Posts by Carol Guttery
Accompanying Me Home
Having stood witness to his Camino family united by individual losses, a pilgrim who has returned home faces his own deep personal loss. And in that darkest moment, a pilgrim friend’s gesture from across the Atlantic Ocean brings him light.
Read MoreListening Is an Act of Lightening
A Pilgrim’s Reception Office volunteer finds that in listening to pilgrims unburden their sorrows and lift up their joys, his own emotional load is also lightened.
Read MoreCamino Baztan: Misty, Mystical, and Magical (But Not for Everyone)
A group of pilgrims get by with a little help from their amigos to experience the magic of the less-traveled Camino Baztan.
Read More2024 Grants: Supporting the Camino Infrastructure
American Pilgrims in 2024 approved 22 grants totaling $114,800, the largest one-year total in the history of the organization’s grants program.
Read MoreBook Review: Call of the Camino
An unexpected bookstore find becomes the Camino memoir that keeps on giving in Jerald Stroebele’s review of Robert Mullen’s “Call of the Camino.”
Read MoreCanceled
A poem by Mary Baldree that celebrates canceling the plans she made to make way for the Camino she was meant to have.
Read MoreA Lot to Talk About
As they walk together in the rain, one pilgrim’s openness and honesty allows the other pilgrim to show his vulnerability, too.
Read MoreA Journey of Gratitude
While making a pilgrimage in honor of his friend who died on Camino the previous year, a stroke survivor learns how to accept help from others; view curses as blessings; and find peace, gratitude and new life to celebrate.
Read MoreA Heart Opened
With ample time to reflect on 72 years of life and be present to appreciate what the Camino offers, a man’s heart opens to find a renewed spiritual relationship.
Read MoreA Broken Soul
After her father’s unexpected death, a heartbroken woman feels called to the Camino, where her physical suffering helps her unburden her emotional pain.
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