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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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), … Read more

Join pilgrims for an opportunity to talk all things Camino. We’ll answer questions, share stories, and reflect on our journeys together. Members – please check your email for the registration information.

Join us for time with author and speaker Alexander John Shaia. Joseph Campbell (the great US mythologist) said that unless one makes an adequate return to ordinary life, the hero’s quest is unfulfilled. In this talk, we will consider the outer needs and inner attitudes that support our return from the Camino. Members – please check … Read more

Cynthia J Hoffman, a familiar face at STL chapter events, will talk about her experiences walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and the St. Rose Phillippine Duchesne pilgrimage along the Katy Trail in Missouri. She will also share about the concept of pilgrimage as it exists in major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, … Read more

“The Changing Nature of Pilgrimage in a Globalizing World” An Interdisciplinary Conference Sponsored by The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies, College of William & Mary Alternative pilgrimage Pilgrimage and wellness Building local pilgrimages Secular pilgrimage Teaching Pilgrimage Technology and Pilgrimage https://www.wm.edu/sites/pilgrimage/

The Harlaxton Symposium is an interdisciplinary gathering of academics, students and enthusiasts which meets annually to celebrate medieval history, art, literature and architecture through a programme of papers selected around a chosen theme. The 2021 online symposium, titled “Medieval Travel” runs from Monday, July 26th through Friday, July 30th with two or three presentations scattered … Read more

Registration is open for the St. James’s Day celebration hosted by volunteers from the local Midwest chapters of American Pilgrims on the Camino! The team of volunteers has been working hard finalizing the program and the weekend will be a wonderful and inspiring time! Disappointed you won’t be in Santiago de Compostela on July 25th? … Read more