Thinking of sponsoring someone?

It is a gift to be instrumental in inviting someone to experience Christ's love and presence through Cursillo. You know how your weekend affected you. Cursillo has given thousands of people the opportunity to find the inspiration, direction, and support needed in their daily walk with Christ.

What greater gift could we give a friend?

Sponsorship is a both blessing and a calling. Offering to sponsor a friend is much more than signing an application, it is agreeing to support them in a variety of ways before, during and after their weekend.

You Have a Potential Candidate

Share your Weekend experience with your potential candidate. Tell them how it has affected your life and your relationship with God. Your witness and encouragement will be an integral part of their decision. Your friend will get the most from their weekend if they are open to a closer relationship with God. Are they active in Church? Would they be likely to follow through on a Fourth Day commitment? Do they demonstrate a love of God, family, and a concern for others?

Pray for them and invite them to pray about it too to better discern if God is calling them to this weekend at this time in their life.

Your Candidate is Making a Weekend

• Pray for your friend and all those on the Weekend. Palanca indicators may be sent through the Outside Detail contacts or dropped off at the Send Off Ultreya
• Attend the Send Off Ultreya
• Provide transportation to the Retreat House. Arrive with your candidate between 7-7:30 on Thursday night and enter through the front doors
• Participate in the Sponsor Gift Program
• If possible, attend the Mananitia at 6 a.m.
• Attend the Closing on Sunday at 3:30. The ride home offers a further opportunity to share impressions of the Weekend.

After the Weekend

• Encourage the new Cursillista to attend the Welcome Back Ultreya with you
• Introduce him/her at your local/Central Ultreyas
• Encourage him/her to participate in Ultreyas and Group Reunion
• Suggest he/she fill out a Become Involved Form

The Sponsor Gift Program

The total estimated cost of the weekend is approximately $250 per person. Candidates are asked to pay $200+ and the movement relies on the Cursillo Community's donations to pay the additional costs and to cover the expenses of those unable to pay. (No one is denied a Weekend because they were unable to pay.)

It will be appreciated when you bring your Candidate on Thursday night, if you can make a gift of $40 to help cover the cost of his/her Bible, Crucifix, finger rosary, corsage, picture and supplies. Your candidate will receive these items even if you cannot make a donation at that time. You will receive a tax receipt for your donation.

Priorities

Weekends are limited to 30 candidates. If the number of applications exceeds that the following priorities are applied:

1. spouses of Cursillistas
2. those sponsored by team (if received not later than 2 weeks after first team meeting
3. those on the waiting list from the Ottawa area
4. all others on the waiting list

Priority within each group is based on the date of receipt of the application.

Note:Sponsors may be limited to one candidate per Weekend.