Men’s 146th Weekend: October 23rd – 26th, 2025 To the Members of the Fourth Day Community: It is my pleasure to announce that Bob Barron has been discerned and has accepted the role as Rector for the Men’s 146th Cursillo Weekend. The Weekend will be held Thursday October 23rd through Sunday October 26th at the […]
September 11-14, 2025 “Do whatever He Tells You”. John 2:5 Dear Members of the Fourth Day Community, It is my pleasure to announce that Elaine Jimenez has been discerned and accepted the role of Rectora of the Women’s 138th Cursillo Weekend. The Weekend will be held Thursday through Sunday evening, September 11-14 – at the […]
Dear Cursillistas, De Colores! On behalf of the Joliet Secretariat, I wanted to send out a big THANK YOU to all that made our 3rd annual trivia night a tremendous success. A special thanks to Lora Vires and Karen Zeller for putting together our beautiful raffle baskets. And of course, many thanks to all of you that made donations to the cause. We are […]
De Colores! I am very excited to announce the official launch of our new Website at www.jolietcursillo.org. The new website is easier to navigate and contains all the information you need to stay current on upcoming events, including Ultreyas, weekends, Regional Encounters and other special activities. Be sure to check us out! Ultreya! John “YT” Whitehouse Diocesan Cursillo […]
Our Annual Fundraiser We are looking for donations to contribute to our fundraiser We are still in need of wine donations and baskets. If you can’t put together a whole basket, we certainly will take donations to make up baskets. You can donate gift cards that we will add to a basket. Wine donations please a $20 […]
We received the exciting news that Bishop Hicks has appointed Deacon Joe O’Donnell to be our Diocesan Cursillo Spiritual Advisor! We are so happy to have Deacon Joe providing spiritual leadership for our movement. On a similar note, I’d like to express my deep appreciation for our outgoing Spiritual Advisor, Deacon Vic Puscas. Deacon Vic […]
To the Fourth Day Community: Happy New Year! I pray that you had a wonderful Christmas season with family and friends. It is my pleasure to announce that we have a new Lay Director! Debi Kenny has accepted the call to lead the Cursillo Movement here in the Joliet Diocese. I have spoken to Debi […]
To the Fourth Day: I am thrilled to announce that the 2016 National Encounter will be held in our own Joliet Diocese at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL! [MAP] For those of you unfamiliar with this annual event, think of it as a three-day National Ultreya Grande for Cursillistas from all over the United States. […]
To the Fourth Day: I am pleased to advise all of you that Sharon Pierscionek has discerned to join the Joliet Cursillo Secretariat as our new Recording Secretary. The position had been previously held in an acting capacity by John Whitehouse who will now be able to focus exclusively on his duties as Pre-Cursillo Chair. […]
To the Fourth Day Community: EWTN’s The Church Universal program will run a two-part program on Cursillo entitled: Cursillo, its Origins, Mentality and Purpose. The first part will air on the following days and times: – Sunday March 8th at 4pm CDT – Tuesday March 10th at 4am CDT – Friday March 13th at 9pm […]