Welcome to Catholic Cursillo Movement

"It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters" - Mother Teresa

Contact Jen Kelly by calling 480-220-6022 for more information about being a sponsor and/or applying for a Cursillo, as well as, to obtain the required application and sponsor forms. The forms with applicable applicant and sponsor signatures and $25 non-refundable application fee (to Cursillo Movement) should be sent to Jen directly. The $125 is due on check-in weekend.  Fr. Pat, our pastor, must sign all forms.  Jen will ensure that this is completed; although sponsors may obtain the signature prior to submittal. There is a required orientation for both men and women.  It is held on the Wednesday, two weeks prior to the Men's weekend at the Cursillo Center at 7:00pm.  Candidates will receive a letter in the mail confirming the weekend.  Note:

• $25 application fee and $125 for the weekend - includes meals and lodging
• Click here for Sponsor Guidelines
• Click here for Further Information about Cursillo

The Cursillo Movement has given Catholics a method to connect with the Trinity each day while we attend to our regular daily lives. It is a lay method, based on small lessons in Christianity that are very accessible and very effective.  A truth of daily life is that God our creator is always patiently waiting for us to connect, to acknowledge him. In some lives, this relationship with God comes quickly. In other lives, it takes a jolt of experience or a lesson. Or, a lot of jolts, a lot of lessons. Cursillo, from the Spanish origin of the movement in the late 30’s, early 40’s, means small lessons, little lessons in Christianity.

The Cursillo Movement provides a message and a method to intersect our daily lives with God. The Cursillo movement in Diocese of Phoenix provides small lessons in piety, study and action beginning with a three day period at the base of a mountain (Mount Claret). Lives are changed through the grace of the Holy Spirit. When those lives are followed 10, 20, and now 50+ years in Phoenix, the mystery, wonder and love of God is evident. The love of God is evident as bright and colorful patterns in people’s lives, even in the darkest times.

The Cursillo experience begins with a 72-hour short course in being a Christian, comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of God's grace, disciplines of Christian discipleship, and what it means to be the church. The Cursillo Short Course typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening. Men and women attend separate weekends.  The three-day Cursillo experience and follow-up groups strengthen and renew Catholic people as disciples of Jesus Christ and as active members of the body of Christ in mission to the world.  For more info click here.

Please check out the Diocese of Phoenix Cursillo Movement website (Click here) to checkout calender of upcoming Cursillo weekends in the Phoenix area; to learn more about moving yourself closer to God; and, to move the world closer to God’s kingdom. The purpose of Cursillo is to move individuals, families, workplaces and communities into the Kingdom. 

For more information contact our Pastor or contact our Cursillo Movement Parish Representatives: Brian and Jen Kelly at 480-563-2422 or jen.kelly@cox.net.

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