Editing Cursillo (section)

==History==
Cursillos first appeared in Spain in 1944. A layman named Eduard Bonnin and group of close collaborators started celebrating them on different places on [[Majorca]] at about one per year. When endorsed by the bishop in 1949, it picked up strength and began spreading to Spain and the rest of the world, to the point that it became an active renewal movement in the Church. In 1957, the movement had spread to [[North America]], when the first [[United States|American]] ''cursillo'' was held in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]].<ref name=Lincoln>{{Citation | work = Evangelisation retreats | url = https://www.lincolndiocese.org/evangelization/retreats/cursillo-movement | title = Cursillo Movement | publisher = Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln}}.</ref> In 1959, the Cursillo spread throughout Texas and to [[Phoenix, Arizona |Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]. In August of that year, the first national convention of spiritual directors was held, and ''Ultreya'' magazine began publication. In 1960, growth of the Cursillo quickened in the [[American Southwest]], and weekends were held for the first time in the East in [[New York City]] and [[Lorain, Ohio|Lorain]] [[Ohio]].

Until 1961, all weekends were held in Spanish. That year the first English-speaking weekend was held in [[San Angelo, Texas]]. Also in 1961, first weekends were held in [[San Francisco, California]]; [[Gary, Indiana]]; [[Lansing, Michigan]]; [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]; and [[Gallup, New Mexico]]. In 1962, the Cursillo Movement came to the Eastern United States. Weekends were held in Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Saginaw, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Newark, Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Kansas City and Boston. In the West, the first weekends were held in Monterey, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Pueblo and Yakima. The movement spread rapidly with the early centers carrying the Cursillo to nearby dioceses. By 1981, almost all of the 160 dioceses in the United States had introduced the Cursillo Movement.

The Cursillo Movement in the United States was organized on a national basis in 1965. A National Secretariat was formed and the National Cursillo Office (currently in [[Jarrell, Texas]]) was established. It is joined to the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] through an official liaison in the person of Bishop Emeritus Carlos A. Sevilla S.J. from the [[Diocese of Yakima]], and through the Bishops' Secretariat for the Laity in Washington, D.C. The spiritual advisor for the movement in the United States is Rev. Alex Waraksa from the [[Diocese of Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]].

In 1980, the Cursillo Movement established a worldwide international office, the OMCC (''Organismo Mundial de Cursillos de Cristiandad''). The international office is located in Portugal for the 2014–2017 term.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.orgmcc.org/en |title=World Body of Cursillos in Christianity |access-date=2014-07-23 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140727040546/http://www.orgmcc.org/en |archive-date=2014-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Today, Cursillo is a worldwide movement with centers in nearly all South and Central American countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Austria, Australia, New Zealand Aotearoa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and in several African countries. The movement is recognized by the [[Holy See]] as member of the International Catholic Organizations of the [[Pontifical Council for the Laity]] in Rome.