BarbaraW
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 2019/22, Portuguese 2023, Ingles 2024
I hope to complete my CF this spring, and my thoughts are turning to whether I might honestly apply for a compostela, assuming I make it. It's not a question of distance /stamp rules, but of meeting the requirements about purpose.
I started my Camino for no reason other that a friend asked me to go with her. It was one year on from the untimely death of my husband and I felt the need to say yes to every invitation that came my way. I returned from a wonderful two weeks with a deep sense of peace and gratitude, and strong desire to walk the rest of the way.
The information on the Pilgrim Office website refers to "religious or spiritual reasons, or at least an attitude of search". As a "hopeful agnostic" albeit of Christian background I cannot claim the first and I'm not sure about the second. "An attitude of search" I can wholeheartedly sign up to. The compostela itself doesn't include this last phrase, but does appear to require Christian sentiment (pietatis causa). My Latin rusted away long ago, but I see that Google translates this as for compassion, which I am comfortable with.
I don't know what sort of scrutiny the Pilgrim Office brings to this - probably not much, because of the sheer weight of numbers, but I'd really welcome reflections.
I started my Camino for no reason other that a friend asked me to go with her. It was one year on from the untimely death of my husband and I felt the need to say yes to every invitation that came my way. I returned from a wonderful two weeks with a deep sense of peace and gratitude, and strong desire to walk the rest of the way.
The information on the Pilgrim Office website refers to "religious or spiritual reasons, or at least an attitude of search". As a "hopeful agnostic" albeit of Christian background I cannot claim the first and I'm not sure about the second. "An attitude of search" I can wholeheartedly sign up to. The compostela itself doesn't include this last phrase, but does appear to require Christian sentiment (pietatis causa). My Latin rusted away long ago, but I see that Google translates this as for compassion, which I am comfortable with.
I don't know what sort of scrutiny the Pilgrim Office brings to this - probably not much, because of the sheer weight of numbers, but I'd really welcome reflections.