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The Newsletter of the Arlington Diocese Cursillo
August 2015
In This Issue . . .
Fall Weekends....................................2
Group Reunion Project.......................2
Useful Information..............................2
Pope Francis......................................3
Upcoming Events............................... 4
Secretariat
Lay Director
Phil Kiko, 703-553-0131
Laydirector@hotmail.com
Spiritual Director
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, 540-675-3432
GrinnellHorace@gmail.com
School of Leaders
Cathy Lemley, 703-327-4560
CursilloSchoolofLeaders@gmail.com
Pre-Cursillo
Paula Shipe, 703-455-5401
arlingtonprecursillo@gmail.com
Team Selection
Kat Sigler
ksigler11@gmail.com
Weekend
Susan Trainor, 703-476-2891
sbstrainor@cox.net
Fourth Day
Bob Trainor, 703-483-5372
btrainor71@cox.net
Treasurer
Tammy Gaines, 703-527-4128
adcursillo@gmail.com
External Communications
Peter Trahan, 202-288-9535
ptpublic-cursillo@yahoo.com
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Message from the Lay Director.
Greetings: Hope everyone is having a nice summer. Just
wanted to put on your radar screen that we have three
upcoming Cursillo weekends in the fall at San Damiano
Spiritual Life Center. The dates and teams are announced
within this newsletter. Let's fill these weekends!
Felicia Rogers has stepped down as Treasurer for Arlington Cursillo. I appreciate
her service for these past two years. I also welcome Tammy Gaines as our new
Treasurer. She comes to us with much experience and an equal amount of
enthusiasm. I am sure you will get to meet her soon.
As you know, my term as Lay Director expires this year. Below is the process
the Secretariat has established for becoming a candidate, receiving input from
the community and selecting the new Lay Director.
Lay Director Selection Process:
• If interested, Cursillistas should contact me in advance and I will be happy
to discuss the duties and expectations of Lay Director.
• By October 1, 2015 each candidate should submit a bio and vision
statement to laydirector@hotmail.com.
• The bios and vision statements will be posted on the website, emailed
to our contact list, and circulated by the Sparkplugs, as possible, for the
Cursillo community to review.
• On November 14, 2015, each Lay Director candidate will present their
vision statement during the previously scheduled School of Leaders on that
date, and be available for discussion and Q&A from the community.
• Input can be provided to the Members of the Secretariat as desired.
• December 6, 2015: Selection will be made by the Secretariat. The
Secretariat will attend Mass at St. Peter, Washington, VA at 10:45 a.m. with
potluck lunch and meeting following Mass.
• The new Lay Director will be announced on the website and by email.
• Early 2016: Secretariat will schedule Mass with the Bishop for the investiture of the new Lay Director
This is an extremely important process and I urge each of you to strongly pray
about whether God is calling you to serve as the leader for Arlington Cursillo.
As has been aptly said many times by many people, “God doesn’t call the
qualified; He qualifies the called.”
De Colores!
Phil Kiko, Lay Director
arlington cursillo
The Team of the Women’s 145th
The Team of the Men’s 131st
Team Members
Wayne Miller
Rector
Deacon Jack Ligon Spiritual
Director
Fr. Jeb Donelan
Spiritual
Director
Evan Godwin
Musician
Mike McBrady
Angel
Mike Doyle
Team
Thomas Chirayath Team
Patrick Audant
Team
Jim Bertine
Team
Tom Adams
Team
Mike Finger
Team
Dan Newsome
Team
First row: Caryl Finnerty, Jane Duffy, Karen Audant, Felicia
Rogers, Paula Shipe Second row: Leanne Dalton, Bobbie Ruiz,
Patti Minicucci, Erin Bankey, Pequitte Schwerin, Margie Petrizza,
Fr. Mike Hann
Team Members
Karen Audant
Jane Duffy Caryl Finnerty
Fr. Mike Hann Erin Bankey
Leanne Dalton
Patti Minicucci Margie Petrizza
Felicia Rogers Bobbie Ruiz
Pequitte Schwerin
Paula Shipe
Rectora
Spiritual
Director
Musician
Spiritual
Director
Team
Team
Team
Team
Angel
Team
Team
Team
Good Shepherd
St. Charles Borromeo
St. William of York
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Charles Borromeo
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Raymond of Penafort
com.
Morning prayer is at 7:00 am on Sunday. Breakfast will
be at Cracker Barrell. Closing will be at 4:00 p.m. at
San Damiano with no Mass.
Susan Trainor is compiling a list of all of our Group Reunions. It will be used primarily for finding Group Reunions for Cursillistas—new and long-time. But we are
also hoping just to collect data about how many groups
we have, how many are grouping, and, hopefully, find
some lost Cursillistas. It will be stored in a private database with limited access; it will NOT be stored on the
website where total strangers can see it. If your group has
not yet been contacted, or if you’ve been contacted but
have not yet responded, please contact Susan Trainor
at sbstrainor@cox.net, even if you can’t take any new
members.
August 2015
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Theresa
St. John Neumann
St. Charles
St. John Neumann
St. Ann
Blessed Sacrament
All Saints
St. Charles Boromeo
Good Shepard
Please pray for our team and candidates…and consider talking with your family and friends about saying
“yes” to making the Weekend. You can get an application at www.arlingtoncursillo.org/secretariat/
precursillo-2/#application or contact Paula Shipe
at 703-455-5401 or arlingtonprecursillo@gmail.
Another women’s weekend this Fall!
November 19–22, 2015
at San Damiano Spiritual Life Center.
Colleen Brennan, Rectora
Kathy Adams, Spiritual Director
GROUP REUNION PROJECT
St Stephen the Martyr
Visit www.arlingtoncursillo.org for updates,
directions, and more!
St. Ann
St. Ann
St. Mary of Sorrows
Good Shepherd
Useful Links:
Sparkplugs: Looking to reconnect with Cursillo in a
parish in your area? Want to find out more about this
lay Catholic movement? Contact the “spark plug” at
a parish near you. Visit www.arlingtoncursillo.org/
grow/sparkplug for more information.
Prayer requests: Submit prayer requests and read
other prayer requests from members of the cursillo.
Visit www.arlingtoncursillo.org/category/prayerrequests.
Applications and Sponsorship Guidelines: Visit
www.arlingtoncursillo.org/secretariat/precursillo-2.
Submit your events: Want to share information
about an upcoming event? Visit www.arlingtoncursillo.org/event-submission and we’ll post it on our
website.
Group Reunion: Need help getting into a group?
Visit www.arlingtoncursillo.org/grow/grow-subpage-2.
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Pope Meets European Cursillistas
Pope Francis thanks Cursillo movement for ‘helping
people encounter Jesus’ during hour-long audience.
The Pope recently met with several thousand European
Cursillistas on April 30, 2015. Below are some quotes
that appeared on May 2, 2015 in the Catholic Herald
which is published in England and Wales, in an article
written by Cindy Wooten.
Spending more than an hour with Cursillo members in the
Vatican audience hall, the Pope thanked them “for all you
do in the Church, which is so beautiful; helping people
encounter Jesus, helping them understand that living in
the grace of God is beautiful”.
“Through friendship, three-day retreats and small group
meetings,” he said, “the Cursillo movement helps people
discover that friendship with Christ is the answer to their
heart’s longing for love and for truth.”
“When you realize that God has been so good, so tender,
so merciful—this has to come out, this has to be shared
with others,” the pope said.
dead. The spiritual works are: converting sinners, instructing
the ignorant, advising the doubtful, comforting the sorrowful, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving injuries and praying
for the living and dead. Complete article can be found at:
www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/05/02/.
Pope Francis encouraged members of the movement to
strengthen their faith and witness through regular attendance at Mass and frequent reception of the Sacrament
of Reconciliation.
“Every time we return to ask forgiveness, the Lord forgives
us,” the Pope said. “He knows we are weak, that we are
sinners. We have a degree in sinning—he knows this and
still he always receives us with love.”
“Those who experience God’s love and mercy are called
in turn to show love and mercy for others,” he said. As
he has done with several groups recently, Pope Francis
asked Cursillo members if they could recite the seven
corporal works of mercy and the seven spiritual works of
mercy.
“Usually,” he says “I will not embarrass people by asking
for a show of hands. But with the Cursillo movement,” he
said: “Let’s be brave. Raise your hand if you cannot do it.”
The vast majority of the 5,000 people in the hall raised
their hands. “Look at that!” the Pope said. “There’s work to
be done…This is your homework. Learn them to put them
into practice.”
The corporal works are: feeding the hungry, sheltering the
homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, visiting
the imprisoned, giving drink to the thirsty and burying the
August 2015
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Upcoming Events
(Check our website for site location, directions, and other upcoming events.)
Northern Virginia School of Leaders
September 12, 2015, 9:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
St. Francis of Assisi, Triangle, VA
Table Reunion and Orientation for New Cursillistas
November 7, 2015*—Men’s 131st
Location: TBD
145th Arlington Women’s Cursillo Weekend-San Damiano
September 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.—White Post, VA
Northern Virginia School of Leaders
November 14, 2015, 9:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
SAVE THE DATE—Diocesan Ultreya
October 3, 2015*
146th Arlington Women’s Cursillo Weekend-San Damiano
November 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.—White Post, VA
Table Reunion and Orientation for New Cursillistas
October 10, 2015*—Women’s 145th
Location: TBD
SAVE THE DATE—Advent Evening of Reflection
November 29 or December 5, 2015
Location and time: TBD
131st Arlington Men’s Cursillo Weekend-San Damiano
October 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.—White Post, VA
Table Reunion and Orientation for New Cursillistas
December 12, 2015*—Women’s 146th
* For more details as available go to www.arlingtoncursillo.org/upcoming-events.
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