This weekend we celebrate Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. Last weekend we commemorated the Ascension: Jesus returning to heaven “to prepare a place” for us. It is a message of hope that sometimes overshadows what Jesus tells the disciples right before taken up: “you will be my witnesses in Read more
On March 30th Our Own Deacon Doug Cook was interviewed on Radio Maria. The 54 minute broadcast was archived here: http://radiomaria.us/march-30-2015-3/ Here’s the write-up from Radio Maria: “Host Kathleen Beckman interviews guest, Deacon Doug Cook, director of the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Orange, CA. Deacon Doug shares his testimony Read more
Easter is a day when children hunt for Easter eggs, families get together and many Catholics attend Mass. According to a Knights of Columbus-Marist poll, nearly seven Catholics out of 10 attend mass on Easter Sunday. The word “Easter” comes from a pagan festival of spring celebrated by the Saxons, Read more
This past Saturday we had one of the best School of Leaders in recent memory especially for those who are preparing to give a Rollo. The material presented was so good it should be mandatory for anyone working in the Rollo Room. As you know we are working to get to the day when Read more
Dear Orange County Cursillistas; We wanted to thank you for the incredible warm and loving send off. Your kind words and loving actions have given us strength to continue our journey towards our new life. As you know, when God sends us in a new direction the journey is difficult Read more
As Cursillistas, let us always work to keep Christ as the center of our Christmas plans and preparation. He is the reason for the season and not shopping !!!! Merry Christmas, Deacon Doug
I know it may seem hard to believe, but we have just completed one year at Divine Word Seminary in Riverside. During this year we have had 14 Cursillo weekends in three languages. We have updated the kitchen, built permanent storage cabinets, decorated two chapels to remind us of our Read more
Pope Francis in an address to leaders of Lay Movements on May 18, 2013 said; “The church must step outside of herself. To go where? To the outskirts of existence, whatever they may be, but she must step out. Jesus tells us, ‘Go into all the world! Go! Preach! Bear Read more
This July feels a bit strange to me in the Cursillo community. Normally at this time we are in the final stages of preparing for our July weekends – heat and all – at Marywood. However, this year we are “dark”, to use theatre parlance, partly because of scheduling difficulties Read more