CURSILLO PERTH May 2015 Make a friend, be a friend, bring that friend to Christ. Hewlett-Packard Company [Pick the date] [Edition 1, Volume 1] Hello fellow Cursillistas, Side by Side Cursillo Weekend 17 th to 20 th September 2015 Womens 66 and Mens 49 Cursillo will be held at Swanleigh as a side by side Cursillo. So how does this work simply the talks are held separately but the two groups come together for meals and chapel except for the healing service. Lay directors Sharon Zuiddam and Mike Absalom are currently putting teams together and ask for your prayers as they commence training at John Septimus Roe in June. START PRAYING NOW looking for God s guidance as to whom to invite. This is a great opportunity for couples to attend at the same time. Our aim is to bring people into the greater knowledge of the love that Christ has for us. Cursillo is a beginning point for some, others a sign post along the way, others renewal; it is many things to many people but most of all it is about the love that God has for us in sometimes surprising shapes and forms. Application forms for this Cursillo weekend are available from your parish contact or the website http://www.cursillo.perth. anglican.org/ Applications close Thursday 2 nd September. Sharon here, Lay Director for the upcoming Cursillo, W66. I have been on the search for another wonderful team of ladies who are willing to share their love of Christ with future participants. In doing so, it has struck me how so many of our brothers and sisters in Christ are missing out on this great opportunity to serve and share just because we have old contact details. I urge you please, if you are changing your contact details, or know of someone who has changed theirs, please contact us either via the form on the website or through your parish contact and update us so you don t miss out on the chance to share in the growing Cursillista family. Sharon.
Ready, Willing and Able? As the appointed Lay Director, I am now looking to assemble a team to stage Men s 49 Cursillo in September. This promises to be the most exciting event of the century as it is to run concurrently with that of Women s 66 Cursillo. It is a challenge that I look forward to. If you would like to join with me in this adventure please let me know and we can talk about what you might offer to the weekend. If you are ready, willing and able call or text me on 0409 977 117, or drop me a line to m.j.absalom@gmail.com. De Colores Mike WHO SHOULD DO CURSILLO? Cursillo is open to members of any Christian denomination. Cursillo opens the way for our gracefilled lives to be lived and shared with others. It is for the development of Christian people who: Are members of a local church; Have a desire to strengthen their spiritual lives; May have unanswered questions about faith; Understand that being a Christian involves responsibility; Are willing to dedicate their everyday lives to God in an ongoing manner. Start now...pray for God s insight into who you might sponsor to experience a Cursillo weekend this year! Ultreya!!!! So a quick pop quiz! Who recalls what Ultreya means??? "Ultreya" is a Spanish word, derived from the original Latin, meaning Onward! It was in common use by pilgrims to greet and to encourage one another as they walked the Camino de Santiago. This word is now also used by the Cursillo community to signify the meeting which is held after a Cursillo experience. So please SAVE THE DATE!!! 20 June 2015 St Barnabas Parish, 40 Railway Road Kalamunda 12 noon BYO lunch if you like 1 pm Cursillo Workshop The Most Important Role in Cursillo The Parish Contact all are welcome not just the PC s Congratulations to The parishes of: Dianella, Applecross, Duncraig and Rockingham! These parishes are regularly holding 4 th Day Group reunions Is your parish doing this too? Please let us know so we can celebrate your commitment to the Cursillo way as well. Want to hold 4 th day reunions but not sure what or how to do so? Send us a message on the website! 3 pm Ultreya Followed by fellowship and a share snack or 2 What to bring Lunch if you are coming for lunch Your name medallion and 4 th day commitment card A friend Something to share afterwards A BIG thank you to Kalamunda Parish for hosting. When will your parish be hosting an Ultreya?? Contact Ultreya Coordinator Mrs Sandy Kilpatrick at sandykilp64@gmail.com
On prayer (in 50 words or less - my budget!) To pray is to partake in the Graciousness of G-D. As the baptised in the Body of Christ we take our place as branches utterly dependent on Him as the Vine. And in this matrix we are attached to each other. This is our privilege and joy - to make community with Him, in Him - and is exemplified in the words Jesus gave us, Our Father. We do not pray alone even if we are seemingly so - Christ is there, offering with us, as are our sisters and brothers - the communion of saints. And we are promised that when we ask in faith G-D will hear. The best advice about prayer, - if i may make so bold as to offer any - is pray as you can, don t try to pretzel yourself into someone else s shape. Just be still and know G-D where you are (oops blew the budget, sorry Sarah)). De colores! Pax et bonum hilary, Prayer convevor WA Cursillo. Cursillo is chasing a communion set do you happen to have or know of one laying around, unloved and unused. We need a chalice or two, a ciborium, and a bread box or some spare linens? Contact Rev William Thomas on 0402 512 145 or chaplain_dude@hotmail.com COMPETITION TIME Can you please apply your thinking caps!!! This newsletter needs a name other dioceses use words like The Encourager, the Owle and New Day. What interesting and uplifting words can you think of to name our newsletter? Please email suggestions to wa.cursillo.palanca@live.com.au. And the prize for the winning entry is my undying gratitude!!! Can YOU help many of these jobs are occasional, some even only once a year, but they are an opportunity to serve God in a different capacity. Please pray and see where the Spirit is leading you. Treasurer (OK so this is an ongoing one, and we would like you to commit to 3 years). Involves maintaining financial records, paying bills, receipting incomings, a bit of balancing here and there you know the general stuff but you get to have a say in how Cursillo in WA is run by attending Secretariat meetings!!! (These are awesome!) Newsletter Editor (again I may have stretched the truth a smidgeon a 3 year stint would be helpful) As you can tell from this epistle we need someone with a few more computer skills than me but we only want 3 or 4 newsletters per year. Feel free to commission others to write columns, borrow and adapt from any source you can. Pack up crew (ok this one is only when we hold a weekend, so this year its ONCE!!!) Simply put it would be a great to have a few able bodied people to pack the trailer PROPERLY at the end of a weekend.. it s then done and no one has to unpack and repack again later because things are in the wrong space. It s a form of good stewardship so things last and are protected and maintained and not damaged in transit. Leanne Doyle has worked hard to get the wonderful trailer and has organized everything to streamline the process we just need committed bodies for a couple of hours!! APPLY NOW by calling: Paul Doyle 0409 085 784 Pauline Hardidge 0402 382 164
Sponsoring!!!! Sponsorship is probably the most misunderstood yet THE most important part of the Cursillo process. Eduardo Bonnin, one the lay founders of the Cursillo Movement said, Cursillos are held not so that there will be a large number of Cursillistas but to have living and active Christians. The Cursillo Movement is a movement of the Church which, by means of its method, makes possible for people to live what is fundamental for being a Christian. By living it with others, it helps people discover and fulfill their personal vocations. The Cursillo Movement promotes the creation of core groups of Christians who leaven their environments with the Gospel. Sponsoring is not a haphazard circumstance -it should be a deliberate act to bring Jesus Christ into the world. Sponsors should know the candidates very well. The candidates will become the agent for change in their families, work situations, neighbourhoods, social gatherings, to name a few. Sponsors should: Understand the goal of the Cursillo Movement and their responsibility as sponsors. Know that potential candidates fall into three groups those who ought to go, those who can go and those who cannot or should not go. Know the candidate as well as possible and pray for direction from the Holy Spirit. Remember to speak to God about others before speaking to others about God. Know information about the candidate. Information like marital status, number of children, parish that the candidate attends, specific environments that the candidate is immersed in. In addition, the candidate should be a baptized, practicing Christian who is able to participate in the Sacraments of Church; should be able to make decisions as an individual and should be open to participate in Post Cursillo programs. There is one more thing that a sponsor should do before the Cursillo weekend. Ensure that the candidate has read the booklet entitled The Cursillo Movement What Is It? Below is a simple, general process to follow for sponsoring a candidate in Cursillo. READ AND UNDERSTAND "THE CURSILLO MOVEMENT'S SPONSOR'S BOOKLET haven t seen it? Contact us via the website for a copy http://www.cursillo.perth.anglican.org/?page_id=42 about a prospective candidate Talk to your friend about Cursillo and give them a copy of the What is Cursillo pamphlet. Make a date to follow up and discuss the introduction sheet and gauge interest. If they AND you decide to proceed; then give the prospective candidate the application form, with your section completed. Assist them to complete and ask their priest to endorse the application. Remember as sponsor YOU undertake to get them to and from the venue and to support their family while they are away!
NEXT EDITION We would love to include a fourth day story how Cursillo has enriched your walk with God. A couple of hundred words and a good pic would be all that we need. YOUR story may be just what someone else needs to hear today to encourage and support. Please email to wa.cursillo.palanca@live.com.au So who do I contact if I have a question? Co-Lay Director: Paul Doyle 0409 085 784 or pauldoyle2@yahoo.com.au Co-Lay Director: Pauline Hardidge 0402 382 164 or hardidge2@yahoo.com.au Ross and I met 14 years ago through my work, and over the years we had become best friends, but I thought he would never be interested in anything more than friendship. We realised late last year after we had been through significantly difficult issues in each of our lives that we belonged together, so on April 11, 2015 we were married at St Luke's Church in Mosman Park... where Ross was ordained to the deaconate nearly 30 years ago! Ultreya!!! Sandy Kilpatrick Spiritual Director: Rev. William Thomas chaplain_dude@hotmail.com Secretary: Sue Thomas Trailblazer70@hotmail.com Registrar: Eddy Crouch eddycrouch@bigpond.com Newsletter and Prayer Requests: wa.cursillo.palanca@live.com.au Website: http://www.cursillo.perth.anglican.org/ Gillian Loffell who has been an active and gracious member of secretariat with a variety of roles including secretary and newsletter editor. Gillian we wish you every success with life in the future! And to Jeanette Woods our wonderfully talented, patient and caring Treasurer. You have made understanding the Cursillo finances easier and have put some great systems in place to streamline this task. May God richly bless you and keep you.