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  1. JohnnieWalker

    Anglican Led Ecumenical Chaplaincy in Santiago

    The Camino Chaplaincy has announced the development of a new, inclusive Anglican led ministry for pilgrims arriving in Santiago as the third and final part of its strategic plan. The Chaplaincy piloted the first organised Welcome Service for pilgrims in Santiago which is now funded permanently...
  2. JohnnieWalker

    Santiago is VERY busy...book ahead

    The numbers are increasing but so also has the number of beds - so much so that the ayuntamiento has imposed a temporary restriction on any new Albergue beds being opened - there is always a tension between the hostals and the Albergues. But I think the issue is a little more complex. ALL of...
  3. JohnnieWalker

    Santiago is VERY busy...book ahead

    Hi - the city remains very busy indeed. Yesterday at different times I met 6 pilgrims who had arrived hoping to find albergue beds only to find all albergues are full. The Seminario Menor has been full by late morning. Even out in San Lazaro the albergues have been full earlier in the day. An...
  4. JohnnieWalker

    Long queues for the Pilgrim Mass in Santiago

    Hola - the town is very busy indeed. The weather is wonderful and it is a long weekend because of the public holiday for the Feast of the Assumption. It is an interesting feature of life in Spain that there are some traditionally religious feasts, the Assumption, All Saints and the Immaculate...
  5. JohnnieWalker

    Meet a moderator

    I met Tincatinker and he appears surprisingly normal for a moderator!
  6. JohnnieWalker

    Mass in English in Santiago

    The Cathedral of Santiago has now announced arrangements for Mass in English for this season: SEE POST 11 FOR 2019
  7. JohnnieWalker

    Free guided tours of Santiago

    Free tours of the city are being offered in Spanish and English. See the attached :
  8. JohnnieWalker

    No Pilgrims Mass

    Falcon you're very tenacious - yes they are having a short service of meditation on the suffering and death of Christ. However there is no Mass, no Communion, no reading lists of pilgrims and no Botafumeiro!
  9. JohnnieWalker

    No Pilgrims Mass

    Hola - I think the difference is caused by the use of the word "Eucharist" which in the Catholic tradition only means Mass - and there is no Mass on Good Friday or Holy Saturday until sundown when the Easter Vigil is celebrated. "Communion", the distribution of hosts consecrated on Holy...
  10. JohnnieWalker

    1st time walker needs advice for Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela & HSBC Bank branch location

    and of course there is a 12 noon and 1pm mass in the nearby church of San Agustin in the centre which both have simply splendid singing and music! :)
  11. JohnnieWalker

    1st time walker needs advice for Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela & HSBC Bank branch location

    Just to repeat - sorry to be tiresome - the EASTER SUNDAY MASS begins at 11.30am!
  12. JohnnieWalker

    1st time walker needs advice for Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela & HSBC Bank branch location

    Hola Grace The main Mass of Easter Sunday in the Cathedral replaces the 12 noon Pilgrims Mass ( although pilgrims are still welcome). The Mass of Easter Sunday begins at 11.30am and usually begins with a procession accompanied by medieval instruments and the Botafumeiro. It is very busy and...
  13. JohnnieWalker

    New law to prohibit short term rentals?

    I think that the central concern is the high level of informal and unregistered accommodation being offered to visitors to Santiago. Being unregistered means proper standards of safety and insurance cannot be regulated. In Santiago this has reached huge numbers - the popularity of Airbnb in the...
  14. JohnnieWalker

    Botafumeiro - Is it worth it?

    There are two Pilgrims' Masses every day at 12 noon and at 19.30. Each year the number of times the Botafumeiro is used increases - 2017 should be no exception!
  15. JohnnieWalker

    Botafumeiro - Is it worth it?

    The Pilgrims' Mass is at 12 noon every day including Sunday. There is also a Pilgrims' mass every evening including Sunday. In August you'd have to be very unlucky indeed not to see the Botafumeiro if you are in the city for a couple of days. August is the busiest month for visitors and...
  16. JohnnieWalker

    No more Botafumeiro 19.30 Friday mass

    It is amazing in the English language what a difference a few letters make...I meant to write the Friday night showing of the Botafumeiro. But the debate has been fun. And I'm not sure the Cathedral does disagree with the sentiments. As has been rehearsed elsewhere on this and other threads...
  17. JohnnieWalker

    No more Botafumeiro 19.30 Friday mass

    With thanks to Sillydol for posting this elsewhere. It looks as if a benefactor from Murcia will save the day : MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS Leonardo Nortes!! Doctor Leonardo Nortes, a pediatric urologist from Murcia with Galician origins, was "very upset" this Sunday when he learned that the...
  18. JohnnieWalker

    No more Botafumeiro 19.30 Friday mass

    In the press reports the Hotel Association say they have no money. I don't really know but I suspect there is some political brinkmanship going on - the Friday Botafumeiro which was only introduced a few years ago is a great tourist attraction therefore I suspect the hoteliers and the cathedral...
  19. JohnnieWalker

    No more Botafumeiro 19.30 Friday mass

    The cathedral has always maintained that they will not publish the times when the Botafumeiro will be used because they want people to go to church simply to worship not to see the Botafumeiro. A few years ago the then boss of the Pilgrims Office used to post the times and dates when the...
  20. JohnnieWalker

    No more Botafumeiro 19.30 Friday mass

    In the 186 days from May to October last year the Botafumeiro was used 243 times! The cancellation of the Friday show is not a tragedy!

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