What is Cursillo?

The Cursillo Movement is one method of renewal in the Church. Its purpose is to help those in the Church understand their individual callings to be Christian leaders. This leadership may be exercised in work situations, in the family and social life, in leisure activities, and within the Church.

For more information about Cursillo, please click on the About Us navigation link. If you would like to attend a Cursillo weekend or work as part of the team for a Cursillo weekend, please fill out the appropriate form and mail it to us.

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Episcopal Cursillo is in trouble in Santa Clara County! Ultreya attendance has declined, fewer cursillistas are involved in 4th day groups, and vacancies abound for parish representatives and on the Santa Clara Servant Community Board. We need your help! The following comes from an article written by Jeff Kerr, Cursillo Lay Director of the Western Texas Diocese.

THE TARGET IS……..

The time has come for Cursillo Leaders to clearly apply the Cursillo Method.

The first experience most of us had with Cursillo, was the Three Day Weekend. I’m guessing that for you, like me, it was a profound, and profoundly joyful, one. And by the third day, we were all exhausted, filled to the brim with rich and varied reactions to the spiritual message of the weekend. It’s not surprising then, that a lot of what was said, especially on Sunday, was only vaguely heard and understood. And yet, these important concepts, Group Reunion, Ultreya, Spiritual Direction and the whole business of “Christian Community in Action”, are the very tools intended to propel us into our Fourth Day, or .. the rest of our life. It’s unfortunate, and in fact detrimental, both to the Cursillo movement as a whole, and the individual Cursillistas in particular, that few will comprehend their significance, and how central a role they play in Cursillo.

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