TRENTON CURSILLO CALENDAR
2010
Friday, February 19th, 2010 - School of Leaders
@ Epiphany Parish Hall - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, March 5th, 2010 - Diocesan Mass
@ Epiphany Worship Area - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, March 19th, 2010 - School of Leaders
@ Epiphany Parish Hall - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 - Diocesan Mass
@ Epiphany Worship Area - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, April 16th, 2010 - School of Leaders
@ Epiphany Parish Hall - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, May 7th, 2010 - Diocesan Mass
@ Epiphany Worship Area - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, May 21st, 2010 - School of Leaders
@ Epiphany Parish Hall - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, June 4th, 2010 - Diocesan Mass
@ Epiphany Worship Area - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, June 18th, 2010 - School of Leaders
@ Epiphany Parish Hall - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Click here for directions to
The Church of the Epiphany in Brick, NJ
THANK YOU!
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
I would like to take this time to "Thank" Marty Weisman and Janet Fitzgerald for
the wonderful job in putting our Country Western Dinner/Dance together. I would also like
to "Thank" Rich and Debi Krajcsovics (Renegade Rich) our DJ for the evening and
their Groupies, for their wonderful dancing and friendship, they shared. Also, a special
"Thank you" to Famous Dave's
Barbecue, for their delicious food they served us.
A special "Thank you" to our Committee and Staff for the wonderful job in
setting up and decorating, including Marty Weisman and Janet Fitzgerald, Mary Ann Dowd,
Dick and Jean Andrejack, Maria Donzella, Kathy Tucker. Cecile Jacoby, Linda Capabianco,
Dawn and Jennifer Von Spreckelsen, and my son Michael Gaynor and myself. A special
"Thank you" to all our Ultreya's and outside Vendors for their donations of all
the gifts, that were raffled off.
A real special "Thank you" to our Cursillo Community for also making the event
possible with love and friendship, that was shared among everyone there.
Thank You again.
God Bless you all!
Your Sister in Christ
Mentor of Post Cursillo
Carol Gaynor
OUR ULTREYAS
Remember any one may join us. They do not have to have made the weekends to share
in our meeting
and share on the tripod of Piety, Study and Action.
Bayshore -
Meets on the 2nd Saturday morning after the 8:15 AM Mass
In the Basement at St. Mary, Mother of God Chapel on Cherry Tree Road, Middletown
Browns Mill
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 7:30 PM at St Ann’s Church in Browns Mill
Forked River-
Meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 7:30 P.M., after Benediction in the Meeting room at
St. Pius Church in Forked River
Hazlet –
Meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 7:30 PM at the DeGregorio’s Home
Jackson-
Meets 2nd and 4th Monday at 7:30 PM at
St Aloysius Rectory on Bennett Mills Rd. in Jackson
Lakewood/Brick-
2nd and 4th Thursday at 8 PM in the Holy Family Church Crying Room on
West Country Line Rd. in Lakewood.
Pennington -
Meets 2nd Tuesday in The Tholenaar‘s Home at 7:30 PM in Pennington.
MULTIMEDIA FOR YOUR STUDY
Enhance your study with the
following. (Included are some prayerful sights that include Podcasts (audio files) and
Multimedia:
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Pray As You Go - Daily prayer for your MP3
player, from Jesuit Media Initiatives in London, UK. Pray-as-you-go is not a sermon or a
bible-study, but a framework for your own prayer. It combines music, scripture and
questions for reflection in a new 10-12 minute prayer session every day.
Life of John Paul II - A celebration of the life of Pope
John Paul II, with talks about his life and thought available for download.
Sacred Space - The Irish Jesuits
invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day, and spend ten minutes, praying as you sit
at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every
day at Sacred Space. Thank you,
Sam Bruno for this link.
Vatican Radio Podcast - The
daily half-hour English program of Vatican Radio with news, interviews, background
information and documentaries straight from the Vatican. The Pope's own Podcast!
Weekly Roman Observer - Keep up-to-date on the
Holy Fathers teachings and the good news of whats happening in the Catholic Church. The
Apostolate for Family Consecration invites new guests every week to comment on the
highlights of the Holy Fathers weekly newspaper, LOsservatore Romano, the English Edition.
Your Daily Tripod - On this site, we
will reflect on the Scripture readings from daily Mass and consider how they might move us
to Piety, Study and Action. “Your Daily Tripod” is a service of the Fourth Day
Committee of the Cursillo Community of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington, VA
(www.arlingtoncursillo.org).
Read an article by Deacon
Tony Martucci on "Love and Marriage"
Read "The Rich Young Man" a beautiful article by Deacon
Tony Martucci about his become a Deacon and his "yes" to God. The article
appeared in Deacon Digest in the November/December 2006 issue.
Read a new article, I Am Thanking God For My Pain by Len Capobianco
"Little Course, Big Impact - The Cursillo
Movement" from The National Catholic Register (You need Adobe Acrobat on your
computer to view it.)
Your own way of the cross by Til Dallavalle &
Arny Dupont (You need Adobe Acrobat to view the file. You can download Adobe Acrobat free
at Adobe.)
"Praying with Scripture" by Til Dallavalle
(You need Adobe Acrobat to view the file. You can download Adobe Acrobat free at Adobe.)
APPLICATIONS
AND OTHER RESOURCES
Here is the Adobe Acrobat
version of the new Weekend Application. You need Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view the
file. You can download Adobe Acrobat free at Adobe.
These resources are printable.
Use the "print" command under "file" to print the sheet. Use your
browser's "back" icon to return to this page.
SECRETARIAT
John DiStefano, Lay Director
Mary Ann Dowd, Assistant Lay Director
Father Jay Bowden, Spiritual Director
Sr. Clara Schroeder CSJP, Spiritual Director
Sister Simon Robb, Acting Spiritual Director
Deacon Walter Price, Spiritual Advisor
Janet Fitzgerald and Mary Power, Liturgy Section
Kathy Tucker, Pre-Cursillo Section
Mary Weis, Cursillo Section
Dawn Von Spreckelsen, Post Cursillo Section
Cheri Price, Secretary
Mary Ann Dowd and Johnny Distefano, Treasurers
Special to Secretariat
Jeanne Hagarty, Honorary Palanca Person
Marty Weisman and Janet Fitzgerald, Prayer Tree
Pat Ivanko and Carol Gaynor, Sunshine Ministry
Web Page, Webmaster
Contact us at trentoncursillo@yahoo.com
Trenton Cursillo P.O.
Box 211, Adelphia, New Jersey 07710-0211
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THE
ROOSTER
by Deacon Tony Martucci
In
October, Pat & I made a Pilgrimage to Rome, Fatima, Lourdes & Paris. It was a
grueling, but very spiritual journey. While we were in Portugal, I noticed a plethora of
images of black roosters with many brightly colored designs on their bodies. There were
statues, paintings, dinner-ware, flags, etc. all with the same image.
I
asked a salesperson what the meaning of the rooster was in Portugal. Here is his
explanation.
The
rooster is the symbol of Portugal, much as the eagle is the symbol of the United States.
There is a legend that a pilgrim was making his way to Santiago de Compostela, when he was
stopped by some locals and accused of a serious crime. The pilgrim protested that he was
innocent, but they did not believe him and sentenced him to death.
The
pilgrim told the people that there was a dead rooster hanging down in the market place. As
proof of his innocence, the pilgrim told the people that in the morning, the rooster would
come to life and sing.
The
following morning, the rooster did, indeed, sing and the pilgrim was released to continue
his pilgrimage to Compostela.
I was
very impressed with the story and recalled the words of our song, De Colores. “Sings
the rooster, sings the rooster with his kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri.” Could it be that our
roots go back to the legend of the Portuguese pilgrim?
THE
COMMUNION OF SAINTS
by Deacon Tony Martucci
In November, we
celebrated the Feast of ALL SAINTS. Do you
personally know any saints? Are YOU a Saint? Yes, you are. You are part of the Church
Militant. When I was growing up, I learned about the Communion of Saints, and in the
Apostles Creed we say, “I believe in the Communion of Saints.”
The
communion of Saints is a Catholic doctrine that holds that the Body of Christ is “the
spiritual union which joins together the faithful on earth, the souls in purgatory, and
the saints in heaven” in the organic union with Christ as its head and in a constant
exchange of supernatural offices.
The Saints
Triumphant- are those souls who are in Heaven, e.g. Peter. Paul, Theresa, Joan
(canonized and not canonized). We often pray to the saints for our needs- lost keys, our
children’s safety, etc. We ask the saints to intercede for us.
The Saints
Suffering- are the souls in purgatory. We often pray for our loved ones who have
died, asking for the forgiveness of their sins, and for their salvation. In turn, those
souls pray for us, their loved ones left behind.
The Saints
Militant- are those on earth, who try to live lives of grace and bring about the Kingdom
of Heaven. Within the Church on earth, there is a shared exchange of examples, prayers
merits and satisfactions. Between the Church on earth on one hand and purgatory and heaven
on the other, there are works of charity, prayers, intercessions and adorations. (Catholic Encyclopedia)
As you well
know, our struggle to bring about the Kingdom of God is not against mere flesh and blood,
but against Satan and his fallen angels who want to increase their numbers by leading as
many people away from God as possible.
The Church is
like a great ship, bombarded and attacked by enemy vessels surrounding it- the media,
materialism, Godless-government, secularism, and immorality, to name just a few.
A great battle
is raging. The ship is damaged, but continues on its course. Nothing could be truer as, by
the Holy Spirit, the course of the Church has been steadfast in these troubling days. Pope
Benedict XVI says, “Nothing will deter the truth. The Church…intends to continue
to raise her voice in defense of mankind, even
when policies of state and the majority of public opinion moves in the opposite direction.
Truth, indeed, draws strength from itself and not from the amount of consent it
arouses.” Vatican Mar. 20, 2006
As members of
the Church Militant, you and I need to take our place in the battle to win souls for
Christ and to change our world into His Kingdom. St.
Paul tells us in Ephesians:
“Be strong in the Lord and in
the strength of His might. Put on the full armor
of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our
struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers,
against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in
the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you
will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand
firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT
ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod your feet with the PREPARATION
OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which
you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE
HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:10-17)
Notice all the
weapons we have available:
BELT OF TRUTH-
Jesus said,” I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE.”
BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS-
“Love one another as I have loved you.”
SHIELD OF FAITH- Our
Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed.
HELEMT OF SALVATION- won for us
by Christ’s death and Resurrection
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT- (the Word
of God)
PRAY on all occasions. BE
ALERT….PRAY FOR ALL THE SAINTS.
Pray ALWAYS. We
have tremendous power in our prayers. Read about the power of prayer in Scripture. Just a
few examples:
Exodus 17:10-12
- Moses & the Israelites in battle with Amalek
Matthew 8:5-13 - The Centurion
asking Jesus to cure his servant
Luke 22:39-46 - Jesus and the
Disciples in the Garden of Olives
Acts 12:1-17 - The Christian Community and
Peter in Prison
In every case,
intercessory prayer brought about the intervention of God in the world in a particular
situation. We KNOW the power of prayer. Our world is in a terrible state. We have not seen
such immorality or chaos since the fall of Rome. Some tell us that we are living in the
end times. Jesus once asked, “When the Son of Man comes again, will He find any faith
on the earth?” Only you and I can answer that question.
Time after time,
in each of the appearances of the Blessed Mother, she begs us to pray for peace, for
forgiveness, for mercy. “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the Good
News.” On Ash Wednesday, we will hear the words, “Turn away from sin, be
faithful to the Gospel.”
We know that
Jesus has already won the victory. We have to bring as many of our friends, family and
neighbors with us as we possibly can. Let us promise that each of us will PRAY and FAST
with the Communion of Saints to win our struggle against the forces of evil and to bring
about the Kingdom of God.
MY PRAYER
by Joe Vella, Sr.
Author of creation I am grateful for the dawn,
Because of you I am able to meet the morn.
Thank you for including me in your divine plan.
A role for each of us to play since time began.
I am set apart because you are a kindly God,
Justice seeking as from Aaron’s rod.
Your kindness and patience is never ending.
Forgive me for being misguided and offending.
Restructure my errant attitude,
Replace it with oceans of gratitude
Permit me to be fruitful and of use
Rid my brain of obstacles and excuse.
Assist me to reassess and grasp your Word,
So that your call is distinctly heard.
Free my senses, enhance my intellect
That I may be among the elect.
Would your thoughts infuse into mine,
And our spirits eternally combine.
Let me not bleat or snivel at your appeal.
Rather your beauty and love reveal
PALANCA
The National Cursillo
Office has suggested the following intentions for daily palanca for the Cursillo Movement:
Monday - Secretariats
Tuesday - School of Leaders
Wednesday - All Cursillistas in the United States
Thursday - Cursillo's Apostolic Action
Friday - All 3 Day Weekends
Saturdays – OMCC Executive Committee
PRAYER FOR THE CURSILLISTA
Lord, help us to use our time,
our talents, our lives for the building up of Your Kingdom. Instill courage into our
initiatives, good judgment in our choice of the proper means, and that determination which
assures success even in times of seeming failures.
Move us above all discourtesy,
sensitivities and rivalries, which not only discourage and divide us, but lead us away
from loving You and each other. Help each one strive for the gift of Your unselfish love
that will embold us to prefer the more humble tasks and rejoice in the good done by
others.
Lord, let all see Your
attractive goodness marked on all our faces, Your warm accents in all our works and in our
community, a unity and a holiness that proclaims Your living presence in our midst. Amen.
St. Paul, Patron of the Cursillo. Pray for us.
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