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On a Cursillo weekend everyone taking part is always amazed at the many and varied Palanca posters which appear, but did you realise that every weekend averages 85-90 posters promising prayer and good wishes? In Chester we have contacts in every UK diocese where there is Cursillo: Blackburn, Bradford, Canterbury, Cumbria, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Leicester, Lichfield, Lincoln, Southwark, Southwell, Wakefield, Bangor & St. Asaph Wales and Scotland.

Overseas we have contacts in the Bahamas, Canada, all 50 States of USA, 10 in Australia, New Zealand, France, South Africa, Russia and India. Many of our contacts in America are through Kairos which is Cursillo in prisons. We also have contact with Challenge in Canada which is for young people and Epiphany which is for young offenders. Not all our contacts are through the Anglican Cursillo, many are through the Walk to Emmaus and Tres Dias which are aimed at other denominations.

We receive from and send to each one of their weekends, many having up to six weekends a year. In 1996 we have received 170 posters and sent 190. Our latest poster has been sent to India which is being gifted by Scotland in January 1997.

Palanca Secretary has to be one of the most enjoyable posts on the Secretariat and I shall be very sad to relinquish my post in May. If you feel the Lord calling you to do his job, I can promise you wonderful post most mornings plus an ever increasing circle of friends world-wide.

[In addition to the posters, we have a large number of contacts via the Internet where 'E-Palanca' changes hands. For the October weekend we received approximately 30 items of E-Palanca. There is a list of weekends maintained on the Internet and I endeavour to send greetings where possible. Ed.]

UK WEEKEND DATES

Jan 23-26: Tres Dias #3 (South West)
Jan 30-Feb 2: St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich #9
Jan 20-23: Canterbury #20
Walk to Emmaus #6 (Lancs)
Apr 3-6: Blackburn #22
Bradford #3
Cymru Bangor #38
Wakefield #11
Apr 10-13: Kairos (The Verne) #1
Chester #21
Leicester #7
Apr 17-20: Scotland #28
May 1-4: Exeter #15
Lichfield #8
May 2-5: Walk to Emmaus #7 (Belper)
May 8-11: Southwell #37
May 30-Jun 1: CLW---Aylesford Priory
Jun 12-15: Coventry #11
Lincoln #5
Cymru St Asaph #9
Jun 25-28: Lichfield/Link Dioceses
Jun 26-29: Cumbria #5
Gloucester #33
Jul 25-27: CLW---Parceval Hall
Aug 14-17: Blackburn #23
Southwell #38
Oct 3-5: Chester Happening #1
Oct 16-19: Coventry #12
St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich #10
Southwark #23
Oct 23-26: Bradford #4
Chester #22
Lichfield #9
Lincoln #6
Oct 30-Nov 2: Blackburn #24
Canterbury #21
Cumbria #6
Cymru St. Asaph #10
Wakefield #12
Nov 20-23: Cymru Bangor #39
Leicester #8
Dec 4-7: Southwell #39

OVERSEAS WEEKENDS DATES

Jan 8-11: Young Men's Chrysalis #2, Texas
Jan 16-19: Quebec---Men
Men's Tres Dias #66, Northern New Jersey
Men's Walk to Emmaus #41, Texas
Jan 23-26: Vienna Correctional Center Banquet #27, Kentucky
Men's Walk to Emmaus #104, Eastern Washington
Jan 30-Feb 2: Women's Tres Dias #63, Northern New Jersey
Feb 6-9: Quebec---Women
Women's Walk to Emmaus #104, Eastern Washington
Men's Cursillo #82, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Men's Walk to Emmaus #5, Greater Scioto Valley Emmaus
Feb 13-16: Women's Walk to Emmaus #42, Texas
Coed Cursillo #3, Austin Presbyterian Cursillo
Women's Cursillo #82, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Men's Cursillo #47, Lutheran Cursillo of Southern California
Feb 14-16: Renewal Weekend, Massachusetts Episcopal Cursillo
Feb 14-17: Men's Cursillo, Northern Idaho (Catholic)
Feb 20-23: Men's Walk to Emmaus #41, Southern New England
Women's Cursillo #48, Lutheran Cursillo of Southern California
Feb 27-Mar 2: Quebec---Men
Challenge---Ottawa
Men's RC Cursillo #100, RC Archdiocese of Ottawa
Women's Walk to Emmaus #41, Southern New England Emmaus
Girls Chrysalis Flight #22, Inland Northwest Chrysalis
Mar 6-9: North Carolina
Via de Christo #1, Southern California and Central Valley
Women's Walk to Emmaus #6, Greater Scioto Valley Emmaus
Men's Cursillo #154, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
Mar 12-15: Girls Chrysalis #10, Big Country Emmaus
Mar 13-16: North California
Men's Cursillo #105, Massachusetts Episcopal Cursillo
Cursillo #197, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
Coed Via de Cristo #35, North Texas Lutheran Secretariat
Mar 20-23: Tennessee
Quebec---Woman
Challenge---Ottawa
April: Emmaus for Deaf, Methodist Mission Home, San Antonio
Apr 3-6: Ottawa---Women
Coed Cursillo #3, Catholic Diocese of Aachen, Germany
Apr 10-13: Men's Cursillo #21, Wisconsin Cursillo
Cursillo #198, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
Men's Tres Dias #8, North Texas Tres Dias
Coed Cursillo #2, Rio Grande SouthEast Cursillo
Cursillo #39 (Coed), Southern Ohio Episcopal Cursillo
Apr 17-20: Quebec---Men
Womens RC Cursillo #94, RC Archdiocese of Ottawa
Men's Walk to Emmaus #43, Big Country Emmaus
Women's Tres Dias #8, North Texas Tres Dias
Women's Cursillo #22, Wisconsin Cursillo
Women's Cursillo # 155, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
Apr 24-27: Ottawa---Men
New York
Emmaus 20th Anniversary International Gathering, Peoria, Illinois
Adam & Eve XVII, Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, Illinois
Women's Cursillo #106, Massachusetts Episcopal Cursillo
May 1-4: Quebec---Women
Men's Cursillo #83, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Women's Walk to Emmaus #44, Big Country Emmaus Community
May 2-5: Men's Cursillo #156, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
May 8-11: Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Via de Christo #2, Southern California and Central Valley
Cursillo #199, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
May 15-18: Young Women's Chrysalis #3, Texas
Via de Cristo #3, Southern California and Central Valley
May 16-19: Women's Cursillo #83, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
May 22-25: Via de Cristo #3, Southern California and Central Valley
May 29-Jun 1: Men's Tres Dias #67, Tres Dias of Northern New Jersey
Jun 5-8: Women's Cursillo #157, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
Men's Walk to Emmaus #45, Texas
Jun 5-9: Sydney---Men
Jun 12-15: Sydney---Women
North California
Cursillo #200, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
Women's Tres Dias #64, Northern New Jersey
Jun 19-22: Men's Walk to Emmaus #6, Greater Scioto Valley, Ohio
Jul 10-13: North Carolina
Women's Walk to Emmaus #7, Greater Scioto Valley, Ohio
Jul 17-20: Coed Via de Cristo #36, North Texas Lutheran Secretariat
Jul 24-27: Women's Walk to Emmaus #46, Texas
Aug 21-24: North California
Quebec---Men
Sep 11-14: Quebec---Women
Hawaii
Men's Walk to Emmaus #7, Greater Scioto Valley, Ohio
Sep 18-21: Coed Cursillo #4, Austin Presbyterian Cursillo
Sep 25-28: Sydney---Men
Men's Cursillo #84, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Sep 25-29: Women's Cursillo #33, Catholic Diocese of Aachen, Germany
Oct 2-5: Men's Tres Dias #68, Northern New Jersey
Women's Cursillo #84, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Oct 3-8: Sydney---Women
Oct 9-12: Cursillo #40 (Coed), Southern Ohio Episcopal Cursillo
Women's Walk to Emmaus #8, Greater Scioto Valley, Ohio
Men's Cursillo #158, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
Men's Cursillo #22, Catholic Diocese of Aachen, Germany
Oct 16-19: North California
Men's RC Cursillo #101, RC Archdiocese of Ottawa
Men's Cursillo #23, Wisconsin Cursillo
Oct 23-26: New York
Tennesee
Ottawa---Women
Women's Cursillo #24, Wisconsin Cursillo
Women's Tres Dias #65, Northern New Jersey
Nov 6-9: North Carolina
Women's RC Cursillo #95, RC Archdiocese of Ottawa
Women's Cursillo #85, Diocese of Florida Episcopal
Nov 13-16: Ottawa---Men
Dec 4-7: Women's Cursillo #154, RC Cursillo of South Mississippi
Spring: Atlanta---Women
Altanta---Men
Autumn: Atlanta---Women
Atlanta---Men

Please hold all the participants and staff of these weekends in your prayers.

Remember that your prayers are the most important thing that you can offer.

Palanca is not letters and gifts, it is prayer.

Palanca is the giving of something personal, a sacrifice of time or perhaps the offering of prayer instead of a meal.

Palanca cannot be taken lightly. Letters and gifts are symbols of Palanca: don't allow them to become replacements.

These pages are maintained by Geoff Riley.
If you have any queries or comments about the Chester Cursillo pages, please feel free to email cursillo@arcturus\.geoffandcarole.co.uk.