Metuchen Cursillo Movement to host Men’s Cursillo Weekend in October

The gift of the Cursillo Movement has long been acknowledged by popes and bishops worldwide throughout its 75-year history.

Pope St. John Paul II acknowledged that “the Cursillo method aims at helping to transform in a Christian way the milieus where people live and work through the involvement of ‘new men and women ‘who have become such from their encounter with Christ. This is the goal of a three-day ‘little course’ on Christianity, in which a team of priests and lay people, supported by the prayer and sacrifices of the movement’s other members, communicate the fundamental truths of the Chris-tian faith in an especially ‘living’ way. ”

Pope Francis has described Cursillistas as those who “step out of their comfort zone and have the courage to reach all the suburbs that need the light of the Gospel. “In the Diocese of Metuchen, the Cursillo Movement will be hosting a Men’s Cursillo Weekend (retreat) beginning Thursday evening, Oct. 17 and ending Sunday afternoon Oct. 20 in the Loyola Retreat Center, Morristown. The retreat rector will be Ken Wolfram, post-cursillo chairperson, and member of Our Lady of Peace Parish, Fords.

Bill Grippo, diocesan Cursillo lay coordinator and member of St. Matthi-as Parish, Somerset, explained, “The Cursillo Movement is a lay apostolic movement of the Roman Catholic Church and is a worldwide effective method for growing Christianity within our daily environment to keep Christ as the center of our life through Piety, Study and Apostolic Action.” He shared that “Bishop Checchio has been most encouraging to both men and women to consider gaining more information about a Cursillo weekend for spiritual growth.”

Those interested in learning more, and for registration, should visit metcursillo.org where an application maybe downloaded and emailed to [email protected].