The Rooster Review!

The newsletter of Central Virginia Cursillo August 2020

DeColores Janet & Galen – Rest Well, Good and Faithful Servants! As many of you are aware, Janet & Galen Potter are stepping down as Co-Chairs of CVCC. Janet was confirmed on April 10, 2004, and made her Cursillo weekend in November 2005 at The Abbey. She and Galen were married in November 2004 and enjoy four children and nine grandchildren. She and Galen began creating old-fashioned candy Easter eggs as a fundraiser for Sacred Heart from 2006-2016. In May of 2014, Janet was inspired to use her love of crochet to start a prayer shawl ministry at church which continues to spread love and compassion for others through shared creations. At Sacred Heart, Janet serves as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, member of the Welcoming Committee and as Coordinator of CSH Anna's Angels Prayer Shawl Ministry. She has served on six Cursillo weekends, the latest being in May 2017, as Rectora and in July 2019 as Assistant Rectora.

Galen W. was a candidate on the 350th Cursillo Weekend in February 2002, at the Abbey. After making his Cursillo, he has been involved in numerous ministries as a member of Church of the Sacred Heart in Prince George, Virginia. He serves as Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and has served as Co-Chair of the Cluster Evangelization Team and as Adult Enrichment Facilitator. Within the Central Virginia Cursillo, Galen has had the privilege of serving on a number of teams and the honor of serving as Rector for the 450th Weekend in February 2013.

Janet and Galen have been active members of the CVCC since 2015, when they served as a members-at-large and Pre-Cursillo Coordinators. They both graduated from the Rev. Msgr. Chester P. Michaels’ Spiritual Direction Institute in 2016. In January 2019, they began their roles as Co-Chairpersons. They have also made countless Bible covers for the candidates on the Cursillo weekends for at least 10 years. On behalf of the Central Virginia Cursillo Community, we thank Janet & Galen for their service and active presence and wish them the best. They will be missed by all but are only a phone call or email away!!! DeColores Janet & Galen!

What Else is Happening with Cursillo?

Prayer Intention: Paula and Ed Flynn’s house was struck by lightning the night of July 21st. The family is safe and the damage was fortunately minimized, but prayers would still be greatly appreciated! Looking for some Online Formation Opportunities? Try:

https://mariandale.org/online-community/ . https://centeratmariandale.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/calendar https://centeratmariandale.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/calendar/event/114

Contact Kathy Haut for details; her contact information is included in the list with the other CVCC members.

Please know that the CVCC is alive and well, and actively pursuing the best way to do the Lord’s work in these unprecedented times.

Future Weekends: In addition to the 2020 weekends being cancelled, we will not be holding our Women’s Weekend scheduled for February 2021 or the Men’s Weekend scheduled for April 2021. Frank at the Shalom House will be updated on our revised schedule. We will relook at the Women’s Weekend scheduled for July 2021 in October 2020. Ultreyas: Currently all in-person Ultreyas through September 2020 have been cancelled. Starting with the October 9, 2020 Ultreya at St. Paul’s we will plan on meeting in-person. Coordinators for the churches we currently have scheduled for October through December 2020 will be contacted to ensure that they are still available, and that a witness, spiritual director, and music are also available. In-person Ultreyas will also depend on parishes comfort level of hosting large groups, and the increased sanitation requirements involved in that 2021 Ultreyas will continue to be scheduled! Church representatives will be contacted to aid in setting up “Zoom Ultreyas” which may begin as early as August 14, 2020. If it is still not considered safe to meet as a group, we will revert to a Zoom Ultreya. The CVCC will determine the status of each Ultreya at least one month prior to the scheduled date. ZOOM: Robin Bandino will be our “Zoom Coordinator” and set up an account for CVCC. The Zoom account will be made available for Ultreyas, CVCC Meetings, and any Cursillo Training approved by the CVCC. In addition to this being the current substitute for Ultreyas, it may also be used as an aid specifically for Group Reunions unable to meet because of the pandemic or even for those wanting a Group Reunion that do not currently have one. Robin’s contact information is included in the list with the other CVCC members. Cursillo Community – We need to hear from you! How comfortable would you be in attending an in-person Ultreya? Also, how are your groups adapting to the pandemic? What prayer intentions do you have? Please contact any of the CVCC members below with your thoughts.

Congratulations to our most recent men’s and women’s candidates, who have graduated from Babe Chicks to Full-Fledged Cursillistas!

Remove the Stone, Arise

April 4-7, 2019 Rector – Burch Lewis

Come Listen With Your Heart July 18-21, 2019

Rectora - Diane Young Richard Branch Holy Rosary Colleen Bahr St. Mary’s Ray D’Aguanno St. John Neumann Sandra Chicas St. Augustine

Rob Jones Holy Rosary Judy Cunningham Church of the Redeemer Terry Kollman Sacred Heard PG Lana Dreelin St. Michael

Walter Krupa Epiphany Evelyn Galarza Sacred Heard PG Phillip LaBarr Epiphany Darla Glazer Sacred Heard PG Ken Lazzaro St. John Neumann Toni Graham St. Augustine

Tim Liebe Epiphany Sarah Howard Sacred Heard PG Henry Liscio St. Bridget Yvette Negron Sacred Heard PG

Gilbert Menefield Holy Rosary Margo Sheffler Epiphany Dcn. Greg Moczygemba St. Michaels Schuyler Sneed St. Bridget

Matt Nicolas Epiphany Patty Stewart St. John Newman Sam Patterson Holy Rosary Elaine Ward Sacred Heard PG

Sean Peters St. John Neumann Francis Sakponou Epiphany

Ken Zajick Epiphany

Message from the Co-Chairpersons:

Janet and I are resigning from the CVCC effective August 1, 2020.

After much prayer and discernment, we have chosen to pull back from some of our involvement in outside activities. We know that this may be unexpected and hard to explain, but it is what we need to do at this point.

We know that the Cursillo Movement here in Central Virginia will continue to thrive under the direction and leadership of the current committee.

Janet and I regret that we are not able to fulfill our obligation of three years and will miss the excitement and joy spending time meeting with all of you.

We will be available to hand off the duties and responsibilities once a new Chairperson is selected.

DeColores! Galen W. Potter and Janet Potter, CVCC Co-Chairs

(Feb. 2002 – Table of John) (Nov. 2005 – Table of Courage)

Message from the Spiritual Director: I’ll bet no one has ever said that the Cursillo Movement is like Baseball? Well, in some ways it is. Just this week, the major leagues began the start of an abbreviated season affected by the pandemic. Up to this point, baseball has been suspended just like our “major league” level event, a Cursillo Weekend. We had hoped to conduct a Cursillo Weekend this summer. We had a Rector, a team of great men all ready but Spring Training (Team Formation) was cancelled and soon after we had to cancel the season for 2020. Our other activities have also been limited just like the baseball minor leagues but hopefully our advanced scouts (that’s you) have continued to speak to future prospects about the ‘big show’ and maybe even invite them into your own Group Reunions. Our Ultreyas have been curtailed also but we hope to soon begin them again. On the positive side, many Group Reunions have been using ZOOM to meet regularly and in that we are trying to figure a plan by which we can gather in some way as a community to pray, hear how God is alive in the life of someone in the community, maybe have some workshops, and discuss when Weekends can resume. There is a lot of prayer and deep thinking going into maintaining the life of our Central Virginia Cursillo Center. Like the Gospel of this past Sunday (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time), we all recognize the Treasure of love that is the Cursillo Movement. It is truly a pearl of great price that we have found and we do not want to lose it. But it is a challenge. I believe most of us will recognize that the very essence of Cursillo, the knowledge that God loves us is communicated in the personal intimacy of the stories we tell and, in the willingness, to hug and touch. How do we sustain the Movement when social distancing and quarantines and the general fear of a potentially deadly invisible enemy is the new normal? But we will persevere. Just remember the story of those first Cursillistas on that famous bus trip across Spain to reach the Shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela. Mountains, rivers, storms and mechanical breakdowns did not deter them. So to all I say, Onward! Hopefully, we are at the seventh inning stretch. Pray that a vaccine will soon be available and that all remain safe till then. Till then, as an old Russian sailor’s proverb advises, Pray to God, but row for shore. God bless all, Stay well. Onward!

Deacon Steve Haut, Spiritual Director, Central Virginia Cursillo Center

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Treasurer Diane Young 312-6614 diane.young@missioners.org CVCC Spiritual Director Deacon Steve Haut 517-2555 tauh1@comcast.net Pre-Cursillo Coords Ellen Herod

Robin Bandino 896-3033 908-3033

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Spiritual Director Coord. Kathy Haut 363-4369 khaut@comcast.net 4thDay - 2nd Friday Russell Titone 794-2983 batfish681@verizon.net 4thDay - 4th Fri/ Comms. Lisa Aberle 382-4273 lmaberle@gmail.com Group Reunion Coord. Cris Pond 355-8310 CEPond@gmail.com Member at Large Member at Large

Deacon Bob Straub Kathy Cook

732-5350 270-2517

rjcstraub@gmail.com Aslan3210@verizon.net

Sub-ministry Coords.

Supplies/Closet Patti and Tom Allen 536-4198 irishgal54@comcast.net Newsletter Editor Rob Grubbs 370-8181 robgrubbs@comcast.net Newsletter Distributors Mary Attanasio

Paul Attanasio 339-6986 382-5623

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General Palanca Nancy Losteter 690-4569 nancy.losteter@gmail.com 4th Day Packets Joel Nuckols 741-0972 jnuckols@collegiate-va.org Sacred Heart Motel Coord. Scott Fisher 748-7083 DSFisher@ft.newyorklife.com Emmaus Liaison Weekend Closing Coord. Zoom Coordinator

Janet Hasenfus Russ Wisler Robin Bandino

790-1131 883-0171 908-3033

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