BACC_SCM 09May2026 minutes of last meeting
MINUTES OF THE BACC STANDING COMMITTEE
Zoom Meeting
Saturday 21 st February 2026
Present
Helen Taubman – National President, Duncan McCosh – Secretary, Lesley Bowring (East), Michael Bolley (Greater London), Michelle Greenberry (Midlands), rene Adams (South East), Hazel Glennie (West), Tim Barker (North West) Adrian Trotter (CLW).
Apologies
Sharon Guest (National Spiritual Director), Billy Hollis (Resources)
Part one: Bring built up as a Community in Christ
Opening worship and Prayer
Group Reunion
Part two: Study session – BACC Oversight of British Anglican Cursillo
Michael presented a paper which had been previously circulated giving an outline the purposes of BACC and the oversight it has of the Cursillo Method within the Anglican/Episcopal Churches and an understanding of the Licence Agreement with The Roman Catholic National Secretariat of the United States ursillo. The NSUSC is legal owner of various trademarks and copyrights regarding ‘Cursillo’ and our BACC Licence dates from 4 th April 1989. Appendix 2 of he Licence states that BACC is the licencing and co-ordinating body for Cursillo operating within the Church of England, The Church of Wales, The Church of Ireland and The Scottish Episcopal Church. Membership of BACC and an acceptance of its constitution and operates within a diocese under the authority of Diocesan Bishop. BACC supports diocesan Cursillo by providing Literature, workshops, and advice.
The Cursillo Movement Method is one of three stages: Pre Cursillo, Cursillo, Post Cursillo
(Fundamental Ideas doc)
Exercising Oversight: BACC has a duty of compliance regards the Licence and The Method.
Some questions were posed.
Should we be more specific in collecting information from dioceses as part of out oversight? Could information be collected directly from dioceses? Set time aside at Standing Committee for oversight role? Improving two way communication BACC/dioceses. 2026 Conference could give a platform for iscussion on this. Cursillo is there to support/inspire folks to live out their faith in daily life as part of a community of Christians.
Business meeting:
1-Apologies as listed above.
2-Minutes of the November meeting ’25 were approved with one amendment under
‘Functions of the BACC Standing Committee’ p2;
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After discussion it was agreed to take this forward
“After discussion there was general agreement to revise the Area Rep Role Description along the lines proposed. Rev Michael Bolley was entrusted with the ask of adjusting the full version of the Role Description in line with the proposals in his paper, taking account of points made in the discussion. He agreed that he would do this and circulate the final version to Standing Committee members within the following two weeks. It was considered unnecessary to bring this back to another meeting for further approval.”
3-No maters arising
4-Reports were previously circulated.
CLW: 14 delegates and 4 staff members with room for 6 more delegates. Webmaster/Registrar: Looking at online method of updating register. Generally speaking the website is serving its purpose. Once again an appeal for dioceses to pass on up to date information of their Secretariat.
Thanks were given to the webmaster for assistance with Conference set up details.
Finance: 1/1/25 – 31/12/25
Income – £18,581 Expenditure – £21,410 Balance as of 21/2/26 £50,029 which includes
Blackburn reserve £28,918.
Key points are that expenses given as a donation are down as I hadn’t chased folk to submit them last year. So the true cost of running BACC in not known.
Subs are rolling in well, thanks Stephen for forwarding them out to the Treasurer’s. 16 have paid to date. Beth has pointed out that this is her last report for BACC. It was decided to send thanks asap to Beth. Helen
5a-There are still no nominations for National President. Ideally needs to be nominated at AGM May ’26 and in post May 2027.
5b- Area Rep vacancies (3) and Michael indicated his term of office for Greater London concludes in May ’26. Duncan has passed on Area Rep duties to St David’s with Swansea and Brecon.
The position of Treasurer is urgent as Beth has indicated she has stopped. Helen has passed on the Job description to someone.
6- Presidents report.
There might be the possibility of exhibiting Cursillo at the Cedarwood Festival, North Yorkshire. Duncan to contact Yorkshire Cursillistas to see if this is something they might take on with BACC support. Derby Cursillo have indicated concerns about sustaining their Secretariat, no new folks coming forward. Michelle to contact them to view what options might be available. i.e. combine with neighbouring diocese.
7- National Spiritual Director’s report was previously circulated.
8- Area Rep reports
Greater London held a Regional Ultreya with 3 out of 4 dioceses attending.
9- 2026 Conference.
Michael presented a paper with a timetable which was endorsed by the meeting. Theme
‘Waiting for God’ to be incorporated in each session. Still to be decided who will lead the
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sessions. The centre offers two spaces one to be used as the Chapel and the other as the
Conference room. It was reported that there were 31 bookings so far and it was agreed to
open this to all Cursillistas. Duncan to issue an invitation via the webmaster.
10- Dates for future meetings.
2026
Standing Committee Friday 8 th May Conference Centre
BACC AGM Saturday 9 th May ‘26
Standing Committee Friday 4 th September Chichester
GB Ultreya Saturday 5 th September Chichester
Standing Committee Friday 6 th November (Zoom)
BACC meeting Saturday 7 th November
2027
Standing Committee Saturday 20 th February (in person)
Standing Committee Friday 7 th May
BACC meeting & AGM Saturday 8 th May
Standing Committee Friday 3 rd September
GB Ultreya Saturday 4 th September
Standing Committee Saturday 16 th October
BACC meeting Saturday 6 th November
GB Ultreya- Chichester Cathedral have offered a lunch for the Standing Committee prior to
their meeting free of charge and can provide lunch for £12/head in their restaurant. It was
agreed to take this up.
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