Mother Time
Through a pilgrim way of life, a woman who had once felt a long-standing battle with a paternalistic, regimented sense of time, discovers a more nurturing, maternalistic appreciation for being present in the moment.
Read MoreExperiencing Real Time
The daily rhythm of the pilgrim’s life helps a woman experience real time. Back home, she looks for ways to maintain that sense of time.
Read MoreA Pilgrim’s Point of View on the 2024 Annual Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies
A pilgrim reports on her experience attending the 2024 Annual Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies hosted by the Institute of Pilgrimage Studies on the William & Mary campus in Williamsburg, VA. While the conference is designed for scholars, she says anyone interested in world pilgrimage and religious tourism is welcome.
Read MoreSunset at Finisterre
In this poem, Jen Manglos captures a fleeting moment on Cape Finisterre as the sun slips beyond the horizon, marking the end of one journey and the beginning of another.
Read MoreThe Return
In this poem, Suzanne Doerge finds, thanks to the pilgrim lessons we hold on to, that even in returning to the busy highway we left behind, we can continue to stroll with all the souls of the Camino to the ends of the Earth.
Read MoreBook Review: Pilgrim Spirit
Rebekah Scott reviews the newly released English translation of Pilgrim Spirit: Elías Valiña and the Revival of the Camino 1959-1989 by Luis Celeiro Álvarez and translated by Laurie Dennett. This historic document, while dry and not meant to be an “easy read,” serves as an invaluable compendium to historical researchers about the life and work of the parish priest posted to the mountaintop village O Cebreiro and whose painted yellow arrows would start an avalanche that is the modern-day Camino de Santiago.
Read MoreCamino Déjà vu: Reliving My Camino Day by Day
A few months after returning home, a man takes up a chronological daily practice of reviewing photos, personal reflections, and route details from a given day in his original day-to-day records of his walk. This practice helps preserve his memories of each day and ward off the post-Camino blues.
Read MoreA Gift of Time: A Father and Son Camino
A father and son share priceless time together on three Caminos and deepen their relationship along the way.
Read MoreReturning Empty Handed, Forever Changed
In the tektite piece he leaves at the Cruz de Ferro, a pilgrim finds a fitting metaphor for the pilgrim experience.
Read MoreWalking the Via Turonensis from Paris to Chartres
A pilgrim provides a synopsis of his 70-mile trek on the lesser-traveled Via Turonensis from Paris to La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres in France.
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