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We begin at tea time on Thursday evening. There is time to settle in
and to meet others who will be sharing the weekend with you - some will be
there as fellow participants; others are members of the team that will be
serving you throughout the weekend. (All members of the team have
previously been participants on a Cursillo weekend and will have been
working and praying together for some time in preparation for your weekend.
) You will soon discover that the age range of the people there is wide and
that we all come from a broad variety of backgrounds which all helps to
enrich the weekend. Following the Thursday evening meal (the food is
excellent and you won't have to cook or wash up all weekend!) our leader for
the weekend will introduce the team and explain more about the weekend.
Two meditations follow and after our short evening service there will begin
a period of silence which will last overnight.
The mornings start at an early hour (so be prepared!). Each day starts with Morning Prayer and has a Eucharist service in the late afternoon before the evening meal. There is also Evening Prayer before retiring to bed each evening. After the final Eucharist on Sunday there is a light tea provided and then we then make our way back home at the end of Sunday afternoon. Teaching, Praying and SharingDuring the weekend you will hear five meditations and fifteen talks. (Yes, it sounds a lot but it's amazing how they fly by!) The meditations and two of the talks are given by the clergy and the other thirteen talks are given by lay members of the team. During the weekend, participants work together in small table groups and there is an opportunity to respond to the talks in a variety of ways. (Don't worry - you will not be put on the spot.) Each table is assigned a table leader who will help facilitate discussion. The team is there for you throughout the weekend and if you would value a chance to talk/ pray/ make confession, the clergy will make time available for you. During the weekend we will worship and pray together, we will learn together, we will share meals together, we will have a lot of fun together, and we may even share a few tears together. The programme is busy and Cursillo is not really a retreat but there are opportunities for quiet during the weekend. In other words, Cursillo is a multiple experience which we go through individually and together in community. Cursillo weekends are soaked in prayer - people will be praying for you from the moment your application is received. We can't promise that every single aspect of a Cursillo weekend will be just right for you but many, many people have found their Cursillo weekend to be a highly significant moment in their lives. Most participants experience the drenching of God's love. For some, the weekend is a point of healing; for others it is a point at which important life decisions are made. We simply ask you to be open to God's agenda during the weekend so that you can receive from Him. |
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