News From Across Canada

• Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador held a reunion for all Cursillistas on May 26. Every Cursillista in the Diocese was invited.
• Central Newfoundland, information is available through the website: www.cursilloadcn.org , on the 20th anniversary celebration to be held in Gander, NL. Aug. 25 - 27.
• Western Newfoundland. 2006 marks the 10th anniversary of Cursillo in the Diocese. A Co-Ed weekend was held in the Diocese May 19-22, 2006.
• Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island is looking forward to holding weekends in 2007. Planning continues for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Cursillo in the Diocese in 2008. Check out their website at www.nspeicursillo.Chebucto.org
• Diocese of Ottawa. Because of the size of the Diocese, Ottawa is implementing a deanery concept. The Fourth Day Co-ordinator on Secretariat will deal with the Deanery Reps. Who will communicate with the Parish Reps. This should improve communications throughout the Diocese. Ottawa Diocese is also encouraging Deanery Ultreyas. A Cursillo poster and an updated pamphlet are being developed to raise awareness of Cursillo in the parishes. 2006 is Ottawa Cursillo's 25th anniversary and a special service was held on June 25th at the Cathedral following the AGM. Also on September 17th, an all-day outdoor chicken BBQ, with sports, fellowship and worship, will be held in Morrisburg.
• Diocese of Algoma: Temiskaming Deanery is planning a Day of Deeper Understanding for September 16th at Christ Church, North Bay. Sudbury/Manitoulin Deanery, the Rev'd Beth Topps is the newly appointed Spiritual Director for the Deanery. Algoma Deanery: The movement in the deanery is going into a period of reduced activity on the advice of the Bishop. This has come about due to a number of factors. Ultreyas will continue to be held approximately every six months and it is hoped that in time the movement will become fully active again.
• Diocese of Ontario is planning a Cursillo renewal weekend September 15-17, 2006.
• Toronto Diocese held an Ultreya and Pot Blessing supper for all those coming off the last weekend.
• Niagara Diocese is continuing to assist in re-establishing the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Huron. Also a cooperative relationship has been established with the Roman Catholic Cursillo Community. Cursillistas of both denominations are attending each other's Ultreyas. A joint secretariat meeting was held to plan an Ecumenical Ultreya. The Diocese has purchased some of the Roman Catholic materials on Renewal and the Basics of Cursillo. They are planning a year of stewardship/renewal/return to basics, and a renewal weekend in 2007. The diocese will celebrate its 25th anniversary of Cursillo in 2008.
• APCI (Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior BC) wishes to express how proud they are of LaVerne Bernier, a member of their movement, who has served on CACS for the past six years as Treasurer and for two and one half of those years as Interim Chairperson also. Great job, thanks LaVerne!
• Calgary Diocese reports that the movement is showing signs of increasing clergy support and candidate numbers. Meetings were held with clergy to discuss issues and more importantly to listen as they shared. A clergy appreciation dinner was held last fall which has borne fruit this past spring in terms of participation. Also Parish Reps were re-identified and were reminded of the importance of their role within the parishes they represent. A Grand Ultreya was held in June 2006 in Calgary which included Anglican, Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Cursillistas. The day included singing, sharing, talks and food.

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Prayer Requests

Please keep these upcoming Weekends in your prayers:

• Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador Co-Ed: Nov.17-20, 2006
• Central Newfoundland
  Co-Ed: Oct. 12-15 2006
• Nova Scotia & PEI
  Men: 2007
  Women: 2007
• Ottawa
  Women: Nov. 9-12, 2006;
  March 1-4, 2007
  Nov.1-4, 2007
  Men: Apr. 26-29, 2007
  Nov. 15-18, 07
• Niagara
  Co-ed: November 2-5, 2006
  Renewal Weekend in 2007
  2 Weekends in 2008
• Toronto
  Co-Ed: June 1-3, 2007
• Ontario
  Renewal Weekend Sept. 15-17, 2006
• Algoma (Temiskaming)
  Men: Oct. 12-15, 2006
  Women: Nov. 16-19, 2006
  Day of Deeper Understanding: Sept 16/07
• Algoma (Sudbury/Manitoulin)
  Men: Nov. 2-5, 2006
  Women: Oct. 19-22, 2006
• Algoma (Thunder Bay)
  Women: Fall of 2006
  Men: Fall of 2006
• Saskatoon
  Women: Nov. 16-19 2006
  Men: Nov. 2-5 2006
• Calgary
  Women: Nov. 2-5, 2006
  Men: Oct. 26-29, 2006
  Grand Ultreya: June 17, 2006 in Calgary
• [edited to add: Edmonton
  Men: Nov 9-12, 2006
  Women: Nov 23-26, 2006]
• APCI Co-Ed: Oct. 26-29, 2006
• British Columbia
  Women: April 12-15, 2007
  Men: April 26-29, 2007

Many weekends have been held since the last newsletter in the Fall. The members of CACS extend congratulations to all the new Cursillistas and to all those who served in the many tasks of putting on a weekend.

CACS SPRING 2006 MEETING

The meeting was held at St. Timothy's Anglican Church, Edmonton, AB., May 30 to June 1, 2006. CACS extends their thanks to the people of St. Timothy's for their hospitality, the use of their conference room, and the tasty meals they provided. Thanks also to the Edmonton Secretariat for hosting the meeting, and making all the arrangements.

The meeting began with Holy Eucharist, celebrated by The Rev'd. Alan Naylor, Rector of St. Timothy's.

The meeting was called to order by LaVerne Bernier, the Interim Chairperson. Reports were presented by Bishop Larry Robertson, (Episcopal Advisor to CACS), and by LaVerne Bernier.

Following these presentations the Diocesan Reports were presented by the CACS representative for each Diocese. Points to be addressed by CACS were noted and will be followed up by the Diocesan Reps. Changes to the Diocesan Contact Lists were highlighted and will be changed.

LaVerne informed CACS that the new, updated copies of the NEC Library and the Lay Talk Workbooks are now available and can be purchased from CACS. (Contact your Diocesan Rep. for details).

Other items of business dealt with were things such as the Financial Report, Proposed Budget, etc. The web site is operating quite well and a new Webmaster will be appointed by the incoming CACS in the near future.

The remainder of the meeting dealt with the preparations for the upcoming Triennial Conference and General Meeting.

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