The Cursillo Movement in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Upcoming Events
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Winter Retreat - Spiritual Warfare
​Saturday, January 25, 2025
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9am - 1:30pm
St Joseph Catholic Church - Shawnee, KS
$40 advance registration $45 walk ins
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Spiritual Warfare: "Fight the Good Fight" I have competed well. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith"
2 Timothy 4:7
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This retreat will provide solutions to the spiritual challenges we face in our daily environments.
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Speakers:
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Deacon Rick Schwind - Ministries with the Cursillo Movement, Prison Ministries, RCIA/OCIA. Good Shepherd Parish in Smithville, MO
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Fr. Timothy Skoch – Parochial Vicar • Chaplain at Bishop Ward High School in KCK • Associate Pastor at St. Patrick’s Parish in KCK.
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Mary Giordano – Cursillista • Author of "His Book" My Life with Jesus • Member of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Gladstone MO
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Tuesday January 14 Ultreya. 7pm St. Joseph Parish, ​11311 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS 66203 Conference room in the lower level of the church. Enter the south doors behind the adoration chapel and go down the stairs.
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Tuesday, February 11 Ultreya. 7pm St. Joseph Parish, ​11311 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS 66203 Conference room in the lower level of the church. Enter the south doors behind the adoration chapel and go down the stairs.
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Saturday, February 22, School of Leaders 9am St. Joseph Parish, ​11311 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS 66203 Meet in the Parish Service Center. Enter the South Doors. Join us as we discuss our Catholic faith and the Cursillo Movement. Mass in the Church at 815am.
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Upcoming Weekends
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Upcoming Weekends
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Men:
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March 6-9, 2025
September 18 - 21, 2025
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Women:
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March 20 - 23, 2025
October 16 - 19, 2025
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History and Purpose of Cursillo
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The full name of Cursillo is Cursillo de Cristiandad. The word "cursillo" means short course. The full name translates into English as "a short course in Christian living."
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Cursillo, which started in Majorca, Spain in the 1940's, is a movement within the Catholic Church. The founders were dedicated to helping Catholics know Christ better. The intention, then and now, is to give participants a renewed spirituality and a clearer understanding of how Christ can work through them to change the environments in which they live.
The Cursillo Movement came to the United States in 1957. That first weekend was held in Texas and was conducted in Spanish.
The Cursillo Movement and its method are endorsed and highly encouraged by the Catholic Church.
What Does De Colores Mean?
(pronounced *day cuh-lor'-ess*)
This is a greeting from the Spanish song of the same name.
In Spanish, it simply means "the colors".
It's also the name of a song traditionally sung on Cursillo weekends that praises the beauty of the diversity and simplicity of God's creation.
"De Colores" has also come to be used as a greeting among cursillistas who are on a faith journey. One where before Cursillo the world was all in black and white.
Now, with Christ and through Cursillo, the world is all in color.
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