Cursillo Thunder Bay
About Cursillo
The word Cursillo is a Spanish word that means “short course”. Cursillo Thunder Bay is a short course put on for lay Catholics by other lay Catholics assisted by a Priest and/or Deacon. However, often religious persons such as priests, deacons, sisters, brothers etc will also make a Cursillo weekend.
Canadian Conference of Catholic Cursillos Website
The Purpose of the Cursillo Movement is to bring the Good News that God loves us by the best means possible, friendship, to the best that is in each person. “The Cursillo in Christianity, is a Movement, that by means of its own method, attempts, from within the Church, to ensure that the realities of Christianity are brought to life in the uniqueness, the originality, and in the creativity of each person. From their deep conviction, their freedom finds the right direction and they discover their potential, accepting their limitations. Thus their will is strengthened, friendships are developed by virtue of their decision and perseverance in their daily, personal and community life”. Our goal is to work at Christianizing the environments one person at a time.
Secretariat
Lay Director: Keith Moore
An Open Letter to All Diocese of Thunder Bay Cursillistas
The Diocese of Thunder Bay Cursillo movement needs your help. We need people to step up and fill some of the vacant roles on the Secretariat.
At this time the following positions require filling.
Secretary: The role of the secretary is to take minutes at monthly meetings. To send out notice of upcoming Secretariat meetings and the agenda for those meetings. Distribute notices of upcoming events such as Ultreyas. Distribute the CCCC newsletter Fully Alive when it is published.
This position requires approximately 2 to 3 hrs work per month and the Secretariat does not meet in July or August.
Treasurer: The role of the treasurer is to keep track of the movement’s income and expenses and report on such at monthly meetings.
4th Day Chair: The role of the 4th Day Chair is to arrange Ultreyas. Finding monthly witnesses (not necessarily on their own but with the support of all active cursillistas). Ensuring the venue is open each month for the Ultreya (obtaining keys if necessary). Ensuring that (with help) the venue is left in the state it was found prior to the Ultreya.
NOTE:
None of the above roles require a large time commitment and all of the roles are critical to the survival of the leadership (Secretariat) of the Diocese of Thunder Bay Cursillo. We need your support. We need people to step up and keep the Secretariat functioning so Weekends can be arranged for all those who would benefit from living a Cursillo Weekend.
The Weekend is just the first step on a lifelong journey living as Christ would have us live by the best possible means loving friendship. Ultreyas also depend on a functioning Secretariat. It would be a terrible loss to the Diocese if Cursillo could no longer function due to lack of a Secretariat.
Please, please take time in prayer and ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern if this is the path for you. Please pray concerning all of the cursillistas you know to determine if you feel one of your friends might be the one to step up and this time of great need for the Thunder Bay movement.
Send email responses to; ourtwopit@gmail.com or phone 807-621-4468
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Prayer Line
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Cursillo website has a box on the upper right hand side reading PRAYER LINE. The prayer line is a place to ask for prayers for yourself, loved ones, friends, neighbours, or anything else you wish prayers for. I have personally seen the power of prayer and the miracles that can occur through community prayer.
The prayer line can also send you the prayer requests, if you wish, so that you may also pray for those in need. The prayer line is seen by Cursillistas all over the world, so there are a large number praying for the daily requests. Yes the prayers are posted daily.
The email address for the Cursillo prayer line is simply; cursilloprayerline@gmail.com (the lady who runs it is Yvonne and she lives on the west coast) You can send your prayer requests to that email or send a request to join those who pray daily. We cannot help everyone with everything they may have going on in their lives but we can pray for them.
This is a powerful method of support for our Cursillista families and my wish is that we all make it one of our New Year’s resolutions to make use of and/or join in by requesting the daily emails.
Information
Below is the most recent Cursillo application form.
Ultreya 2025 Dates
The 2025 Ultreya's will be held at Corpus Christi Church (Downstairs). The dates are as follows:
- January 8th ** Note this is second Wednesday of month **
- February 5th
- March 5th
- April 2nd
- May 7th
- June 4th
- July 2nd
- August 6th
- September 3rd
- October 1st
- November 5th
- December 3rd
Music, Faith Sharing and Fellowship
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Campaign 2025
Attached are three documents concerning funding for the campaign to spread the Cursillo Movement. Please read. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Deacon Reino Pitkanen at: ourtwopit@gmail.com
Events
The 2025 Annual Conference will be in London Ontario between July 3rd, and the 6th, 2025.
World Ultreya in Rome
The World Ultreya of the Cursillo Movement will occured on Friday, June 6, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, between 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm. The Theme was: “Did not our hearts burn within us as he spoke to us on the way?” (Lk 24:32).
CCCB Bulletin - Fully Alive
September 2024
Canadian Conference of Catholic Cursillos Fully Alive September 2024 (93) PDF
It is a resource document that the Canadian Cursillo Movement publishes three to four times per year. It is an exciting read, and I encourage our Cursillistas to read it. They can always forward any questions to the Resource Centre, and they will answer them.
The email address for the Resource Centre is
ccccresource2@gmail.com, or they can ask me, and I will pass it on. My email address is ccccsupplycentre@gmail.com.
February 22nd, 2024
Good day folks.
Below is the 2023 Bulletin. It is well worth the read, informative, strengthening and supportive, of the Cursillo experience, both individually and worldwide.