Santiago 2019: Masses and Confessions in English will be held at the Pilgrim’s Reception Office and S. Francisco
Because of the restoration work inside the cathedral, masses and confessions will be celebrated in other churches of the city. MASSES IN ENGLISH Masses in English will be celebrated in the chapel of the Pilgrim’s Reception Office at 9:30am (Monday-Saturday)...
To go on pilgrimage accompanied
The Camino is one of the best experiences to confront loneliness and spend time with oneself. For many people pilgrimage has been the opportunity they have to test and overcome their fear of loneliness, because all who have this adventure say they have been...
March 2019: 7,474 pilgrims took the Compostela in March … and it was not yet Easter!
Last March, 2019, 7,474 pilgrims took the Compostela at the Pilgrim Office, there were 5,882 in the same month of 2010, the last Holy Year. There were 3,552 women and 3,922 men, mostly on foot (7,094), some by bicycle (329), on horseback (42) and in wheelchairs...
Jaime. Spain. 2018
He was born in Santiago 62 years ago. His first Camino was by bicycle, about ten or eleven years ago, and he traveled this way because he had inherited the bicycle of a Chilean pilgrim. His son had met a pilgrim, a Chilean man who asked him where the bus stop was to...
The number of Compostelas soaring: At the end of March on some days more than 500!
Santiago is again full of pilgrims: 435 took the Compostela on Thursday 28, 566 on Friday 29, 501 on Saturday 30 and 345 on Sunday 31!
Cathedral of Santiago 2019: What remains open?
The services that remain open during 2019 in the Cathedral of Santiago are the following: -Embrace the Apostle and visiting the Sepulchre of St. James the Apostle 9 am – 7 pm -Visiting the Museum and the Portico of Glory Nov – Mar: 10 am – 8 pm Apr...
José. Portugal. 2018
José is very involved with the Camino de Santiago. In his country he belongs to two different associations: the Associação Espaço Jacobeus (Confraria de São Tiago) and the Associação de Peregrinos Via Lusitana. He is also member and “hospitalero” of the Asociación...
SANTIAGO 2019: THE PILGRIM’S MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED IN THE CHURCH OF S. FRANCISCO
Because of the restoration work inside the cathedral, the masses will be celebrated in other churches of the city. The Pilgrim’s Mass will be celebrated every day at 12 am in the church of San Francisco.