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Cursillo question: why "palanca?"?
For those of you involved with the Cursillo movement: why are the supportive prayer notes that people write called palancas? I know Cursillo began in Spain, and "palanca" is Spanish for "lever." So why are those notes called levers? I suppose they "uplift" the person receiving them, but the word still does not strike me as a natural one to use. If anyone knows about the actual history, I would be interested in hearing about it.
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- billy batsonLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
searching prior answers, I found that Cursillo is a catholic regeneration
movement that often puts on weekend seminars. Most references were to the Phillipines.
The palanca
is an uplifting note, letter or card to cheer them. Often made using
colored markers.
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