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What is Pilgrimage?
Pilgrimage is a lay renewal weekend for Christian adults that begins
on
Thursday evening and ends in the late afternoon on Sunday. The
weekend is an
experience of the grace of God in community. Some have
remarked that it is
Christian community at its very best.
The weekend is structured around 14-15 talks on the Christian life
followed
by small group discussions focused on the content of the talks.
Each day begins and ends with Chapel services and each day communion
is shared.
A Pilgrimage weekend is a safe place to examine ones
own Christian faith and life. Friendships are made and fun is
had.
The Fourth day is the "rest of your life".
Many people have found their lives transformed by the weekend.
Many churches have been renewed as church members
have attended a Pilgrimage weekend.
"The Cursillo Movement is both
a movement and a method. The purpose of the movement
is to create small groups of Christians that will
evangelize their environments with the gospel
spirit. The purpose of the method is to help persons
live what is fundamental for being a Christian by
committing themselves to the spiritual aids the
church offers in order to grow in holiness,
formation and evangelization".
-- "The Pilgrim's Guide"
The goal of Cursillo is the goal of the Church:
to bring all to Christ. This is done when informed,
trained leaders set out with the support of others
having a similar commitment.
It helps to renew and deepen Christian
commitment.
The goal of the Cursillo Movement is that
Christ be the prime influence in society. So it is
said the PRIMARY OBJECTIVES of the Cursillo Movement
are to develop in adult Christians a consciousness
of their ability and mission to become leaders in
the work of Christian renewal, and to sustain them
as they provide a Christian leaven in civic, social
and economic life. This "Christianizing of
environments" is what the Cursillo Movement is
about.
A deeper understanding of the teachings of
Jesus and how we can serve Him.
A highly structured, purposefully designed
method for refreshing the faith of individuals and,
through those individuals, the environments in which
they live and work.
Cursillo is simply a method through which
one's spirituality may be developed, lived, and
shared in any area of human life.
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