The Cursillo movement was introduced into the Bahamas in the early 1980s when Bishop Eldon, several clergy, and Elaine Deveaux made their Cursillos in the Diocese of Southeast Florida. Bishop Eldon had heard of Cursillo as he sat on his porch listening to a radio broadcast from Miami, which boasted of Cursillo’s influence in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami. Bishop Eldon saw the potential of Cursillo in enhancing the Spiritual Growth of Anglicans in our Diocese, and immediately sought further information which led to the initial group making their weekends in Miami. Over the next few years, men and women from our Diocese made their weekends in Southeast Florida and in other parts of the United States, enabling a Community to be built in the Bahamas.

As a result, a Men’s Weekend & A Women’s Weekend led by Cursillistas from Miami were held simultaneously in October 1986 – The Men’s Weekend at St. John’s College and the Women’s Weekend at St. Mary’s Hall at St. Augustine’s Monastery. Since then 27 Men’s Weekends and 24 Women’s Weekends have been held in the Bahamas.  Many Anglicans have had their faith renewed, and their ministries affirmed through participation in these weekends, and their participation in the Fourth Day.