PILGRIM'S PASSPORT

urbanhiker

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #1

Hi,
I will be arriving in Le Puy on Saturday, Oct 4th around 7pm and will start walking Sunday morning around 8 or 9 in the morning. Will there be a place to pick up a Pilgrim's Passport prior to leaving Le Puy?

Thanks,
Ray

 

Last edited: Aug 27, 2013

Kitsambler

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #2

Your schedule may not support picking up a credential at the Cathedral bookshop. With so much lead time, why not get a credential from your national pilgrim association? That way you would have it in hand with certainty.

Of course, a credential is not a requirement in France, unless you are staying in the municipally-operated gites.

 

vicrev

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #3

I was never asked to produce it in any municipal gites, always had to in the religious order run refuges.........Vicrev

 

urbanhiker

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #4

Thanks. Mostly I would like the passport as a souvenir of the Camino. I will try and pick one up here in the U.S.

Ray

 

billmclaughlin

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #5

You can pick one up after the morning pilgrim mass according to the cathedral's web site. That should be just about right for you to set out at 8 am.

http://www.cathedraledupuy.org/La-benediction-des-pelerins-et-la-creanciale_a35.html

 

egar

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #6

You can get one from the American Pilgrims on the Camino (http://www.americanpilgrims.com/camino/credential_req.html) in just a couple of days.

It is a free service. I just got mine from there and let a little donation to help fund their operations.

 

billmclaughlin

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #7

Also, the Michelin map for this route (number 161) includes blank pages at the back designed for collecting stamps just like a passport/credenciale.

 

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #8

Saturday, Oct 4th

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Saturday is October 5!

 

urbanhiker

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #9

Right. Not sure what I was thinking. I am in fact returning on the 4th of Oct and leaving on the Camino the 15th of Sept. Boy, was I off! In any case all the help is still applicable. Thanks.

 

Dave

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #10

I'd really recommend attending the pilgrim mass in the morning. The mass itself is relatively short, but then it's followed by a pilgrim blessing and a short discussion with the priest (who spoke some English and really made an effort to include English-speakers). When I was there in June, all pilgrims were presented with a rosary and a small metal shell (for a necklace). Immediately after, pilgrims passports were available in the church's gift shop. I was out of there by 8am--in time to pop back to my gite (Capucins), inhale a quick breakfast, grab my pack, and hit the road. A great start to the trip.

 

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #11

Hi Ray
- yes - I'd strongly second Dave's suggestion - I started from Le Puy in July + collected the Creanciale after the 0700 mass at the cathedral, with father's blessing and inspiring few words - technically this is the one issued by the Church (- as against the non-religious one the Credentiale), but there is no practical difference at all to the holder - cost is 5E; mass is at 0700 each morning, including Sundays. The Cathedral is a marvellous sight worth seeing as well
Bon chemin..!! - Stephen in NZ

 

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• Aug 27, 2013

• #12

I second Dave. You can buy a creanciale (with a beautiful red stamp - first one) in the Cathedral's gift shop right after the mass (starting at 7 am). Besides many other things, they also have scallop shells for sale to hang on your backpack. Bonne route. Dolfina

 

urbanhiker

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• Aug 28, 2013

• #13

Hi,
Thanks for all the replies. I love this site. Anyway, Starting with the mass and then getting the Credential afterwards sounds like a good plan. Thanks again.

Ray