Word: cursillos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cursillo (pronounced koor-see-yo) is the fastest-growing movement in the Roman Catholic Church. Devised by Spanish Psychologist Eduardo Bonnin and the Rt. Rev. Juan Hervas, then Bishop of Palma, as a means of reviving the faith among laggard laymen, the Cursillo was first held at the Monastery of San Honorato on Majorca in 1949. Cursillos have spread rapidly throughout Spain, Latin America and Western Europe, were brought to the U.S. seven years ago by two Spanish air cadets studying at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The first U.S. Cursillos were mostly given in Spanish, but now they...
Prodigal Son. The Cursillo, which may be made only once in a lifetime, is something of a cross between a revival meeting and an extended group therapy session. Students in the three-day course are guided by a priest, a lay leader known as the rector, and ten or twelve veteran Cursillistas (Cursillo graduates), who assist in giving the lectures and helping out with the household chores...