Prayer Vigil Cursillo #137 October 5 – 8th 2017

Providing a covering of prayer over the pilgrims & the team is a very important role in the Cursillo weekend. Please contact Anna Ashworth @ agashworth@aol.com or 804-247-1655 if you would be interested in praying for one or more of these hours below. Thank you!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017

2 AM 12 PM 3 PM 7 PM
3 AM 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
9 AM 2 PM 5 PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017

1 AM 7 AM 4 PM 7 PM
2 AM 12 PM 5 PM 10 PM
5 AM 3 PM 6 PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2017

1 AM 7 AM 12 PM 4 PM
2 AM 9 AM 1 PM 5 PM
3 AM 10 AM 2 PM
4 AM 11 AM 3 PM

Cursillo #136

Cursillo #136-4to en Español
SIGANME…Mr 1:17
LIDERAZGO– Jueves

4th Day

July 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM

St. Giles Episcopal Church

8271 52nd St

Pinellas Park, FL 33781

Back to the Mountaintop


We have a Back to the Mountaintop experience planned for June 17, 2017. Mark your calendars. All Cursillistas plus guests 18 and older are welcome to attend. It will be held at DaySpring in the new Conference Center from 8:30 am – 3pm. Registration begins at 8 am. This gives you a chance to renew Christ’s spirit within you – a Day of Renewal.

The day will begin with Morning Prayer and music, followed by some panel discussions on topics that you chose. The afternoon has two breakout sessions. You will select which breakout session you want to attend on the registration form. It will be coming to you soon by Constant Contact. We have some interesting speakers lined up, both clergy and lay persons.
One of the afternoon breakout sessions is specifically for those who are scheduled to serve in a leadership position on an upcoming weekend. The panel will also cover leadership positions in your parish, in the Diocese, or on the Secretariat.

We invite each parish to bring a display board or a sample of some of the missions their Cursillistas support. The parish displays will be on tables around the room, ready to share with others on breaks, to get ideas on some missions they would like to support. Parish displays will be set up between 8 and 8:30 a.m., and able to be viewed until 3 p.m.

The cost to attend is $15, which covers a continental breakfast and a full lunch. This can be paid when you send in your registration form or you can pay at the door.
Yours in Christ,
Karen Jones, Lay Director

Parish Representative Coordinator Report March 12, 2017

Parish Representative Coordinator Report

Cursillo Weekend #135 – As Of March 12, 2017

  1. A total of 24 parishes participated in Cursillo #135, Feb 2017, sending 27 Pilgrims and 45 Team members.
  2. Two parishes sent their first Pilgrims in over 13 years: St Peter’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg and Good Shepherd, Venice; each sent one Pilgrim.
  3. Across the Diocese of SW Florida, 31 parishes (or about 40% of the parishes in the diocese) have not sent a Pilgrim to a Cursillo Weekend within the past 10 or more years. These churches represent an estimated (based on 2015 parochial reports) Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) of 4440 people (or about 35% of the total 2015 ASA for the diocese) who have not received any of the potential benefits of having an active Cursillo Ministry.
  4. Of the 10 most active parish Cursillo Ministries spanning 2004-2013 (‘Legacy’ period), seven sent Pilgrims to Weekend #135. Of these, two parishes, St James House of Prayer, Tampa and St. Anne of Grace, Seminole, sent their first Pilgrims in over four years.
  5. The 13 most active parish Cursillo Ministries in the period spanning 2014-2017 (‘Current’ period) represent a combined 2015 ASA of 3165 parishioners and sent 6% of their combined congregations as Pilgrims over this time period. Six of these parishes sent over 10% of their individual ASA as Pilgrims between Feb 2014 and Feb 2017; four of these six sent 19% or more.
  6. During 2014-2017, 23 parishes sent at least 12 participants to Weekends as either Pilgrims or Team Members. Of these parishes, three sent many more Pilgrims than Team Members (ratios of 4:1 or higher); six parishes sent many more Team Members than Pilgrims (ratios of 4:1 or higher); with the remainder sending a more evenly divided mix of Team-to-Pilgrim ratios.

Rick Barfield

Parish Rep Coordinator