School of Leaders

Greetings to all my Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

The trip to Buffalo for the Region III Conference was Spirit-filled, joyful, and very informative.  I'd like to share with you a quote from the School of Leaders rollo.

   "One of the quickest ways to render the Cursillo Movement ineffective is to convince ourselves that Group Reunion and School of Leaders is unnecessary or optional.  Too soon we forget the charism of friendship that was forged in our small group reunions on our weekend."

Let's try to keep our enthusiasm and love for Cursillo alive.

Calendar Change - November 30, 2011

The family mass originally shown on November 30, 2011, has been changed to December 12, 2011.  The school of Leaders will meet on November 30, 2011.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Updated Secretariat

SECRETARIAT

The following now serve:
Lay Director ……………………...Gary Smith
 School of Leaders ………………Kay Houston

PreCursillo ……………………..Andi Zientara

Cursillo …………………….…….. .Joe White
PostCursillo ………………………..Jeff Glace
Treasurer ……………………….Clyde Werger
 Secretary……………………..Wayne Houston
     Communications ………………… Patty Joyce
 Physical Arrangements …………..Bill Ibinson

Jan Held will remain as Editor of the 4th Day Newsletter

Message from the School of Leaders Coordinator - Kay Houston

     Greetings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ.
     We have been spending 30 minutes in Chapel before our School of Leaders meetings and I believe God is with us.  We are enjoying our studies and discussions and are coming up with some good ideas. 
     Come join us any Wednesday at Mt. Nazareth at 7:15 PM except for the Wednesdays of the Healing Mass.
     God's blessings to you all.

Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass

The mass will be held at Mt. Nazareth Chapel on Monday, December 12, 2011, at 7:30 PM. 


The celebrant will be Fr. Stan Gregorek.


After the mass, there will be a Fiesta.


Make plans for attending the mass and fiesta.

Sponsor's Workshop

            Twenty people attended the Pittsburgh Cursillo Sponsor’s workshop held on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Mt. Nazareth Center.  The workshop was presented to regain the true focus and meaning of our “commitment to infuse our environment with authentic Christianity”.  Lately, our focus has been narrowed to “just willing participants to attend a weekend so our numbers can grow, so good people can have an enjoyable spiritual retreat, and we can continue to exist as a movement”.

            The workshop emphasized a re-examination and understanding of why we sponsor candidates, and the guidelines and mandates that oversee the Pre-Cursillo phase so that they are understood and more readily accepted by the community at large without controversy to invigorate our movement by presenting an authentic, productive weekend.

            Andrea Zientara, Pre-Cursillo Chairperson, was the moderator.  Fr. Tom Galvin, Patty Joyce, and Mary K. Fleckenstein assisted with the presentation, and discussed the following issues of sponsorship:

1.       Personal contact – know your candidate one on one.  No wide net casting.

2.       The fallibility of multiple sponsorships for a single weekend.

3.       Sponsor’s responsibility before, during, and especially after a weekend.

4.       Who should go, who can go, and who should not attend.

5.       Respect for the application process and the document itself…why certain questions are there, the purpose they serve, and why proper signatures are necessary.

6.       Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ…and MAYBE to Cursillo.  What Cursillo is NOT. 

7.       Approaching married couples about making a weekend…positive and negative outcomes.

8.        Authentic Palanca and responsibilities by each individual Ultreya.

     There is consideration for a presenting the Sponsor's Workshop again in the spring.  It will be posted on the calendar and also on the blog whenever plans are finalized.