Those 12 Cursillistas who had planned on attending the Spring Meeting of Region III this weekend, April 10 and 11, in Ohio find themselves instead sitting at home because 12 is not enough to hold a regional meeting.

 Mary K. Fleckenstein reports a Fall Meeting will be held in late September or early October, and she asks folks to keep this in mind when planning activities. Here’s an idea — why not just make the Fall Meeting an activity you plan to attend and mark it in your calendar now. And while you’re planning activities to attend, don’t forget that the National Encounter in Kansas City, KS, will be held July 29, 30 and 31.

 Another disappointment – the recent announcement that Men’s Weekend #183 scheduled for mid-April was cancelled for lack of applicants.

 It has been decided that dates for upcoming weekends and Team Formation to begin will not be set until applications have been received from a minimum of 12 candidates. 

 Sooooo, don’t wait for the announcement of a date for the next Men’s Weekend before you send in applications! Rather, continue to send applications to Andi Zientara, Pre-Cursillo Coordinator, so we have enough candidates to schedule a date!

 Fourth Day Reunion – Sunday, April 25, 2010

 Women’s Weekend #184 was in November, 2009, but we have not had our Fourth Day Reunion because we were trying to have a Men’s Weekend. That, however, has not materialized. We trust that the enthusiasm the new Cursillistas had about their faith at the end of the weekend is still alive.  Let’s plan to keep that fire burning. Let’s do whatever it takes to keep the new and the current Cursillistas active in the Movement.

 The Fourth Day Reunion will be Sunday,  April 25, 2010, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, at the Mt Nazareth Facility. It is extremely important that the new Cursillistas come to this event so that they are encouraged to participate in the Ultreyas and group reunions and become comfortable with all the Cursillistas, new and current. And for that matter, the event may encourage all of the sponsors to stay active.

 It is the responsibility of the sponsor to bring or at least encourage the new Cursillista to attend. Please make an effort to contact the sponsors of the new Cursillistas in your Ultreya to come and bring the new Cursillistas to the Fourth Day Reunion.

 This is a nice event; we pray, we sing, we give glory to God and we have fun. Please plan on being there!  Oh, yes, we also eat, so we ask everyone to bring some kind of finger food. Please distribute this info to your Ultreya.

 As we mentioned in a recent email regarding the Fourth Day, we were going to take turns providing the witness speaker for the Fourth Day event. The witness speaker would talk about how he or she was living their Fourth Day, giving  inspiration to the new Cursillistas to be active in their Ultreya and group reunions. A 15 minute talk would be great. The order for providing the witness was set  by Secretariat as follows:

North Hills   – provided speaker  Nov 2008

South Hills  – provided speaker April 2009

City North   WILL PROVIDE THE WITNESS SPEAKER for this upcoming event.

 God Bless

Post-Cursillo Coordinators

Jim & Betsy Rice

724 443 5744

ROB’S ORDINATION

 Spring is here, summer is right around the corner and before we know it, our own Rob Fleckenstein, son of Wayne and Mary Fleckenstein, will be ordained at St. Paul Cathedral. The time will be at 10 am Saturday, June 26, with a reception following, Rob will celebrate his first Mass at 3 pm Sunday, June 27^th, at Incarnation of the Lord Church on Observatory Hill. We’re very excited and proud of Rob and for Rob’s proud parents!

In the works . . .

 Keep your calendar out because there’s still another date to write down – the Cursillo Picnic, August 29, in Cecil Park near Fr. Stan’s church.

 It’s “rumored” that plans are “in the works” to hold a benefit Mystery Dinner Theatre on behalf of Cursillo sometime in October.  Andi Zientara will direct. The tentative production chosen is entitled, “Murder on the Oriental Rug”. Sounds like fun!