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THE MARIPOSA The Official Newsletter of the Filipino Cursillo Community Diocese of Oakland

September 2014

Editor – Myrla Raymundo, MBA

e-mail -raymundomyrla@gmail.com

Website - http://www.fccoakland.net/

WELCOME ABOARD, NEW SECRETARIAT OFFICERS – July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2017

Sis. Kathrina Parungao, Sis. Neriza Nieto, Bro. Rey Dollete, Sis. Myrla Raymundo (Term

up to June 2015) Sis. Josie Herrera, Bro. Celso Perez, Sis.Cora Tuason

Bro. Mario Camorongan, Lay Director

Term up to June 30, 2015

Sis. Myrla Raymundo, Mariposa Editor,

Website, Term up to June 30, 2015

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SCHOOL OF LEADERS

June 16, 2014 SOL Session

The Team Representatives pooled

together and discussed what the next

curriculum would be. These are some of

the outcome of their meeting of the

minds:

1. Evangelization

2. Seven Sacraments

3. Growing in Prayers and Virtues

4. Invite all rectors/rectoras to be

Resource Persons for the

Weekends

5. Open to non-curssilistas speakers

6. Invite speakers in other

languages and other Diocese.

7. Reaching out with old cursillistas

8. Review of PSA

9. Deep reflection and examination

of the Ten Commandments

10. Purgatory, heaven and earth

11. Forgiveness

12. Role of women in the church

13. How to attract the young people

to the church

14. Ultreya

15. How to lead young adults

16. Discovery of Catholic faith

17. Showing videos on doctrinal

stuff

18. Quiz following previous month’s

SOL and winner will be given a

prize

19. A designated Team will present

at the SOL

Sis. Cora Tuason, incoming SOL

Chairperson, will work on the above

recommendations by the Team

Representatives.

The SOL Attendees

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GOODBYE OUTGOING

SECRETARIAT OFFICERS

Praises and thank you to the outgoing

Secretariat Officers Sis. Annie

Villarente, Sis. Penny de Leon, Sis.

Edith Guevara, and Sis. Norma Acaba

Team Reps Meeting – June 16, 2014

Sis. Penny de Leon, Acting Lay

Director

The Team Reps Attendees

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LAY DIRECTOR’S REPORT

TEAM REPS MEETING – June 16,

2014

SOL and Team Rep Meeting

on 6/16/14 – I thank Sister Penny

for being the Acting Lay Director

for this meeting because I am

attending a week long, out of

town training.

Thank you to the outgoing

members of the Secretariat and

Chairperson for the different

committees:

Sis. Penny de Leon - School of

Leaders; Sister Annie Villarente

– PostCursillo; Sister Shiela

Ulgado - 3-day Cursillo; Sister

Norma Acaba - Pre-Cursillo; and

Sister Edith Guevarra –

Treasurer. Thank you also to

Sister Kathrina Parungao -

Secretary, who opted to stay and

serve for another term. Also,

thank you to Sister Myrla

Raymundo – our current

Newsletter Editor.

Last but not least, thank you to

Deacon Steve Budnik – our

Spiritual Advisor for over ten

years, who provided us with

spiritual guidance through the

years.

Update on Dcn Steve’s letter

requesting replacement as FCC

Spiritual Advisor – I have not

received any response to the

letters I sent. We are still on

waiting mode for their response.

2014 National Cursillo

Encounter – Please pray for all

of us for our safe trip and also for

us to be open at the encounter

and that we may bring and share

the good news to our FCC upon

our return. Here are the brothers

and sisters who registered to

attend the National Cursillo

Encounter event from Thursday,

July 31 to Sunday, August 3,

2014:

Sister Cora Tuason

Sister Cora Pediglorio

Bro. Vic Pediglorio

Sister Josie Herrera

Sister Shiela Ulgado

Sister Dorie Nues

Deacon Steve Budnik

Bro.Mario

Camorongan

Sister Lolit Kintanar

Sister Norma Acaba

Bro. Anito Acaba

Sister Ella Trinidad

Thank you Fr. Jose Arong, Our

Webmaster

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SCHOOL OF LEADERS

Sis. Cora Tuason

SOL Chairperson

The School of Leaders is a group

of Christians who seek to be

more committed and more united

in order to accelerate the living

of what is fundamental for being

a Christian. The SOL provides a

place for continual growth and

understanding of the Church and

the movement.

July 21, 2014

Sis. Cora presented her SOL Committee.

Speaker Fr. Andrews Amritharaj,

S.D.B on Pope Francis Exhortation –

The Joy of the Gospel

The Attendees

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES

MEETING

July 21, 2014

Bro. Mario Camorongan

Lay Director

The Attendees

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LAY DIRECTOR’S REPORT

TEAM REPS MEETING – July 21,

2014

Transition Period from

outgoing to incoming members

of the Secretariat – A "BIG

Thank You" to all our brothers

and sisters who conducted their

own transition and smooth

turnover of files, responsibilities

even though I know that some of

them are still helping the

incoming officers until they can

catch up with the process. Again,

Thank you!

FCC Website – please write

your resume to be published in

the website. Sister Myrla and

Father Jose will be happy to

upload it in the website. Visit the

FCC website at fccoakland.net to

get some ideas. We also need to

update what we published if

outdated.

Discuss schedules; succession

to the Lay Director Role –

Secretariat meeting – every first

Tuesday of the month unless

otherwise noted; Team Rep/SOL

– every 3rd

Monday of the month

unless otherwise noted; In the

event that LD is not available to

preside over the meetings, the

Succession to LD starts with

SOL chair- then the Post Cursillo

chair- then the 3Day chair- then

the PreCursillo chair. LD will

assign ahead of time as much as

possible.

Region XI Grand Ultreya

(August 30, 2014 in San

Bernardino) – This event is in

conflict with our WC #89

weekend. I informed all Region

XI Lay Directors and the San

Bernardino FCC that FCC

Oakland cannot attend the event

because of our conflict. I

informed them as soon as I

received the email notice and

according to the hosts, they

cannot move it because of venue

restriction. This does not stop

anybody from attending if you

are available especially if you are

planning to be in the area visiting

friends and relatives.

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FCC CURSILLO

WEEKENDS

SIS. LOLIT KINTANAR

RECTORA, FCC WOMEN’S

CURSILLO #89

August 28 -31, 2014 (Camp St.

Francis, Aptos, CA

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BRO. REY DOLLETE, RECTOR, FCC

MEN’S CURSILLO #90

October 2 to 5, 2014 (Camp St.

Francis, Aptos, CA

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AN ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST

As shared by Sis. Cora Pediglorio

An encounter with Christ that

happened to the lives of our Cursillista

brothers and sisters, which might have

taken place recently or years ago. It is

sharing of our own faith and touching

with our own Cursillo way, an encounter

with ourselves with Christ and with

others, our own PSA.

The Holy Spirit is alive and well

and when we are open and receptive to

Him, you know that He will always be

with you, making his presence known in

small or big ways.

Encountering Christ in our

everyday life is truly a gift to relish and

to share with others...

I have been blessed to be a part

time caregiver for over three years.

Providing care to Jackie gives me

joy and compassion for her; and despite

her difficulty in speaking because of her

Parkinson’s disease, I still managed to

understand her through lip reading.

Providing care to my client

entails giving her morning snack,

washing her clothes, folding and putting

them away, bathing her, fixing her hair,

dressing her up and other small chores

that she asks me to do. Over time, my

exposure to the use of water in bathing

her has taken a toll on my hands.

I was hesitating, but I had to tell Jackie

that I need to start wearing gloves when

I bathe her, because my hands have been

looking very dry, scaly and scratchy!

And of course, she does not mind at all.

One day, while I was doing her

hair, I saw her took the Aveeno lotion

that was sitting atop the vanity table. I

thought she was going to use it on her

hands.

However, I was taken aback

when, without saying anything to me,

she took my hands, and with gentleness,

applied the lotion lovingly onto my

hands. I was very touched by her

gesture.

At that moment, I felt God's

presence through Jackie. The Holy

Spirit is indeed alive and well. I felt so

much joy and love in my heart after that

encounter. Thank you Jesus for loving

me!

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Our medium of communication at the

beginning of our Filipino Cursillo

Movement was the FILIPINO

CURSILLO NEWSLETTER. Later on

the name was changed to MARIPOSA

NEWSLETTER.

It is but proper to recognize past editors

who worked hard to deliver news and

activities of the Cursillo community.

We thank them for their noteworthy

services. We hope they come back and

help again!

Editor Term Years

Served

Myrla Raymundo 1983-1994 11

Carmen Revecho 1994-1998 4

Noe Tuason 1998-2000 2

Tim Pedrosa 2000-2003 3

Mike Isidro 2003-2004 1

Circulation stopped 2004-2005

Alissa Bansil 2005-2007 2

Oscar Tolentino 2007-2008 1

Myrla Raymundo 2009-Present

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Our website,

http://www.fccoakland.net/, contains the

profiles of the Secretariat officers and

the Spiritual Directors, group pictures of

the Cursillo Weekends, the Team

Representatives and their areas, FCC

schedules, and all Mariposa issues. It

also contains the links to different

religious organizations.

Mariposa Newsletter

Editor: Sis. Myrla Raymundo, MBA

Want to help the Editor? Send articles to

raymundomyrla@gmail.com. Letters

and articles should be limited to 300

words and are subject to editing.

THE HISTORY OF THE

MARIPOSA NEWSLETTER

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CHRIST IS COUNTING ON YOU

Secretariat

Spiritual Adviser:

Deacon Steve Budnik

Officers

(Effective July 1, 2012 –June 30, 2015)

Lay Director: Mario Camorongan

(Effective July 1, 2014 –June 30, 2017)

Secretary: Kathrina Parungao

Treasurer: Celso Perez

Chairpersons

School of leaders: Cora Tuason

Pre-Cursillo: Rey Dollete

3-Day Cursillo: Josie Herrera

Post-Cursillo: Neriza Nieto

Newsletter/FCC Website

: Myrla Raymundo

Through June 30, 2015

Website - http://www.fccoakland.net/

Fr. Jose Arong, Webmaster

FCC Events Schedule

At the Cathedral

7:00 PM Secretariat Meeting

First Tuesday of the Month

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm - Oakland Ultreya,

Second Saturday of the Month

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – East Ultreya

Third Saturday of the Month

6:30 PM School of Leaders & Team

Representatives Meeting

Third Monday of the Month

2014 CURSILLO SCHEDULE

Filipino Cursillo Community

Diocese of Oakland

FRIENDSHIP

BARN

DANCE

October 25, 2014

6 pm to 12 midnight

Dinner at 7 pm

Our Lady of Good Counsel Hall

2500 Bermuda Avenue

San Leandro, CA 94577

Hosted by:

Our Lady of Good Counsel Cursillo

Team

Tickets Per Person - $30

At The Door- $35

For Info:

Cora Tuason- 510 -386-0232

Irma – 510-393-8810

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The Filipino Cursillo Community

Diocese of Oakland

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