Vlaams Genootschap van Santiago de Compostela
Varkensstraat 6 - 2800 Mechelen - Belgium
International Santiago Congress in Belgium in 2010
*The Flemish Confraternity of Santiago de Compostela will soon be celebrating its 25th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, it will organise an international Santiago Congress on Saturday and Sunday, 30th and 31st of October, 2010.
The programme and the international speakers’ subjects will be based on the following elements:
- the historical meaning of the cults of St. James and the pilgrimage to Santiago
- the re-discovery of the roads of St. James in the 20th century
- the development of new St. James’ roads in Europe
- the roads of St. James as a source for a new spirituality.
The members of the Flemish confraternity invite all foreign St. James Confraternities, but the event is open to all other interested parties. Simultaneous translation to and from these languages will be provided:
Dutch, Spanish, English, German and French.
For more information please contact:
congres.2010@compostelagenootschap.be