[Adapted from a press release from the Friends of the Anglican Pilgrim Centre of Santiago] "It has long been my desire to establish an Anglican Centre in Santiago de Compostela. I envision an ecumenical place that would offer hospitality, learning, healing, hope and love to Anglican and other pilgrims at the end of their journey across Spain." -- Bishop Carlos López, Bishop … [Read more...] about Anglicans to Support Camino de Santiago
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Ministry along the Way
In Emilio Estevez’s film The Way, Californian ophthalmologist Tom Avery (Martin Sheen) travels to the Pyrenees to recover the body of his son who died in a freak storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Instead of returning home immediately, Tom decides to complete his son’s journey on the Way of St. James. While walking the Camino, Tom falls in with pilgrims from around … [Read more...] about Ministry along the Way
What the Camino Taught Me
By Daniel H. Martins For a little more than a thousand years, the mortal remains of St. James have rested in a crypt behind the high altar of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain. Santiago has been a well-traveled pilgrimage destination since then. Between August 13 and September 19 last year, as part of a sabbatical, I walked all 820 kilometers (about 500 miles) of the … [Read more...] about What the Camino Taught Me