Cursillo Anyone?

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I agree that the fruitfulness of the retreat depends on the director. But the retreat itself is fairly strict, and it’s all about the Holy Spirit. I have no doubt that He guides the Cursillo movement very closely!

A little more than a year ago, my friend had come back from living in NYC living a promiscuous and, quite frankly, a crude life (i don’t mean to put her down, but this is how she’d want me to put it!). She reluctantly went into a Cursillo weekend, and came out a completely different person. She is probably the most humble person I know. I won’t doubt it if she would become a canonized saint! In fact, she’s soon to become a novitiate in the religious life. She changed our whole youth ministry at our parish, and made better a lot of lives. In that way, the Cursillo had already done good for me, and at the time I hadn’t even gone into the retreat yet.

That’s just one story. The Cursillo can do a world of good, but at the same time, you get what you put in as they say.

Basically, the Cursillo is a good start. To foster it is up to you, even with the ultreyas and group reunions.
 
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I agree that the fruitfulness of the retreat depends on the director. But the retreat itself is fairly strict, and it’s all about the Holy Spirit. I have no doubt that He guides the Cursillo movement very closely!

A little more than a year ago, my friend had come back from living in NYC living a promiscuous and, quite frankly, a crude life (i don’t mean to put her down, but this is how she’d want me to put it!). She reluctantly went into a Cursillo weekend, and came out a completely different person. She is probably the most humble person I know. I won’t doubt it if she would become a canonized saint! In fact, she’s soon to become a novitiate in the religious life. She changed our whole youth ministry at our parish, and made better a lot of lives. In that way, the Cursillo had already done good for me, and at the time I hadn’t even gone into the retreat yet.

That’s just one story. The Cursillo can do a world of good, but at the same time, you get what you put in as they say.

Basically, the Cursillo is a good start. To foster it is up to you, even with the ultreyas and group reunions.
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Isn’t it absolutely amazing what the Holy Spirit can do in a person’s life? When I hear stories like this, I am blown away. I have seen people’s lives changed by Cursillo, CRHP, and similar things and marvel every time at the work of God in their lives.
 
I don’t blame them for not altering the program to match the liturgical season. There’s a time and place for everything (Ecclesiastes). Programs like CRHP and Cursillo have an established forum, message, etc and do not usually sway with the liturgical season or current events.

As to the music, it’s a shame the music deterred you from perhaps more fully enjoying your time spent on retreat. I find that in times like that, I just focus all the harder on finding the positives in what I do enjoy. Funny thing, but as much as I love singing and music, especially contemporary, one of my best friends through CRHP says he wishes they’d eliminate music from the mass altogether.

Hard to please everyone all the time, so instead, we count on the Holy Spirit to bring value to these programs when our human judgement fails us…

-J
 
I will not be able to attend the Cursillo retreat :(.

I have a duty to do from my prayer group to support another community with our ministry of praise because they are barely putting together their prayer group and don’t have a ministry of praise yet. Though I might live one later on in a couple of months.

Thank you for your prayers Sabrina, how about if you offer them for my discernment in my vocation to the priesthood, so my Lord can grant me grace to pursue His will in my life. 😃

:blessyou:
 
!!!

Yes, Th0t, I will gladly pray for that!

(btw, I’m discerning too! Well, not really “discerning” anymore, already made the decision, but still in the process of getting into postulancy)
 
Thanks a lot!

Awesome! Your in my prayer list now 🙂 what is ur name? lol

pm me!
 
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