A Publication of the Cursillo Movement of the Albany Diocese

VOLUME 2017, ISSUE 3

July 2017

Spotlight on the Post Cursillo Chair

DeColores my friends! You may or may not be aware that my term as Post Cursillo Chair ends on December 31st. Where did the time go? It’s been wonderful for me to get to know you better over the last couple of years. Your spirit of love and service to help at every fourth day event truly amazes me and I’ll forever be grateful for your kind-ness, contributions and efforts to implement these events for the community. I can’t tell you the number of times I heard, “what can I do to help?” Ever wonder what the position of Post Cursillo Chair is about? The objective of the chair is to support one’s on-going conversion and transformation of his/her environ-ments through and for Christ, in persevering in their Fourth Day. Put more simply, the purpose is to provide opportunities to grow in friendship and love in Christ. The Office of the Post Cursillo Chair is a voting position on the Secretariat and responsible for guiding sponsors and candidates to continue living their 4th Day beyond the 3 Day Weekend. The Post Cursillo assists the Cursillo community by coordinating Group Reunions, Ultreyas, and other community events such as workshops, Lessons and Carols, etc. Working with the Pre Cursillo and 3 Day chairs, the Post Cursillo will encourage the growth and spiritual development of the movement through commit-tees established at the School of Leaders meetings. This is a call out to Cursillistas who might be interested in

learning more about the position of Post Cursillo Chair.

If you think God is calling you to serve the community in this way, please contact me with your interest. The com-munity is looking for someone who lives as a Cursillista, can coordinate the 4th day events and works well with oth-ers in service of the community. Saint Paul writes that God loves a cheerful giver and that would be a desired trait for this role! I’ve been blessed beyond measure to be able to serve you in this way. Please remember that all of you are in my prayers daily. Also, my time is not up yet. So if there is anything I can do to help you live out your Fourth Day more fully, please do not hesitate to contact me. marino_w@msn.com or call 518-280-0338.

With love and De Colores!

Wendy Marino

MEN’S WEEKEND

AUG 24 — AUG 27, 2017

Dominican Spiritual Life Center

Niskayuna, NY

Closing: Sunday, Aug. 27, 5PM

Meet in the Dining Room

at 4:15 pm

WOMEN’S WEEKEND

SEPT. 28 — OCT. 1, 2017

Dominican Spiritual Life Center

Niskayuna, NY

Closing: Sunday, Oct. 1 5PM

Meet in the Dining Room

at 4:15 pm

IMPORTANT!!!

Information regarding the

Holy Hours and Reunions

Can be found on Page Two

CAN YOU HELP? For many years Barry Lupe has capa-

bly managed the Cursillo database and

has sent out emails to the Cursillo com-

munity. At this time Barry would like to

train someone else to take over this im-

portant Cursillo responsibility.

If this is something that you would

like to do it would be much appreciated.

Contact me, Linda, at (518)899-9631 or

lindavmolloy@nycap.rr.com and I will

pass your contact information on to

Barry

MEN’S WEEKEND

Fri., Aug. 18, 2017 @ 6:00pm

St. Edward’s, Clifton Park

Holy Hour—6:00pm

Pizza & Fellowship to follow

WOMEN’S WEEKEND

Fri., Sept. 22, 2017 @ 6:00PM Place: Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Margaret

of Cortona mission church, Schenectady

Holy Hour—6pm

Pizza & Fellowship to follow

Maureen Athens

Lee Bateman

Mary Anne Brown

Fr. Vincent Citolli

Mary Ellen Crucetti

Nancy Cullings

Dcn. Warren Dorsch

Eva Fitzgerald

Dona Fragnoli

Elaine Granato

Patty Johnson

Anne LaBounty

Marcia Lupe

Wendy Marino

Rika Murray

Shirley Neet

Mairin O’Rourke

Djemila Stevens

Carmela Vecchio

Sr. Sue Zemgulis

MEN’S WEEKEND #54

TEAM

WOMEN’S WEEKEND #60

TEAM

Tom Molloy

Dcn Jim O’Rourke

Nick Papa

Keith Reynolds

Mark Sabatini

Adam Stevens

Sr. Betsy Van Deusen

Bob VanAlstine

Bob Vitullo

Rich Athens

Hugh Cameron

Dick Carusone

Ed Falterman

Joe Fitzgerald

Kevin Fragnoli

Larry Hill

Greg Kaczmarek

WOMEN’S & MEN’S

WEEKENDS When: Sunday, Oct. 22 @ 1:00PM

Followed by Diocesan Ultreya

and Pot Luck Dinner @2:30

Place: St. Pius X, Loudonville Come

and support our

new Cursillistas!!!!

Watch your email for further details from

Wendy Marino

Information regarding our candidates will be sent out via email

as we get closer to the weekends!

De Colores

DE COLORES

The Commissioning Celebration for Women's

Weekend #60 and Men's Weekend #54 was held

on June 10th at St. Pius X Church in Loudonville.

Deacon Warren Dorsch led our Communion Ser-

vice. Team members were warmly greeted by

Rika Murray and Mark Sabatini, Rectora and Rec-

tor for the upcoming weekends who commis-

sioned their teams after Mass.

We then gathered at the Crossing in Colonie for

the Annual Cursillo Picnic. Good weather, excel-

lent food, and warm friendship was enjoyed by

all.

Thank you to all who contributed to make

these two events such a success.

Nick Papa

Fifty Cursillistas met at Transfiguration Par-

ish in Speigeltown for an inspiring Cursillo

workshop on Saturday, April 29th.

Those who attended the workshop spent the

day enthusiastically discussing a variety of

C u r s i l l o

topics. For

P r e c u r -

sillo, we

discussed

r e a s o n s

why we

are reluc-

tant to be a sponsor and how we can get be-

yond those tendencies, prayer being a vital

step. Other topics were responsibilities for

sponsoring a friend and preparing him or her

for the Cursillo weekend. Session 2 of the

workshop focused on what happens during a

Cursillo weekend and the role of Table Lead-

ers. These leaders

promote an attitude

of community and

have a responsibility

for being available

and listening to those

attending so each per-

son gets the most out

of the weekend. The

afternoon workshop

sessions centered on

Postcursillo and the

opportunities to con-

tinue to grow in faith

and community. Eze-

kiel 37 was read, a

scripture where dry

bones came alive when God breathed onto

them. When we tend to get dry in our faith,

we learn that others can strengthen and en-

courage us, breathing life into dry bones

whether coming together after a weekend in

small groups, or in monthly Ultreyas as a larg-

er group. A short video of Pope Francis speak-

ing to a World Ultreya of Cursillistas was

shown. by Wendy Marino

Cursillo Workshop presenters (from

left to right) Harrilyn Beehner, Pat

Galarneau, Dona Fragnoli, Wendy

Marino, Mary Ellen Crucetti

Twenty five people gathered together for the

Cursillo Information night on May 17th at Our

Lady of the Assumption

Church in Latham. Out of the

25 attendees, there were 8

prospective candidates who

attended with their sponsors.

A short summary of the Cur-

sillo movement was present-

ed with a video from the Na-

tional website. Many of the

cursillistas who were there

witnessed their reasons for being in the Cursillo

movement. They spoke of community, faith and

the joy they

have experi-

enced.

This is the

second year

we have held

an infor-

mation night, and it was very beneficial for the

potential candidates who could feel the love and

friendship of the Cursillo community.

by Harrilyn Beehner

Aug. 18 6PM Holy Hour Men’s Weekend, St. Edward’s, Clifton Park

Aug. 24-27 Men’s Weekend, Dominican Spiritual Life Center, Niskayuna

Sept. 12 7PM School of Leaders, St. Jude’s, Wynantskill

Sept. 22 6PM Holy Hour Women’s Weekend, Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Margaret of Cortona mission church, Schenectady

Sept.28-Oct. 1 Women’s Weekend, Dominican Spiritual Life Center, Niskayuna Sept. 26 7PM Secretariat, St. Edward’s, Clifton Park

Oct. 10 7PM School of Leaders, St. Jude’s, Wynantskill

Oct. 22 1PM/2:30PM Weekend Reunions/Pot Luck/Diocesan Ultreya, St. Pius

Oct. 24 7PM Secretariat, St. Edward’s Clifton Park

Nov. 14 7PM School of Leaders, St. Jude’s Wynantskill

Nov. 28 7PM Secretariat, St. Edward’s Clifton Park, NY

Dec. 12 7PM School of Leaders, St. Jude’s, Wynantskill

Dec. 15 7PM Lessons & Carols, St. Edwards, Clifton Park

Dec. 17 Christmas Luncheon, TBD

The S P O N S 0 R S Responsibilities

The following has been excerpted from the Sponsor’s Booklet put out by the National Cursillo Center.

“The purpose of sponsoring is to prepare a person or persons who can bring about a change in their environments. You should have a plan on how you are going to do this. Part of your plan would include identifying those indi-viduals with the talents to bring about change; to bring Jesus Christ into their environments.” “Sponsoring is not a haphazard circumstance. A sponsor should know the candidates very well...” “Your candidates will become the agents of change in their families, work situations, neigh-borhoods, social gatherings, etc. “ “Being a sponsor is committing one’s self to the selection and preparation of a person for the Cursillo, and ongoing assistance to that person in the Postcursillo.” As part of this, a sponsor should help the person they sponsor find a small group and bring them to Ultreya. This follow-up should be discussed with candidates before they make a weekend. Remember to Make a Friend, Be a Friend, Bring your Friend to Christ (or to a better rela-tionship with Christ). Always “remember to speak to God about the person before speaking to the person about God.” “It can be said that our Postcursillo will only be as good as our Precursillo. So candidate preparation is an absolute necessity!

What is P A L A N C A

With the men’s and women’s weekends rapid-ly approaching, it seems appropriate to remind

ourselves exactly what PALANCA is meant to

be. Following is a definition of PALANCA and a

PALANCA Letter.

A PALANCA Letter is one that is sent to the

candidates and team, informing them of the prayers and sacrifices that you are offering to God on their behalf. A letter may be sent ex-

plaining what type of PALANCA is being of-

fered, but the letter is NOT the PALANCA. The

actual PALANCA is the action - intercessory

prayer, sacrifice, or works of mercy, and it can

be done without writing a letter. What PALAN-

CA has been done should ALWAYS be included

in the PALANCA Letter.

Sooo, let’s get started on that PALANCA!!!!

IMPORTANT!!!

Please note that the

Cursillo day at Pyramid Life Center

originally scheduled for 9/9/17

has been cancelled

due to scheduling conflicts!

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

PRAYING FOR OUR CANDIDATES & TEAM!

All Those who are part of the Cursillo Movement are asked to do Palanca in the form of

Prayer for the upcoming weekend. The following instruction is How you know your time

to pray for the Candidates and the Team during the Women’s and Men’s Weekends.

Your times are determined by the 1st initial of your last name.

Please help keep our candidates and the teams in constant prayer.

You know the power of prayer!

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