A Pilgrim’s Life For Me!
In these song lyrics set to the tune of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me),” Evan Massaro playfully highlights the simple, recognizable routine that connects pilgrims across routes and across time.
Read MoreA Reflection of Life
During a conversation with his daughter while on his first Camino, a man realizes the pilgrim experience is like life: with hills and valleys, at times breathtaking, and other times exhausting.
Read MoreA Camino Miracle in Madrid
A power blackout that alters a pilgrim’s travel plans leads to unexpected Camino connections.
Read MoreSummer 2025: Cultural Exchange
The Summer 2025 issue of La Concha, a magazine published by American Pilgrims on the Camino with news, pilgrim stories, poetry, and more on the theme of “Cultural Exchange.”
Read MoreLetter from the Chair – Summer 2025
Summer 2025 letter from American Pilgrims on the Camino Board Chair Joe Curro, a special In Memoriam section, plus a summary of the April 2025 meeting of the American Pilgrims Board of Directors.
Read MoreA Pilgrim Walk From My Own Front Door
Inspired by European pilgrims who walk out their front doors and on to Santiago de Compostela, a woman is joined by fellow pilgrims to walk together from her home in Bellingham, WA, to the pilgrim gathering in Vancouver, BC.
Read MoreThe Great Cultural Leveler
A man finds the Camino to be a great cultural leveler, helping us to see our fellow humans as more similar than different, a place where others are no longer strangers and the places they come from, once unfamiliar and maybe intimidating, no longer strange.
Read MoreWalking Away Stereotypes: My Camino of Listening
When a pilgrim walking the Camino Francés encounters a couple of fellow Americans oriented differently on the political spectrum than herself, she discovers that as they walk, talk, and listen to each other, they bridge divides and deepen their connections.
Read MoreUniversal Pilgrim
In these song lyrics set to the tune of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Universal Soldier,” Evan Massaro highlights how pilgrims, regardless of who they are or where they come from, are united by a common call.
Read MoreThe Miracle of Grañón
An hospitalero reflects on the miraculous way a random group of individuals, each a guest for just one night at Hospital de peregrinos San Juan Bautista in Grañón, Spain, works together to prepare a communal meal to be shared that evening. In doing so, they are taking part in the medieval tradition of pilgrim hospitality, just as the albergue’s founder had envisioned.
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