Lists of all Weekends (Men's and Women's) held by the Joliet Cursillo since 1963 are available below. We are missing information on some of the Men's Weekends and some of the binders for the Women's Weekends. If you have any of this material, we would be very grateful for a copy.
miscellaneous items. If you have a weekend group photo you can share, please scan and email it or mail to the PO Box and we will scan and return it to you. (Promise!) robert_barron@comcast.net Enjoy and De Colores! MEN'S WEEKEND PHOTOS WOMEN'S WEEKEND PHOTOS <Does anyone know which Weekends these two from the 1960s were?> - Women's 1960s - 1 - Women's 1960s - 2
- Nurses - Men's 24th - Men's 31st - Men's 32nd - Men's 33rd - Christmas Card 1 - Christmas Card 2 - Valentines - Camel - Sports - Too Fast - Palanca - Israel Mural |
is Spanish, meaning short course, and is often associated with a 3-Day weekend - which is only one aspect of the Cursillo Movement. The proper name is Cursillo de Cristiandad (which means a "short course of Christianity"). Cursillos first appeared in Spain in 1944. A layman named Eduardo Bonnín participated in the early years of the "short courses" in Majorca and helped develop the Cursillos to the point that it became an active renewal movement in the Church. In 1957, the movement had spread to North America, when the first American Cursillo was held in Waco, Texas The first Men’s Cursillo weekend was held in the Joliet Diocese at St. Isaac Jogue’s parish in Hinsdale in August 1963. The first Women’s weekend occurred the following July at the St. Dennis Rectory in Lockport. Father Joseph Shimanek participated in those first weekends and ultimately became Spiritual Director of the movement in 1966, a capacity in which he served for thirty-four years. Father Shimanek was a tireless supporter of the movement until his passing in 2005. (See Newsletter Article here.) He was succeeded as Spiritual Director by Father Mark Jendrysik in 2004 and in turn in February 2013 by Father Matt Pratscher, currently Pastor of St. John the Baptist in Winfield. The movement lost a friend in April 2013 when Father Francis McDonald passed away. He touched many lives on the many Weekends he worked. The Joliet Cursillo has brought over 6300 men and women closer to the Lord through over 240 Cursillo weekends. Over ninety of these weekends were held at the St. Charles Borromeo Center in Romeoville, IL. Many other weekends have been held at The Portiuncula Center for Prayer in Frankfort, IL. Currently Weekends are held at the Carmelite Spiritual Center in Darien.
National Encounter at Lewis University in Romeoville. The Joliet Cursillo looks forward to a bright present and future, sponsoring Ultreya’s reunions each month, a Leader’s School, an annual Ultreya Grande and several weekends for men and women, in both Spanish and English, each year. |
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