Remembering Sandy Lenthall
A remembrance of Sandy Lenthall, one of the founding members of American Pilgrims on the Camino. Lenthall died on November 30, 2023.
Film Review: A Way to Forgiveness
Film review for A Way to Forgiveness. It features filmmaker Erin Dooley’s Camino where she walks to heal herself from a painful divorce.
Book Review: A Walk to the End of the Earth
Review of “A Walk to the End of the Earth.” Memoir by Jeffrey Kendall. Review by Jerald Stroebele.
Poem: A Meseta State of Mind
A Meseta State of Mind, a poem by Chunk Johnson set on the Camino de Santiago.
A Summer of Camino Service
Tom Labuzienski shares his experiences volunteering in the Pilgrim’s Reception Office in Santiago de Compostela and as an hospitalero at an albergue in Grañón.
Letter from the Chair – Autumn 2023
Letter from American Pilgrims on the Camino Board Chair Steve Lytch, Autumn 2023.
Board Report – July 2023
A report of the July 2023 meeting of the American Pilgrims Board of Directors.
Autumn Walking Along the Ebro
James Larocco writes about his experiences walking the lesser known Camino del Ebro in Spain.
John Brierley’s Passing & Obituary
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.
American Pilgrims Grants Program Recognized with Trifinium Award by Federación Española
At an awards ceremony in Madrid on October 21during the XII International Congress of Jacobean Associations, American Pilgrims on the Camino was awarded the “International Jacobean Trifinium Award: a Life, a Work and an Action Program” by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago. The award has been given since 2012 to recognize those people, groups, institutions, etc., who have supported and contributed to the Camino de Santiago The first Trifinium Award was presented in 2012 by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago by virtue of celebrating its 25th anniversary that year (1987-2012) and it is triennial in nature.
American Pilgrims was awarded the prize in the “One Action” category, recognizing our grants program. The Grants program was described as an altruistic program, supporting non-profit Jacobean entities and organizations that work in Spain, Portugal and France on the Camino de Santiago and for facilitating the transit of pilgrims.