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That is specifically an American Pilgrims on the Camino association requirement, here in Australia it is desirable but not obligatory. HosVol itself simply requires hospitaleros to have completed a camino, but they still have to do the 2 day course. It is a common sense measure, as J Wilhaus points out, if you've never stayed in an albergue, how could you know what to expect?The requirement specified that the potential volunteer had to have stayed in 3 non private albergues on a previous Camino.
Contact the Canadian Company of PilgrimsDoes anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training
Canadian Company of Pilgrims runs hospitalero training courses at their chapter locations scattered throughout the country. Canadian hospitaleros are second to none! Just go to their website for details and youtube videos.Does anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training?
not in a position right now for that to happen (cut short my 'post camino in Spain and France' just yesterday to return home to end-of-life parent). However, I'd love to be "ready to go" for 2024, and I'm one of those who is not concerned about being posted in the off season.
We have a CCoP where I live but it does not provide training.
Any Canada-based hospitaleros out there who can help out those of us in Canada who would like to be ready to go back to serve?
It’s an advantage, but not essential. A lot of hospitaleros don’t speak Spanish. Many pilgrims do not speak Spanish either. You would probably be given a partner who was a Spanish speaker or in a team in a larger albergue.Sorry if this is a silly question, but do volunteers need to speak Spanish? I'd love to do this in the future but my Spanish is basic at best despite my best efforts.
Thanks... I guess I will have to wait for next year... They did an April training in Ontario from the looks of it... and unfortunately "throughout the country" hits nowhere particularly close to me. But perhaps I can figure out an arrangement for the 2024 round...Canadian Company of Pilgrims runs hospitalero training courses at their chapter locations scattered throughout the country. Canadian hospitaleros are second to none! Just go to their website for details and youtube videos.
An online hospitaleros training course? Now there's a thought.I wish the CCoP would take up more remote delivery....
...assuming that the courses do not actually teach the manual tasks, but focus not he ethical and procedural... And I'd hazard that the price of admission for actually showing up is as much "filter" that one can rely on for people being willing to do the work on the ground in Spain...An online hospitaleros training course? Now there's a thought.
There are costs (stationery, premises, communication etc) involved and these have to be covered so some fees have to be charged. The main reason there isn't an online course is that so far no one has had the time and inclination to do it.I'd hazard that the price of admission for actually showing up is as much "filter"
I may be able to help out later. I’m not able to get to Spain in July, but you are on my radar.It was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
Volunteers' plans change. People get sick, or die, or change their minds, but apparently in greater numbers now than ever. Some locations will have to close their doors for two-week stretches if help does not arrive soon.
Don't wait.
If you are planning your third or fifth or 18th pilgrimage, (especially if you're one of those 40% who took the training course and never volunteered to serve) consider giving something back to the path that's given you so much. Contact the HosVol, FICS (which is me), or your favorite albergue and offer to lend a hand!
And if you're on the Way now, be extra kind to the people running your albergue.
That is not true. THE Canadian Company of Pilgrim has training in different places throughout Canada. Please access their website www.santiago.ca and look for the hospitalero training.Does anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training?
not in a position right now for that to happen (cut short my 'post camino in Spain and France' just yesterday to return home to end-of-life parent). However, I'd love to be "ready to go" for 2024, and I'm one of those who is not concerned about being posted in the off season.
We have a CCoP where I live but it does not provide training.
Any Canada-based hospitaleros out there who can help out those of us in Canada who would like to be ready to go back to serve?
I understood that the 10 day rotation was only for Ponferrada.That is specifically an American Pilgrims on the Camino association requirement, here in Australia it is desirable but not obligatory. HosVol itself simply requires hospitaleros to have completed a camino, but they still have to do the 2 day course. It is a common sense measure, as J Wilhaus points out, if you've never stayed in an albergue, how could you know what to expect?
I have heard that hosvol have been using a shorter rotation of 10 days, but that is only because of a shortage of hospis. As I said before, too late now to relieve the situation for 2023 but looking ahead to next year, there will be another huge demand in 2024 so if there are any of you out there who have thought you would like to give back, get in touch with your local association and do their course. You won't regret it.
HelloIt was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
Volunteers' plans change. People get sick, or die, or change their minds, but apparently in greater numbers now than ever. Some locations will have to close their doors for two-week stretches if help does not arrive soon.
Don't wait.
If you are planning your third or fifth or 18th pilgrimage, (especially if you're one of those 40% who took the training course and never volunteered to serve) consider giving something back to the path that's given you so much. Contact the HosVol, FICS (which is me), or your favorite albergue and offer to lend a hand!
And if you're on the Way now, be extra kind to the people running your albergue.
Check the American Pilgrims siteHello
I would like very much to participate.
Please let me know what I need to do to become a hospitalero.
I am presently in USA.
Thank you much.
I speak Portuguese and a bit of Spanish enough to communicate.
Studying daily.
Elizabeth
Canadian company of Pilgriks uasDoes anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training?
not in a position right now for that to happen (cut short my 'post camino in Spain and France' just yesterday to return home to end-of-life parent). However, I'd love to be "ready to go" for 2024, and I'm one of those who is not concerned about being posted in the off season.
We have a CCoP where I live but it does not provide training.
Any Canada-based hospitaleros out there who can help out those of us in Canada who would like to be ready to go back to serve?
Google Canadianhospitaleros@blogspot.com. If you go to the CCOP website after a bit of scrolling through all their links you will see a link Canadian Hospitaleros. It has contact info for Mary Virtue (Praisenr of CCOP I think) and Tom Friesen one of the trainers. They were offering training this year. Another source is Caminovictoria.com.Does anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training?
not in a position right now for that to happen (cut short my 'post camino in Spain and France' just yesterday to return home to end-of-life parent). However, I'd love to be "ready to go" for 2024, and I'm one of those who is not concerned about being posted in the off season.
We have a CCoP where I live but it does not provide training.
Any Canada-based hospitaleros out there who can help out those of us in Canada who would like to be ready to go back to serve?
I had heard of a gal in the Montreal area that decided she did not want to travel to Toronto for the training and got a few interested individuals together and the Canadian Chapter sent an individual to her town to teach them. Worth a try!Thanks... I guess I will have to wait for next year... They did an April training in Ontario from the looks of it... and unfortunately "throughout the country" hits nowhere particularly close to me. But perhaps I can figure out an arrangement for the 2024 round...
This is a "Canada problem" -- being massive geographically and very small in terms of population means that as a for example, I would have to spend several hundred dollars (or more, depending...) on travel and accommodation to get to a CCoP training site. I wish the CCoP would take up more remote delivery....
FYI.. If you pursue the training programs ask about staying with a local attendee. When I took the program several locals took in out of towners (room and basic meals provided) in true Camino fashion. So those costs may not lbe a barrier.Thanks... I guess I will have to wait for next year... They did an April training in Ontario from the looks of it... and unfortunately "throughout the country" hits nowhere particularly close to me. But perhaps I can figure out an arrangement for the 2024 round...
This is a "Canada problem" -- being massive geographically and very small in terms of population means that as a for example, I would have to spend several hundred dollars (or more, depending...) on travel and accommodation to get to a CCoP training site. I wish the CCoP would take up more remote delivery....
Thanks for this. Will have a look.This is for next year, but if anyone in Australia is thinking about volunteering as a hospitalero/a in 2024, hosvol run yearly courses in Sydney every January and elsewhere if there is demand. Here is the website address:
Training
An introduction to the hospitalero training program in Australia.www.australianhospitaleros.org
January is when HosVol start assigning volunteers to albergues.
Hi Rebekah, I was trained this past February in Point Reyes CA, really enjoyed it. Am volunteering at a Portuguese albergue in August, and may also consider one for August on the Frances. Can you tell me where help is needed most then? Thank you!It was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
Volunteers' plans change. People get sick, or die, or change their minds, but apparently in greater numbers now than ever. Some locations will have to close their doors for two-week stretches if help does not arrive soon.
Don't wait.
If you are planning your third or fifth or 18th pilgrimage, (especially if you're one of those 40% who took the training course and never volunteered to serve) consider giving something back to the path that's given you so much. Contact the HosVol, FICS (which is me), or your favorite albergue and offer to lend a hand!
And if you're on the Way now, be extra kind to the people running your albergue.
I think fundamentally we are singing to the same choir: people do not invest considerable sums and effort without having a high probability of showing up. I was thinking of the cost of airfare and on-the-ground to be a hopitalero on a camino more particularly than the cost of getting to a training site is all...There are costs (stationery, premises, communication etc) involved and these have to be covered so some fees have to be charged. The main reason there isn't an online course is that so far no one has had the time and inclination to do it.
Courses obviously include the ethical and procedural aspects but there are practical aspects as well and these have to be included as well.
"Across Canada" --- but if you live in Montreal, according to CCoP reply to a particular query then best option is to travel to Ontario (Toronto or London)... and that is just the reply to one query. "Across Canada" is, as you know, a term we use very, very liberally here without it meaning that those things peppered here and there are anywhere near to a particular person. It's not a criticism -- just a reality, and for me, it certainly requires travel that I cannot manage for the foreseeable as I reside nowhere near to a place that training is being offered this year (as far as I can tell).That is not true. THE Canadian Company of Pilgrim has training in different places throughout Canada. Please access their website www.santiago.ca and look for the hospitalero training.
I wrote one ten or more years ago, back when I was a Federation hospitalero trainer. Ivar had it all rigged up to go "live," but the Federation shot it down. It's gotta be face-to-face.An online hospitaleros training course? Now there's a thought.
the Confraternity of St. James (CSJ) in Blackfriars, London, sponsors training sessions in places up and down UK. Not sure about Scotland, but you can look them up and they'll tell you. In my experience, their training is focused on the two albergues they run... but it qualifies you to serve anywhere on the donativo network.Where can you get training in Great Britiain, specifically in Scotland?
Is it possible to link an untrained couple with and experienced hospitalera? Looking more to late fall. I've walked the Frances and repeated a bit again, will have walked the Portuguese by then. Have English, French and a smattering of Spanish and happy to work hard. My husband hasn't walked but would be happy to help. We live in France, so could drive down. Would this work without training? (I've run youth camps in the past, so used to organising)I cannot speak for HosVOL, the federated group that oversees about 17 albergues and runs a (required) hospitalero training program. Anyone who's been a hospitalero in the past (even without Hosvol training) can volunteer. Contact them at Telf: (34) 941-245-674. Fax: (34) 941-247-571 hosvol@caminosantiago.org. They are actively recruiting for many positions.
FICS, the group I work with, likes to employ trained volunteers, but does not require training. We need people mostly in the Fall and Winter this year, in our year-round albergue in Najera. I had this season well staffed, but people are now dropping out (or making demands I cannot meet) and I am very short on folks to fill in the gaps. I especially need a Spanish-speaking veteran for the first half of July. Send me an IM here, or an email at rebrites (at) yahoo. com.
Other calls for help are going up from albergues all around the caminos, in an unprecedented way. Without volunteer hospitaleros, we will soon have no donativo or non-profit albergue network, and only the well-heeled will be able to make the pilgrimage. This traditional hospitality is what makes this Camino different from all other hiking trails. It's time for the repeat pilgrims to step up and help out.
We felt fortunate that the review process was early and we jumped on an opportunity before ticket prices doubled. If we were paying current fares, our plans would have been put off. Hospitalero‘s of the world your time in Spain will be worth more than your education, because it introduces you to the world. Say hi to Pam and Maria in Ribadiso mid September. I will be sauntering again.It was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
Volunteers' plans change. People get sick, or die, or change their minds, but apparently in greater numbers now than ever. Some locations will have to close their doors for two-week stretches if help does not arrive soon.
Don't wait.
If you are planning your third or fifth or 18th pilgrimage, (especially if you're one of those 40% who took the training course and never volunteered to serve) consider giving something back to the path that's given you so much. Contact the HosVol, FICS (which is me), or your favorite albergue and offer to lend a hand!
And if you're on the Way now, be extra kind to the people running your albergue.
Do the CSJ sponsored courses qualify you to work in a HosVol run albergue?the Confraternity of St. James (CSJ) in Blackfriars, London, sponsors training sessions in places up and down UK. Not sure about Scotland, but you can look them up and they'll tell you. In my experience, their training is focused on the two albergues they run... but it qualifies you to serve anywhere on the donativo network.
Write to hosvol, or pm Rebekah. With hosvol, I was paired with an experienced couple my first time, but I did not need to take a bed in the albergue so it didn't cause a problem. I was literally next door, so that was just the same in practical terms - I was as much on duty as the couple was. I also stepped in for a couple of days a few years ago to fill a gap, but again did not need to take up an albergue bed, I went to a private albergue for those days. I would imagine your offer would be seen positively. It is so worth it!Is it possible to link an untrained couple with and experienced hospitalera? Looking more to late fall. I've walked the Frances and repeated a bit again, will have walked the Portuguese by then. Have English, French and a smattering of Spanish and happy to work hard. My husband hasn't walked but would be happy to help. We live in France, so could drive down. Would this work without training? (I've run youth camps in the past, so used to organising)
Mopping floors and cleaning toilets doesn't require Spanish.Sorry if this is a silly question, but do volunteers need to speak Spanish?
That is a very simple description of being a hospitalero and in fact quite offensive ... The cleaning work is done in the morning, when the pilgrims have left the building so nobody is there except you and your colleague(s).Mopping floors and cleaning toilets doesn't require Spanish.
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The province of Quebec has a Camino association that might provide training although I would expect it to be provided in French"Across Canada" --- but if you live in Montreal, according to CCoP reply to a particular query then best option is to travel to Ontario (Toronto or London)... and that is just the reply to one query. "Across Canada" is, as you know, a term we use very, very liberally here without it meaning that those things peppered here and there are anywhere near to a particular person. It's not a criticism -- just a reality, and for me, it certainly requires travel that I cannot manage for the foreseeable as I reside nowhere near to a place that training is being offered this year (as far as I can tell).
Regardless, while I occupy the metaphorical woods with my parent in the end-stages of life, I won't be looking to do any training until 2024... hopefully somewhere nearer to where I live, perhaps a commutable distance instead of one requiring train or plane plus hotel etc.
Taking a prep series in French would be fine by me. I'm sort of in a geographic location in which "it will cost the same for me to go to London, Toronto, or Montreal". Victoria is out of the question... I think there's something in Calgary... but anyone in Canada who lives in a semi-urban or rural area is going to encounter significant travel and accommodation costs to get to one of the "all across Canada" locations. It's just how it is here.The province of Quebec has a Camino association that might provide training although I would expect it to be provided in French
How does one take the course to volunteer?It was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
Volunteers' plans change. People get sick, or die, or change their minds, but apparently in greater numbers now than ever. Some locations will have to close their doors for two-week stretches if help does not arrive soon.
Don't wait.
If you are planning your third or fifth or 18th pilgrimage, (especially if you're one of those 40% who took the training course and never volunteered to serve) consider giving something back to the path that's given you so much. Contact the HosVol, FICS (which is me), or your favorite albergue and offer to lend a hand!
And if you're on the Way now, be extra kind to the people running your albergue.
Check with your national Camino Amigos group. Most big English-speaking camino-fan countries offer a training program four or five times a year. (American Pilgrims on the Camino, Canadian Company of Pilgrims, Confraternity of St. James UK, South Africa, Australia...) You also can take one in Spain, from Hospitaleros Voluntarios (HosVol), if you speak Spanish. Do an online search.How does one take the course to volunteer?
I believe there may be another in Ottawa in the fall. At least, that's what I was hearing from the fellow that runs them. I'm planning on attending that one.Thanks... I guess I will have to wait for next year... They did an April training in Ontario from the looks of it... and unfortunately "throughout the country" hits nowhere particularly close to me. But perhaps I can figure out an arrangement for the 2024 round...
This is a "Canada problem" -- being massive geographically and very small in terms of population means that as a for example, I would have to spend several hundred dollars (or more, depending...) on travel and accommodation to get to a CCoP training site. I wish the CCoP would take up more remote delivery....
Okay..thank you kindly I will do that..Check with your national Camino Amigos group. Most big English-speaking camino-fan countries offer a training program four or five times a year. (American Pilgrims on the Camino, Canadian Company of Pilgrims, Confraternity of St. James UK, South Africa, Australia...) You also can take one in Spain, from Hospitaleros Voluntarios (HosVol), if you speak Spanish. Do an online search.
There is also training in London, ON June 23-25. (I had put that one out of my mind because I'll be in Spain then.)Thanks... I guess I will have to wait for next year... They did an April training in Ontario from the looks of it... and unfortunately "throughout the country" hits nowhere particularly close to me. But perhaps I can figure out an arrangement for the 2024 round...
This is a "Canada problem" -- being massive geographically and very small in terms of population means that as a for example, I would have to spend several hundred dollars (or more, depending...) on travel and accommodation to get to a CCoP training site. I wish the CCoP would take up more remote delivery....
I'm finishing my Camino Frances this Fall (been on it for 10 days x 2) and hope to do the course in Canada this coming winter. So, not able to help out this year, but definitely want to next year.I cannot speak for HosVOL, the federated group that oversees about 17 albergues and runs a (required) hospitalero training program. Anyone who's been a hospitalero in the past (even without Hosvol training) can volunteer. Contact them at Telf: (34) 941-245-674. Fax: (34) 941-247-571 hosvol@caminosantiago.org. They are actively recruiting for many positions.
FICS, the group I work with, likes to employ trained volunteers, but does not require training. We need people mostly in the Fall and Winter this year, in our year-round albergue in Najera. I had this season well staffed, but people are now dropping out (or making demands I cannot meet) and I am very short on folks to fill in the gaps. I especially need a Spanish-speaking veteran for the first half of July. Send me an IM here, or an email at rebrites (at) yahoo. com.
Other calls for help are going up from albergues all around the caminos, in an unprecedented way. Without volunteer hospitaleros, we will soon have no donativo or non-profit albergue network, and only the well-heeled will be able to make the pilgrimage. This traditional hospitality is what makes this Camino different from all other hiking trails. It's time for the repeat pilgrims to step up and help out.
I will look into that one… if it does not collide with other scheduling, that could be my best bet.I believe there may be another in Ottawa in the fall. At least, that's what I was hearing from the fellow that runs them. I'm planning on attending that one.
I don't think it has been scheduled yet. I will try and remember to update this when I find out more information. Or you can look into it by contacting Tom Friesen who will be leading it. (Contact info on the page I linked to above for the Canadian Hospitaleros.I will look into that one… if it does not collide with other scheduling, that could be my best bet.
Spreading the word, Rebekah! Abrazos. Davíd y Colleen.It was clear in 2022 that something was up... and now in 2023 it's come a cropper. There are thousands of trained hospitaleros out there, but this summer --with record numbers of pilgrims stretching the infrastructure to the limit -- there's a real shortage of volunteers stepping up to care for the pilgrims and the camino, in locations all over the map.
No. You don't have to be Catholic or religious. At some albergues there may be Mass or a meditation service. You can request not to be placed at one of those sites. We are not Catholic, but enjoy those sites anyway. We are 61 and 72. There are a lot of retirees who are hospitaleros.Perhaps two dumb questions but I feel I must ask. #1. I am not Catholic or religious for that matter, is this fact an immediate disqualification? #2. My hubby and I would love to do this however we are both 72 years young. Does age make a difference?
We can mop floors, scrub toilets and I speak fluent spanish, a little portuguese and french. Would I/we qualify for the training!
Neither age nor creed is a barrier to serving as a hospi. You qualify big time.Perhaps two dumb questions but I feel I must ask. #1. I am not Catholic or religious for that matter, is this fact an immediate disqualification? #2. My hubby and I would love to do this however we are both 72 years young. Does age make a difference?
We can mop floors, scrub toilets and I speak fluent spanish, a little portuguese and french. Would I/we qualify for the training!
Re #1: I have never heard of religion as a requirement to be a hospitalero. I'm pretty sure I know some who are not Catholic.Perhaps two dumb questions but I feel I must ask. #1. I am not Catholic or religious for that matter, is this fact an immediate disqualification? #2. My hubby and I would love to do this however we are both 72 years young. Does age make a difference?
We can mop floors, scrub toilets and I speak fluent spanish, a little portuguese and french. Would I/we qualify for the training!
I am doing a volunteer hospitalera stint in Ponferrada in the second half of Oct. No 10 day offer.I understood that the 10 day rotation was only for Ponferrada.
Same question. I am ready to go on my second Camino. I think it would be amazing to stop and help for a few weeks in the middle.Does anyone have information for how Canadian pilgrims can find training?
not in a position right now for that to happen (cut short my 'post camino in Spain and France' just yesterday to return home to end-of-life parent). However, I'd love to be "ready to go" for 2024, and I'm one of those who is not concerned about being posted in the off season.
We have a CCoP where I live but it does not provide training.
Any Canada-based hospitaleros out there who can help out those of us in Canada who would like to be ready to go back to serve?
The newsletter said for Spaniards who may not want to take their years's vacation as a volunteer. Not sure if you needed to ask or not.I am doing a volunteer hospitalera stint in Ponferrada in the second half of Oct. No 10 day offer.
I speak no Spanish, even after taking classes here in Canada, but have been a hospitalero at 5 different albergues … when all else fails, google translate! But a smile makes up for a lot, and I’m in awe of all the pilgrims that speak EnglishI would, but don't speak Spanish, so I guess that kind of rules that out. I read somewhere you need to be fluent to apply, I think on the CSJ website. I will never be fluent and probably never be much beyond the basics. But this year is a bust anyway. Maybe when i'm older and wiser (or just older).
If it didn't boil down to speaking Spanish, I can clean toilets and do general caretaker level stuff as well as the next person.
How do I find out about signing up for training in the U.S.? Obvs it would have to be for next year. I walked the Camino from SJDP ten years ago and have my passport to prove I stayed in albergues.2 courses just offered in the US in April. Difficult as we are catching up from the Covid years. It used to be so competitive to get an albergue for veterans. Hope some will come back!
yes, it does. It qualifies you to serve anywhere. But you will find HosVol albergues a bit different from the CSJ ones!Do the CSJ sponsored courses qualify you to work in a HosVol run albergue?
You will probably need to go to Spain to do the 2 day course if you want to volunteer for HosVol. They do not train 'on the job' - that is not their policy to the best of my knowledge. CSJ training, I believe, is specific to their albergues but if they allow you to do their course, Hosvol may accept you as a volunteer but you'd have to ask them directly. J Wilhaus's thread above has the link. As Rebekah has mentioned, FICS do train volunteers in house, so that might be your best option.I think if I end up doing this, I will have to go to a hostel early to get the training. I can't seem to find anyone besides CSJ that do it in the UK.
I received the invite for the September training in Michigan and the requirement for albergue stays seems to be lowered to 1. Check the American Pilgrims website.The thing that prevents some from attending the US courses ( at least for me) was two fold:
The requirement specified that the potential volunteer had to have stayed in 3 non private albergues on a previous Camino. I'm not even sure if I will be able to do so in my upcoming ( hopeful) Camino Primitivo).
Also, the minimum 2 week stay, plus travel time, is not something I can do every year.
I received the invite for the September training in Michigan and the requirement for albergue stays seems to be lowered to 1. Check the American Pilgrims website
We just let them know when we are available and go where the coordinator feels the need is greatest. There is no "list" on the website, but if you look at their newsletters posted on the website there is a list of sorts in a recent one, where hospitalero statistics were reported.Can someone direct me to a list of the HosVol albergues?
There is no definitive list. I think at the moment they organise placements for about 17 donativo albergues. Mainly on Camino Frances, but a few on other caminos. As mentioned above, once you are trained, you just provide the 2 week periods that you are available ( 1st fortnight or 2nd fortnight of the month) and they will allocate you where you are needed.list
Can you please post their reply on here when you get it. I am also interested for next year but not fluent in SpainishI'll contact CSJ and see if it's definitely a no go with them. If so I will look into other possibilities.
Thanks to everyone for the help.
I have done three shifts of voluntering for FICS, my fourth is coming up in July. But I don't think I'm nice enough to let HosVol send me anywhere they want...There is no definitive list. I think at the moment they organise placements for about 17 donativo albergues. Mainly on Camino Frances, but a few on other caminos. As mentioned above, once you are trained, you just provide the 2 week periods that you are available ( 1st fortnight or 2nd fortnight of the month) and they will allocate you where you are needed.
Would you explain what you mean? Or is it too complicated? About your comment that you are not nice enough...I doubt that!I have done three shifts of voluntering for FICS, my fourth is coming up in July. But I don't think I'm nice enough to let HosVol send me anywhere they want...
You can opt in/out for albergues that have communal dinner and religious services so there is some choice. Also it’s part of the fun not knowing where you’re goingthink
I’m a new CSJ hospitalero. The training this year was online via Zoom or equivalent.the Confraternity of St. James (CSJ) in Blackfriars, London, sponsors training sessions in places up and down UK. Not sure about Scotland, but you can look them up and they'll tell you. In my experience, their training is focused on the two albergues they run... but it qualifies you to serve anywhere on the donativo network.
There are places I stayed one night as a pilgrim where I would not want to spend two weeks as hospitalera. There are many, many places I'd love to serve, but not just anywhere. That's why I'd like a list. Next summer, we'd gladly offer two weeks between July 1st and August 15th, in albergue A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K, but NOT L or M...Would you explain what you mean? Or is it too complicated? About your comment that you are not nice enough...I doubt that!
I can see where you are coming from in relation to this. I stayed at many good places when I walked, but some places weren't so good and a couple were the worst places I've ever stayed. Coming from CSJ I think I would be spoilt as the Rabanal refugio is pretty nice and I expect the one on the Norte is too. But a handful of the ones I stayed at would be challenging to work at, no names mentioned. Though the volunteers at them did their best in difficult circumstances.There are places I stayed one night as a pilgrim where I would not want to spend two weeks as hospitalera. There are many, many places I'd love to serve, but not just anywhere. That's why I'd like a list. Next summer, we'd gladly offer two weeks between July 1st and August 15th, in albergue A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K, but NOT L or M...
We always have a choice given to not serve at the offered albergue. As an example, we loved Arres this year. But it was very costly for us to rent a car this year to get groceries at this more remote location. We probably would not accept the invitation to serve there after I retire and we have a more modest income. There was an option for grocery delivery, but we opted for the more convenient but expensive rental car.There are places I stayed one night as a pilgrim where I would not want to spend two weeks as hospitalera. There are many, many places I'd love to serve, but not just anywhere. That's why I'd like a list. Next summer, we'd gladly offer two weeks between July 1st and August 15th, in albergue A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K, but NOT L or M...
My experience of this was that the course was online. I loved playing my part as hospitalera in the CSJ albergue in Rabanal this year.the Confraternity of St. James (CSJ) in Blackfriars, London, sponsors training sessions in places up and down UK. Not sure about Scotland, but you can look them up and they'll tell you. In my experience, their training is focused on the two albergues they run... but it qualifies you to serve anywhere on the donativo network.
Hi Catharine, can you tell me roughly some of the topics that an online course covers please? What about offering meals? Are there specific courses, how does buying ingredients work? Is that dependent on the hospitaleros?My experience of this was that the course was online. I loved playing my part as hospitalera in the CSJ albergue in Rabanal this year.
Hi Rebekahyes, it does. It qualifies you to serve anywhere. But you will find HosVol albergues a bit different from the CSJ ones!
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