Three-day movement

The three-day movement refers to a network of religious groups conducting spiritual retreats to enrich the lives of fellow Christians.

Sustained by secular clergy, the laity, and other previous participants, the movement is associated with a retreat spanning three days.

Such retreats began as an apostolic movement on the island of Mallorca, where a group of Catholic laity first developed the Cursillo in 1944.

In time Cursillo attendees developed similar programs tailored to specific audience groups, including programs for younger people, for the incarcerated or those affected by incarceration, and at times for particular denominational approaches.

[citation needed] The broader three-day movement enjoys much collaboration: different organized groups provide mutual ongoing support, expressed through prayer, sending letters, and other means.