Three day movement
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In Christianity, a three day movement is an organisation that conducts retreats to enrich the lives of other Christians, consisting of people who have themselves attended such a retreats. Alternatively, these organisations taken together may be referred to as the three day movement.
Most but not all of these retreats cover three days, and so the fourth day has become a term used by these movements to describe the life of the attendee after the retreat.
The original three day movement, Cursillo
, began in the Roman Catholic church in Spain
in 1944, and spread to other countries. Although Cursillo was and is structured so as not to restrict participation to members of the Roman Catholic church, in time people who had attended Cursillo founded similar programs tailored to specific groups, including programs for younger people, those in prison or affected by the incarceration of another, and members of specific denominational groups. Some of these have licensed the Cursillo material and use its name, while others have developed similar programs under another name.
All such organisations are now known as three day movements or parts of the three day movement, whether or not their programs actually run for three days. A feature of the three day movement is the support these different organisations continue to provide for each other, particularly in each supporting the programs run by other organisations in prayer and by sending letters and other expressions of support. And, although particular organisations remain linked to denominational groups, there is generally no denominational requirement for participants.
Three day movement programs include:
Most but not all of these retreats cover three days, and so the fourth day has become a term used by these movements to describe the life of the attendee after the retreat.
The original three day movement, Cursillo
Cursillo
Cursillos in Christianity is a ministry of the Roman Catholic Church...
, began in the Roman Catholic church in Spain
Spain
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in 1944, and spread to other countries. Although Cursillo was and is structured so as not to restrict participation to members of the Roman Catholic church, in time people who had attended Cursillo founded similar programs tailored to specific groups, including programs for younger people, those in prison or affected by the incarceration of another, and members of specific denominational groups. Some of these have licensed the Cursillo material and use its name, while others have developed similar programs under another name.
All such organisations are now known as three day movements or parts of the three day movement, whether or not their programs actually run for three days. A feature of the three day movement is the support these different organisations continue to provide for each other, particularly in each supporting the programs run by other organisations in prayer and by sending letters and other expressions of support. And, although particular organisations remain linked to denominational groups, there is generally no denominational requirement for participants.
Three day movement programs include:
- CursilloCursilloCursillos in Christianity is a ministry of the Roman Catholic Church...
.- EpiscopalAnglicanismAnglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
Cursillo, known in some countries as Anglican Cursillo. - Lutheran Cursillo.
- Chayah, a ministry to young jail inmates based on Lutheran Cursillo.
- Episcopal
- Tres DiasTres DiasTres Dias is an interdenominational Christian three day movement. Tres Dias communities around the world run retreat weekends for Christians.-History:Tres Dias traces its ancestry through Cursillo....
. - Walk to EmmausWalk to EmmausThe Walk to Emmaus or Emmaus Walk is a three day movement and Protestant version of the Roman Catholic Cursillo Movement. It started in the 1960s and 1970s when Episcopalians and Lutherans, and Tres Dias offered Cursillo...
.- Alarga, for those for whom a normal three day program would be physically challenging.
- ChrysalisChrysalis (disambiguation)A chrysalis is the pupa stage of the butterfly.Chrysalis may also refer to:- Literature :* Chrysalis , a short story by Ray Bradbury, published in S is for Space...
, for those 23 years and under.
- Kairos, for high school and college students.
- Kairos Prison MinistryKairos Prison MinistryKairos Prison Ministry is an international organisation conducting three day movement programs for people serving in prisons and more recently as Kairos Outside for those directly affected by the imprisonment of another...
.- Kairos Torch, for juvenile detainees.
- Kairos Outside, for those affected by an incarceration.
External links
- http://cursillos.ca/en/index.htm French-speaking Cursillo in Canada (English version)
- http://www.anglicancursillo.org.au/ Anglican Cursillo Australia
- http://upperroom.org/emmaus/default.asp International Walk to Emmaus
- http://www.africasouth.org.za/wp.aspx?i=27 What is Alarga?
- http://www.kairosprisonministry.org/ Kairos Prison Ministry International
- http://www.kairos.org.au/ Kairos Prison Ministry Australia