WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) — The Pope and other Catholic leaders congratulated President Barack Obama on his re-election victory Wednesday and called on the president to respect the fundamental American principles of life and religious liberty after winning a second term in office. “We will continue to stand in defense …
Cursillo is active across the diocese
‘Short course in Christianity’ is deepening participants’ faith lives By Jacqueline Cecalupo Cursillo is alive in the Knoxville Diocese! Although you may not have heard of it, Cursillo (pronounced kur-see-yo) means “short course in Christianity,” and it is a powerful Catholic movement designed to strengthen lay leadership. It is available to all Catholics within their diocese, with weekend presentations made to men by men, to women by women, and by deacons and a priest. Movement founders Father Juan Capo and Edwardo Bonnin originated Cursillo in the 1940s and first introduced it in the United States at St. Francis on the Brazos Church in Waco, Texas, in 1957. This four-day encounter, under the spiritual leadership of Father Gabriel Fernandes along with airmen Bernardo Vadell and Agustin Palomino, was first presented in Spanish. They brought the weekend experience from Mallorca, Spain, as a focus of training for U.S. airmen. The first English-language... Read more →