Men’s 146th Rector & Formation Announced
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 Carmelite Spiritual Center in Darien.
Bob is a member of St. Raphael’s Parish in Naperville and lived his Cursillo on the Men’s 99th Weekend in October 2001.
Here is the link to follow the growing list of candidates: CANDIDATE LIST
Please keep Bob, the Team and the Candidates yet to discern in your prayers.
Tina King
Joliet Diocese Cursillo Coordinator
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“But I shall show you a still more excellent way.”
1 Cor 12:31b
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I am honored and humbled to be asked to be the Rector of the upcoming Men’s 146th Cursillo Weekend.
As an adult convert to the faith, Cursillo has been instrumental to my learning about and persevering in the Catholic faith and following our Lord, Jesus Christ.
St. Paul’s familiar discourse on “sacrificial love” in Chapter 13 of his first letter to the Corinthians is preceded by the short line at the top of this message. Is not sacrificial love also friendship? Like me, I am sure all of you are biased in the view that the Cursillo Method, as discerned by Eduardo Bonnín is the “still more excellent way” to persevere in following Christ. It will be our Team’s responsibility to show this to our Candidates. So this Bible quote is not just theme or motto, but our directive and mission.
Team formation meetings will start the first Monday in August and continue into early October (excluding the week of Labor Day). Formation meetings will be held at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Naperville.
Where: St. Raphael Catholic Church // 1215 Modaff Rd, Naperville, IL 60540 // Sts. Anne and Joachim Room (Room 162)
When: Monday Evenings 6p – 9p
August 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
September 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
October 6th
Commissioning: Monday October 13th at 6pm
Reunion: Monday November 17th at 6:30p (Location: TBD)
If you are an active participant in Small Group Reunion and your schedule permits you to attend all the Formation meetings, please discern whether you can join the Team. You’ll be able to pre-register by clicking on the button below.
Men’s Weekend Team Pre-Registation Form
I am thrilled to be joined by the following Cursillistas who have agreed to be members of the Men’s 146th Core Team:
Spiritual Team:
– Bishop Dennis Spies
– Father Burke Masters
– Deacon Vic Puscas
– Deacon John Spiezio
– Steve Contreras (Deacon-in-formation)
Assistant Rectors
– Bill Burke
– Ed Burjek
– Phil McEntee
Palanca Chair
– Bob Boyle
Service Chair
– Rick Hoffman
I join Tina in asking for your prayers in support of our Movement, our Team, those Candidates yet to discern and also their sponsors.
De Colores!
Robert Barron [robert_barron at comcast.net]
Rector, Men’s 146th Joliet Cursillo Weekend
