Join us for an approximately 11-mile out-and-back along historic Battle Road in Minuteman National Historical Park on Saturday, July 16, beginning at 9am at the Fiske Hill Parking Area in Lexington. This moderately difficult walk follows restored carriage roads that are mostly flat and that travel through a restored historic landscape. The group will stop…

Local pilgrim Joe Harris is organizing a hike at Borderland State Park at 259 Massapoag Avenue, North Easton, MA. The hike is ~3.2 miles in length, moderate difficulty. We regret being unable to welcome your canine friends, other than service animals. See a map of the hike route, and sign up if you would like…

Boston Chapter pilgrims are bringing back our traditional potluck gathering and shell ceremony for pilgrims getting ready to go on Camino for the first time. We have reserved Picnic Site 4 at the Houghton’s Pond Recreation Area in the Blue Hills Reservation. Come enjoy the afternoon with fellow pilgrims, and share the Camino spirit! And…

The Reverend Anne Gardner, a Massachusetts native, will join us virtually from California to discuss her debut book, And So I Walked, which recounts her journey of traversing the Camino. The book explores how faith, family, and friendship both change and sustain us. An Episcopal priest and chaplaincy program leader by day, Anne also finds…

Come meet and talk with fellow pilgrims. Whether you have already walked a Camino or are contemplating a future pilgrimage, you are welcomed. No sign-up necessary. We will have patches and friendly chapter representatives available to share a cup of coffee and good conversation. Meet at Caffè Nero, 321 Broadway in Arlington Center.

Anne Born, the Tumbleweed Pilgrim, is an award-winning writer and the publisher of The Backpack Press. She divides her time between New York, Michigan, and Spain. Anne will join the Boston Chapter via Zoom to discuss the Camino de Santiago and two of her related books: Buen Camino!: Tips from an American Pilgrim (2017) and…

Beyond Even the Stars by Kevin A. Codd is not a typical Camino memoir. It is about the author’s second Camino, not his first. It is not a pilgrimage in Spain along the Camino Frances or Camino Portuguese. Rather this book recalls Codd’s unfinished camino in Belgium and France along the less traveled – especially…

Join us for an approximately three-mile hike at Houghton’s Pond in the Blue Hills Reservation. The hike will be moderate difficulty. All COVID protocols will be observed. Please note that insurance requirements require us to ask that your canine friends (other than service animals) sit this one out. Please click the Register button and use…

Tim and Dina Cote will host, well, not exactly a “book club” but sort of a “blog club”. Subject blog is now downloaded text and pictures that documented their 2019 pilgrimage along the Camino Portugués (central route) from Porto to Santiago. Sign up with the registration link and you’ll be sent the files—about 30 pages…

Join the Boston Chapter online for a discussion with author Meg Maloney, regarding her book “Slow Your Roll: Ruminations & Reflections On My Walk Across Spain” (2021). A further introduction to Meg and her book is here: https://www.facebook.com/Slow-Your-Roll-Ruminations-Reflections-On-My-Walk-Across-Spain-100726728604542/