pilgrims & pilgrimage

A few months before I began the Camino Portugese, I posted the following: "I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?" I got great advice from so many on this forum. Thank you! Recently I walked with one...

Hi! I’m Dale and I live in Birmingham, Alabama. I am in between assignments in my work and will be walking the Camino Frances, leaving St. Jean Pied de Port on March 5th. I am approaching my walk as a spiritual pilgrimage. I would love to connect with any others who are planning to leave about...

The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a short pilgrimage route starting at Basingwerk Abbey near the River Dee and finishing at Bardsey Island. Lucy and Martyn walked approximately 216 kilometres (134 miles) in Autumn 2017 (the full length of the trail). This book gives an account of their walk. Lucy...

As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you! I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the...

A christmas online pilgrimage I would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2018, with this little christmas LEGO-story I found online. http://www.bricktestament.com/the_life_of_jesus/index.html (Mods, please move it if misplacesed, or erase. This isn´t meant to be anything...

Le Chemin du Puy is the first part of a very long pilgrimage route starting at Le-Puy-en-Velay in France and finishing at Santiago in North West Spain. Pilgrims have walked this route for many years to the place where they believed St James was buried. Lucy and Martyn walked more than 750...

There is my confession, and now let me try to explain it. I respect and cheer on others' spiritual perspectives and experiences, walking the Camino de Santiago. All of your experiences and beliefs are as valid, real and true as mine are. So I hope you will allow me to share my personal view...

Hello Everyone, I am in SJPDP staying in Maison E Bernat and somewhere in my fuzzy memory is a story about Madam Bernat who people had to go to and explain why they were walking to Santiago and she would determine if you were a true pilgrim or not. I'm sure I don't have the story correct or...

The actual "full Camino" is to start from your front door to Santiago, then turn about and walk back home again (difficult, unless you live in Spain or in France or Andorra or Gibraltar near to the Spanish border) -- regardless of which route you've chosen. No, I've never done it either (though...

The El Pais newspaper ran an article yesterday (22 July 2917) about the protests in Logroño with the purpose of changing the "Camino" away from the town center. The following is a (partial) translation of the article: [They did not seek to end the ancestral pilgrimage route, but to denounce that...

Then this may be of interest. Champing - camping in churches! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/church-champing-for-scottish-pilgrims Slighe cheart!

In September 2013 Tony Collins took advantage of a long-overdue sabbatical to walk the 490 miles of the Camino, from the French border to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. For decades he had helped to provide the evangelical churches of the world with reading material. Now he was...

I'd like to get opinions on a thought I had. What if you have the intention to begin your Camino, but in the end could not begin physically walking when you wished? If you were still to actively seek out sites of pilgrimage without setting out by walking from place A to Santiago at that specific...

Greetings Fellow Pilgrims! Recently, I lost my 29 year old son in a tragic accident. He died less than 2 months before his 30th Birthday. His death has had a very profound impact on me and my family and has shaken me to my core. As a result, I am planning on traveling to Portugal and...

Deep winter has arrived in the southern mountains of Colorado where I live. I am longing for spring and the Camino that I have planned from Lisbon to SDC with my husband. Being holed up inside for several days has created a contemplative heart. I am asking the question: What is a pilgrimage...

Without getting too much into the politics and reasons for this amazing journey (and begging the moderator's indulgence), Clinton Pryor a Wajuk, Balardung, Kija and a Yulparitja man from the west is walking across Australia. To date he has walked 1943.4 km from Perth and is in the spiritual...

My husband and I walked a portion of the Camino de Santiago Sept 25 - Oct 3 from SSJP to Logrono. It was all the time we could take from work and decided when planning to do the Camino in 3 stages over 3 years. We've been home for 3 weeks now and the high is still on. However this past week...

PCP is behind me and left me with tons of great memories, Facebook - and other friends! Two wishes remain uppermost: 1) More activity by the churches. I was invited just once. At least this camino will be no pilgrimage without a lot of activity from the peregrino/a 2) after the long wait...

Several threads have recently contained spirited debate on whether one must suffer to be on a pilgrimage. No one asked if reading my forum posts count as suffering o_O, and I thank you all for that. I’ve been digging holes all morning, thinking about this question. I personally think that...

Possibly my thought is the result of the CP being underdeveloped and I'll see more as I go on. I am now in Tomar. This has been a pilgrimage in many ways. There are two things I have missed though: Churches, that are actually open (any denomination), and Churches, that try to actively (without...