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April 11, 2008	George Bukowiñski
It is with joy and some sadness (parting is never easy) that I share with all the news of the nomination of one of our Oklahoma Cursillista priests to become the Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas. Read article from Zenit below: 5 Episcopal Appointments Made for US Convert to Catholicism Named Auxiliary for Denver WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 10, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI made five episcopal appointments affecting the Church in five U.S. states -- Iowa, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado and California. Of the five appointments, announced Wednesday in Washington, three of the new bishops bring notable experience in Spanish-speaking study and ministry, and one is a convert to the Catholic faith. Auxiliary Bishop Richard Pates, 65, of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was named the leader of the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa. He succeeds Bishop Joseph Charron, who retired exactly one year ago today. Richard Pates was ordained a priest in St. Peter's Basilica in 1968 and named a monsignor in 1979. Bishop Pates has worked in promoting vocations as well as the archdiocesan secretariat. He served in the staff of the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, 1975-81. He was also rector of St. John Vianney Seminary, 1981-87; and the founding pastor of the Church of St. Ambrose, in Woodbury, Minnesota. Father Anthony Taylor, 53, of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, will fill the almost two-year vacancy of the post of bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas. The bishop-elect succeeds Bishop James Sartain, who was named to lead the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, in May 2006. Anthony Taylor was ordained for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in 1980. He studied biblical theology at Fordham University, earning a doctorate in that field. He returned to Oklahoma City and was named vicar for Ministries, which included responsibilities for all ministries, continuing education for priests and the permanent diaconate. Bishop-elect Taylor was appointed founding pastor of a new parish in Edmond, Oklahoma, and later transferred to Sacred Heart Parish in light of his fluency in Spanish. Father Oscar Cantú, a native of the Diocese of Houston, Texas, was named auxiliary bishop of San Antonio. At 41, the Spanish-speaking bishop-elect is the youngest U.S. bishop. He was ordained a priest in 1994 and worked in various parishes. He did graduate studies in theology at the North American College in Rome, 1998-2002; and was most recently pastor at Holy Name Parish in Houston. Monsignor James Conley, 53, of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, was named auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver. He is a convert to the Catholic faith, having been raised Presbyterian. He was ordained in 1985 and earned a licentiate in moral theology and ethics at the Academia Alfonsiana, Rome. He was named a monsignor in 1998. In addition to his experience as pastor and in pro-life ministry, Bishop-elect Conley has also serv! ed in the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. He was most recently pastor at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Wichita. Father William Justice, 65, of the Archdiocese of San Francisco was named auxiliary bishop of that city. He has been pastor of Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco since 2003, and archdiocesan vicar for clergy since 2006. He was ordained a priest from the San Francisco Archdiocese in 1968 and later pursued post-graduate language studies in Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico. He served in several parishes in the archdiocese. He also was director of the Permanent Deaconate office, 1979-1981, and was secretary in the Office of Pastoral Ministry, 1981-1982.
March 26, 2008	Annie Lombardo
My dear brothers and sisters. It is with great sadness that I tell you that Virginia (Vicky)Rivera passed away on Easter Sunday. Her funeral is scheduled for today, Wednesday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. in Duncan. Vicky was a sweet lady that dedicated many years to serving in the Cursillo movement. She saw the need and took the initiative, many years ago, to learn how to play the guitar and dedicated that talent to God through Cursillo. She will definitely be missed. God rest her soul. Please keep the Rivera family in your prayers, their example of service and living faith are an inspiration to us. God blessings DeColores Annie Lombardo
March 21, 2008	George Bukowiñski
Prayers are requested for Virginia Rivera, wife of Paulino Rivera (who Rector'ed the last Hispanic men's weekend), she is also a Cursillista. She has suffered from an embolism and was in the fourth day of coma at Baptist Hospital in OKC. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
February 7, 2008	George Bukowiñski
Cursillo Founder Dies at 90 Members Thank Him for Bringing Them the Gospel By Nieves San Martín PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain, FEB. 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Eduardo Bonnín, founder of the Catholic lay Cursillo movement, died Wednesday at age 90. A note on the movement's US National Web site asked for prayers for the founder, who was born May 4, 1917. "Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I send this message with a heart full of Christ's mercy and joy, to inform you of the passing to eternal life of our beloved friend, Eduardo Bonnín, founder of the Cursillos of Christianity, Feb. 6, 2008, in Mallorca," Victor Lugo, national executive director, wrote on the site. The national secretariat of the movement in Spain, in a notice on its Web site, stated that "with his death, one of the pioneers of the work of the Cursillos of Christianity, is lost. It was in this parcel of the Church where the Lord planted him and to this place, he gave his effort, his dreams, his time and all of his life." Laypeople's role The Cursillos of Christianity began in Spain, on the island of Mallorca, between the years of 1940 and 1949. "Numerous laymen and some priests, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, discovered very clearly the fact that laymen too, in virtue of the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, perform an active role in evangelization," the national secretariat site explained. The movement spread throughout all of Spain and from there to the Americas and beyond. A wake is under way today and will continue through Feb. 9. The funeral will be celebrated Feb. 12 by Bishop Jesús Murgui of Mallorca. The secretariat statement continued, "Eduardo has always been for us someone important, but beginning now, in our prayers we can ask him to intercede for us before the Father, so that we can continue with his work of evangelizing the world and making as many as possible have the joy of knowing that God loves them. If he did everything that he did on earth, what won't he do now that he's in heaven?" The statement concluded by thanking Bonnín for his work, "Thank you, Eduardo, for making our lives better, for making us happier and because many of our lives would not have the light of the Gospel if you had not been here."

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