GOOD AFTERNNON, I’M SISTER TES DELA ROSA. I LIVED MY CURSILLO ON SEPTEMBER 26-29, 2013 AT THE DIVINE WORD CENTER, RIVERSIDE AND MY DECURIA IS ST. KATERI TEKAKWITHA.
THE TOPICS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY ARE THE GROUP REUNION AND ULTREYA. YOU COULD SAY THAT BOTH ARE THE LIFELINE OF CURSILLO. THEY BOTH HELP TO KEEP THE CURSILLO VISIBLE AND ALIVE. BOTH TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED IN ROLLO #15-TOTAL SECURITY DURING THE 3-DAY WEEKEND.
LET’S DISCUSS GROUP REUNION FIRST.
GROUP REUNION MAY HAVE FORMED DURING THE 3-DAY WEEKEND. THE NEW CURSILLITAS WHO FOUND FRIENDSHIP DURING THE CURSILLO WEEKEND MIGHT UNKNOWINGLY CREATED OR FORMED A GROUP THAT LEAD TO A GROUP REUNION.
A GROUP IS CREATED BETWEEN FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES WHO LIVE WITH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, OR THEY BELONG TO THE SAME PARISH OR THEY BELONG TO THE SAME CLASS OR DECURIA DURING THE WEEKEND. WHATEVER THE REASON, THE GROUP WAS FORMED SIMPLY BY FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NEW CURSILLISTAS.
GROUP REUNION WAS FORMED DUE TO WILLINGNESS TO FURTHER THEIR RELATIONSHIP OR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD.
GROUP REUNION CONSIST OF MAKING FRIENDS, BEING A FRIEND AND BRINGING A FRIEND TO CHRIST. IT IS TO ENGAGE THE NEW CURSILLISTAS IN THE ENCOUNTER WITH SELF, CHRIST AND OTHERS.
GROUP MEMBERS MEET TOGETHER AND ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS THEY ARE, REALIZING THAT THEY CAN BE MORE AND BE BETTER AND WHO WISH TO MAKE THE JOURNEY FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO WHERE GOD WANTS THEM TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS.
GROUP REUNION IS ABOUT ACCOMPANYING OTHERS AND BEING ACCOMPANIED BY OTHERS. IT IS TO JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE WITH OTHERS, CONSIDERING THE PAST, APPRECIATING THE PRESENT, AND BEING HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE.
GROUP REUNION IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT IS IT TO LIVE FROM THE LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT THE ACT OF THE REUNION ITSELF BUT THE GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THE GREATEST CONCERN IN A GROUP REUNION IS THE PRINCIPLE OF STABILITY NOT A FEELING OF OBLIGATION.
GROUP REUNION IS FOUNDED UPON FRIENDSHIP. IT DEALS WITH PLACING HUMAN FRIENDSHIP AT THE SERVICE OF GRACE. ITS PURPOSE IS TO INCORPORATE CHRIST INTO A GROUP OF FRIENDS.
GROUP REUNION USES FRIENDSHIP TO GIVE WARMTH, NATURALITY, AND IDEALISM TO THE MEMBERS’ CONFIDENCE IN ONE ANOTHER, AND AT THE SAME TIME THIS CONFIDENCE DRAWS THEM CLOSER TOGETHER AND HELPS THEM IN BECOMING BETTER ACQUAINTED.
GROUP REUNION CAN NOT BE LIVED WITHOUT TOTAL FRIENDSHIP AND THROUGH THAT FRIENDSHIP, TOTAL SECURITY.
PURPOSE OF THE GROUP REUNION:
1. GUARANTEE THE PRESENCE OF GOD – GROUP REUNION COMES TO THE SENSIBLE REALIZATION OF AN EVANGELIC ASSURANCE AND THEREFORE GUARANTEES THE PRESENCE OF GOD AMOUNG US. IT IS THE LIVING EXPERIENCE OF THE CURSILLO IN THE COMPANY OF A FRIEND WHO IS LIVING WITH US AND WHO LIVED WITH US THE JOY OF THE SAME DISCOVERY AND THE HAPPY POSSESSION OF THE SAME GRACE.
2. MAKES US SENSE THE CHURCH – GROUP REUNION ENABLES US TO EXPERIENCE THE CHURCH IN A SENSIBLE WAY AND PROMPTS US AT THE SAME TIME TO LIVE AS THE CHURCH. CHURCH AS WE MENTIONED IN ROLLO #3-LAITY IN THE CHURCH IS THE COMMUNITY OF PRIESTS & LAITY WHO LIVE IN UNION WITH CHRIST.
3. ATTAINMENT OF THE THREEFOLD REQUISITES OF THE CURSILLO – GROUP REUNION BRINGS INTO REALITY THE THREE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURSILLO NAMELY IDEALISM, SELF-SURRENDER AND THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY.
PROCEDURES OR METHODS OF A GROUP REUNION:
1. IT SHOULD BE REGULAR – MEANING REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE GROUP
2. IT SHOULD HAVE AN AIR OF SERIOUSNESS – MEANING WE VALUE THE GROUP IMPORTANCE IN OUR LIVES
3. IT SHOULD HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT FOR CONFIDENTIALITY – MEANING WHATEVER WAS SHARED WITHIN THE GROUP SHOULD NEVER BE SHARED OUTSIDE THE GROUP
4. IT SHOULD HAVE SINCERITY – MEANING THERE SHOULD BE TRUST BETWEEN THE GROUP MEMBERS. THE LACK OF SINCERITY HINDERS CLOSENESS AND FRIENDSHIP
ORDER OF GROUP REUNION:(PILGRIM’S GUIDE PAGES 129-130)
1. PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – MEMBERS WILL INVOKE THE AID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR A FRUITFUL GROUP REUNION
2. REVIEW OF THE SERVICE SHEET – A GROUP MEMBER SHARES HIS\HER EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO PIETY, STUDY OR ACTION THAT THEY HAVE DONE
3. MOMENT CLOSEST TO CHRIST – MEMBER SHARES THE LEVEL THAT HE\SHE HAS REACHEDD IN HIS\HER INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH GOD
4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESS – IS SIMPLY THE APOSTOLIC ACTIVITY WHICH BRINGS US JOY, AND MAKES US AWARE OF THE REALIZATION OF THE PROMISES OF THE LORD
5. APOSTOLIC FAILURE – IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT COME OUT AS WE HAD DESIRED. BUT DON’T BE SAD. MANY TIMES, HUMAN FAILURES THROUGH NO FAULT OF OURS ARE ONLY THE PROLOGUE TO GREATER DIVINE SUCCESSES
6. PLAN – MEMBERS REVIEW THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PREVIOUS PLANS AND SHARE THE GROUP PLANS FOR THE COMING WEEKS
7. ACTIVITIES OF YOUR OWN GROUP – SINCE GROUP REUNION CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL GROUPS, EACH GROUP CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS FOR THE COMING WEEK. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE GROUP WILL VISIT THE HOSPITAL, ONE WILL GO TO A SPORT EVENT, ETC.
8. OUR FATHER – AN OUR FATHER IS SAID FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE GROUP WHO IS NOT PRESENT
9. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING – WE GIVE YOU THANKS ALMIGHTY GOD, FOR ALL THE BENEFITS YOU HAVE GIVEN US. YOU WHO LIVE AND REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN
10. HAIL MARY – WE INVOKE THE INTERCESSION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER
ULTREYA IS THE SPANISH TERM MEANING ”ONWARD”. DURING THE FIRST PILGRIMAGE TO ST. JAMES, THE APOSTLE, THE FOUNDERS OF THE CURSILLO MOVEMENT WHILE CLIMBING THE STEEP HILL OF MALLORCA ENCOURAGED EACH OTHER BY SHOUTING “ULTREYA” – MEANING TO CONTINUE ONWARD. WE USED THE TERM THEN TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO CONTINUE AND TO PERSEVERE IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE AS APOSTLES FOR JESUS CHRIST.
ULTREYA REMAINS PRIMARILY A KIND OF MEETING PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN GO TO MAKE NEW ACQUAINTANCES, TO MAKE AND BE FRIENDS AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL DRIVE, STRENGTHEN, DIRECT AND SUSTAIN THE CONVERSION PROCESS AND ALL ITS BLESSINGS.
ULTREYA OFFERS AN INVITATION TO GO BEYOND ONESELF IN ORDER TO MEET OTHERS AND BUILD A COMMUNITY.
ULTREYA ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN FAITH, TO SHARE LIVES IN FRIENDSHIP, TO LIVE OUT CHRISTIANITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY THROUGH REUNION AND TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN FOLLOWING THE PATH OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
ULTREYA IS THE GATHERING OF THE FRIENDSHIP GROUPS - THE REUNION OF THE GROUP REUNIONS. IT IS THE COMING TOGETHER OF CHRISTIANS IN COMMUNITY TO SHARE AND MUTUALLY STRENGTHEN ONE ANOTHER IN THE LIVING OF WHAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO BEING CHRISTIAN.
THE GROUPS PARTICIPATE IN IT FOR THE SAME REASONS THEY GO TO THE GROUP REUNION – TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS. THEY DO NOT GO THERE TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE NOR TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS
ULTREYA PROVIDES A LIVED EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNITY. IT ALSO PROVIDES THE LIVING REALITY OF MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE UNITED IN CHRIST AND ARE PREPARED TO SHARE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEIR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
THE AIM IS TO SIMPLY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AND EVERYONE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES SO AS TO SUSTAIN AND MOTIVATE THE MENTALITY OF CONVERSION.
THE GENUINE ULTREYA IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES AND OCCASIONS WHERE THE PERSON WHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERSION CAN REALLY SEE THAT HE CAN BE THE BEST WITHOUT BEING BETTER THAT THE OTHERS.
PURPOSE OF ULTREYA:
1. TO KEEP THE SPIRIT AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE CURSILLO MOVEMENT ONGOING AND BE THE MOTIVATING FORCE TO LIVE THE IDEAL AND TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD.
2. TO MAKE ITSELF VISIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REGULARLY GATHER IN AN ATTITUDE OF PROGRESSIVE CONVERSION.
3. TO GATHER AND FACILITATE THE LIVING AND SHARING OF THE CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTAL-ONE FAITH, ONE LORD AND ONE BAPTISM.
4. TO SERVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS TO MEET AND JOIN GROUP REUNION.
1. TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE STRUCTURING OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD.
2. TO MAKETHE SLOGAN “SEE HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER” A REALITY, VISIBLE TO THOSE AROUND US.
ORDER OF THE ULTREYA:
1. PRAYER –PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
2. REUNION WITH OTHER CLASSES – ATTENDEES IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER GROUPS AND SHARE THEIR PIETY, STUDY AND ACTION EXPERIENCES. THIS SHARING IS THE CENTER AND HEART OF ALL ULTREYAS. IT ENABLES US TO DEVELOP BROADER VISION.
3. WITNESS TALK – TO GIVE WITNESS TO CHRIST IN OUR OWN LIFE, TO SHARE OUR LIFE WITH HIM AND UNITE ALL IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE. TO HELP OTHERS GROW, TO MAKE CHRIST BETTER KNOWN BY SHOWING HOW WE LIVE OUR DAILY LIVES AS A WITNESS TO CHRIST.
4. ECHO TALK – SPONSTANEOUS COMMENTS FROM FELLOW CURSILLISTA THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE WITNESS THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. THESE SHOULD HELP AWAKEN A DESIRE AMONG THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS TO GO FORTH AND DO LIKEWISE.
5. SUMMATION – THE TIME FOR PUTTING THE WITNESS AND THE ECHO IN PERSPECTIVE WITH THE GOSPEL AND THE CHURCH. THIS IS THE POINT WHERE THE SPIRITUAL ADVISOR ATTEMPTS TO UNITE THE EVANGELISTIC GROWTH WITH THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH. THE SUMMATION SHOULD FURTHER ENCOURANGE THE CURSILLISTAS TO GO FORTH AND EVANGELIZE.
6. OTHER COMPONENTS – THINGS LIKE SINGING AND FELLOWSHIP
7. CLOSING PRAYER - ENDS WITH A THANKSGIVING PRAYER. HAVING A CLOSING PRAYER TO CONCLUDE THE ULTREYA IS ESSENTIAL.
GROUP REUNION AND ULTREYA HAVE A LOT IN COMMON SET IN DIFFERENT FORMAT. GROUP REUNION IS INFORMAL AND THE ULTREYA IS IN A FORMAL SETTING. BUT BOTH CAN BE SUMMED UP AS FOUNDED THRU FRIENDSHIP, DEVELOPED THRU FRIENDSHIP AND SUSTAINED THRU FRIENDSHIP. SO, THE CURSILLO MOTTO IS PERFECT!
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