Cursillistas you are invited to celebrate the closing of  Men’s Cursillo Weekend is March 4th, 2012, Sand Hill Lake Bible Camp, Sand Hill Lake near Fosston, MN and the closing of Women’s Cursillo Weekend is March 18th, 2012 Sand Hill Lake Bible Camp, Sand Hill Lake near Fosston, MN The closing schedule is : 3:00 PM Closing 3:30 PM Mass 4:45 PM Dinner Have you heard about Cursillo? It is a wonderful way to get a closer relationship with God. It will change how you look at your family, work and friendships. Dates: Men’s Cursillo is March 1^st through 4^th, 2012 Women’s Cursillo is March 15^th through 18^th  *Both Cursillos will take place at Sand Hill Bible Camp, Sand Hill Lake, near Fosston, MN For more information contact Rose Williams at 218-252-5534 or 218-732-5533 or Kathy Symanietz at 218-732-8717. Applications are also available in parish offices or by contacting frchuck@rlccatholic.org Resources: Updated 2/16/12: Ultreya & Palanca (Scroll Down) Bulletin Inserts for Cursillo weekends Application for Cursillo Weekend Links: National Cursillo Center Contact: Lay Director  Curt Winter curtw@remaxrealty1.com  Pre-Cursillo committee  Rose Williams rmw-56@hotmail.com  Pre-Cursillo committee Kathy Symanietz asymanietz@charter.net  Fr Chuck Huck P O Box 400 Red Lake Falls MN 56750 218-253-2188 office 218-253-2004 Rectory frchuck@rlccatholic.org 2012 Women’s Retreat Palanca Sign Up 2012 Men’s Retreat Palanca Sign Up UPCOMING ULTREYA   Greetings, fellow Cursillistas! If it's been a while since you were active in Cursillo, or you would like to find a group, here's your chance!  If Cursillo is new to you and you wouldlike to find out more about it, you are also welcome to join us for an afternoon of sharing called an Ultreya.   An Ultreya will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls. Bring a willing heart and a desire to grow your relationship with Jesus.   For more information,e-mail  Mary at  maryderosier@hotmail.com or call 253-4623 and leave a message. What is Palanca? Palanca is a powerful word and a powerful force within the Cursillo Movement.  Ask any Cursillista and they will say the Palanca is what fuels the Holy Spirit’s fire on a Cursillo weekend. But to think of Palanca as merely a letter someone sends a candidate is to forget the true meaning of Palanca and to diminish its powers.             Palanca is a lever, not a letter, a lever that lifts candidates toward God by the prayers and sacrifices that are made for them.  Sometimes we lose sight of that lever and instead concentrate on the form in which we send that lever. Ask yourself if your letters have become what the Cursillo Movement’s Leader’s Manual call “friendship letters or good wishes”? When your letter is mostly filled with sentiments like the following, you are dismissing Palanca’s potential: “Have a wonderful time, wish I were there, I am praying for you and hoping you have a good weekend.”             Prayer and self denial are more effective than nice things in securing God’s Grace.  Better than any friendship letter is one that reveals your prayers and self-sacrifices.  “I will attend Mass for you each day during your weekend...I am denying myself desserts while you are there...I will rise an hour early and say the rosary...I have set aside one hour of TV to read the Bible each day while you are there.             Perhaps one of the most potent Palanca practices is to deny oneself the pleasure of writing to just one person and instead write a general Palanca letter to all participants.  There is less personal glory in a letter written to everyone, but isn’t sacrifice the object?  It is that kind of selfless sacrifice for unseen, unknown individuals that best represent what Palanca is all about.  Let’s resist giving the copied off stories and inspirational bookmarks that have become so common and get back to the true letters of definitive prayer and self-sacrifice that Palanca is meant to be.   (Taken from Palanca: It’s a lever, Not a letter by Patricia Crowley, Dec/Jan 2001 Ultreya Magazine) CHAPEL PALANCA You can help without leaving town!  Since our Cursillo weekends are being held at Sand Hills Bible Camp we have decided to ask Cursillistas to do Chapel Palanca in your home parish.  Please consider committing to an hour or more with the Blessed Sacrament.  Pray for the success of the Cursillo Weekend and pray for those giving witness that they may have the patience, courage and wisdom that they need to let the Holy Spirit work through them during their Witness Talks.  We are inviting all of you to commit to spending an hour in prayer during the Men’s Cursillo the weekend Thursday, March 1^st  through Sunday, March 4^th.  On Thursday the team will begin meeting at 4 p.m. and on Sunday the closing is at 3 p.m.  Don’t forget that you are all invited for the closing Mass and dinner.  The Women’s Cursillo is the weekend of Thursday, March 15^th through Sunday, March 18^th and will run the same hours with closing at 3 p.m.