[Nh-secretariat] second draft of palanca request from local community

[asst_coordinator at nhcursillo.org]

Hi all -

There was plenty of palanca on our weekend - 330, and it was authentic.  
Only a couple seemed to be thinking of day 1, day, 2, day 3.  While I 
know the personal notes are nice, it is also just nice to know that 
everyone is praying for us and does it lift us up.

I do think that the sponsor letter should get to the candidate before 
the weekend ends, and there are too many letters to read aloud - so I 
ended up posting some and just sending some in the envelopes.

In terms of the sponsor letter - it lets the candidate know why this 
person sponsored them or what they might want to share as they journey 
together.  And - that may be lost if sent only in the envelopes which 
they may or may not get around to opening and reading.

The letter Claudette wrote explains the changes well.

Jyl


On 2026-02-20 14:00, laydirector--- via Nh-secretariat wrote:
> Ok- one more change to the letter-  Since I mentioned sponsors sending
> in a personal note, I will add if someone else wants to send in a
> personal note, know that it will be put in the candidate's 4th Day
> envelope to be read at the conclusion of the weekend.  I think that
> will address our concern, but still keep with National's request.
> Thanks. C
> 
> From: Nh-secretariat <nh-secretariat-bounces at nhcursillo.org> On Behalf
> Of laydirector--- via Nh-secretariat
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2026 3:54 PM
> To: nh-secretariat at nhcursillo.org
> Subject: [Nh-secretariat] second draft of palanca request from local
> community
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for your feedback re: my note to the community re: Palanca
> notes.  I know we would all love to see many notes delivered from the
> local community, so hopefully this will help.  Here is my second draft
> of the letter with a few slight changes re: palanca and palanca notes
> (to be clear what palanca is and is not), so please review and send in
> feedback.
> 
> I also know we all have received many personal notes in the past, but
> we should attempt to follow the National guidelines with the hope that
> they will reflect on this guideline and change it accordingly, if we
> give them feedback on our observations about it.   I am in agreement
> with you, but we are stewards of the Movement and should attempt to
> offer authentic weekends as intended by our founder and the present
> International/National leaders.
> 
> A bit of history for you all- In the past the Secretariat asked people
> to write personally handwritten notes and not send in photocopies, to
> personalize the notes, but that didn't seem to happen.  A lot more
> work to write all those notes to everyone 3x!!
> 
> We can discuss further at a future meeting.  BTW- we need to be
> thinking about rector and rectora for the Fall weekends soon- that is
> only 6 months away!!  Time is flying…
> 
> De Colores.
> 
> Claudette