Secretariat
By-laws
The
Diocesan Pastoral Plan
the Secretariat approved in June 2002 is now on the web.
The Tulsa Cursillo Secretariat is
in place to function as servants to our local movement and
promote Cursillo in our diocese. During the last Tulsa Cursillo
Secretariat meeting by-laws for our local movement were voted on
and approved as prescribed for by the National Cursillo
Secretariat. Click here to read the
by-laws.
The by-laws compliment the
Cursillo
Diocesan Pastoral Plan
but also formalize rules for the Secretariat and its members.
One section states that members of the Secretariat are nominated
from the School of Leaders and are voted on by a simple majority
of the Secretariat. The by-laws provide for a 3 year term limit
for all positions on the Secretariat with various positions
vacating at different times so that there will be continuity
with some veteran members serving simultaneously with newly
elected members. Additionally, after serving a three year term a
member must wait one year before being eligible to serve another
term on the Secretariat.
At this time only a
few Cursillistas attend the School of Leaders and
most are now serving on the Secretariat. Your prayer
and personal consideration to attend the School of
Leaders is vital to keeping Cursillo moving forward
in our diocese. Without new leaders the Secretariat
cannot exist, our local movement could become
inactive and we may have to rely on another diocese
for future Cursillos. The Cursillo Community has the
responsibility to keep Cursillo alive and well in
the diocese of Tulsa for future generations and I
humbly beg you for your prayers that we may
persevere in faith to carry out this mission.
God bless you and
keep you in the palm of His hand.
De Colores,
Vince Greuel
Cursillo Lay Director
Diocese of Tulsa |
Welcome to our new
Cursillistas of Cursillo #39
Women's
Cursillo #39 Photos and Rosters
Cursillo #42, Wichita Kansas
The Diocese of Tulsa had several candidates attend and workers
attend this Cursillo #42 in 2008. Candidates from our Diocese
were Maria Banuelos, Teresa Hernandez and Sulie Villegas. Worked
included Adriane Banuelos, Marcela Frescott and Margarita
Arrazola.
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This photo of Cef
and Gloria Aguillon was taken May 6th, 2008 at a
visit by Cef and his wife, Gloria, with the Tulsa
Cursillo Secretariat and the School of Leaders. Cef
is the National English Coordinator for the Cursillo
Movement and is on a mission to visit all the
diocesan Cursillo groups in our region 8 and also
region 5 this year. There are 12 regions within the
United States with 265 Cursillo groups at diocesan
levels including multiple language groups. The main
purpose of his visit was to help guide the Cursillo
movement at the local level to become as authentic
and vibrant as possible. Cef and Gloria are very
committed Cursillistas and we thank the Lord for the
blessings they bring to Cursillo on the local and
national levels.
De Colores,
Vince Greuel
Cursillo Lay Director Diocese of Tulsa |
Pastoral
Plan
The
Diocesan Pastoral Plan
the Secretariat approved in June 2002 is now on the web. Please
feel free to look it over and see where you might fit in to help
achieve our vision for the Cursillo Movement in our Diocese.
Candidate
Application
Solicitud Para El Cursillo
(Spanish Candidate Application)
Welcome to our new
Cursillistas of Cursillo #38
Men's
Cursillo #38 Photos and Rosters
Women's
Cursillo #38 Photos and Rosters
New
Spiritual Advisor and Lay Director
Cursillo Community,
We have a new
Spiritual Advisor for Cursillo. Fr. Richard Cristler
will take over as the Spiritual Advisor for Cursillo
in our Diocese. He replaces Monsignor Gaalaas who
has served as Spiritual Advisor for past 12 years.
Mgsr. Gaalaas will still be involved in Cursillo and
continue to share Doctrinal formation at our first
Thursday of month School of Leaders at St. Benedicts
as he is available.
Please join the
Secretariat in thanking Mgsr. Gaalaas for his rich
spiritual direction and service to Cursillo and
welcome Fr. Richard the next time you see them.
DeColores!
The Secretariat
recently met and voted
Vince
Greuel as the new Lay Director of Cursillo in
the diocese of Tulsa. Vince lived Cursillo #30 in
the diocese of Tulsa. He was team coordinator for
Cursillo 37 and serves our community on the School
of Leaders. He has a very strong commitment to
Cursillo and growing our Movement. Please pray for
Vince and his family. We pray and give thanks for
the 2.5 years of service Ed Hobbs provided as lay
director to our Movement.
DeColores!
Steve Krause |
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Ed Hobbs,
1958-2007
Ed Hobbs, Lay Director of the
Tulsa Cursillo Movement, past Grand Knight of
the Knights of Columbus, Boy Scout Leader and
friend to everyone, passed away on July 5, 2007.
Ed will be
missed.
Memories and photos of Ed have been added to a
Tribute to Ed page. If you have any such
memories or photos send them to
John
Kennington and I will incorporate them in
the page. |
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Welcome to our new
Cursillistas of Cursillo #37
Women's Cursillo
#37 Photos and Rosters
Fourth Day
Retreat with Victor Lugo
Click here
for more photos
Click
here to download a recording of Victor Lugo's talk
and the other
presentations!
Cursillistas
at 2003 Diocesan Corpus Christi Procession
Charlie
Black has provided us an electronic format of the Husband and
Wife group reunion that some of our Cursillistas picked up from
the regional meeting in Norman. One is a Microsoft Word document
and one is an Adobe Acrobat pdf file. Charlie & Allyson have
been using this format for about a month and really enjoy it.
They hope that all of our couples can give it a try.
Husband
& Wife Group Reunion.doc
Husband&
Wife Group Reunion.pdf
Deacon
Jim Breazile's Spirituality 101 Now Available
Deacon Jim has graciously agreed to share his Spirituality
101 series with us on our Tulsa Cursillo web site. This is a
series of meditations, shared thoughts and personal reflections
Deacon Jim offers us to aid in developing a personal, mature
spirituality. All of the "back issues" he has produced
over the past few years are now available, and as he produces
new ones (every few weeks) they will also be added.
Solicitud Para El Cursillo
(Spanish Candidate Application)
Cursillo
Team Volunteer Form
The
Apostolic
Letter of John Paul II on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae.
is a wonderful reflection on the Rosary, discussing the Year of
the Rosary (Oct 2002-Oct 2003) as well as the the new addition
to the Rosary, the Mysteries of Light - the mysteries of
Christ's public ministry between his Baptism and his Passion.
Also
available as a Word document (142KB) to download and print.
The
Remarks of Pope Paul VI and Pope
John Paul II during the World Ultreya.
We begin any Cursillo activity (which would
include studying the information about the Cursillo Movement on
our web site) with the these prayers:
| Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of us Your
faithful, and kindle in us the fire of
Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and we
shall be created and You shall renew the face of the
earth. |
O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit
instructs the hearts of the faithful, grant by the same
Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His
consolations. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen! |
In today's world can Christianity penetrate the
many areas of secular life? Can it live there? Can
it grow there? Can it transform the world in a way that is
more fruitful than the past and in keeping with the times?
The Cursillo Movement thinks so. It proposes no new type
of spirituality, but simply a method through which one's
spirituality may be developed, lived and shared in any area of
human life where there are Christians willing to dedicate their
lives to God in an on-going manner.
The movement of Cursillos in Christianity is a
powerful instrument of renewal in the Church. Its aim is
to concentrate closely on the Person and teachings of Jesus
Christ. The Cursillo gives those who attend it a living
understanding of basic Christian truths and the desire to serve
the Church. What's more it provides a means to continue
the Christian formation that is just begun in the three-day
exercises.
Please visit the What
Is Cursillo area of our web site for a detailed explanation
of the Cursillo Movement.
