American Pilgrims News
American Pilgrims on the “Camino Cafe” Podcast
Recently American Pilgrims’ members and volunteers Steve and Carol Lytch were guests on Leigh Brennan’s Camino Cafe podcast. Steve is the current board chairman of American Pilgrims. Steve and Carol were volunteers in 2022 at the Ribadiso albergue on the Camino Francés. Follow this link to learn more about our Ribadiso Welcome Service. Leigh filmed…
Read MoreOur Next Hospitalero Training Session: Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4, 2023
We are excited and pleased to announce the next Hospitalero Training session of 2023 will be held Friday, June 2, 2023, to Sunday, June 4, 2023, at the Mt. Gilead Camp & Conference Center in Stroudsburg, PA.
Read MoreNavarra: Una Experiencia en el Camino
American Pilgrims on the Camino is offering our members a unique Spanish travel opportunity May 18-26, 2023, in Navarra, Spain.
This first-ever cultural journey, in coordination with Los Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Estella, will traverse the geographically diverse region of the medieval Basque Kingdom of Navarra and give participants the opportunity to intimately get to know the culture, gastronomy and wine, and varied terrain along the Camino Francés as well as portions of the Aragones and the Baztanes.
Read MoreHospitalero Training Offers Second Session April 11-13, 2023
Many who attend the Annual Gathering of Pilgrims are interested in our hospitalero training. In the past, we have not been able to accommodate everyone who wished to attend. This year, if there’s enough interest, we have the capacity to offer two hospitalero trainings April 11-13, 2023, just prior to the Gathering in Zephyr Cove, NV.
Read MoreAmerican Pilgrims’ 2nd Annual Virtual Open House, Saturday, December 10, 2022
Join us on Saturday, December 10, 2022, for our 2nd annual open house! John Brierley, renowned , will join us to share inspirations from the Camino and his reflections on the healing power of the Camino.
Read MoreRegistration is now open for our Hospitalero Training session in Point Reyes, CA
Do you want to give back to the pilgrim community? Would you like to serve pilgrims as an hospitalero at an albergue along the Camino? Read on to learn more about our next training session.
Read MoreRegistration is open for Hospitalero Training session in Colorado Springs, CO
Do you want to give back to the pilgrim community? Would you like to serve pilgrims as an hospitalero at an albergue along the Camino? Read on to learn more about our next training session.
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Read MoreAmerican Pilgrims’ Virtual Open House Events a Great Success!
s virtual “Open Houses” were a great success! Thank you so much to our speakers and singers, and to those at home who tuned in to these wonderful events.
Read MoreAmerican Pilgrims Grants Program Recognized with Trifinium Award by Federación Española
At an awards ceremony in Madrid on October 21during the XII International Congress of Jacobean Associations, American Pilgrims on the Camino was awarded the “International Jacobean Trifinium Award: a Life, a Work and an Action Program” by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago. The award has been given since 2012 to recognize those people, groups, institutions, etc., who have supported and contributed to the Camino de Santiago The first Trifinium Award was presented in 2012 by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago by virtue of celebrating its 25th anniversary that year (1987-2012) and it is triennial in nature.
American Pilgrims was awarded the prize in the “One Action” category, recognizing our grants program. The Grants program was described as an altruistic program, supporting non-profit Jacobean entities and organizations that work in Spain, Portugal and France on the Camino de Santiago and for facilitating the transit of pilgrims.
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