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Blessed Advent!  This wonderful season of preparation is upon us and how blessed are we to be loved by God, loved so much that he sent his Son to be with us, to be one of us.  As you take time this Advent to reflect on your relationship with God and others, remember that on your journey there are others to encourage and help us. One of the points from Pope Paul's encyclical that Father Jay brought out was the fact that we all need to be well and properly informed in order to instruct others.  School of Leaders is a great place to do get that instruction from the talks, from the sharing and from the literature available.   School in December is on the 16th and will be at Holy Family in  Lakewood  .  Father Ed will complete the study of "On Evangelization in the Modern World" and the technique talk on Ultreya will be given by Janet Moscuzza.  What a great way to enrich our Advent time as we continue to respond to Jesus challenge to go out and make disciples of all. At Sch

Beloved Cursillistas, A final chapter in the book recounting the Charism of Cursillo is Eduardo Bonnin's Spiritual Testament.  He talks of how the Holy Spirit Blessed and preserved our movement from the time of his youth until his 90's.  He considered the Cursillo in Christianity the greatest gift he could pass on to future Christians in love and fellowship.   This Thanksgiving in the Diocese of Trenton we have much  for which to be grateful to God; both individually and as a community.  As I count my blessings, you will all be present among them as will those three blessed days of God's Grace poured out as Love.  May the Lord bless you and keep you may He make HIS Face Shine upon you and give you His Peace.  Happy Thanksgiving. Forever DeColores! Mary Ann Dowd xo

At our last School of Leaders, Father Jay Bowden covered Sections 40 to 58 of On   Evangelization in the Modern World focusing on the methods and beneficiaries of evangelization. If you would like to read Paul Paul VI's Encyclical, it can be found at this  link . At the December School of Leaders on December 16 at Holy Family Church in Lakewood, NJ , Sections 59 to 82 will be covered.

Father Malachy J. Higgiston went home to the Lord on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Visitation will be in  St. Thomas More Church on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. immediately followed by Mass of Jesus Christ High Priest.  Visitation will resume on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11AM. Interment will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery Toms River, New Jersey. Directions to St. Thomas More can be found at  http://www.moremercy.org/ directions.html . To read Father Malachy's obituary, go to  http://manalapan.patch.com/articles/obituary-fr-malachy-higgiston-88

On behalf of Roe and me and our entire family, we wish to thank our Cursillo family for the tremendous outpouring of love which you have shown to us in our time of deepest sorrow. As each of you came up to us to express your individual condolences on our daughter going home to the Lord, the glow of the Holy Spirit was around you and surrounded us with love and healing. Each of you came as individuals but formed one in the Spirit and in the Lord. In your being present to all of us, your caring, sharing, and genuine love, our family was lifted to bear the unbearable. To comfort those who are sorrowful is an act of Mercy and it was greatly felt and appreciated by every member of our family. DeColores! John & Roe & Family of Susanne Opdyke

I love mornings.  I love to be up before daylight, especially in the winter, to see the sky.  One day I went out and looked at the sky from one side of my house-there were no stars to see.  Oh I thought -it must be overcast.  Then I went out front to get the newspapers and there they were--the moon and stars!  From one perspective I made one observation and came to one conclusion about something.  If I hadn’t gone to the other side of the house, I would have stayed with that conclusion which, while not wrong for what I could see, wasn’t complete.  I also would have missed God’s beautiful creation on this particular day, in this particular way-which would never be seen this way again. Perhaps there are things, maybe even people, that you have seen from one vantage point and you’ve made decisions or came to conclusions about that something or someone. Could you consider a different vantage point or perhaps try another time to look at something or someone?  Are you ready to move to a pla

We have been told that the Memorial Mass for Roger Webster will be held on Saturday, November 19th at St. Catherine in Middletown (on Bray Avenue) @ 11AM. This is an update of the information we were originally given. Directions to St. Catherine's can be found at this link .

Beloved Cursillistas, On Friday night the Trenton Cursillo Community gathered to remember our deceased Cursillistas. Those dear friends and relatives who have gone home and are out of our sight but not out of our hearts and minds.  In fact, the memories of those we love so dearly seem to get sharper each year--this year--a wonderful new demension in "hearing" these rememberances.  If you would like to "hear" the complete list of remembrances go to our website and click on "We Remember" at the top right side of the page.  Thanks to everyone who made this Mass beautiful, memorable, and holy. Forever DeColores! Mary Ann xo

THE LITTLE FLOWER AND ME Pat Burke and Fran Romeo recommended this article from the October "Word Among Us" about St.Thérèse of Lisieux and the author's Cursillo experience. The author is Brenda Kindelan, Lay Director for the Cursillo Movement in Memphis, Tennessee. PALANCA Please remember the following dioceses having weekends from November 10 to 13: Women's Cursillo Wichita, KS Men's #148 (Spanish) - Hartford, CT Women's #73 - Montreal, CANADA Men's #84 - South Bend, IN Women's #22 (Spanish) - Oregon, IL Women's #169 (Spanish) - Uniondale, NY Women's #34 - East Helena, MT Women's #106 - Little Rock, AR Women's Cursillo - Derry, N. IRELAND Women's #74 (Spanish) - Abasolo, GTO, MEXICO Women's #312 - Oakland,CA Women's #8 (Spanish) - Los Cabos, BS, MEXICO Men's Cursillo (Spanish) - Dodge City, KS Men's Cursillo - Kingston, JAMAICA Women's #200 - Peekskill, NY Men's Cursi

Mary Ann Dowd asks for all to please wear your name tags on Friday night and pretty much from now on so that the babechicks and new cursillistas can get better acquainted with the community.