Cursillo

CURSILLO is a worldwide movement of the Christian Church which strives to penetrate and Christianize environments through Christian communities in action.

It begins with a three-day Cursillo weekend that provides a living experience - meeting Christ, meeting fellow Christians and experiencing how they live.

The Cursillo method described during the weekend provides a means to continue the Christian growth after the weekend. The resulting Christian community is a group of men and women who live the Christian life, linked together in Christ, and are supported in their environment.

For more information about Cursillo, we invite you to browse through our Web site. If you wish to apply, please contact any person who has attended Cursillo or your parish priest. You may also click here for a list of Ultreya Rectors - the persons in charge of the Cursillo movement in the various parishes - or for the Secretariat which is the governing body for Mississippi Episcopal Cursillo.

What is Cursillo?

The CURSILLO is a worldwide movement of the Christian Church which strives to penetrate and Christianize environments through Christian communitites in action. It proposes no new type of spirituality, but simply a method through which one's spirituality may be developed, lived and shared, in any area of human life where there are Christians willing to dedicate their lives to God in an on-going manner
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CURSILLO (pronounced kur-see-yo) works to form a group of men and women who are Christian leaders and who will provide a backbone for Christian life in the world. Cursillo is designed to make it possible to live what is fundamental for being a Christian - to live in union with Christ.

CURSILLO is a Spanish word meaning 'little or short course.' The 3-day Cursillo weekend provides a living experience - meeting Christ, meeting fellow Christians and experiencing how they live. It begins on a Thursday evening and ends on the following Sunday afternoon. During these 3 days, those attending live and work together, listening to and discussing talks given by priests and lay people. The talks on the weekend have the specific purpose of presenting a vision of the Christian life, and therefore, do not provide a general introduction to Christianity or a summary of all Christian doctrine.

The basic atmosphere of a Cursillo weekend differs from the individual solitude of a retreat. During the 3-days, the teachings of Christ are discussed in a climate of joy. The talks and discussions are interspersed with prayer, Eucharists, songs, recreation, laughter and moments of reflection and silence. There is nothing dull about a Cursillo weekend! It is full of work enjoyed in the name of Jesus Christ. It is a joyous workshop in the fundamentals of our beautiful Christian faith where everyone learns by experiencing a living Christian community.

A CURSILLO weekend is an encounter with Christ. If that is understood, then the power beauty, and joy of the Cursillo movement will be understood. The Cursillo method described on the weekend provides a means to continue the Christian growth after the weekend. The resulting Christian community is a group of men and women who live the Christian life, linked together in Christ, and are supported in their environment.

Click here for an explanation of what Cursillo IS and what Cursillo IS NOT.

Chairman
Tom Welch
341 Timber Ridge Court West
Ridgeland MS 39157
4tom@bellsouth.net
601.573.0770 - C
601.956.0956 Ext. 26 - W

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