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 9th, 2010 - Diocesan Mass
@ Epiphany Worship Area - Brick @ 8:00 PM
Friday, April 23rd, 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
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.
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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, 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
M. Link, Webmaster
Contact us at trentoncursillo@yahoo.com
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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?
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.
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.)
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