Camino News

A 77-year-old woman is inspired to walk a lesser-known network of marked pilgrims trails leading to the basilica dedicated to St. Martin in Tours, France. When the weight of her pack became too much to bear, she found a creative way to carry on.

The Canadian Company of Pilgrims has launched a Mindful Pilgrim initiative focused around the themes of kindness, respect, openness, and curiosity, and meant to encourage people to consider with intention what it means to walk as a pilgrim.

A group of pilgrims get by with a little help from their amigos to experience the magic of the less-traveled Camino Baztan.

Professor and writer Maryjane Dunn, an American Pilgrims lifetime member, was awarded the 11th annual Aymeric Picaud International Prize, recognizing her length and breadth of work related to the Camino de Santiago.

A remembrance of Father José Ignacio, who was a driving force in the founding of the modern hospitalero movement.

It is with much sadness I inform you that our fellow peregrino John Brierley has died. Countless numbers of us have relied on John’s guidebooks as we undertook our caminos.

Luis Gtiérrez Perrino, President of the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago, shared with American Pilgrims that José Ramón Barranco passed away on February 27. He was 92 years old. José Ramón Barranco, Perrino notes, has played a significant role in the Spanish Federation for many years. A member of…