Welcoming and Hospitality on the Camino de Santiago. Photographs by Manuel G. Vicente (Carrión de los Condes)

A creative experience of hospitality and solidarity lived through beside the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, in the hostels and at the goal of the Jacobean Pilgrimage. A shared area of universal values Hospitality, the welcoming of the pilgrim is a value which for centuries has been considered the cornerstone of the Camino de … Read more

The Confraternity of Saint James does a significant amount of work promoting and disseminating information about the Way of St. James in the United Kingdom

The Confraternity of Saint James is a non-profit-making organization registered and run by volunteers and dedicated to promoting the Way of St. James. Its mission is to provide information, advisory and guidance services for pilgrims; and to distribute guides and organize events, discussions and academic talks on pilgrimage and the Way of St. James. It … Read more

The new edition of the Voluntary Hospitallers on the Camino de Santiago starts up in the hostel of Ribadiso.

One more year, the Hospitallers on the Camino programme started in the hostel of A Coruña Ribadiso (Arzúa), in which a total of 18 volunteers will carry out work involving welcoming and accompanying until the end of September at this establishment on the French Way. After the success of the previous two editions, the endeavours … Read more

Welcoming and Hospitality on the Camino de Santiago. Photographs by Manuel G. Vicente (Madrid)

A creative experience of hospitality and solidarity lived through beside the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, in the hostels and at the goal of the Jacobean Pilgrimage. A shared area of universal values Hospitality, the welcoming of the pilgrim is a value which for centuries has been considered the cornerstone of the Camino de … Read more

Galician Friends of the Way of St. James associations to visit Belgium and the European Parliament

Twenty-four representatives from twelve Friends of the Way of St. James associations in Galicia will travel to Belgium to take part in a number of events commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Way of St. James as the first European Cultural Route, a milestone to be reached this October. The trip will take place Monday, … Read more

Course: Art and legend on the medieval Way of St. James (Pontevedra)

28th Edition UNED Summer Courses, 2017 Art and legend on the medieval Way of St. James Director: Inés Monteira Arias Coordinator: Marta Ferreira Rodriguez Presented by: Art History Department The discovery of what was supposed to be the body of the apostle St. James the Greater in Compostela in the early 9th century sparked one … Read more

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