Catholic Priests wanted for 2016

[JohnnieWalker]

Camino Outreach Programme

Priests who have made the pilgrimage to Santiago are sought to provide a voluntary pastoral service including daily mass and confession for pilgrims based in locations along the Camino Francés. The minimum commitment is two weeks. Applications for longer placements of up to 6 months are very welcome from priests who are retired or on sabbatical. Accommodation is provided.

Further information: www.caminochaplaincy.blogspot.com or caminochaplaincy@gmail.com

 

[Teresa Santamaria]

I shared this on my FB page and will share with Brooklyn parish here. Good friend is a Paulist who might really enjoy this. And then, I know a chunk of Norbertines..... Thank you! Tree

 

[jumpingin2014]

I sent the link to our son in Seminary at St Augustines in Toronto and to our parish. I think it might prompt a real response but who knows. This is great idea and my hat is off to the people who run this.

Well done!

Mark

 

[Castilian]

You might get in touch with the Royal English College (for the training of Catholic priests) in Valladolid (www.sanalbano.org) to send them the info (or let them know about it) and see whether they are interested and/or they can send it to (other) people that might be interested.

 

[grayland]

Good on ya,John....for the work you continue to do.

 

[SYates]

The Augustine priests here http://www.augustiniani.cz/en in Prague have done pilgrimages with their parish before and some of them are even Spanish ;-) Perhaps worth contacting? SY

 

[donalomahony]

Question: Any ministry options for ordained Catholic Deacons?

Not one myself but know one who has walked CF twice from sjpp.

Has a lot to offer.


D.

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Thanks for these helpful suggestions. The recruitment campaign for 2016 is under way with adverts in the religious press and information circulated through Religious Orders, dioceses, the country seminaries in Spain etc. The number of applications already received is very encouraging.

Priests planning a pilgrimage often read this forum and I am hoping that as part of their planning they could add some time on at the end of their Camino to put something back in the unique way that priests can.

Next year the Camino Chaplaincy will continue in Santiago and we also hope to offer an outreach programme opening some of the formerly closed churches along the Camino Frances to start with.

At this time there are no plans to offer placements to Deacons but that is very much in our thoughts for the future.

Also the Camino Chaplaincy currently cannot offer placements to those other than Roman Catholic priests. I have begun a discussion with a few key organisations about the feasibility of supporting ministers of other denominations in providing a ministry to pilgrims - we would love to be able to engage the many offers of help we have received from female Anglican priests in particular. However we simply do not have the resources to expand the service as yet.

 

[SYates]

... Also the Camino Chaplaincy currently cannot offer placements to those other than Roman Catholic priests. I have begun a discussion with a few key organisations about the feasibility of supporting ministers of other denominations in providing a ministry to pilgrims - we would love to be able to engage the many offers of help we have received from female Anglican priests in particular. However we simply do not have the resources to expand the service as yet.

Excellent news! If you need a contact person in the CoE I can put you in contact with somebody there that speaks Spanish and is interested in this topic. Buen Camino, SY

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Excellent news! If you need a contact person in the CoE I can put you in contact with somebody there that speaks Spanish and is interested in this topic. Buen Camino, SY

Thanks. There have been some discussions with the Bishop of Europe's office and various others in the Anglican network. This moves slowly. One of the major considerations is whether there would be sufficient pilgrims who would wish to benefit from an "other than RC" ministry. We'll see - at least discussions are under way.

 

[koilife]

[QUOTE="JohnnieWalker, post: 359810, member: 853"At this time there are no plans to offer placements to Deacons but that is very much in our thoughts for the future.[/QUOTE]

What about opportunities as a visiting pilgrim deacon to serve at a Mass?

 

[SYates]

Without intruding into @JohnnieWalker 's field of expertise, if you are an ordained Roman-Catholic deacon with the papers to proof it you just address yourself to the pilgrims office who will point you to somebody in the Cathedral sacristy and you will be able to serve at mass. Buen Camino, SY

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Visiting priests and deacons who wish to participate in mass at the High Altar in the Cathedral of Santiago are asked to go to the sacristy 15 minutes before the mass begins. Celebrets are required. Outside the Cathedral they should simply ask the presiding priest in the usual way.

 

[koilife]

Visiting priests and deacons who wish to participate in mass at the High Altar in the Cathedral of Santiago are asked to go to the sacristy 15 minutes before the mass begins. Celebrets are required. Outside the Cathedral they should simply ask the presiding priest in the usual way.

@JohnnieWalker and @SYates --- Thank you! In 2013, I carried papers with me, but as all the Masses were in Spanish, which I don't speak, I did not seek out the chance to serve. That pilgrimage was the first time since my ordination where I didn't serve, and it was on par with missing my wife!

I didn't know there was an English Mass or I'd have asked to serve there. Sadly, as I couldn't find an English speaking priest, I couldn't even make my Confession until I returned to the States, so I greatly appreciate and laud your work to provide this service!

Given the impracticality of schleping vestments across Spain, can I assume there are dalmatic, alb, cincture, and stoles available, or do I need to plan for some/all (shipping to Ivar to store till I arrive)?

 

[SYates]

There is always a spare alb around somewhere in a vestry, it might not be your size and it might look humorous, but how cares really? Buen Camino, SY

 

[koilife]

There is always a spare alb around somewhere in a vestry, it might not be your size and it might look humorous, but how cares really? Buen Camino, SY

I walk with a silver-coated umbrella attached to my backpack. How much more ridiculous can I look in a mini-skirt or a muumuu?!

 

[SYates]

Wearing the mini-skirt AND the muumuu AND the silver-coated umbrella at the same time? *ducks, runs and hides*
SY