Gulf Pine Catholic

Gulf Pine Catholic • August 30, 2024 15 Thirty-three women became new Cursillistas when they made Cursillo #296 at the Diocesan Retreat Center at Dedeaux June 27-30. New Cursillistas included: Joan Alford, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Samantha Arcana, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Natalie Auger, St. Thomas the Apostle, Long Beach; Maribel Barberi, St. Elizabeth Seton, Ocean Springs; Rachel Bentz, St. Alphonsus, Ocean Springs; Coral Brooks, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Amber Buckley, Sacred Heart, D’Iberville; Penny Dupont, Our Lady of Victories, Pascagoula; Cecilia Escobedo, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Heather Forstall, Our Lady of The Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Bridget Hammond, St. James, Gulfport; Sandi Harsa, St. Elizabeth Seton, Ocean Springs; Mary Elizabeth Hartman-Lawson, Most Holy Trinity, Pass Christian; Monica Ho, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Alysia Ladner, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Melanie Ladner, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Shawn Ladner, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Bernadette Lala, Our Lady of Lourdes, Slidell; Ashley Larsen, Our Lady of Victories , Pascagoula; Susan Marino, St. Clare, Waveland; Jennifer Matherne, St. Fabian, Hattiesburg; Denise Monroe, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Mandy Moran, St. Mary, Woolmarket; Donna Mumme, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Karolina Nogues, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Coller Ochsner, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Karla Perry, Most Holy Trinity, Pass Christian; Susan Sheffer, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Jaclyn Simpson, St. James, Gulfport; Annie Skulskie, St. James, Gulfport; Cindy Thames, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Gwen Thompson, St. Peter the Apostle, Pascagoula; and Danielle Zuniga, St. Elizabeth Seton, Ocean Springs. Spiritual Advisors for the weekend were: Father Mike O’Connor, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; and Deacon Buddy VanCourt, St. Thomas the Apostle, Long Beach. Other team members were: Dorena Caraviello (Rectora), Sacred Heart, Pascagoula; Mandy Cuevas (Co-Rectora), Most Holy Trinity, Pass Christian; Tammy Arcana, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Gina Cazaubon, St. Elizabeth Seton, Ocean Springs; Mandy Emmer, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Michelle Fleming, St. Clare, Waveland; Christa Headman, Sacred Heart, D’Iberville; Cyndi Kouba, Holy Family, Pass Christian; Priscilla Koen, Sacred Heart, Pascagoula; Michelle Lowery, Our Lady of Victories, Pascagoula; Sheila McDonald, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Jilly Munzy, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Amy Sharp, Sacred Heart, Pascagoula; and Helen Simpson, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis. The next Men’s weekend will be September 19-22. Don McCloskey, St. Clare, Waveland, will serve as Rector; Dan Rodenberg, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg, is the Co-Rector; and one of the Spiritual Advisors is Father Mark Ropel, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg. The next women’s Cursillo weekend will be announced when sched- uled. Do you want to experience your faith more deeply and live it in your daily life? To enrich your relationship with God, no matter how strong it may be right now? Are you looking for a com- munity with which to share your faith journey? Do you want to become more confident in and enthusiastic about your faith and in sharing it in the secular world? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Cursillo is for you. Applications for the weekend are now being accepted. Applications are available online at www.biloxicursillo.org or in your church or church office. Thirty-three women become new Cursillistas at Dedeaux Cursillo #296