Delivering a Good Rollo

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Delivering a Good Rollo

• 2007 Version

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What is the Cursillo Weekend?

• It is a short course in Christianity.
• It is a 3-day program of meditations, talks,
  personal sharing, and prayer ( and eating, I may
  add).

• Goals of the weekend
• To help the candidates discover the experience
  of
• Christian community.
• Reinforce or deepen what they know about the
  fundamentals for being a Christianmeaning of
  their religion and church.
• As they return home, to be more active in their
  church, to be a Christian leader, and hopefully
  to change their environments.

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What is to be a Christian?
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Creation of Adam.why did God create us?
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Genesis A love offering
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Our take away
Kingdom of God
Present Reality A broken world
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Proposed context for the meditations, rollos, and
talks to live out our love for God through a
relationship with Jesus, self and others.
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Rollo and Meditation Flow
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How context plays out
Action
Piety
Know Yourself Woman at the well
The Figure of Christ
The 3 Glances of Christ
Christs Message to us
Study
Ideal Grace Laity Faith
Sacraments Leaders Obstacles to a Life of
Grace
Study of Environments Christianity in
Action Christian Life Group Reunion Ultreya
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General Preparation for the rollo/talk
The Audience Catholics at different levels of
spirituality and knowledge about Christianity and
the church.
General Approach Not too simple Not too complex
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• Preparation for the rollo/talk
• Again prevailing context to live out our love
  for God through a relationship with Jesus, self
  and others.
• Be mindful of your audience
• Doctrinalmust be true and simple
• Work with the mentors/teamdetermine the main
  points
• Witness talk must be directly related to main
  points
• Prepare an outline, have it approved

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• Preparation for the rollo/talk
• Honesty and from the heart
• Be mindful of your time.
• Use short and familiar words change words like
  abbreviate, advise, component, currently,
  demonstrate, inquire, or utilize.
• Avoid jargon Avoid Cursillo jargon especially
  in
• the first two days.
• Use short sentences long and complex sentences
• are difficult for the listener to
  understand.
• Edit carefully and rewrite as necessary.

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• Preparation for the rollo/talk
• Visual aids
• Must enhance your talk
• Not take away attention from you
• Serves as your notes
• Transparencies flipcharts
• Pictures, graphics, tables, and bullet points
• Props
• All visual aids must blend together

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• Delivery of the rollo/talk
• Be yourself do not sound like someone else
• Language that you are comfortable with
• Be mindful of the first 90 seconds
• Deal with nervousness
• Body language/eye contact
• Voice variety
• End strongly
• PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

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• Critique of the rollo/talk
• Better written
• Stress positive
• Suggest areas for improvement
• Contentsonly if you know
• Delivery from the point of view of candidates
• Clarity
• Voice
• Facial expression
• Gestures
• Eye Contact

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• In the end, remember always that
• You are not doing this for yourself.
• Your service is a visible presence of Gods
  love.
• Your rollo/talk is an encounter with Christ.
• You are sacramental!!
• Not to worrybe joyful!!