Eve Alexandra
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2017 Astorga-SDC, April 2022 SJPP-Muxia
Hi there,
I've been lurking here since November when I bought my tickets. I'm leaving for Spain on the 15th of March. I'm 46. I'll be walking mostly alone, although I have a Camino Angel (Julia) from this forum who is meeting up with me for the first two days. <3
I'm starting in Astorga. I'm the mother of many (7, to be exact), so getting away for 4-5 weeks just isn't doable. That said, I'm super grateful for the time I do have.
Somewhere I read that the Pilgrim's Mass is...ummm...not exactly reverent, compared to the smaller masses offered in the side chapels. I'm finalizing my plans and I'm trying to decide if it is important to me to attend an actual Pilgrim's Mass, or if one of these side chapel masses would be better. I'm Catholic, and this is a penitential pilgrimage for me...I'll be lining up for confession as well.
I don't have a lot of time in Santiago...if I don't have to get to mass the same day I arrive, it makes my last walking day a bit easier. That's why I am asking. I'm trying to finalize my stages.
Thanks to you all for all the advice.
And a s/o to SYates...I bought your book on Kindle today. In spite of having read both Brierly and Village to Village, I am finding your book incredibly practical and helpful.
I've been lurking here since November when I bought my tickets. I'm leaving for Spain on the 15th of March. I'm 46. I'll be walking mostly alone, although I have a Camino Angel (Julia) from this forum who is meeting up with me for the first two days. <3
I'm starting in Astorga. I'm the mother of many (7, to be exact), so getting away for 4-5 weeks just isn't doable. That said, I'm super grateful for the time I do have.
Somewhere I read that the Pilgrim's Mass is...ummm...not exactly reverent, compared to the smaller masses offered in the side chapels. I'm finalizing my plans and I'm trying to decide if it is important to me to attend an actual Pilgrim's Mass, or if one of these side chapel masses would be better. I'm Catholic, and this is a penitential pilgrimage for me...I'll be lining up for confession as well.
I don't have a lot of time in Santiago...if I don't have to get to mass the same day I arrive, it makes my last walking day a bit easier. That's why I am asking. I'm trying to finalize my stages.
Thanks to you all for all the advice.
And a s/o to SYates...I bought your book on Kindle today. In spite of having read both Brierly and Village to Village, I am finding your book incredibly practical and helpful.