RALEIGH DIOCESE CURSILLO OPERATING PRACTICES
(All practices adopted June 2000 and effected August 2000 unless otherwise noted)

General Actions

 SoL Satellite Team Training and Area Weekend Sites
(Effective 6/02) The SoL affirms its commitment to promote and support establishment of SoL Satellite Team Training Sites which will be enabled to act on the behalf of the SoL 3-Days Section to recruit, form and train Team members, and to potentially plan and execute weekends in the local Cursillo Area. The enablement of a Satellite will be accomplished by an appropriate number of Area Cursillistas attending the 2nd Saturday SoL Formation Meetings for a minimum of 1 year, and completion of intensive training by the SoL 3-Days Section on Team selection and formation. It is envisioned that such an effort would begin with the formation of an Area Leaders’ Group Reunion (LGR) to explore the depth and breadth of Area interest and commitment to establish a Satellite. Meetings of the LGR would most appropriately precede, and continue during the SoL Formation Meetings attendance, as the prelude to the new Satellite. Further, (Effective 12/00) the SoL affirmed the advisability of creating SoL Satellite Area Weekend sites based on proximity of major community segments pending qualified SoL Satellite Team Training Site(s).

PreCursillo Section Actions
  1. The PreCursillo Section shall review the Candidate Application form to ensure that it details all minimum requirements for appropriate weekend participation, and minimum Sponsor’s Responsibilities in accordance with the following practices to be implemented, and post it on the Cursillo Web Site
  2. All Candidate Applications shall be screened, and approved by the PreCursillo Section, before being copied to Team Coordinator for Candidate invitation
  3. Screening by speaking with the Sponsor, approving clergy and Candidate if necessary, will ensure:
    1. Application completeness and address any administrative issues
    2. Candidate appropriateness
    3. (Effective 10/01) Sponsor is in a Group Reunion of the Cursillo format
    4. Sponsor can/plans to fulfill his/her responsibilities
  4. No Candidate applications shall be accepted for a given weekend by the PreCursillo Section unless the application has been received, and approved, 15 days or more before that weekend

3-Days Section Actions
  1. The 3-Days Section shall create, schedule and present on a regular basis Training Workshops for all first time Team Members which affirms their understanding and acceptance of Team participation fundamentals
  2. The 3-Days Section shall create, schedule and present on a regular basis Training Workshops for all first time Team Coordinators that affirms their understanding and acceptance of Team leadership and planning fundamentals
  3. Weekend Scheduling, Planning and Commitment will be limited to:
    1. (Effective 6/02) No more than 2 weekends per year (one Women’s and one Men’s), in the Fall time frame, shall be scheduled, planned or committed by the SoL 3-Days Section until a need for more is clearly demonstrated by a queue of approved Candidates and qualified Team.
    2. (Effective 1/03) No weekend planning shall continue by the SoL unless a minimum of 5 qualified Team members, including the Team Coordinator, are in Team formation by 6 months (March 31 for a Fall weekend) prior to the weekend.
    3. No weekend shall be committed to be held by the 3-Days Section unless a minimum of 5 Candidate Applications are in hand, and approved, a minimum of 8 weeks prior to weekend.
  4. All first time Team Coordinators and Team Members shall attend an appropriate SoL Training Workshop
  5. (Effective 10/01) All Team Members (except Kitchen) will be selected from only those Cursillistas who:
    1. Are actively participating in an Environmental or Friendship Group Reunion of the Cursillo format
    2. Commit to obtain, study and prepare their assignments in accordance with the then current Leaders’ and 3-Days Manuals, and have talks ready for critiquing at the scheduled Team meeting, if not an arranged SoL workshop
    3. "Commit" to attend all of the scheduled Team meetings
    4. "Commit" to contribute to the cost of the weekend just as Candidates do with scholarships available as possible
  6. In order to effect proper Team formation:
    1. (Effective 6/02) Team Coordinators shall be selected from only those qualified who have been attending SoL for at least 1 year, and all other Team Members (except Kitchen) from those attending for at least 6 months.
    2. (Effective mid-2003) All Team Members (except Kitchen) will be selected from only those Cursillistas who have been attending SoL for at least 1 year prior to their selection. (selection replaces weekend)
  7. (Effective 1/03) Team formation will begin at least 9 months prior to the weekend (January for a Fall weekend), and shall not continue after 6 months (March 31 for a Fall weekend) prior to the weekend unless a minimum of 5 qualified Team members, including the Team Coordinator, are in Team formation.
  8. The 3-Days Section shall develop a Team Candidate Application detailing all minimum requirements for Team participation, post it on the Cursillo Web Site, and revalidate each completed application every other year
  9. All prospective Team Members shall complete a Team Member Application for screening by the 3-Days Section
  10. (Effective September 2001) All Team Coordinators shall obtain and follow the Team Coordinators’ Guide as created by the 3-Days Section for the planning and execution of their weekends which provides:
    1. A standard Team Meetings Schedule of 6 meetings minimum that addresses:
      1. Meetings frequency and timing recommendations that meet SoL guidelines for building community
      2. Purpose(s) and content for each meeting including talk critiques and sharing any special needs or circumstances of individual Candidates with the entire Team
    2. A standard, end to end, detailed Weekend Schedule supplementing the 3-Days Manual which specifically addresses, but is not limited to:
      1. The advisability of smaller rather than larger teams with presenters doing more than one Rollo
      2. Rollo backup assignments with instructions to review/practice in case of need to present
      3. Avoidance of Team effort and expense in planning and/or implementing unnecessary decorations and frills
      4. Allowing sufficient free time for personal prayer, discernment, meditation and community building
      5. The holding of Los Mananitas as a private event by the Team for the Candidates on Sunday morning
      6. The Closing plan (with an Apostolic Commitment Service in lieu of a Mass), and nomination request for a Fourth Day witness from a Team members’ Group Reunion
    3. A standard set of Weekend Fundamental Practices supplementing the 3-Days Manual which specifically addresses, but is not limited to instructions that:
      1. Team is to mingle with candidates upon their arrival on Thursday night rather than with other Team
      2. Team is not to wear Cursillo crosses until the cross ceremony, and are not to greet with hugs until Friday PM
      3. Table Assignment of candidates is made so they do not know each other, or the Team at their table
      4. Describe Table Assignment, Table Naming and Table Leader procedural options
      5. Explicitly delineate the allowed activities of Non-Table Team in communing with Candidates
      6. Rosary after evening prayers to allow for individual reconciliation during this time, and participation choice
      7. The Chapel visit after the Holiness Rollo is for the introduction of communal heart prayer before the Blessed Sacrament which Team is to take the lead to initiate after an appropriate pause
      8. Team is not to go to Confession on the weekend, but may if no Candidates are waiting, undecided or tentative
    4. A standard set of detailed Team Member Assignments descriptions
    5. A standard set of Team Coordinator letters for use in preparing for and acknowledging weekend contributions
  11. Team Coordinators shall develop, review with a past Team Leader, and share with the Team a Team Meeting Schedule of at least 6 meetings in accordance with the SoL model, and an end to end plan of weekend activities and assignments, including the standard set of Weekend Fundamental Practices and the Team Coordinator choices used
  12. Team Coordinators shall meet personally and individually with each Team member prior to the weekend to assure their understanding of the tasks and responsibilities associated with their assignment(s), their ability to fulfill them, and to explain the specific areas in which they are expected to execute on their own (IE, where to delegate)
  13. Team Coordinators shall ensure that Spiritual Advisor’s coordinate planning, making assignments and executing liturgies and talks, and clarify their roles jointly with Team Liturgist and Team Lead Musician
  14. The 3-Days Section shall name a Spiritual Advisor(s) before each weekend who has/have committed to attend 2 Team meetings minimum

PostCursillo Section Actions
  1. The PostCursillo Section shall review the Secretariat, SoL and Area and Ultreya Leaders rosters for accuracy in terms of active attendees, and actual activities, revise them as appropriate, and post them on the Cursillo Web Site
  2. The PostCursillo Section shall fund and staff Of Many Colors! (OMC!) for quarterly publishing, or abandon it
  3. The PostCursillo Section shall establish and update monthly the Cursillo Web Site, EMail Newsletter, and OMC! information on Diocese Weekend Dates/Sites, Team Coordinator message, Team list and assignments, approved Candidates lists, National Cursillo News and changes to the SoL/Sec members rosters, Diocese and National Cursillo Practices and Policies, and any other information that keeps the community informed and supportive