Please come on May 21:
Annual meeting and Grand Ultreya
Elections at Cursillo’s annual meeting on Saturday, May 21, will determine who will help decide the next steps that the Cursillo community will make in our diocese. Positions on the secretariat to be filled that day include three three-year seats for lay Cursillistas and one three-year seat for an ordained Cursillista. The secretariat serves as a board of directors for Episcopal Cursillo in the diocese, setting policies, determining how many Cursillo weekends are held, selecting rectors and rectoras, etc. Please think and pray about whether this is a ministry you called to. The secretariat meets once a month on Saturday mornings at various churches in the diocese. If you have any questions, contact any of the current members of the secretariat (listed below).
The gathering will begin at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral Center, 840 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles 90026. We will start with a celebration of the Eucharist, followed by the business meeting and the annual Grand Ultreya, and ending with a pot-luck supper.
Put up a poster advertising the May 21 meeting
Please help spread the word about the annual meeting and Grand Ultreya by posting a flyer in Spanish and/or in English. To get a copy by email, write to cestewart@cox.net.
New Cursillistas
Please welcome the following new Cursillistas who attended the March weekends in Pomona, Cursillos No. 219 and 220.
Michael Hoopes, Claremont
Chien-Kou Shieh, Artesia
Gene Smith, Placentia
Keith “Captain” Rivera, Hacienda Heights
Pete Peterson, Fullerton
Justina Burks, Pomona
Alison Chin, Hacienda Heights
Denise DeVillegas, San Fernando
Jen Fanzo, Placentia
Terry Petersen, Fullerton
Alissa Sandin, Newport Beach
Valerie Tam, Temple City
Cursillo is active and needs your help
Cursillistas in this diocese have several opportunities to volunteer for ministries that will help spread the Good News through the Cursillo movement. Below is a description of some of the ministries that await you. You can volunteer (or request more information) by submitting your name on a volunteer sheet at the annual meeting, by sending an email immediately to cestewart@cox.net, or by leaving a comment on either of the Cursillo websites:
English: http://episcopalcursillolosangeles.wordpress.com
Spanish: http://cursilloepiscopalenlosangeles.wordpress.com
Please prayerfully consider which of these important ministries are for you:
>Gatherings
– Helping to organize or support ultreyas to deepen our understanding of our Christian walk.
– Helping to organize or support parties featuring music and fellowship.
– Helping to organize or attend palanca parties.
>Spreading the word
– Volunteering to visit parishes that express interest in Cursillo.
– Hosting a Cursillo information meeting.
– Helping to update and expand our database, so we can stay in communication with active cursillistas.
– Helping to assemble our newsletter, The Rooster, including translating it from English to Spanish and preparing it for distribution by mail to people without email.
– Helping with online communication, including the Cursillo websites in English or Spanish and the email updates of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
>Palanca
– Praying for upcoming weekends both inside and outside the diocese.
– Helping to create palanca to send to Cursillo weekends in other dioceses as symbols of our prayers for them.
– Helping to create Palanca for upcoming weekends.
Weekends for 2011-2012
Episcopal Cursillo weekends this year and next will be held at Cursillo House, 1233 East Kingsley Ave., Pomona, CA. Please remember that Mañanitas begins at 6 am sharp on Sunday morning!
Here’s the schedule:
>Spanish
Men’s weekend: Oct. 20-23, 2011
Women’s weekend: Oct. 27-30, 2011
>English
Men’s weekend: March 1-4, 2012 (tentative)
Women’s weekend: March 8-11, 2012 (tentative)
>Spanish
Men’s weekend: Oct. 4-7, 2012 (tentative)
Women’s weekend: Oct. 11-14, 2012 (tentative)
Application forms for candidates and workers are on the websites.
Send completed applications to P. O. Box 1386, San Gabriel, CA 91778.
Save the date to attend the National Cursillo convention in Phoenix
The National Episcopal Cursillo convention is a time for renewal, fellowship, learning and fun. It’s an annual event that’s open to all Cursillistas. This year it will be held in Phoenix — a location that’s much more convenient than usual for Californians. The dates of the convention are Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 27-30. (Unfortunately, that conflicts with our women’s Spanish-speaking Cursillo weekend in Pomona.) We will provide more information as it become available.
Parish representatives
Each parish with an active Cursillo community, or even just one or two cursillistas, should have a parish representative. That person will help maintain communications between parish cursillistas and the secretariat. Please suggest who would be a good contact person for your parish by sending an email to cestewart@cox.net. Perhaps it’s you.
Prayer requests
Please pray for the following Cursillo weekends around the country. These Cursillo communities pray for our weekends and send us palanca. We’ll be sending them palanca too, assuring them of our prayers that the Holy Spirit will touch each of the people on these weekends:
April 28-May 1: men’s weekend, Olympia, Wash.
April 28-May 1: coed weekend, Episcopal Cursillo, Central New York, Moravia, N.Y.
May 12-15: co-ed weekend, Big Island, Hawaii
May 12-15: North Carolina
May 19-22: women’s weekend, Olympia, Wash.
June 16-19: men’s weekend, Tasmania, Australia
September (specific weekend not specified): Western New York Episcopal Cursillo
Sept. 15-18: women’s weekend, Tasmania, Australia
Sept. 22-25: co-ed weekend, Christchurch, New Zealand
Also, Episcopal Cursillo in Maine asks for prayers that they will find an affordable, handicap-accessible facility where they can hold their next weekend.
Share Your Experience
We are putting together material to help us reach out to those who do not understand the life changing nature of the Cursillo experience. You can assist us in this progress by telling your story. Please write down, a short story saying something about your Cursillo weekend or your subsequent experience as a member of the Cursillo community. We will tell these stories to others so please make sure to let us know if you do not want us to use your name. You can respond by email to phildice@gmail.com. Remember, your story is part of the larger story of how God is active in the world today. De Colores, Phil Dice.
Secretariat members
Terms ending this year:
Dan Cash, Jacky Ramos, Colin Stewart, the Rev. Karen Maurer
Terms ending next year:
Phil Dice, Tom King, Carlos Martinez, the Rev. Dave Maurer
Terms ending in 2013:
Kathy Gonzalez, Jose Luis Hernandez, Jan Scott, the Rev. Joshua Ng
Bishop’s liaison:
The Rev. Lyn Crow
