - Chapter 4 (176-258). All are welcome!

8 School of Leaders by Vicky Mundt Are you interested in being a Team member for a future Weekend? Then come to School of Leaders to learn about team formation. We are also studying The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis. On April 17 - we are covering Chapter 1 (19-48); May 15 - Chapter 2 (50-109); June 19 - Chapter 3 ( ) and July 17 - Chapter 4 ( ). All are welcome! We meet at Our Lady of the Fields on the 3rd Monday at 7:00. If you can't come but want to join us, contact Vicky about attending the meeting via Skype at mundtvl@gmail.com. Look at these friendly folks! People you can see at the Ultreya on the 2 nd Friday of the Month at the Church of the Crucifixion

Day of Reflection by Tina Delaney On chilly Saturday, January 21 st, a group of 13 Cursillistas and friends gathered at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for a day of reflection.

He had a fire going, and we sat on sofas and chairs around the hearth. Fr.

9 Day of Reflection by Tina Delaney On chilly Saturday, January 21 st, a group of 13 Cursillistas and friends gathered at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for a day of reflection. We gathered in the dining room of the Franciscan Friars, for some coffee and breakfast treats, then moved to the cozy library, where Fr. Michael Heine, OFM, Conv., awaited us. He had a fire going, and we sat on sofas and chairs around the hearth. Fr. Michael began with a history of the Shrine, which dates back to the founding of the colony of Maryland, was used as a formation house for friars, and today welcomes all as a pilgrimage destination. We explained to him what the Cursillo movement is, and introduced ourselves as we do at an Ultreya, giving our name, parish, date of when we made our Cursillo and table. This gave Fr. Michael an idea of how our friendship groups work. He asked us to share a high and low moment of the past week. (We told him this is similar to our close moments!). The topic of this day was the New Evangelization. Fr. Michael used John the Baptist as a perfect example of an evangelizer: He pointed to Christ. Since God is present through the highs and lows of our lives, we can be the pointer to Christ in the ordinary daily events. We must be creative to bring others to Christ. Consider the Gospel passage about the friends who brought their crippled friend to Jesus through the roof - now, that s creative! He told a story about a man stuck in a deep ditch, too weak to get out. Some people passed him by, others tried to reach down, but failed, and then an old man jumped in with him. Everyone thought the old man was silly to do that. But, the old man said to the trapped one, I know the way out. I ve been here. Jesus is the way. Let us be the ones to lead others to Jesus, and let Jesus lead the way for them. We had some free time to enjoy the peaceful house and grounds, receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, celebrate Mass, share lunch together (delicious crab soup, too!), and reconvened in the library, where we practiced Lectio Divina, with the following Sunday s Gospel (Matthew 4:12-23). Fr. Michael asked what, if we had to preach from that Gospel passage, would we focus on? Everyone had different angles to share, and we were all enriched by our reflections and time together! We closed in prayer, feeling a deeper sense of community. De Colores!

PURSE AND BAG BINGO January 28, 2017 What a great crowd we had for our annual fundraiser that we share with the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Mother Seton.

Many thanks to everyone who helped with this event especially Dan & Sue Wenzlick, the Ziegenhein family, Scott & Susie Frazier, Susan DeLoach, and the Kane family.

10 PURSE AND BAG BINGO January 28, 2017 What a great crowd we had for our annual fundraiser that we share with the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Mother Seton. Over $7000 in profit split between both groups! Many thanks to everyone who helped with this event especially Dan & Sue Wenzlick, the Ziegenhein family, Scott & Susie Frazier, Susan DeLoach, and the Kane family. Lisa s daughter, Abbey, did a great job as Vanna White. We have Ted pictured here with Abbey after he won his purse! Region 2 Encounter by Sue Wenzlick Spring Encounter April 28-30, 2018 Pope John Paul Retreat Center in Vineland, New Jersey. Cost is $130. Sign up NOW! Please feel free to join us as we travel up to NJ to meet with Cursillistas throughout our Region! We always learn a thing or two at these Encounters! Daily Mass, Rosary, and Fiesta! Contact Sue Wenzlick at Wenzlick@verizon.net

2017 National Encounter 60 th Anniversary of Cursillo The National Encounter will be held on July 27-30, 2017 at Trinity University which is located 7 minutes from the airport in San Antonio, TX.

all activities of our event. It is expected to be a fully packed National Encounter for celebrating the 60 th Anniversary of Cursillo in the United States. See you there bring a friend!

org/encounter2017/ CURSILLO OPEN HOUSE December 11, 2016 What a wonderful day we had filled with Advent joy as we celebrated the upcoming birth of Jesus.

11 2017 National Encounter 60 th Anniversary of Cursillo The National Encounter will be held on July 27-30, 2017 at Trinity University which is located 7 minutes from the airport in San Antonio, TX. Trinity University offers the ideal setting for our National Encounter with a state-of-the-art 2500-seat auditorium, air-conditioned residence halls and innovative meal menus that are available for all activities of our event. It is expected to be a fully packed National Encounter for celebrating the 60 th Anniversary of Cursillo in the United States. See you there bring a friend! For more information visit CURSILLO OPEN HOUSE December 11, 2016 What a wonderful day we had filled with Advent joy as we celebrated the upcoming birth of Jesus. Like usual, our pot-luck dinner had a variety of food, and plenty of sharing of stories and fellowship! Thanks to the Wenzlick s for opening their home for this gathering! EPIPHANY PARTY January 13, 2017 We held our Epiphany Party at Our Lady of the Fields. With our friends, as usual, we had a grand time with lots of laughter, sharing our blessings and singing Christmas carols. We also gave items for the homeless.

12 The Cursillo Movement of Baltimore Secretariat Members Feb 2017 Position Name Address Phone Numbers Spiritual Advisor Father Larry Adamczyk 224 W. Washington St. Hagerstown, MD Asst. Spiritual Deacon 615 Crawfords Ridge Rd. Advisor Mark Loepker Odenton, MD Ass't Spiritual Deacon 5 Dominion Drive, New Advisor Monti Freedom PA Lay Director Dave Luddy 473 Brightwood Rd. Millersville, MD Precursillo Paul Gonzalez 1102 Honeysuckle Lane, Annapolis, MD Day Tina Delaney th Avenue Edgewater, MD Day Catherine 1102 Honeysuckle Lane, Committee Gonzalez Annapolis, MD Day Andy Roe 203 Birch Ct. Severna Park, MD Secretary Jean Plourde nd Street Pasadena, MD Palanca Darlene 157 Waldo Road Conley Pasadena, MD Palanca Paul 1102 Honeysuckle Lane (International) Gonzalez Annapolis, MD School of Vicky Mundt 1391 Sunwood Terrace Leaders Annapolis, MD SOL Maureen 561 Eason Drive Committee Tomcala Severn, MD Treasurer* Joyce Dutilly 8676 Mission Rd. Jessup, MD Publicity Sue Wenzlick 604 Eagles Wing Ct. Linthicum, MD Newsletter Lori Garland 7712 Kidwell Ct. Hanover, MD National Website - Baltimore Website - Region 2 Website - National Palanca Prayer@yolitcursillo.org Started X116 Ladamczyk@archbalt.org January mark.loepker@gmail.com May deaconmonti@gmail.com deluddy@gmail.com July pgonzalez59@myfam.com Nov tinadelaney@hotmail.com August cmgonzalez59@myfam.com Feb aroe@alarmtechsolutions.com October jeanplo44@yahoo.com Feb darleneandbud157@gmail.co January m pgonzalez59@myfam.com January mundtvl@gmail.com July mtomcala1@verizon.net July rjdutilly@verizon.net January Wenzlick@verizon.net July cursillo.news@gmail.com January lori@1nadd.com 2010 Cursillo Movement of Baltimore s Prayer request Rose Marcin - rmarcin@gmail.com Cursillo Movement of Baltimore s Webmaster Bob Barrick - robert.barrick@verizon.net National Newsletters- Latest Cursillos in Christianity National Newsletters contain the following information: April 2017 Newsletter - The Contribution of Cursillos in Christianity in the Renewal of the Parish February 2017 Newsletter - America in Our Pilgrimage October 2016 Newssletter - Cursillo in Eleven Points ULTREYAS Church of the Crucifixion in Glen Burnie (2 nd Friday of the Month) - CONTACT - Darlene Conley darleneandbud157@gmail.com St. Mary s in Annapolis (5 th Friday of the Month - Rotating) - CONTACT Vicky Mundt mundtvl@gmail.com

Baltimore Cursillo March 2018 Newsletter

Baltimore Cursillo March 2018 Newsletter Baltimore Cursillo Calendar of Events April 13 7:30 8:30 PM ULTREYA at Church of the Crucifixion... 9 April 20-22 Region 2 Spring Encounter in Vineland, NJ.. 6