Join us on this walk that takes place on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine. We meet at the “The Columns” (aka Pergola) on the northeast corner of Oakland’s Lake Merritt at 10:30 AM and start walking by 10:45 AM. It’s a flat, paved 3.5-mile walk around the lake that takes a…

Music is intrinsic to the Camino de Santiago, the now-revived pilgrimage route through Europe, across northern Spain to the cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Indeed, the 12th-century tome that in some sense is the basis of the Camino, the Codex Calixtinus, has as its first book the treatise on music and sermons…

The NYC chapter needs you! We are looking for NYC-area pilgrims to help us plan chapter activities throughout 2022, both in person safely and online. Possible volunteer roles include, but are certainly not limited to the following: Mentoring coordinator Walks and hikes co-leader Social media lead Book club or film club coordinator Camino presentation facilitator…

The hike will depart from the First Water Trailhead, walking counter clockwise. We will start on the Dutchman Trail to the Black Mesa Trail and then return to the Trailhead on the Second Water Trail. You will be rewarded near the half-way point with an amazing view of the back side of Weaver’s Needle. It…

Planning is underway for the 2022 Annual Gathering of Pilgrims Mark your calendars, pilgrims! The 2022 Gathering team is planning the 25th Anniversary Gathering of Pilgrims, set to take place Thursday, March 31 to Sunday, April 3, 2022. The Gathering will return to the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain NC (just outside Asheville),…

Meet at Panera Bread, 737 9th St., Suite 200, Durham, NC. More info & RSVP: https://forms.gle/8sF1MdYRBnKh9JuT8

Get your Camino training in! With the hills still green (let’s hope!) this is a wonderful walk in the spring, mostly along the East Bay Ridge Trail, with rolling hills, carpeted with wildflowers, stretching into the distance. Compared to its neighbor regional parks – Tilden and Redwood just to the south – Wildcat Canyon is…

Meet-up will be the overflow parking lot on Old Hwy 41–just NW of the main visitor center parking lot. If coming from I-75 via Barrett Parkway, you will see the overflow parking lot on the right, immediately before arriving at the visitor’s center There will be two groups–one will be 10.2 miles and is the…

Join our monthly San Diego Camino Zoom Happy Hour at 4 PM. Come and share favorite Camino stories and places on the Camino. Aspiring pilgrims are also invited to join with your Camino questions. James Geier will host.

Brazos Bend State Park Hike Friday, March 25, 2022 Meet at 40 Acre trailhead at 10:00 a.m. Join the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter in Brazos Bend State Park for a training hike! Starting at 40 Acre Lake, we will piece together an 8-9 mile loop that includes Elm Lake, Horseshoe Lake Loop and Big Creek…