Roman Catholics: The Little Courses

In Baltimore last Thursday evening, 53 Roman Catholic laymen, their bags packed with enough clothing to last the weekend, checked into St. Martin's Church at Fulton Avenue and Fayette Street, on the city's multiracial, row-house downtown fringe. The group included doctors, lawyers, day laborers, college students, a veterinarian and a politician. When they registered at the door, they were asked to pocket their wristwatches. Until Sunday night, their hours would be on God's time, as they went through a new method of spiritual renewal known as Cursillos de Cristiandad (Spanish for Little...

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