Venue:
Salón Noble do Colexio de Fonseca. Santiago de Compostela
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela
Auditorio Municipal. Padrón

Organize: Academia Xacobea

PROGRAM

The Camino de Santiago Associations of Friends are non-profit institutions found across the world that have worked for decades to conserve the Jacobean Route through the dissemination of its values and care of pilgrims.

These entities first emerged in 1950 in Paris, France. They were initially born as heirs to the old guilds of pilgrims to Santiago (also known as brotherhoods and fraternities) that extended across Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries with the aim of helping pilgrims on their journey to the distant destination of Compostela. By offering pilgrims their hospitals, information on the route, help, etc.; the brotherhoods altruistically supported pilgrims.

Source: Nederlands Genootschap van Sint Jacob

​I mean It is these experiences, experiences, sorrows and joys that we want to capture in this project “100 Ways in 100 Stories: short stories to Santiago”.

I mean Words create realities, they remind us of moments, they bring us to the present emotions and sensations of yesterday.

​I mean 100 Caminos en 100 Relatos wants to be a showcase for their experiences and a company for pilgrims who want to do the Camino or are already on it.

Summons: Círculo Chileno de Amigos do Camiño de Santiago de Compostela

Bases and submissions of stories: until May 31

Máis información: https://www.caminosantiago.cl

REGULATION AND BASES

In the category for the Associations of Friends of the Way of Saint James, both national and international, the jury decided to give the award to the Fundación Acogida Cristiana en los Caminos de Santiago for the quality of its outreach activities and for their research projects. In addition, a special mention was given to the Asociación de Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago a Madrid because of the special work they are doing in dynamising, training for and promoting the Jacobean Route. On the international scene, the winners were the Asociata Prientenilor Camino de Santiago and the Círculo Chileno de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Compostela who share the prize.

Another of the recognised areas corresponds to the projects submitted by natural or legal persons and small and medium-sized enterprises. Six candidates were put forward for this category. The first prize was given to Leidiz, for its project aiming to travel the Mar de Arousa route and the Rio Ulla by kayak. The second prize was awarded to Tdinet App, which presented a project based on a mobile phone application that allows people to access selected information on the Camino de Santiago.

Finally, in the research category, two different types of award were given. In the first, aimed at universities, research centres and independent researchers, the jury decided to honour Albert Feliu Soler due to his innovative and multidisciplinary research on the psychological well-being that the Way of Saint James pilgrimage causes and promotes. The second award, for non-university education centres in Galicia, went to the CEIPP lurilingüe del Camiño Inglés in Oroso, thanks to its proposed pilgrimage with year 6 pupils from Finchale Abbey, considered to be the first stage of the English Way (Camino Inglés).

In their images each one of these artists brings together a world which passes and also remains, living ways, filled with evocations and proposals. Pilgrimage routes to Santiago within the reach of all who become pilgrims and who wish to feel in their flesh a thousand year experience which binds them to a unique, sacred geography, to a universal, open itinerary, cradle of western culture and the refined expression of a civilisation advancing.

Once again, the images proposed by Via Iacobitana display the multiform essence of the Camino de Santiago, the generous and open meaning of the Jacobean pilgrimage, its inexhaustible and magnetic power of seduction. The artistic sensitivity and professionalism of the photographers who participate in the exhibition, captivated by the power and the values of a unique experience, forge a new iconographic legacy which transcends the ephemeral instant in which each photograph is made, in order to form part of a durable group, or Jacobean legacy, a treasure in a permanent state of recreation and renovation.

Venue: Exhibition Hall of El Episcopio. Ávila

Dates: From October 18 to 30, 2019

Organised by: Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Ávila

Collaboration of: Consellería de Cultura e Turismo. Xunta de Galicia

The total amount of such aid amounts to 90,000 euros which is distributed between the two lines of this call for applications. The first, for projects related to hospitality and activities aimed at the dissemination of Jacobean culture, is allocated 55,000 euros. The second line, which focuses on publications, is allocated 35,000 euros.

This line of aid is part of the work of the Xunta (Regional Government) of Galicia, to support the work of the Associations of Friends of Camino de Santiago, which add up to more than 300 around the world. In addition, their contribution is taken into account in the Strategic Plan of the Xacobeo 2021 through a line of action that recognises their work, especially as ambassadors of the Camino in other communities and abroad.

We need to remember that the work of these associations is one of the great pillars of the Camino de Santiago and that, therefore, their involvement and collaboration in the planning of the Xacobeo 21 is key. In this sense, the creation of a round table has already been proposed to advance in new projects, broadening the great collaboration developed between the Xunta and the Jacobean associative movement in recent years in our community.

In colaboration with: Hostal de los Reyes Católicos

Venue: Hostal de los Reyes Católicos. Santiago de Compostela

Schedule: 19:00

PROGRAM

If any of the interested persons submit their application in person, they will be required to amend it through their electronic submission. For these purposes, the date on which the amendment was made will be considered as the date of submission of the application.

For the submission of applications, any of the identification and signature mechanisms admitted by the electronic site of the Regional Government of Galicia may be used, including the user system and password Chave365 (https://sede.xunta.gal/chave365) for which a link is enabled in the Guide of Procedures and Services with the code CT300A.

In the case of foreign associations or entities (Associations of Friends of the Way of St. James and other entities whose purpose is the promotion of the Way of St. James and its pilgrimage) in order to proceed with the application and processing by electronic means will appoint a representative with digital signature in Spain.

The deadline for submission of applications will be one month from the day following the publication of this order in the Official Gazette of Galicia. If the last day of the period is a non-working day, it shall be understood to be extended to the first following working day.

The terms and conditions may be consulted at the headquarters of the Sociedade Anónima de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo, on the website www.turismo.gal/axudas-asociacions, or by calling 881 996264 / 881 996265.

DOG No. 91, Page 23366, Tuesday, 14 May 2019

For the first time, our Autonomous Community had the opportunity to present to the French Jacobean associative movement the Galician management model around the Camino de Santiago, with a lecture by the director-manager of the Xacobeo, Rafael Sánchez, who attended on behalf of the Department of Culture and Tourism.

He presented to nearly 200 people, including representatives of associations from Spain, Belgium, England and Germany, the model of accommodation implemented in Galicia through the Public Network of Hostels of Xacobeo, as well as the role of associationism in the Galician road map, which is supported with a specific line of aid to promote their activities. He also delved into the work carried out for the maintenance of all the routes and the work of dissemination and outreach with a view to Xacobeo 2021.

First Jacobean association

The presence of Galicia in this meeting is included in the commitment of the Regional Government to strengthen ties with the Jacobean associationism, one of the objectives of the Master Plan of the Camino de Santiago. This also highlights France’s historical role in the development of the Jacobean phenomenon in Europe, as it has been one of the main driving forces behind the reactivation of the Camino de Santiago since the 1950s, when the first Jacobean association was created in Paris, the Société Française des Amis de St. Jacques de Compostelle.