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Come after me, and I will make you fishers of
men.
Matthew 4:19
PASTORAL PLAN FOR THE
CURSILLO MOVEMENT
OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
INTRODUCTION
The goal of the Cursillo Movement is for the Apostolic renewal of society. It is our
desire to encourage all Cursillistas to participate actively and intentionally in this
ministry of evangelization, in creating a spirit of welcoming in all that we do.
The National Conference of Bishops states that our efforts toward this goal will be
"meaningless unless they are steeped in prayer. Without prayer, the Good News of
Jesus Christ cannot be understood, spread or accepted. These goals can be accomplished
only by opening our hearts to God, who gives to his children everything they seek (Mt.
7:11), who responds when we knock and who answers when we persevere in asking (Mt. 7:7-8).
We must ask unceasingly for the grace to evangelize. The moment we stop praying for the
grace to spread the Good News of Jesus will be the moment when we lose the power to
evangelize."
Recognizing this, we seek to foster a deeper sense of spirituality and prayer within
our community, asking that all of our committees, including the secretariat, be
communities of prayer.
Additionally, in the proper application of the Cursillo method, there is a
well-orchestrated complementary effort between the Precursillo and the Postcursillo, into
which the three-day Cursillo weekend is integrated. It is our intention to deepen the
awareness of all Cursillistas that Cursillo is a way of life and not simply a weekend
experience.
Finally, we hope for and are committed to maintaining a continuing dialogue with our
Bishop.
The Secretariat
November 1998
THE PRECURSILLO
 | Emphasize the evangelization of the environments that have
been targeted through the Reunion of Leaders
 | Objective
 | Select environments to be evangelized
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| Develop a plan to bring Christ's Good News to those
environments
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| Strategy
| Seek out natural groupings
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| Initiate a plan for study of the environments in the Arlington
Diocese, and offer palanca as a community for this
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| Target those structures and environments that have the
greatest impact on society, such as: priests and clergy; political and government
employees; medical and health workers; those who work in the news media, communications,
and public relations fields; and educators
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| Reach out to our African-American, Asian-American, and
Hispanic brothers and sisters
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| Educate Cursillo community about environmental group reunions
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| Prayerfully discern and identify natural leaders in their
environments
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| Have knowledge of person, his/her lifestyle and his/her
attitudes, taking care to include both persons in a marriage
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| Note that individuals are a part of a community within those
environments
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| Seek mainly those who should make a weekend
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| Identify those who can make a weekend
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| Present Christ to all people regardless of their ability to
come to a weekend
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| Strategy
| Schedule information nights proactively in all parishes in a
three-year timeframe
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| Invite veteran Cursillistas to assist with personal contact
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| Have prospective candidates attend group reunion and at least
one Ultreya prior to weekend
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| Send all prospective candidates for Cursillo the booklet, What
is Cursillo?
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| Continue to plan for facilities that will open our weekends to
those with physical challenges
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| Educate and prepare our sponsors
| Objective
| Emphasize necessity for sponsors to have a clear understanding
of whom God is calling: who should go on a weekend, who can go, and who should not go
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| Familiarize sponsors with their responsibilities in all
aspects of the Movement in regard to supporting those they are sponsoring particularly in
group reunion and Ultreya.
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| Emphasize group sponsorship
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| Encourage sponsors to be persons of deep prayer, deep faith,
and trust in God
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| Strategy
| Conduct Precursillo workshops for sponsors
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| Have Precursillo Committee members familiarize them-selves
with all sponsors through personal interviews
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| Sponsors need to be in group reunion and should be
participating in Ultreya
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| Send Sponsor's Booklet to all sponsors, along with revised
diocesan sponsorship guidelines
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| Assist new Cursillistas in their Fourth Day
| Objectives
| Help integrate the process of Cursillo into a way of life
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| Share responsibility between team members and sponsor for
assisting new Cursillistas.
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THE CURSILLO (THE
THREE DAYS)
| Create a climate for the weekend community that will
facilitate an encounter with Jesus Christ
| Objective
| Foster an experience of conversion and renewal
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| Encounter what is fundamental for being a Christian
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| Enable candidates to more fully join their lives to God
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| Move the candidates toward holiness in communion with their
brothers and sisters
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| Strategy
| Acknowledge and encourage the centrality of the Eucharist on
weekends
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| Close the retreat phase of the weekend with Mass Friday
morning
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| Celebrate closing Mass within the weekend community
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| Emphasize sharing and witnessing together and discussion after
each and every talk throughout the weekend
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| Form a bridge from the Precursillo to the Postcursillo
| Objective
| Demonstrate that the Cursillo Movement offers a structuring of
Christian life
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| Provide an awareness of the greater community
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| Strategy
| Give the candidates the experience of group reunion and
Ultreya on the weekend
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| Provide ongoing formation through Reunion of Leaders and
spiritual direction
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| Place a stronger emphasis on palanca and prayer, particularly
on general palanca.
| Introduce outside community through general palanca
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| Encourage group reunions and Ultreyas to do general palanca as
a group
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| Provide a visual perception of God's love through a no-contact
mananita
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| Revitalize Clausura
| Invite the witness of the priest who is presiding (vivencia)
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| Invite host pastor to attend
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| Select and prepare carefully the teams that serve our weekends
| Objective
| Ensure that Cursillistas who are asked to serve on teams are
well grounded in the Movement
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| Have teams that reflect the entire Arlington Diocese
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| Have representatives of all geographical areas on the Team
Selection Committee
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| Strategy
| Choose at least three(3) team members from the Reunion of
Leaders beginning April, l999
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| Choose all team members from the Reunion of Leaders within
three(3) years inasmuch as that is practical
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| Encourage sponsors to serve on team with their candidates when
possible
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THE POSTCURSILLO
| Support and encourage Cursillistas to be Apostolic Christians
who have a
unified vision of how to bring Christian life to every environment
| Objective
| Provide support and encouragement through witness
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| Promote environmental group reunions
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| Promote a more active and permanent Fourth Day
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| Ensure a link between the Reunion of Leaders and group
reunions and Ultreyas
to encourage Apostolic action
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| Have vibrant group reunions that use the Cursillo method
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| Provide workshops for group reunions
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| Provide for the Ultreya
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| Provide workshops especially for new Cursillistas and as
ongoing
support for veteran Cursillistas
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| Strategy
| Seek witnesses from members of the Reunion of Leaders
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| Provide workshops for Ultreya leaders
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| Support and facilitate entry into the Fourth Day of new
Cursillistas
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| Continue the education of Cursillo leaders through the Reunion
of Leaders
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| Promote palanca as an integral part of the Cursillo community
| Objective
| Support the spiritual growth of all Cursillistas
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| Strengthen the solidarity of diocesan movements
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| Strategy
| Emphasize the importance of palanca in the Fourth Day
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| Set aside the first Saturday of every month as a day for
community to
do palanca for the Movement
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| Actively pursue participation by the
clergy and religious at our Ultreyas and other gatherings
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| Provide for a more vibrant community for all
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| Increase opportunities for spiritual direction
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| Strategy
| Mobilize personal contact and invitation
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| Use email, letter, phone calls
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| Deliver message consistently
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| Invite our Cursillistas priests to extend invitations to other
priests
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| Communicate effectively and in a timely way not only with our
community,
but with the greater public
| Objective
| Create opportunities for personal contact
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| Promote knowledge of Cursillo and spirituality, and provide
current
information for the community, through His Banner.
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| Increase awareness and knowledge of the Cursillo Movement
throughout the diocese
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| Strategy
| Conduct periodic visits to chancery
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| Submit news items regularly to the Arlington Catholic Herald
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| Create a website
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| Maintain contact through e-mail and a prayer tree
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| Emphasize the role of Ultreya coordinators in communicating
with the
community.
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| Foster good stewardship in our Cursillo community by using
monies wisely, and
reporting the use of such accurately and promptly
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| Create ad hoc committees to meet specific needs of the
community, such as
the Come and See and the Jubilee
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THE REUNION
OF LEADERS
| Provide a core group of leaders who are committed to being a
community of service to the movement
| Objective
| Serve the Ultreyas |
| Give life to the whole movement
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| Guide the movement to be faithful in fulfilling the purpose of
the Cursillo
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| Strategy
| Study environments for the purpose of penetration with the
Christian message
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| Support all Cursillistas in their Fourth Day
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| Encourage, empower and train leaders in the Movement
| Objective
| Call forward a loving, vibrant community
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| Nourish and charge those individuals to be supersaturated with
Christ
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| Strategy
| Provide opportunities for fellowship with other Christian
leaders who choose to make Cursillo their primary apostolate
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| Provide grounding in spirituality, methodology, doctrine,
Christian community, formation and the
Cursillo mentality as well as Vatican II documents and the Pope's Encyclicals.
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| Develop a common vision among members
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| Stimulate an interest in Cursillistas to attend the Reunion of
Leaders
| Objective
| Renew understanding of Cursillo methods by long time Cursillistas |
| Develop a resource for future secretariat and team positions
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| Strategy
| Initiate personal contact and invitation
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| Welcome all Cursillistas |
| Foster a renewed understanding of the Reunion of Leaders
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| Encourage attendance of Ultreya coordinators and/or
representative from each parish
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| Emphasize a doctrinal talk by a spiritual director is given at
each Reunion of Leaders
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| Provide well-grounded individuals for positions of
responsibility
| Objective
| Support secretariat with variety of members
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| Support teams with variety of members
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| Strategy
| Choose all secretariat members from the Reunion of Leaders
within three(3) year
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| Choose at least three(3) members from the Reunion of Leaders
beginning with the team of April, l999
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| Choose majority of team members from the Reunion of Leaders
within three(3) years
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| Channel the restlessness of the leaders into a stronger
community
| Objective
| Provide for a progressive state of conversion
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| Evangelize more environments
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| Strategy
| Commit to ongoing formation
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| Implement the plan for penetration of environments through a
combined effort with all Cursillistas |
| Support the preparation of candidates
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| Demonstrate to clergy the value of Cursillo to their
priesthood
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| To make the message of Christ and the Cursillo truly alive,
the laity must recognize that we have an Apostolic mission to evangelize
| Objective
| Emphasize awareness that the laity's particular mission is the
study and evangelization of our everyday environments
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| Recognize that Cursillo is a movement of the church which
focuses on the dynamic role of the laity
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| Realize that evangelization takes place in an atmosphere of
prayer
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