Announcing American Pilgrims' Next Hospitalero Training Session June 6 – 8, 2025 Mt Gilead Camp Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Our next hospitalero training session will be held June 6 – 8, 2025 at the Mt. Gilead Camp, 440 Rinker Rd, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.  Registration costs $295.00 and includes two nights' lodging, six meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch), and all training materials. All linens…

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…

Please join us for a conversation with Laurie Dennett. Laurie is an author, translator and fundraiser. She walked to Santiago de Compostela in 1986 from Chartres, France, and the memoir of her pilgrimage, A Hug For The Apostle(1987), became a Camino classic. Her writings and broadcasts on this and subsequent pilgrim journeys (London to Rome…

Break out your bookmarks, American Pilgrims, because it is officially time for our Spring 2025 meeting of the Camino Book Club! The next title we will be reading is Kevin A. Codd’s moving 2008 memoir “To the Field of Stars: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela”. Looking to take stock of his life, Codd…

Coffee get together to share camino stories, experiences, expectations (and humor). For those interested, there will be a walk starting at 11 am.

Directions: Take I-40 East, and turn south onto Hwy. 337 at Tijeras. Continue traveling south for a few miles. We will meet in the parking lot for Pine Flat Picnic Area which is on the left as you are traveling down Hwy. 337. When you turn in on the gravel drive, bear to the right. The walk…

Please join us for a casual coffee meetup, hosted by coordinator Richard Comeau! This will be an opportunity to come together and discuss all things Camino. Share stories, ask questions, seek advice-whatever you’re looking for from our community of pilgrims! We hope to see you there.

This hike offers access to a true diamond, historic Belle Isle, nestled between the Cities of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.  Our hike will take in the beautiful Detroit skyline, as well as the elegant Windsor shoreline; the busy river traffic; and the many important exhibits, museums and landmarks on the Island.  

This is a wonderful opportunity to train for your fall Camino (or relive it) and beat the heat! The out and back hike to O’Leary Peak Lookout begins on a forest road with gradual elevation gain. The trail is open and surrounded by lava field. We will get off the forest road between two summits…

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…