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Bookings Open for the 2nd National Conference
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Bookings are now open for the 2nd National Conference. The conference is at ‘Amberley’ in Lower Plenty, Melbourne from 17 to 19 February 2023. This will be a celebration of ‘all things Camino’ and a chance to reconnect with other pilgrims for a weekend of memories, information, and fun including an exciting mix of presentation, displays, walking and reflection time.
A Change is Gonna Come
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The cries reach the heavens: We’ve had enough. Time to get back to life! I wanna walk my Camino! The push is on to re-open our economies, to get the tourism ball rolling again, even as the Covid-19 virus death […]
Due to the COVID-19 health crisis travel on the Camino is not possible
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Due to the COVID-19 health crisis travel on the Camino is currently not possible. Albergues and Pilgrim offices are closed. In Australia we have travel restrictions, but in Spain, and much of Europe, there are very severe travel restrictions, accompanied with heavy fines. We need to keep safe, and we need to keep those who live and work on the Camino safe. Keep your Camino dreams on hold until such times as it is safe to travel.
AFOTC Inaugural National Conference — Report
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The Adelaide hills were truly alive with the sound of music – and so much more – at the first national conference convened by Australian Friends of the Camino from 11-13 October at the Nunyara Conference Centre. The weekend brought […]
AFOTC Inaugural National Conference — Report
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The Adelaide hills were truly alive with the sound of music – and so much more – at the first national conference convened by Australian Friends of the Camino from 11-13 October at the Nunyara Conference Centre. The weekend brought […]
Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting of the the Australian Friends of the Camino Inc will be at 2.00pm Saturday 1st September 2018, Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street, Adelaide. The guest speaker will be Juan Tobella Archs, Honorary Consul of Spain in Adelaide.
AusCamino 2018 Festival
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The 2018 AusCamino Festival weekend at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains (NSW) opened with a 2-day hospitalero training course run by experienced hospitalera, Julie-Ann Milne, assisted by Australian Friends of the Camino (AFotC) Treasurer Neil Russell. Julie-Ann’s course provides a very thorough grounding in hospitalero life so that all graduates should have no trouble serving with distinction, as many have before. 4 of the 15 trainees have already received their first postings, one to begin at Grado when it opens on 15 March! Trainee Helen told me that she felt as nervous about her first hospitalera posting as when she set out on her first Camino but that, “I’m sure that once you get started, you’re fine – just like on the Camino!”
Broadening Our Horizons
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[This is the transcript of Janet Leitch’s opening address delivered on Friday 23 February at the 2018 AusCamino Festival at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. Janet based her talk on the Prayer of La Faba on the wall of the […]
Churches of St James in Australia
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The following AFotC-compiled list shows that there are just over 60 churches for St James in Australia, but we are sure there are more!!
St James Day Celebrations around Australia
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St James’ Day is celebrated on July 25 and is the occasion for festivities in Spain (being their patron saint), especially in Santiago when the Cathedral is lit up and pilgrims and locals party all night.
Hospitalero Training
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Pilgrimage can be a life-changing experience and many wish to find a way to give thanks for the many positives they gained from the Camino. One of the ways in which they can do that is to volunteer as a […]
1st Global Conference of Friends of the Camino Associations
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Interesting and tiring for the same reason, because of the diverse range of people attending which meant long periods of concentration as we listened to strange accents and our languages sometimes translated slightly awkwardly. Most attendees were from Amigos associations, […]