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Great idea. No doubt I will get one when I arrive inIn addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
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This is fantastic! I will be sure to get one of these.In addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
View attachment 8741
OK, Johnnie Walker, be the spokesman for the Catholic Church!!!Thanks Johnnie Walker
Is there for it also a reason? According to my view this shows a discrimination of people, that are not in the physical situation to walk 100 km !! How can a "Christian" church can make something like that?
Hi,Thanks Johnnie Walker
Is there for it also a reason? According to my view this shows a discrimination of people, that are not in the physical situation to walk 100 km !!
As a guide also of older, disabled and ill pilgrims I know enough of these. How a "Christian" church can do something like that?
BC
Raimund
In addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
View attachment 8741
Hi ,Thanks for the information. Where do we purchase the certificate of distance?
OK, Johnnie Walker, be the spokesman for the Catholic Church!!!
I hope my amusement does not make the question even more awkward for you. You are an excellent authority on a wide range of issues, from guidebooks to philosophical issues. I look forward, sympathetically, to your handling of THIS one. Again, many smilies
In addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
View attachment 8741
Please! Can we get this thread back on track, rather than discussing the 100km rule itself.
Johnnie do you have any idea please as to when it might be possible to ask for the certificate on evidence from a previous year, and how this will be implemented? (2009 - Terry; 2012 me). If we are able to walk next year can we bring copies of our compostelas and credenciales for those years, or will it be preferred by post etc. Questions that might not have been considered yet I realise.
Just praying that we make it to Santiago next year again...........
In addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
View attachment 8741
I'd like one!The next thing I could think of, is that each pilgrim who fancies a "CERTIFICATE of DISTANCE ", can use a special "lifewise" step counter (GPS locator) at the start of his/her Camino. It will contain an appropriate "Camino" chip, to be purchased through Amazon or other enabled "Camino" institution (CSJ, etc.).
The chip will record starting and ending dates of the person's "pilgrimage"eek , with daily distances walked, biked, wheel-chaired, horse-backed, etc.
Upon arrival in Santiago, appropriate ACMs (Automatic Chip Machines) strategically located in a certified office near the Pilgrims Office (in case of technical/administrative assistance), will process the data and issue a digital certificate on this same chip.
"Pilgrims", when back home, can then print their own certificate.
This method will reduce waiting lines of pilgrimsand relieve pressure at the Pilgrims' Office, avoid stressed "Amigos" , save on electricity, heating, pencils, stamps, paper and other facility-related costs.
Ample "pilgim information" and statistics, made available from the ACM processing plant, could be used for fund raising from institutions, tourist offices, hotel chains, albergue operators, etc.
This new feature, after it's beta introduction, could be extended to all Camino walkers and perhaps eventually replace the Credencial. The question as to how "stamps" could be issued at albergues (hotels, hostals, restaurants, bars, fruit vendors,etc.) with their imaginative logos could represent a digital stumbling block.
One other point please remember this is basically a free forum with like minded people so criticising other members is not right - the forum members are all a large family - so be respectful and treat each other as you would like to be treated (a familiar phrase)
The certificate is about bragging rights, so it seems less valuable if I cannot get all my bragging rights on it. Some braggard starts in SJPdP and I start in Pamplona, and I have to ignore the five pilgrimages I have done in France and my thirteen compostelas, and settle for a certificate inferior to his?the Pilgrims Office will take what they record to be from the first sello on your credencial to the last
I think you need to go on another pilgrimage Falcon. Buen Camino.
Technically, I think it starts when you get the first stamp in your Credencial.So technically when does a Camino start when we decide to do it or just when we start at SJPDP ?
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I think you need to go on another pilgrimage Falcon. Buen Camino.
I've noticed that particularly French pilgrims are very meticulous in keeping their credencials for their Camino stretches which they have been walking bit by bit over several years. There are others, of course, who have a similar privilege.[...]... for the purposes of the Certificate of Distance, just as with the Compostela, the Pilgrims Office will take what they record to be from the first sello on your credencial to the last. Next?
Going on a purely logical vein it could be " CERTIFICADO DE DISTANCIA "@ Johnnie Walker:
What is the official name of the Certificate of Distance in spanish?
BC
Raimund
Look at the attachment in the original post. It is the proposed certificate. It does not seem to have a title.@ Johnnie Walker:
What is the official name of the Certificate of Distance in spanish?
Going on a purely logical vein it could be " CERTIFICADO DE DISTANCIA "
Also on a previous question all credentials have a multiple choice declaration A PIE, EN BICICLETA OR A CABALLO.
Google translate is fantastic.
Weekchammings go to the top of the class - for getting this right we'll award you a Certificado de Distancia!
Kanga, we will never see eye to eye as my blind one tries to look over my shoulder. Also I don't see the problem in walking from Oz, after all walking on water has been done before!
Tia, your story about the four people wheeling the fifth made me feel a little emotional, so you have got your own back on me there!
Johnnie, perhaps we could have an official weigh-in at the start of a camino and then a certificate of weight loss at the end? Obviously in kilos, but maybe with a conversion for those who deal in avoirdupois?
Jamilla, my name is Turner, so you can have my prize!
Johnnie, perhaps we could have an official weigh-in at the start of a camino and then a certificate of weight loss at the end
...... would this Avoirdupois be the mother of Petit Pois...................Mange Tout..................Mange Tout.............Rodney
Hi Johnnie WalkerIn addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
A copy of the new certificate is attached.
View attachment 8741
I used to offer this service on the camino store as a trial but it has now ended. As far as I know you can only get this certificate now at the pilgrims office if you show up in person.Is there a link available to order a Certificate of Distance? I have gone through the thread but haven't found it. I recently returned from completing the second and final 'instalment' of our Camino (SJPP to Leon), and did not know at the time that I should have brought a copy of my stamped Credentiale from 2012 (Leon to Santiago) with me. Disappointing to go to the Pilgrim's office and not get the Certificate. I would like to follow up, so would appreciate finding out how to do this online orsnail-mail style. Thanks.
In addition to the traditional Compostela and Certificate of Welcome which are still issued on a donativo basis the Pilgrims' Office is now offering a Certificate of Distance.
This new certificate has been produced in response to requests from pilgrims. It records the route which the pilgrim walked, the starting point, the amount of kilometres and the date of arrival in Santiago. The cost is 3€.
Does anyone have the English translation of the distance certificate?
The Certificate of Distance is only offered to pilgrims who qualify for the Compostela
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