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Is this the most enchanting place to start the Camino?

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Wanting to help others. Picking up and falling down.

Wanting to help others.  Picking up and falling down. The Iona Pilgrimage Every Tuesday on the little Scottish island of Iona a group of visitors set off on a pilgrimage around the island.  This year on my visit to Iona … Continue reading

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Captured by a monk.

Captured by a monk. Three monasteries: 1.The convent of the Poor Claire’s, Alençon. In June 2011 my pilgrimage from Loyola to Iona took me through Le Perche, a forested region of Lower Normandy where I had lived for 10 years before … Continue reading

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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro.

Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro. When your heart is in silence and sinks into God it sings. This is a story which is short and simple but gives a flavour of the sort … Continue reading

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Railway lines on caminos de Santiago

Railway lines on the Caminos. They seem to go off into infinity. My Caminos often begin by a train journey, sometimes in the middle of the night. I don’t know why I like railway lines. I like the old ones. … Continue reading

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An Angel.

I live with Angels. Angels have not been central to my faith, always seeming to me flights of fancy.  However, as I begin to grow in my understanding of the range of ways in which people find symbols, narratives, music … Continue reading

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The Sigh. Compassion. Pilgrimage Spirituality.

A Long Time Sighing. My first Camino, the Via de La Plata was a great adventure and praying was easy; my second, the Camino de Levante was about learning to pray at all times and led into my Pilgrimage from … Continue reading

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