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October 2019
The next Ultreya for the Columbus, Ft. Benning and
Phenix City Cursillo Community will be held on Sun-
day, October 6, at 1:30 PM ET in the parish hall of St
Patrick‘s Church in Phenix City. There will be a cov-
ered dish lunch at 12:45, following the 11:30 AM
Mass.
All Cursillistas and anyone interested in learning
more about Cursillo are urged to attend.
For information about Cursillo and upcoming events,
call Bob Spano at 706-304-4457 or Louie Robinson
at 706-464-5911.
The purpose of SOL is to intensify the living of what
is fundamental for being Christian.
The School of Leaders meets in Phenix City in the
parish hall of St. Patrick’s Church on the third Sun-
day at 2:00 pm. The next School of Leaders will
meet on October 20.
It is within the School of Leaders that training is
done for Cursillo team members. If you have ever
considered working as a team member on a Cursillo,
please join us and explore the possibilities.
For more information on the School of Leaders con-
tact Bob Spano, Mary Wilburn or Louie Robinson.
SCHOOL OF LEADERS
Public Square Rosary Rally
You are invited to a Public Square Rosary Rally on Oct. 12 at 12 Noon. Please join us and other
Catholics in asking God, through His Blessed Mother, to solve America’s key problems. Join us
at the following locations:
Seneca CFL 3900 Rosemont Dr.
the west side of Veteran’s Parkway near Aspen Dental Clinic
or 3200 Macon Rd (in front of old K-Mart).
For more information, please contact Julie Greco at [email protected].
BE THE PERSON YOUR DOG THINKS YOU ARE.
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I’m standing in a Walmart self-checkout line behind four elderly men. They are wearing polo shirts, tucked into khakis. If I had to guess, I’d say they’re on vacation. They are pushing a cart full of food, toiletries, and beer. The checkout line is long.
One man says, “I don’t know why they have these god-forsaken self-checkout lanes. I don’t wanna check my ownself out.” One of my favorite old-man words happens to be “ownself.” It’s even better in its plural form, “ownselfs.”
“Yeah,” adds another man. “It’s just like when they did away with full-service gas stations, remember those?” “Back when you could get your windshield cleaned, tank filled, a Ko-Kola, and didn’t even have to get outta your car.” “You know, I reckon if someone tried to wash a fella’s windshield today, the driver would be so shocked he’d think he was getting mugged.”
“Hey, I got mugged once. In Chicago. I thought it was a joke at first.”
“Did he beat you up?”
“Wasn’t a he. It was a woman.”
“A woman mugged you? Did she want your wallet?”
“She certainly didn’t want my body.” “I’ve never been mugged.”
“Me neither. Ain’t never even been to Chicago.” “Heard they have a bad smell downtown.”
“Ain’t that bad. Just watch out for the lady muggers.”
“How does this self-checkout thingy work? Are we supposed to just scan things our ownselfs?”
“Here, let me do it, Don, I self-checkout stuff all the time back home.”
“I don’t understand, why we can’t just have a cashier, what was wrong with cashiers?”
“The world’s changing.” continued on page 3
RESPECT LIFE MONTH September 26, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. —Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, of Kansas City in Kansas and Chairman of the Com-mittee on Pro-Life Activities, celebrated the launch of Respect Life Month with a statement. Archbishop Naumann encouraged Catholics discouraged by attacks on human life to “hold fast to Christ, our Hope.” Archbishop Naumann’s full statement follows: “Although we must cherish, protect, and defend human life year-round, the Catholic Church in the United States sets aside each October as Respect Life Month. This year’s theme, “Christ Our Hope: In Every Season of Life,” is particularly suited for our times. While attacks against human life seem to grow ever more numerous and callous, we know that Christ has con-quered sin and death. Through our Christian hope in the Resurrection, we are given the grace to persevere in faith. Jesus asks us to be as leaven in the world, to bring His light to the darkness. Our daily activities take each of us to places only we can go, to people only we will meet. May we allow Christ to renew and strengthen us, that He may work through us in each moment of every day. Be assured of my prayers for you and for our common efforts to bring about a world in which every life is cherished. And so, together, may we hold fast to Christ, our hope.” New parish resources have been developed around the theme of “Christ our Hope” and are available at www.respectlife.org.. . . Respect Life Sunday falls on October 6.
A MOMENT IN TIME……………………….
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A MOMENT IN TIME………………………. Continued from page 2
“It sure is. Just yesterday, my grandson asked me to watch a movie on his iPad, he kept pausing it every two seconds to answer texts. He can’t focus for more than a minute.”
“I don’t text.”
“Me either.”
“Yeah, I can’t text because of autocorrect. Last week, I texted my son’s wife and my text ended up saying: ‘Excited you’re in town, I can’t wait to see those big beautiful nipples again.’”
The men completely lose it.
“I was trying to spell DIMPLES.”
“No wonder you got mugged by a woman.”
“Hey, I don’t know what we’re supposed to do with this self-checkout. Do we just start scanning things or what?”
“Don’t ask me. I can’t read the screen without my glasses.”
“Just raise your hand, they’ll send someone over to help us.”
“Yeah, raise your hand, Don, let us see those big beautiful nipples.” “Ma’am? I need help! Ma’am! Please, I need ser-vice over here!”
“Did a woman really mug you?”
“Yes. She was very athletic.”
“Wow, I think I woulda asked her to marry me.”
“Ma’am! Please! Over here! I don’t know what the screen is telling me to do.”
A woman in an official vest approaches. The screen is blinking. The man has apparently tried to ring up a six-pack, but the machine won’t let him proceed without identification.
She says, “Gonna need to see some ID.”
“ID?” he says. “Seriously? Do I look like a nineteen-year-old to you?”
She frowns. “I dunno, maybe.”
The man shows her a driver’s license. The woman glances at it, then presses a few numbers on a keypad and leaves.
“Hey,” says one man, “she wasn’t bad looking.”
“Shut up, she can still hear you.”
“She can’t hear me, I’m whispering.”
“You’ve haven’t whispered since you got those five-and-dime hearing aids.” “Hey, the machine’s making a noise again.”
The man hits it with his palm. “Stupid computer, you stupid, stupid computer.”
“Why don’t you call your girlfriend again?”
“Ma’am! Over here! Ma’am! I need help, please!”
“Good going, Fonz, you broke the dumb machine.”
The woman approaches again. Her arms are folded. “What is it this time?” she asks.
“The machine’s making noises again.”
She touches a few buttons, then laughs and says, “It wants you to insert a card or cash.”
She walks away and the old men finally figure it out. When they finish paying, they shuffle to the parking lot together. I am behind them.
One man says, “Well, that was an ordeal.”
“You know what my daddy always said the difference between an ordeal and an adventure is?”
“I know, attitude, my daddy used that saying all the time, too.”
“Nope. Wrong. The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is big beautiful nipples.”
Next, I see them loading groceries with stiff backs and careful movements. There are at least five decades between us, but I share their feelings about how our world is turning out.
Sometimes, I don’t understand what’s happened to society. I do not understand why text messages are more prevalent than postcards. And I miss the golden age of newspapers.
I don’t know why lemon juice is made with artificial flavoring, but dishwashing detergent is made with “real lemons.”
I liked it better when children felt safe enough to ride bikes to the drugstore. I miss the era when people counted coins on shop counters instead of inserting cards into chip readers. I miss full-service gas stations.
And no matter how old I get, I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand the self-checkout lane my ownself.
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The Step by Step Workshop will be offered in Auburn
next! Please save the date (Oct. 5) so you can join us!
All are welcome. Reservations ensure that we have
the materials for each participant. Cost of the Work-
shop if $15. And if I may twist a Cursillo saying: "Make
a friend. Be a friend.....Bring a friend to the Work-
shop!"
Event Timing: October 5, 2019
Event Address: 1100 N. College Street, Auburn, AL
36830
Contact us at (334)787-1141 or schoolofleadersmo-
REGISTER HERE
TROUBLE
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farm-house, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.
When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.
'Oh, that's my trouble tree,' he replied 'I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children.. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.' 'Funny thing is,' he smiled,' when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.
HELP WANTED
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and Phenix City area since
2011.
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CALENDAR
October 6 Ultreya Oct 18–19 Orlando Diocese Hispanic Fall Encounter October 20 School of Leaders Nov. 1 All Saints' Day Nov. 3 Ultreya Nov. 9 Secretariat - Zoom Nov. 17 School of Leaders Dec. 1 Ultreya Dec. 9 The Immaculate Conception Dec. 15 School of Leaders 2020 January 5 Ultreya January 11 Secretariat - Greenville January 19 School of Leaders January 24-26 Formation Cursillo 144 Jan 31-Feb 2 Formation Cursillo 145 February 2 Ultreya February 15 Retreat Cursillo 144 - Greenville February 22 Retreat Cursillo 145 - Greenville Feb 27-Mar 1 Cursillo 144 - Blessed trinity Shrine Retreat March 1 Ultreya March 5-8 Cursillo 145 - Blessed Trinity Shrine Re treat March 14 Secretariat - Zoom March 15 School of Leaders April 5 Ultreya April 12 Easter April 17–18 Spring Encounter: Tentative Miami April 19 School of Leaders May 3 Ultreya May 16 Secretariat May 17 School of Leaders June 7 Ultreya June 21 School of Leaders July 5 Ultreya July 11 Secretariat & Grand Ultreya - Mont. July 19 School of Leaders August 2 Ultreya August 16 School of Leaders September 6 Ultreya September 12 Secretariat September 20 School of Leaders October 4 Ultreya October 18 School of Leaders November 1 Ultreya November 14 Secretariat November 15 School of Leaders December 6 Ultreya December 20 School of Leaders
UPCOMING CURSILLOS Diocese of Mobile
Feb 27 – Mar 1, 2020 Men’s Cursillo 144 Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat Rector: Rob Wilburn March 5 – 8, 2020 Women’s Cursillo 145 Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat Rectora: Peg Gawne-Mark Diocese of Savannah Jan 23-25, 2020 Women's Cursillo 122 Camp Hillview Feb 6-9, 2020 Men's Cursillo 123 Camp Hillview
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This newsletter is compiled by the Tri-City Cursillo Community serving the Chattahoochee Valley in west Georgia and east Alabama.
For more information go to tricitycursillo.com or contact Bob Spano 706-269-3319
Email – [email protected].
PRAYER REQUESTS
Thanksgiving for answered prayers
Infant Josephine Poe
please keep my son Jose ,Chris, Elis ,Frank( over-
seas) Frank( Has Cancer) - Nerida Morales
Elizabeth Gray
Mary Lee Quillen - in hospice
For all Souls that have no one to pray for them.
Vocations for priest and religious
The growth of our Cursillo
Those babies who are killed in the womb
Pray that the Holy Spirit will open our eyes to see those
that he wants us to invite to a Cursillo.
The teams for Cursillos 144 & 145
Peace
Lord Jesus, we come to you in our needs, wounded, fragile and unworthy. O Holy Spirit,
send your healing grace among us. Heal our bodies, our spirits and our souls. Father, we lift
all of these up to you in our prayers. Have mercy on us all. Amen
Evangelization – Holy Spirit
That the breath of the Holy Spirit engen-
der a new missionary “spring” in the
church.
POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTIONS
FOR OCTOBER
Did you know that MobileCursillo has a dedicated list for prayer requests? You can subscribe by going to:
https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/prayers
Prayers are powerful Palanca -- something we all need in our 4th Day.
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