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Yes,I was told the same thing during my training as a hospitalière/ hospitalera/volunteer in Le Puy en Velay in 2012 in Le Relais St Jacques.I was advised, as a hospitalera, not to share my experience but to listen and only to offer advice when I was asked.
Unfortunately in this albergue, being a quite large albergue, there is not any pilgrims dinner.anyhow, time by time, I prepare a queimada!
Tsk! Tsk! There is only Orujo for the true pilgrim. Quiemada is for touristsI am sure little by little Queimada is becoming the unofficial drink of Caminos in Spain and Portugal, I have seen it offered many times over the years but it seems that everyone is looking for it now.
Please pull this thread a little more @Vacajoe. In what way, specifically?, I will be a completely changed pilgrim when staying at albergues in the future.
Now I realize that hospitaleros are actually on a Camino journey themselves, not physically walking but internally (emotionally, psychologically, mentally) - what called them to serve? What are their insights to pilgrimage? I plan to spend some time ministering to their needs and not simply taking the help they provide as a non-reciprocated gift.In what way, specifically?
in that case I will not be sharing MY ritual!Quiemada is a ritual. Orujo is a drink. Please don’t conflate
Thanks for your response to VNwalking. As a hospitalera from some years ago, I know that there has to be an element of open hands. Like sand runs through your fingers, so do pilgrims. They appear, and go on their way. We are not the first people to experience that! Such is human nature. What you have seen though, is a gift for you and for the albergues you will contact. The hospitaleros, in the parochial system, are there for two weeks at a time...the messages remain on a wall, in a notebook.. so do report back!Now I realize that hospitaleros are actually on a Camino journey themselves, not physically walking but internally (emotionally, psychologically, mentally) - what called them to serve? What are their insights to pilgrimage? I plan to spend some time ministering to their needs and not simply taking the help they provide as a non-reciprocated gift.
Additionally, I recognize now that hospis really do become experts of what’s available in the village they are in, as well as what lies ahead in the next few stages. Having reverse-walked before, I see that I should have shared my newly-gained knowledge of open/closed albergues and trail conditions with them so that they could pass it on to others.
Finally, often they share their contact information, so I wish I had updated them when I finished my Camino. Hospis invest in their temporary “wards” and it takes so little to send them a photo from SdC with a simple “I made it!” and a thank you for their assistance on completing the journey, no matter how small it may have been.
There may be no greater service to fellow humans than following the directions of Matthew 25 (Feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, abd so on) - I think recognizing that as a pilgrim recipient and thanking the one who provided for me is the least I can do in return.
It would not have crossed my mind that hospis might actually remember any of the grains of sand who run through their fingers. There are certainly a few hospis I wish I had written my thanks to after various caminos, because they really did make a difference. Next time.Hospis invest in their temporary “wards” and it takes so little to send them a photo from SdC with a simple “I made it!” and a thank you for their assistance on completing the journey, no matter how small it may have been.
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