Camino workshops

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MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA
American Pilgrims Hospitalero Training
Friday, January 13 - Sunday, January 15, 2012

Hospitalero training offered through American Pilgrims is conducted in conjunction with its annual Gathering of Pilgrims and on other occasions during the year. The NEXT TRAINING OPPORTUNITY will be in Menlo Park, California, January 13-15, 2012 at the Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park, California in the San Francisco Bay area.

Remember that you must be a current member of American Pilgrims to register for training. Not a member? That's easy! Go to the Membership/Join page, click on the Join American Pilgrims shell link and follow the instructions. Last day to register for the training is January 3rd! Registration online is effective immediately.

To download the information sheet, click HERE. To register online, go to the Hospitaleros page . For further information please contact our hospitalero training coordinator by e-mail.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Talk: The Camino de Santiago–A 500-mile walk across Spain
Saturday, January 21 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Join Marcia Shaver and Myrna Aavedal at the Seattle REI flagship store for an evening of information about the Camino de Santiago. The presentation will explain the historical and cultural background of the Camino and the practicalities of walking the route. A gear demonstration and Q&A session will follow. If you've heard of the Camino and are looking for more information (or you saw the film The Way) or if you are actively planning your trip, this talk will inspire and inform! Between them, the presenters have logged 2,000 miles on the Camino. Although not required, registration is recommended to secure a seat.

REI Seattle Flagship Store
222 Yale Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
206-223-1944

For further information contact the presenters at aavedal@aol.com.

 

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Roads Less Traveled

2012 Gathering of Pilgrims

San Pedro Center, Winter Park, Florida

March 27-April 2

Registration is now LIVE on our website National Events page!

Join us for the 15th Annual Gathering of Pilgrims at the San Pedro Center in Winter Park, Florida. The Gathering, March 29-April 1, is preceded by the Hospitalero Training, March 27-29. The Spiritual Retreat, hosted by Tom Cook, follows the conclusion of the Gathering, from Sunday morning through midday Monday, April 2.

This year’s Opening Reception, on the evening of Thursday, March 29, will feature a Spanish tapas menu with a Valencian flavor. The reception will be followed by a performance of classical Spanish guitar music played by Joshua Englert. Friday evening sees the debut of a new attraction, the Pilgrim Open Mic session: with a couple pictures to illustrate your story, tell us in five minutes about your best—or worst—Camino experience. And, of course, Camino Cabaret returns on Saturday night.

Friday’s schedule will include two limited-enrollment workshops. In her two-session workshop Writing the Camino, Amei Wallach will provide participants with the strategies and techniques to write quality travel literature. And in Camino through the Lens, Ann Howley will give a hands-on workshop covering camera and photography basics and offering ideas to help you get the best Camino photos ever.

Gathering presentations will include new topics like Ultralight Packing, Camino News from Around the World, Reading the Camino, and Romanesque and Gothic for Pilgrims. Last year’s successful Academic Panel will make an encore appearance with the theme The Search for Authenticity. It will be complemented by a second panel offering presentations on Other Caminos. And of course you will find perennial favorites such as Camino First Aid, New Pilgrim Q&A, and Hospitalero Q&A.

All this and more awaits you at the 15th Annual Gathering of Pilgrims in Winter Park. For an overview, travel information, and both online and mail-in registration material, visit our website’s National Gathering page.

See you there!

Gathering Team