A Hymn to Modernity

A priest (who SF would also know) had this played after a talk he gave on one of the numerous Cursillo courses I attended during my NO days.




Images of Assisi come to mind for some reason even though I've never been there.

A priest (who some of you may know) had this played after a talk he gave on one of the numerous Cursillo courses I never actually attended during my NO days (or ever).



But if they had played this, I would have attended the Cursillo course, honest. Say, did Freddie play at Assisi?

And of course, who could ever forget the finale at columba's Cursillo course?

Columba and his son perform the traditonal Irish dance from their Cursillo days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKvBDFwj0IY

MRyan wrote:And of course, who could ever forget the finale at columba's Cursillo course?

This may have been the finale at RG's Cursillo course. That's a Scottish jig.

simple Faith wrote:Columba and his son perform the traditonal Irish dance from their Cursillo days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKvBDFwj0IY

Where did you obtain that footage SF? I thought I had all copies destroyed.

I must say regarding the Cursillo movement; It was founded on much the same principles as the Catholic Action movement of the late 19th century; a movement with much papal support and inspired by Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, Rerum novarum.

Like Cursillo, Catholic Action was based on Piety, Study and action. In those days however they had faith-inspiring sacraments and many other highly promoted devotional means for the sanctification of its members. They also had a wealth of traditional Catholic teaching for fulfilling their obligation of study, making thier action a force to be reckoned with.

Unfortunately, Cursillo (though using the same principles), operates in a clmate of liturgical abuse and new, ecumenically inspired, devotional practices. Add to that the confussion of the post-conciliar teachings as their staple diet of study and the total lack of spiritual direction from (mostly apostate) appointed spiritual directors, one can see why this good-intentioned movement was defeated before it even began.

It could still be a great movement if it returned to the traditional Catholic method of piety and study, the same method that inspired Catholic Action of the past and made them feared by the enemies of the Church. Cursillo at present is working in cahoots with the Church's enemies without even knowing it and as such doesn't meet with any resistance.