Camino De Santiago Pilgrimage Fall 2019
Two groups of Saint Michael pilgrims, led by The Rev. Mary Lessmann, will be hiking the last 110km of the Camino de Santiago, culminating at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain! The first group travels September 5-12, and the second September 12-19. Please keep these ladies in your prayers as they travel. You can follow along with their journeys below.
"Walking the Camino" DAY 17: Final Recap
As with all good things, our pilgrimage has come to an end. Our pilgrims are back home, reuniting with family and friends and catching up on all the emails, errands, work projects and other responsibilities that need to be done after so lo...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 16: Reaching Santiago!
A canopy of trees, a broad dusty path, open fields, a final climb then there she is...Santiago de Compostela, where the walking part of our journey is complete.
We enter the city with joy at reaching our destination alongside a sens...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 15: Companions Along The Way
Today is our next to the last day on the Camino. Bittersweet, as we hate to leave this beautiful country and people-looking forward to reaching our goal of arriving in Santiago-ready to see our families and friends back home. The journey has...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 14: You Never Walk Alone
Our trip is one that lends itself easily to fellowship. We are together sharing in new and sometimes challenging experiences and we have the rare luxury of long uninterrupted walking time together to chat, commiserate, and discover things a...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 13: A Humble Walk
A blessed Eucharist at St. Xulien church started our Sabbath with blessings, community, and God’s presence. As we walk on the Camino, we have experienced God’s call to trust and surrender. We don’t know the route and sometimes we f...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 12: I am the Way
After organizing our backpacks and grabbing our hiking poles, we had a group morning devotional and began our second day on the Camino. Almost as soon as we left the town of Portomarin, we encountered the challenging hills of today's jour...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 11: Buen Camino!
Long ago, in 813 AD, the first pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago travelled from distant parts of Europe to their destination: the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostella where the remains of Jesus’s apostle, James, are entombed*. They wor...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 10: Why?
Camino de Santiago - Why? At the end of the day, you might ask - why would one walk 115km, over 6 days, just to get to a square to see a beautiful cathedral? Well...there’s more to it than that. Let me tell you why...For 7 days, 15 women c...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 9: Walking to the End with Christ
The sixth morning of walking, we left the small city of Pedrouzo being mindful of our continuing walk with Christ. Through forests and villages on this leg to Santiago, we met a multitude of fellow pilgrims, some of whom we had previously seen...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 8: It's About the Journey, not the Destination
Today we traveled 11 miles from Arzua to Pedrouzo. We are all truly getting into our own pace on the Camino. Each of us is being challenged mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally — growing and healing in so many ways — we are...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 7: Uphill and Stepping Back in Time
After three straight days of walking 12+ miles each day we were happy to give ourselves a few extra minutes this morning. Today was our short day - a nine mile walk to the village of Aruza. Shorter maybe, but mostly UPHILL!
We had spe...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 6: Be Still and know that I am God
"Be still and know that I am God," Psalm 46:10. Our theme for today was listening for spiritual direction. There are so many sounds on the Camino.
We awoke to crowing cocks, barking dogs, and a misty filled chilly morning in Lestedo, 71.9...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 5: No Bathrooms for 5 Miles
Heading out from Portomarin, beneath a misty layer of clouds, our Pilgrims journeyed uphill for much of our 12-mile day. Even though it was our second day, we did not quite know what to expect except for the fact that there would be no bath...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 4: Beginning the Hike
We began our journey at 8:30 a.m. on Day 4 with a brief reflection to begin the Camino de Santiago. Our Fresco guide accompanied us for the first mile and showed us how to follow the signs. This was the first of six hiking days on the Cami...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 3: Getting to the Camino
Today we left Madrid and travelled by bus to the small town of Sarria, where we will start walking tomorrow. The trip took most of the day, with the flat lands around Madrid giving way to rolling hills. We crossed some high bridges and passed som...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 2: Arrival
We all made it safe and sound to Madrid. And even better, so did our luggage! We spent a day exploring the city and getting adjusted to the time change. Some of us took a bike tour, some a walking tour, and some of us set out exploring on ...
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"Walking the Camino" DAY 1: Travel Day
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO GROUP 1 (Sept 5-12) The first group of Camino de Santiago pilgrims is en route to Spain! Please keep these rock star women in your prayers! To learn more about "The Camino", or to track the daily progress of the team,...
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