Spiritual Director’s Message Men’s Weekend News Reflections From A Retired Cursillista 4th Day Chair Message Spotlight on Apostolic Action—Holy Grill of St Nicholas Spotlight on Apostolic Action—Holy Re- deemer Food Pantry EWC #111 Message From the Editor Cursillo Calendar Grand Ultreya 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 Inside this issue: Greetings and blessings one and all! I hope everyone has been en- joying the wonderful days of sum- mer. My husband, Bob, and I have had an amazing summer with a mission trip to Belize; a vacation to New- foundland to visit people Bob met during the 9/11 tragedy and then just very recently the birth of our second granddaughter, Payton. Our hearts are full and we are grateful. Through the events of this summer, I continue to be amazed by God's weaving of our lives. Bob and I have enjoyed mission work together for years and this year Belize was no exception. In Newfoundland, I got to see the places Bob unexpectedly went to in Gander and Gambo, Newfoundland as he was coming home on an American Airlines plane from Paris and diverted to Newfoundland due to the closing of our borders. The townspeople were welcoming and made every effort to take care of their guests. I met these folks - Ted and Holly and Graham and Maxine and nu- merous oth- ers. I was touched by God's blessings in a foreign land and among peo- ple, I had never met before. And then, Payton was born and our family found new love and grew a bit bigger. Moreover, God contin- ues to teach me how to love. For me, this abundance of joy and gratefulness was a direct result of Cursillo. My walk with Christ picked up the pace because of my week- end. Having Jesus with me sharing this journey gives me cause for hope and joy. Then, the icing on the cake - the friendships that have been forged through our Cursillo community and diocese. Our next Cursillo event is a Men's Weekend coming up October 6th through 9th. We need pilgrims. Please prayerfully consider spon- soring Lay Director’s Message Fall 2016 Volume 1, Issue 4 The Official On-line Publication for the Episcopal Cursillo® Move- ment of the Diocese of Southeast Florida — Published Quarterly continued on page 8
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Spiritual Director’s Message Men’s Weekend News Reflections From A Retired Cursillista 4th Day Chair Message Spotlight on Apostolic Action—Holy Grill of St Nicholas Spotlight on Apostolic Action—Holy Re-deemer Food Pantry EWC #111 Message From the Editor Cursillo Calendar Grand Ultreya
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10
Inside this issue:
Greetings and blessings one and
all! I hope everyone has been en-
joying the wonderful days of sum-
mer.
My husband, Bob, and I have had
an amazing summer with a mission
trip to Belize; a vacation to New-
foundland to visit people Bob met
during the 9/11 tragedy and then
just very recently the birth of our
second granddaughter, Payton.
Our hearts are full and we are
grateful.
Through the events of this summer,
I continue to be amazed by God's
weaving of our lives. Bob and I have
enjoyed mission work together for
years and this year Belize was no
exception.
In Newfoundland, I got to see the
places Bob unexpectedly went to in
Gander and Gambo, Newfoundland
as he was coming home on an
American Airlines plane from Paris
and diverted to Newfoundland due
to the closing of our borders.
The townspeople were welcoming
and made every effort to take care
of their guests.
I met these folks - Ted and Holly
and Graham and Maxine and nu-
merous oth-
ers.
I was
touched by
God's
blessings in
a foreign
land and
among peo-
ple, I had
never met
before.
And then, Payton was born and our
family found new love and grew a
bit bigger. Moreover, God contin-
ues to teach me how to love.
For me, this abundance of joy and
gratefulness was a direct result of
Cursillo. My walk with Christ picked
up the pace because of my week-
end. Having Jesus with me sharing
this journey gives me cause for
hope and joy. Then, the icing on
the cake - the friendships that have
been forged through our Cursillo
community and diocese.
Our next Cursillo event is a Men's
Weekend coming up October 6th
through 9th. We need pilgrims.
Please prayerfully consider spon-
soring
Lay Director’s Message
Fall 2016 Volume 1, Issue 4
The Official On-line Publication for the Episcopal Cursillo® Move-ment of the Diocese of Southeast Florida — Published Quarterly
continued on page 8
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Throughout the weekend the
Holy Spirit infuses love into the
Pilgrim’s environment and the
heart begins its transformation
into a new understanding of
God’s purposes and ways.
At the Closura a new creation
emerges, wearing the same
shell, celebrated and sent out
proclaiming the love of Jesus to
a waiting world.
I have not met one Pilgrim who
was not anxious anticipating the
transition from their present
weekly routine to the vast un-
known of the Cursillo Weekend!
I have met only a very few who,
after attending the weekend,
have not had their hearts trans-
formed into the deeper experi-
ence and love of God in Jesus.
I suggest to you sisters and
brothers that the Cursillo Week-
end, combined with the faithful
and sacrificial commitments of
the Cursillo community, are cer-
tain and powerful instruments of
evangelism.
Within the tool box of Grace the
Episcopal Church has in her
storehouse, I rate the Cursillo
experience as the most powerful
means of transformative evan-
gelism we posses, following that
of the Holy Scriptures and the
Sacraments.
We are charged by Christ to use
these and other gifts of the Spirit
to benefit God’s people!
Every morning upon our awak-
ening we are to remind our-
selves of this Divine fact. If we
so choose to enter the daily dis-
cipleship of Jesus we must ask,
“Am I really, really deciding to
show Jesus to the world as I live
this day? Do I really, really ask
Jesus to take all that I am and
use it for His purposes?”
If we each can say “Amen” to
these questions, you and I can
rest assured God is doing a
greater thing through us and for
the world than we could either
ask or imagine!
Aren’t holy transitions great?
With God’s Love,
Fr. Bernie Pecaro †
De Colores Dear Cursillistas of
the Diocese,
This past month Sylvia and I
took our son, John William, to
Tuskegee University, Alabama,
to begin his collegiate career.
Many of you know the feeling of
seeing your last child depart the
nest and begin a new life outside
the parental and protective care
we have provided. It is for us,
and perhaps for you, a time of
relief and joy. But there are also
the certain feelings of sadness
as we live into a new transition.
Life is filled with many transi-
tions. Some of those experi-
ences are overflowing with joy
and splendor, like the celebration
of a marriage, or the birth of a
child. Others are shrouded in
blankets of sorrow and grief like
the death of a beloved family
member, or friend. Transitions by
their very nature raise our fear
and anxiety. Transition means
change and change, joyous or
difficult, threatens our level of
personal comfort.
When transition leads into the
spiritually enlightened state of
transformation there we find at
work Actual Grace. The Cursillo
experience is one such special
avenue of God’s Grace. There,
the work of transition meets the
spiritually enlightened state of
transformation and a new and
holy beginning is born.
Here’s how I see it working. The
Pilgrim responds to Grace and
says, “I’m going!” S/he attends
the Send Off and the transition is
begun.
Spiritual Director’s Message
“I rate the Cursillo experi-
ence as the most powerful
means of transformative
evangelism we posses,
following that of the Holy
Scriptures and the Sacra-
ments.”
EMC #93 October 6—9, 2016
My name is Douglas Jackson. I
worship at Church of the Ascen-
sion in Miami. I attended EMC
#80 where I sat at the table of St.
Luke!!
The team for EMC #93 is in place. It was not an easy job, but with faith and prayers all things are possible. The team meetings have been going quite good. The first critique was awesome. The talks were great and both cri-tiquers Mr. Anthony Simons and Ms. Brenda McGintis were im-pressed by the talks. It would be a real pity if there are no pilgrims in the room to hear these talks.
We’re appealing to the Cursillo community to make an effort to look around their church par-ishes for some good men, who would benefit from a spiritual journey to walk and talk with Je-sus Christ over the weekend. We only have six weeks remaining before the start of the weekend. I am also asking that you keep the team in your daily prayers and also the pilgrims that will be at-tending the weekend.
We are also encouraging the servant community to start work-ing on their Palanca. These gifts are usually beautiful and they warm the hearts of those receiv-ing them. But most of all prayer palanca is very important to the success of the weekend.
Below is a list of donations we hope to receive for the weekend.
90 Placemats for Friday evening with scripture reading.
90 Placemats for Saturday eve-ning.
60 Pilgrims Guide covers
Prayer chain.
Number of items:
90 Dining Room Palanca
90 Pillow Palanca for Pilgrims & Team
60 Rollo Room Palanca
42 Pilgrims Pillow Palanca
Please remember to include a 3”x 5” index card with a descrip-tion of the Palanca, how many, weather it is for pillow palanca, dining or Rollo room etc. Name of church, reunion groups or indi-viduals giving the Palanca.
The logo for the weekend is available on the Cursillo website at http:/www.sef-cursillo.org. It can be downloaded.
Thank you all in advance for your support of EMC # 93. Please follow the list on the Cursillo website as some of the above items has already been donated.
“The harvest is truly plenteous but the laborers are few……” Matt 9: 37-38.
someone. And, as always, please keep the weekend in your prayers.
We also have a Grand Ultreya fast approaching on November 5th at St. Mary Magdalene Episco-
pal Church in Coral Springs. Much planning is taking place and I encourage all to participate and bring a friend, even someone you may be thinking of sponsoring. This is an opportunity to come to-
gether as a diocesan community and spend time with our Lord and each other for spiritual nourish-
ment.
I look forward to seeing you at these upcoming events.
In His Love,
Pam Anderson
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