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In the Cursillo movement, being "in colors" is to be in God's grace. For that reason, Cursillo participants (cursillistas) greet each other with the phrase "De Colores" (in Colors). A story from the early days of the movement in Spain tells of an occasion where a group of men were returning from a Cursillo weekend when their bus broke down.
Cursillo, the Catholic three-day event Episcopal Cursillo, known in some countries as Anglican Cursillo. Lutheran Via de Cristo. Chayah, a ministry to young jail inmates based on Lutheran Cursillo. Presbyterian Pilgrimage; Tres Dias. Emmaus Ministries Walk to Emmaus, a ministry of The Upper Room; Chrysalis, for high school students
Emmaus Retreats are different from the Catholic Cursillo. 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.
"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.
In search of a spiritual experience, the graduate student Ralph Keifer and history professor William Storey, both of the Catholic Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, attended a meeting of the Cursillo movement in August 1966.
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)
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".
Martin was raised Catholic, but having fallen away from religion as a youth, he was reconverted to Catholicism by a Cursillo retreat he attended as a college student. [1] [2] Martin and Stephen B. Clark, who would also become a leader in the charismatic renewal, worked for the National Secretariat of the Cursillo from 1965 to 1970. [3]