Diocese Cursillo Volume 3, Issue 10 November 2013 http://www.cursillond.org Ultreya Schedule November 2 Minto Sacred Heart Church following the 5:00 PM Mass November 21 Belcourt Queen of Peace 6:00 PM Small Group Locator Be a Friend, Make a Friend, Bring a Friend to Christ! Sts Anne & Joachim Men s Group 1st and 3rd Tuesday/month at 7:30 PM Sts Anne & Joachim Parish POC: Cory Jones (701) 293-0515 Sts Anne & Joachim Women s Group 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM Sts Anne & Joachim Parish POC: Barb Jones (701) 293-0515 Mixed Saturday Study Group Every Other Saturday at 7:00 AM Sts Anne & Joachim Parish POC: John Clark (701) 306-3369 Grand Forks Grand Forks Women s Group Fridays 8 AM Perkins 13th & Columbia Road POC: Annette Noehre at lanoe@midco.net Devil s Lake St. Joseph's Mixed Group Thursday's @ 6:00 AM Church basement POC: Patty Cote (701) 351-7726 Thursday s @6:00 PM Church basement POC: Ken Severinson (701) 351-0658 Tuesday evening Men s Group Tuesdays 7 pm St. Catherine Church basement POC: Deacon Carl Orthman (701) 845-6271 Friday morning Men s Group Fridays 6 am St, Catherine Church basement POC: Deacon Joe Leitner (701) 845-0817 Tuesday Afternoon Women s Group Tuesdays 3:30 pm St. Catherine Parish Office POC: Deb Didier (701)-845-5317 Thursday morning Women s Group Thursday 6 am St. Catherine Parish Office POC: Liz Chandler (701) 840-0746 Minto Area Men's Group Meets Monthly usually First Wednesday Sacred Heart Church, Minto, ND POC: Keith Zikmund at 701-520-9751 Meets monthly usually 3rd Thursday Sacred Heart Church, Minto, ND POC: Joan Schanilec at 701-360-2499 Mixed Group Meets monthly usually 2nd Sunday in homes POC: Joan Schanilec at 701-360-2499 Edgeley Thursday 5:00 pm Trans Adoration Chapel POC: Sandi Horsager (701) 320-5251 LaMoure Women's and Men's Group Tuesday's 6:00 am Norm & Sue Goehring s residence POC: Sue Goehring (701) 883-5724 Women s Group Wednesday 7:30 PM Holy Rosary Church POC: Sheila Hanson (701)-883-4460 Rugby Mixed Group 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8:15 PM Little Flower Church basement POC: Ed Pfeifer (701) 208-0519 Harwood Women s Group 1st Monday at 7 PM at Joy Olson's home Mixed Group 2nd Sunday after 8AM Mass at St Williams Parish POC Norm Olson (701) 261-2250 Belcourt Men s & Women s 3rd Thursday 6PM Queen of Peace Retreat Center POC: Denise Keplin Jamestown St James Basilica Men's Group Sundays 9:40-10:20 AM in Holy Spirit room 4th Thursday 7:00 p m in Holy Spirit room Sundays 9:40-10:20 AM in St Thomas room 1st and 3rd Wednesday 7:00 PM in Thomas room or community room Grafton 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 PM St. John's Catholic Church POC: Cynthia Janousek (701) 520-1149 Please send information about your small group or upcoming Ultreyas so that it can be added to the newsletter next month to: benseitz@cableone.net. Please include the following: Name of Group Where/When the Group meets Men or Women or mixed? Contact info for group leader

Cursillo Weekend Dates The schedule for 2014 Cursillo Weekends Location Dates Rector/Rectora Maryvale Men s January 23-26, 2014 Gary Baasch Maryvale Women s January 30 - February 2, 2014 Deb Leitner Hankinson Men s March 6-9, 2014 Ben Seitz Hankinson Women s March 20-23, 2014 Sandi Horsager Belcourt Men s February 20-23, 2014 PJ Marcellais Belcourt Women s February 27 - March 2, 2014 TBD Applications are available on the Cursillo website www.cursillond.org and attached to the monthly newsletter. Cursillo Regional Encounter Hankinson, ND - April 25-27, 2014 Mark your calendars for a Cursillo Regional Encounter right here in North Dakota. This is a rare opportunity more information will follow! SCHOOL OF LEADERS EXPANDS The School of Leaders will be adding a satellite to the main School in. In November SCOL will be held monthly on a Wednesday night in and monthly on a Saturday morning in. Dates for upcoming meetings are listed on the next page. The purpose of the SCOL is to develop Cursillistas into Leaders within the Cursillo Movement. The meetings last two hours and include presentations on Church Doctrine and Cursillo Techniques. SCOL meetings include Group Reunion & meetings of the Pre Cursillo, Cursillo, Post Cursillo and SCOL s sections. It is never too late to register for the SCOL. Registration Forms are available online and attached to this newsletter. Interested in starting a SCOL in your area? All is takes if four dedicated Cursillistas dedicated to evangelization. One person will represent each section of the SCOL. Presentations of the Doctrinal and Technique talks are available. Call Ben Seitz at (701) 540-8248 for more information. 2014 Cursillo Applications Now Available Applications are now available for the 2014 Cursillo weekends! In 2014 there will be a first with women s and men s weekends at both Maryvale and Hankinson. The Maryvale weekends will be in January and the Hankinson weekends will be in March. Weekend dates for Belcourt have also been published. Make a friend, be a friend, and bring a friend to Christ the motto for our Cursillo Movement. Now is the time to begin prayerfully approaching those who you believe God is calling to attend a Cursillo. Sponsorship is a key element of the Pre-Cursillo and it comes with a great deal of responsibility on the 4th Day. All are now called to begin (or continue) to offer Palanca for teams and candidates. The prayers and sacrifices offered by all Cursillistas lights the fire of the Holy Spirit on the teams during preparation and on the candidates during the weekend. Page 2

News Shorts MIXED SATURDAY STUDY GROUP IN FARGO A new mixed (men and women s) group will begin meeting every other Saturday at 7:00 AM beginning on November 30 at Sts Anne & Joachim Parish in. This study group will also include a small group sharing at every meeting. The Group will begin reading the Whom Shall I Send at the first meeting. For more information and/or to order a copy of the book contact John Clark at (701) 306-3369. Life in the Spirit Seminar: November 15-17 St. Catherine Catholic Church,, ND Friday 6:30 p.m. - Sunday afternoon Experience an inner renewal through scripture, sacraments, listening to inspiring talks, discussions, prayer and song. Seize the opportunity to deepen your personal relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and fellow members of the Body of Christ. Cursillo Prayer Chain The Cursillo website at www.cursillond.org has added a Cursillo Prayer Chain link! There are two ways to participate in the prayer chain: Sign up to be a member of the prayer chain by simply typing in your name and email address. Then whenever anyone enters a prayer request you will receive an email with the prayer intention. Enter a prayer request simply click on the prayer request link which will open an email. Fill in your prayer request and it will be forwarded to all members of the prayer chain. SCHOOL OF LEADERS SCHEDULE The Diocese Cursillo School of Leaders (SCOL) will provide two opportunities for members to attend monthly SCOL meetings in 2014. Meeting will be held on the third Wednesday of every month in and on the preceding Saturday in. SCOL will meet at Sts Anne and Joachim Church on Saturday mornings at 9:30 AM in the St Michael Room in the Basement. SCOL will meet at St Catherine s Church at 6:30 PM on Wednesday nights. It was determined that the 3 first topics should be covered again as materials received during the Cursillo de Cursillo provide a clearer understanding of the topics and that it would benefit all members. Below is the schedule including topics to be covered: Date Location Technique Talk Topic November 16, 2013 November 20, 2013 Mentality January 11, 2014 January 15, 2014 Essence and Purpose February 15, 2014 February 19, 2014 Strategy March 15, 2014 Living and Sharing What is Fundamental March 19, 2014 to being a Christian April 12, 2014 April 16, 2014 Dangers and Deviations May 10, 2014 Cursillo in the Pastoral Ministry of the May 14, 2014 Church June 14, 2014 June 18, 2014 Pre Cursillo

Pope Francis speaks to Cursillistas! As Pope Francis is a strong supporter of Cursillo! Even while Archbishop of Buenos Aries, Jorge Bergoglio taught this way. The following points come from a letter he wrote to Cursillistas in his Archdiocese in 2011: As a Church, all of us need unity in Christ so that only He reigns in our hearts. Now more than ever, we need your presence in your various environments to be light and joy for so many brothers and sisters who ignore God as a Father who loves them with great tenderness. The gift of Kerygma (the apostolic proclamation of religious truths) received during your Cursillo missionary, just like the tripod points out (piety, study, and action). As a Church all of us need unity in Christ, so that HE, only HE reigns in our hearts and only then we will be able to recognize HIM as the disciples did in Emmaus. As I thank you for you pilgrimage as Cursillistas, I ask you to never cease to renew in Jesus Eucharist your apostolic fervor and that of your brothers and sisters in your group reunions. Today, more than ever we need your presence so that many families can find the transcendent love of Christ a newer and larger dimension of human love. We need your presence and your witness in the Ultreyas, to keep moving forward in the proclamation and living out the Kerygma. I ask you to pray for me. May God and the Virgin Mother of the Divine Grace be with you and take care of you. From: Cursillo National Newsletter in August 2013 The Importance of Being a Sponsor Cursillistas we are called to make a friend, be a friend, and bring a friend to Christ. Note it does not say bring a friend to Cursillo. Our mission is to Christianize our environments and build a backbone of Christianity in the world one person at a time. When the time is right someone you know may be ready to attend a Cursillo weekend and you may be in a position to sponsor them. It is important for you to understand, therefore, the responsibility that you have as a sponsor. Most important to note is that your responsibility does not end when you drop the candidate off for the weekend. With both Men s and Women s weekends coming up in 2014 sponsoring would seem to be a timely subject. The Leaders Manual outlines the responsibilities of the sponsor on page 95 as follows: The Sponsor must: Know, at least in a general way, the mentality and purpose of the Cursillo Movement. Have read and agreed with the information contained in The Cursillo Movements Sponsor s Booklet. Know the candidate as much as possible, and pray for direction from the Holy Spirit: Speak to God about the candidate before speaking to the candidate about God. Give an authentic witness of one s Christian life, that is, to live the message being proclaimed. Provide candidates with as much information as possible. Provide each candidate a copy of the booklet The Cursillo Movement What is it? Spark the desire for God and make it grow and promote the attitude of conversion Take responsibility for the perseverance of the candidate until he/ she is fully incorporated into his/her own Christian community. See that the Secretariat has all the relevant facts about the personalities and dispositions of the candidates for the Cursillo. Bottom line is the sponsor s responsibility extends well past the weekend into the Post Cursillo. Ensure the candidate is grouping if possible the sponsor should group with new candidates. Additionally, the sponsor should ensure that new 4th Day members are invited to Ultreyas; providing rides if necessary. The goal of Cursillo is to build a Christian backbone or vertebrae in all environments of the world. We do that one soul at a time: Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ.

Cursillos in Christianity Cursillo Movement of the Diocese of The Catholic Cursillo is open to baptized Catholics who should be physically well, emotionally stable and able to receive the Sacraments of the Church. The Cursillo is a method of giving those, who have a potential for influencing others, a personal encounter with Christ. Applicant Name Address Parish Phone (h) City State Zip Birth date Email Occupation Education Level (Please circle one): 1-6 7-12 13-16 17+ Marital Status: Single Married Separated Divorced Widowed If Married: Married in the Catholic Church? Yes No Spouse's Name Is spouse Catholic? Yes No Why do you wish to make Cursillo? Are there any situation that would require special attention (Health, Diet, Disabilities, Allergies, problems with stairs, etc )? No Yes/Explain Activities you are currently involved in: (Church, Civic, Professional, Hobbies, etc.) Emergency Contacts: Day Phone: Night Phone: Do you have any questions about the weekend that your sponsor has not been able to answer? Has the recommended Follow-up Program of Group Reunion and Ultreya been explained to you? I have read and understand everything contained in this application. I have provided all the necessary information and answered all the questions honestly and completely. Signature Date: NOTE: The cost of the Cursillo weekend is $125. A $25 deposit is requested with this application and the remainder can be paid during the weekend.

Sponsor Name Address Parish Phone (h) City State Zip Phone (w) Email Address: Fax Fourth day group meeting time/place: Are you active in a: Group Reunion Ultreya School of Leaders How long and how well do you know your candidate? Is your candidate free to receive the sacraments? Yes No Has the candidate s spouse made the Cursillo? Yes No (If no, is he/she interested in the Cursillo?) Yes No (If no, state the reason why?) Has he/she experienced a death of a loved one, trauma or severe crisis within the past year? Yes/No In your own words, describe this candidate's personality/nature (i.e. leader, follower, quiet, argumentative, etc) Why do you recommend this candidate? Signature Date Candidates Pastor Name Address Parish Email City State Zip Phone Do you recommend this candidate for Cursillo? Signature Yes/No Date Select weekend below and send this application with a $25 deposit to the corresponding address. Maryvale Men s Weekend Maryvale Women s Weekend January 23-26, 2014 January 30-February 2, 2014 Gary Baasch Deb Leitner 12931 26 th Street SE 326 10 th St NW Oriska, ND 58063, ND 58072 Hankinson Men s Weekend Hankinson Women s Weekend March 6-9, 2014 March 20-23, 2014 Ben Seitz Sandi Horsager 3025 37 th Ave S 929 4 th Street, ND 58104 Edgeley, ND 58433 Belcourt Men s Weekend Belcourt Women s Weekend February 20-23, 2014 February 27-March 2, 2014 PJ Marcellais TBD PO Box 1022 Belcourt ND 58316

SCHOOL OF LEADERS APPLICATION FORM Cursillo Movement for the Diocese of A Cursillo School of Leaders is a core group of Christians who come together to pray, study and build a Christian community of service to the cursillo by living the cursillo method in the environment in which they live. Name: Parish Address Phone City State Zip Birth date E-Mail Occupation Marital status: (circle one) Single Married Separated Divorced Widowed Why do you wish to apply for the School of Leaders? Activities you are currently involved in: (church, cursillo, civic, professional) Are you currently participating in cursillo follow-up programs? Group Reunion Ultreya Signature Date Mail to: Ben Seitz 3025 37th Ave S ND 58104