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Online: Colorado Front Range Chapter, Camino 101: Packing for the Camino
Wondering about what to pack for your upcoming Camino? Wondering about what not to pack? Of course you are! This workshop will feature Mike and Ruth Hoffman, veterans of many varied Caminos. It will cover the obvious and the perhaps not-so-obvious about how to take what you will need and how to leave behind what…
Read MoreDenver, CO: Colorado Front Range Chapter, St. James Day picnic
As you surely know, July 25th is St. James Feast Day and in honor of the occasion the Colorado Front Range chapter of American Pilgrims is having a potluck picnic! (On the preceeding Saturday, the 24th.) The location is Denver’s Mamie Doud Eisenhower Park located east of South Colorado Blvd four blocks north of Hampden…
Read MoreSt. James’s Day Celebration: Pilgrimage, A Circular Journey
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 MoreConnecticut Hill State Forest, Alpine NY: Finger Lakes Chapter, Van Lone Loop Hike
Come hike the Van Lone Loop with the Finger Lakes Chapter on a beautiful spring day! This trail is an 5.8-mile loop in Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area that goes through a variety of scenic woodlands, along beautiful creeks, and up and down hills. Bring a lunch—we’ll stop for a picnic along the way. Expect…
Read MoreDenver, CO: Colorado Front Range Chapter, High Line Canal walk and history tour through Fairmount Cemetery
For its first in-person event in more than a year, the Front Range Chapter is going to walk a section of the High Line Canal in Aurora with a loop through Fairmount Cemetery, arguably Denver’s most historic cemetery. Although embedded in the city, this section of the trail is surprisingly tranquil. The trail is essentially…
Read MoreOnline: Charlotte Chapter, Monthly Zoom meeting with Tanya Valdes
The Charlotte Chapter will be hosting Tanya Valdes for our April monthly meeting. Tanya received her “summons” for her heroine’s journey (Joseph Campbell, Alexander John Shaia) while undergoing chemo for stage 3 lymphoma. At the time she was reading The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho. The current “bookend” of her journey finds her in Oia, Spain…
Read MoreOnline: Charlotte Chapter, Virtual Camino Challenge Presentation and Q&A
Tad Carter will share his inspirational experience completing the 400-mile Virtual Camino de Santiago Challenge during stay at home COVID restrictions in late 2020.
Read MoreOnline: Boston Chapter, Introduction to the Camino de Santiago
In conjunction with the Lexington Public Library, Boston Chapter co-chair Nancy Nee Hanifin will be presenting a basic introduction to the Camino de Santiago, focusing on its most popular route, the Camino francés. Come learn about this life-changing pilgrimage (for people of all faiths or none) and start planning your post-COVID adventure.
Read MoreOnline: Northern California Chapter, Le Puy Route in France
So, you’ve walked the Camino Francés. You’ve done the Meseta, squeezed into busy albergues, and scarfed down lots of “good value” pilgrim menus. But are you ready for something different? A 750-kilometer Camino of uninterrupted rural tranquility, verdant landscapes punctuated by rugged climbs, home-cooked communal meals night after night after night, gites with few bunk…
Read MoreOnline: Colorado Front Range Chapter, Pilgrimage routes other than the francés and portugués
Join the Chapter as we consider pilgrimage routes other than the francés and portugués! Assuming that the world opens up again in 2022, the main Camino routes will most likely be very busy as folks restart their pilgrimages after laying dormant for so long due to COVID-19. Perhaps consider experiencing another route? In this presentation we’ll take a look at…
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