Hey I’m a Cursillista!! My name is Kate and I intern here at Wake with a campus ministry called Athletes in Action, and yes I am officially a cursillista.  You might be wondering what this is if you don’t speak Spanish.  In fact you might be wondering what this is if you do speak Spanish.  A cursillista is a person who has completed a cursillo weekend, which means a small course in Christianity. Cursillo is a Catholic movement that started in the US in the 1960s and has two weekends out of every year where they hold retreats across the...

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Mud Puddles!   Hey I’m a Cursillista!!My name is Kate  and I intern here at Wake with a campus ministry called Athletes in Action, and yes I am officially a cursillista.  You might be wondering what this is if you don’t speak Spanish.  In fact you might be wondering what this is if you do speak Spanish.  A cursillista is a person who has completed a cursillo weekend, which means a small course in Christianity. Cursillo is a Catholic movement that started in the US in the 1960s and has two weekends out of every year where they hold retreats across...

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Karen related her experience in Kolkata on WFU's City of Joy Trip with Chapel attendees today and has agreed to share the text of her reflection for posting  on our website.  Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} COJ experience   I had the privilege of traveling with 11 Wake Forest Students from Dec 27-Jan. 12 this year.  We were the City of Joy team for...

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Three years ago today, on February 2nd, 2007,  I met the charming and handsome man who is now my husband. February 2nd is also Groundhog Day. As we tried to determine which should be our wedding day, my husband advocated for having it on Groundhog Day (which fell on a Saturday in 2008). I was by no means a bridezilla over the 8 months of our engagement, but this is one decision that I could not live with. Groundhog day is a cute tradition and all and I have fond memories of the fat fellows hanging outside my dorm room while in graduate school during...

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Unlike my abroad friends and peers, I have never really “blogged” before so it does not come easily to me/ I am unsure of what to discuss but a recent encounter came to mind as an unexpected reflection topic…so here I am…just going with it.       While I was home this past Christmas break, I went to my local library a couple times to look up books I thought I would need for this semester. I forgot how much I loved the library: the peace and quiet, the variety of ages and the smorgasbord of genres to suit them all,...

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