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Some organizations within the three-day movement license Cursillo material, while other groups develop similar programs under another name, or even deviate from the three-day structure. [ citation needed ] The broader three-day movement enjoys much collaboration: different organized groups provide mutual ongoing support, expressed through ...
It is a 2-day retreat, normally Saturday and Sunday, and therefore does not qualify for the term "cursillo" meant to apply to a 3-day retreat. [16] Another derivative movement called 'An Emmaus Experience' was developed from the Cursillo at a Catholic parish in Miami, Florida, and has made some inroads.
Kairos was founded by Tom Johnson, a Catholic cursillista, in 1976 in Raiford, Florida, as a program called Cursillo in Prison. It was based on the Cursillo movement. Referred to as a "short course in Christianity", the program spread to six US states by 1978. It was renamed "Kairos", a Greek term meaning "God's Special Time".
Cursillo aims to form "Catholic leaders" from those Catholics already on a walk with the Lord. Emmaus reaches out to all Christians who are members of church. Participants are encouraged to find ways to live out their individual call to discipleship in their home, church, and community. [3] [4] Today Emmaus retreats are held worldwide. [5] [6]
Both the public and corporate workshops are half-day events, but over the years many people have been doing the workshop on their own, usually taking about three hours to get through the 10 questions. Watching them succeed so well on their own helped me realize this really can be a simple do-it-yourself process.
"De colores" ([Made] of Colors) is a traditional Spanish language folk song that is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world. [1] It is widely used in the Catholic Cursillo movement and related communities such as the Great Banquet, Chrysalis Flight, Tres Días, Walk to Emmaus, and Kairos Prison Ministry.
There is a common misconception that Cursillo is a "renewal" program. It is not. While a personal renewal may be an outcome of the weekend, it is not the intent. Cursillo is a "Short Course" in Christian leadership and living piety, study and action in the 4th day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdlldl (talk • contribs)
Audaciousness is not the courage of a day, it is the patience of a daily mission in the city and in the world, a mission to patiently weave together again the human fabric of the peripheries that violence and impoverishment have torn apart; a mission to communicate the Gospel through personal friendship; to show how life truly becomes human ...