Women’s 120th Cursillo Weekend
Members of the Joliet Cursillo Fourth Day Community:
I am pleased to announce that Pat Simmons has accepted the call to be Rectora for the Women’s 120th Cursillo Weekend!
Pat is a member of St. Pius X parish in Lombard and has been an active Cursillista since attending the Women’s 93rd Weekend in November of 2004. Pat has previously served on twelve Weekend teams and has also served on Secretariat (2008-2014) as Recording and Communications Secretary and Pre-Cursillo Chair. This is her first assignment as Rectora.
“It is with a humble heart that I have said yes to the Holy Spirit’s invitation to be the Rectora of the Women’s 120th Cursillo,” related Pat. “I am very excited to do God’s amazing work accompanied by a joyful, spiritual core team. The journey has just begun and as we make initial plans for our team formation meetings I am sometimes overjoyed and sometimes anxious, but mostly peaceful in the knowledge that Christ has called us by name and He will lead our team to do the work that He intends.
“I humbly ask our Fourth Day members to pray for our core team and their families, for the balance of our team members who will be discerning their call to work this Weekend and for those candidates who are discerning their invitations to attend. May God bless each one of you!”
The Weekend will be held from Thursday March 19th through Sunday March 22nd at the Dominican Retreat Center in Justice, IL.
“I am grateful that Pat has agreed to be the Rectora of Joliet’s Women’s 120th Cursillo Weekend,” commented Father Matt Pratscher, Spiritual Director of the Joliet Cursillo. “May the Holy Spirit guide her and the team in helping the candidates to discover anew the light of Christ they received in baptism as well as lead them into a deeper friendship with Christ through the Cursillo movement and sacramental life of the Church.”
Pat has discerned the following Bible quote from Matthew 5:14-16 as theme for the Weekend:
“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light so shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.”
The first team formation meeting will be as follows:
When: Sunday January 11, 2015 from 2-5pm
(Formation continues every Sunday thereafter through March 15th)
Where: Divine Savior Rectory basement [MAP] (Rectory is located at the southwest corner of 67th and Main Street in Downers Grove)
Pat is pleased to announce that the following Clergy members and Cursillo Sisters have agreed to support this Weekend’s effort:
Spiritual Director: Fr. Bill Conway (Divine Savior Parish)
Asst. Spiritual Director: Dcn. John Chan (St. Pius X Parish)
Asst. Spiritual Director: Dcn. Jim Eaker (Visitation Parish)
Asst. Rectora: Elaine Janus (Divine Savior Parish)
Asst. Rectora: Irene Murray (Our Lady of Peace Parish)
Palanca Chair: Mary Kay Jennrich (St. Pius X Parish)
Kitchen Chair: Paulina Engel (St. Walter Parish)
If you feel called to work on this Weekend, please pray about it and consider joining Pat’s team. To work on a team, you must be in active Group reunion and willing to commit to being in attendance for 10 weeks of formation meetings.
Peace,
Tim Moore
Lay Director, Joliet Cursillo
