Led & Held Through Grief to the Camino
The Infant Jesus of Prague becomes a source of comfort to a woman after the dissolution of her marriage and all the way to the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela.
Kindness Leads the Way
An obscured Camino marker and the kindness of locals lead two pilgrims to find a sense of connection and camaraderie one morning on the Finisterre route.
Chapter Happenings – Autumn 2026
An Autumn 2026 compilation of American Pilgrims on the Camino chapter happenings.
Book Review: The Codex of Christian Surname
Book review of The Codex of Christian Surname, Shoshana D. Kerewsky’s debut novel set in an alternate late Middle Ages Spain. The story begins with a 13-year-old girl, orphaned and living with aunts, uncles, and cousins in a small town near a pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. The shimmering tale follows the protagonist along the Camino and far beyond, spiraling toward a sacred feminine core.
Book Review – The Joyful Gypsy Gal
A review of The Joyful Gypsy Gal, in which author Mary Baldree weaves together her Camino experiences in Spain with the larger pilgrimage of her life to tell a journey story of joy and courage.
Everything Leads To
In this poem by John Delaney, over a day’s walk a pilgrim considers the varied forms life’s paths take—forced, free, ascendent, decisive, tantalizing, concentric, straight, unadorned.
Inner Flecha
A woman’s Camino dreams are dashed when she suffers a brain injury. Then people in her local American Pilgrims chapter help her find a renewed sense of purpose and direction that becomes her “inner flecha,” or arrow pointing the way to see her pilgrimage as possible.
Get Out of Your Own Way
Labeled a “loser” at 17, a woman later walks the Camino Francés. With each step toward Santiago, that hurtful, unhelpful word dissolves and she replaces it with a powerful mantra: “I can do hard things.”
Finding Welcome & Shelter with Belén
With no other accommodations available in Agés, a pilgrim finds shelter at the home of a woman named Belén, the Spanish word for Bethlehem! This felt to her like a miracle.
Faith Over Fear
Under a dark morning sky, heavy with rain and punctuated by lightning and thunder, a pilgrim sets out. Searching for the familiar yellow arrows she had followed for days, she sees none. Out of nowhere, a pilgrim appears, wearing a bright yellow poncho—a beacon in the storm to guide her way.