Man what a weekend! Anyone here go through it???

Kimber7man...yes, in 1984. Was involved with many, many weekends over the years. Some of the weekend seems to stay with you. Glad you enjoyed it!

Yup, did it in 1997, I think it was.
Quite a weekend, indeed.

is that like a rainbow coalition thing?

It's a Catholic thing, Sam. Sort of a weekend religious retreat, I guess you could say.

340...It has also been "adopted" by Anglicans as well. We had many different denominations pass through the weekends over the years, even baptists!

Rooney,
You're right! I forgot about the Anglican's and others adoptation of Cursillo.

thanks. I honestly did not know that. My wife is Catholic, I'll ask her for more info.

I have been on many weekend retreats with the Baptists and Methodists myself.

DeColores Marty!

I spent that wonderful weekend in 1998 if I remember right. One of the best experiences in my walk. We had Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians, AOGs probably more that I'm unaware of.
My wife and daughter went a couple of months after me. To me it's the way church could and should be, total accord.

Glad to here you went and blessings to ya!

Went in 2009 through a Methodist Church in Mid. TN.. I've volunteered with other "Walk to Ammas" programs in the past two years.

De Colores from W TX too! I had the wonderful weekend about 8 years ago. As stated, it's not just a Catholic thing. Congrats.

Ours was full of all sorts - even non-believers. What a wild ride!!!

We went through it years ago. At that time, it was called Chrissio or something like that. It was the same thing from what I understand. The men's version was great. However, when my wife went through it the next weekend, they shoveled them a bunch of unscriptural stuff. It was too many years ago to remember exactly what they said, but she was pretty upset. This one was run by the local Episcopalian church that's ultra liberal. They're into homosex, abortion, etc.

This is the one my wife and I have been through. Fantastic time of clarification and refreshment; its the Methodist version of DeColores though I'm an Old School Presbyterian.

We sang the song and everything...

DeColores!
I did the weekend in 1983.
A wonderful weekend it was.
It started on the island of Myorca, off the coast of Spain.

Don

I did the "Walk to Emmaus" in '98 in Blackstone, VA. It was a great weekend.

Expat

I went through an Episcopal Cursillo sometime in the early 90s, although I've never been an Episcopalian. Then I served on a Cursillo team, which was kinda cool; since then I've served on between 20 and 30 Kairos teams, which is always drop-dead flat amazing.

I've been around lots of Cursillo, C*m Cristo, Via de Cristo, Kairos Outside, and Walk to Emmaus weekends as well, frequently playing music for them, although I'm not officially on the team.

It's a good thing.

Did they tell you the story behind the song?

That song is...well, halfway decent, I guess...in Spanish, but the English translation of it they have is freakin' mizzzzerable.

But whenever I'm Head Musician on a Kairos weekend, I always explain and lead the song, regardless of how stupid the English version is, because I think it's an important link to the larger community. Most of the other Head Musicians bag it, though, because it's either stupid (in English) or hard to teach (in Spanish).

No I never heard the story on the song... though I agree it is pretty corny in English...

I went on the "Walk to Emmaus" a few years ago and it is not something to be passed up! Fantastic weekend!

I attend Emmaus about two years ago. It was a great experience. My wife and most of her family as been as well.

There are several different versions of the story, but the one I tell goes like this:

One of the very first Catholic Cursillo weekends was held in Spain at a monastery at the top of a mountain. After the weekend, the candidates were all riding down the mountain on a bus, talking about their experiences, when the bus broke down and they had to wait for repairs. It was evening on a glorious summer day, and so they all sat in the grass at the side of the road with a small family farm and a breathtaking sunset spread out in front of them and made up that song together.