Welcome to the eighth edition of the communique for the Hamilton, Ontario Diocese Cursillo community.
Welcome to our new Cursillistas: Douglas Logel, Shaun Radigan, Malcolm Marchant, Robert Wilkie, Anto Rajkovic, Dennis Guay, Michael Nelligan and Jason Nelligan.
Here is what some of them had to say at the closing:
Once again the Croatian community is hosting a Grand Ultreya for the diocese. I hope to see you there.
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The Milton Ultreya continues to meet every Saturday at 7:45 am at the Holy Rosary Church Hall in Milton. There is an opportunity to attend Holy Mass at 9 am for those who wish. All Cursillistas in the area are welcome to attend. For more information please contact bob.moser@sympatico.ca or dgalbraith@cogeco.ca
The second session of School of Leaders was held on Saturday October 20th. 39 attended and this month’s presentation was well presented and received once again. The topic for shared learning was taken from Father Frank Salmani’s book “Whom Shall I Send? – Prayer as “Communion” with God.
Saturday, November 17th will be the next session and will be held at St. Joseph’s Church hall from 10 – 12 noon. You are most welcome to attend any session. For more information contact Marg Weber at 519-747-5937 or email marg.weber@sympatico.ca
The CCCC is the organization that put on the 2007 National Conference in Barrie, Ontario. They also publish a National Bulletin called "Fully Alive". You can access it at http://www.cursillo-canada.org/newsletter.htm. Watch for issue number 56 to be published. It has a lot of information about the National Conference that is well worth reading.
This month's sharing is from Rodney Bell:
I was at the School for Leaders this week, and the subject was prayer. Martin, at our table said that God spoke to him through other people. How true that is for me. I made my Cursillo because of my daughter. She phoned me one day from Ottawa and said that a friend had suggested that she should go to a Cursillo weekend. What did I think? I said I had heard of it, sounded OK and give it a try. So she went. She was so enthusiastic about it, she persuaded her husband, and me to go. Then Ana (my wife) went, then her elder sister, who flew in from Calgary to be on the weekend when her younger sister was on team.
For my sponsor, as I did not know many people in the movement in Hamilton, I asked Fr Steve Stinson. I had known him for 20 years from Marriage Encounter, and I knew he was involved. Not a bad idea I thought, but God had plans. As soon as I had completed my third day, I got a call from Fr Steve. Would I join the Secretariat? Who could say no to him, so here I am, a relatively new Cursillista, on the Secretariat.
The task allotted to me is Pre-Cursillo. I have recently talked to four Deanery meetings about Cursillo, with two more to go. I am also getting the paper work together to obtain a Charitable Number so the donors can get a tax receipt. It has been a busy but rewarding new experience. I am honoured to serve such a great movement in any way I can.
There is no witness talk this month.
Please send me (drmilne@sympatico.ca) any talks you think should be published so we can publish a witness talk every month. Please realize that I will have to use my judgment on whether or not a talk is published so it's possible that not every talk will get published.
Mary Schuck, a Kitchener Cursillista, passed away on Sunday October 28th in her 70th year. Mary was a faithful member of St. Anthony Daniel's Ultreya. She worked for 20 years at Beaver Lumber, and was also a tireless volunteer with Red Cross, Sunnyside Home, Girl Guides, CWL and many more organizations. Predeceased by her husband Frank. Beloved sister of Frances Kinsella and sister-in-Law of Marilyn Hanlon. Loved mother to Timothy Schuck and his wife Helen, Edward and his wife Michele, Mary Frances Hopcraft and her husband Kenneth, Vicki O'Shaughnassy and her husband Greg, all of Kitchener and James and his wife Paula of London. Cherished grandmother to Allison, James, Amanda, Megan, Daniel, Julia, Jonah, Alexandre, Payton, and Ainsley; and greatgrandmother of Jacob, Quinn, Eric and Jack. Predeceased by her parents, Anna and Tracy Hanlon; and brothers, Micheal and Richard. Please pray for Mary and her friends and family.
October was a busy Cursillo month for me. Along with the usual Group Reunion and Ultreya meetings there were two firsts for me. I led a retreat for the Men's weekend team and I sponsored a candidate. I feel blessed to have been able to do these two things. They feel like sacred moments on my Cursillo journey. May God bless you with many sacred moments this month. DE COLORES.