Credential

[Juel M. Dagenais]

I keep trying to unsubscribe given all the methods posted
and cannot...please help...Juel
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:23:52 EDT Rosina Lila
<Blaroliaaol.com> wrote:

| Hi Paul,
| The credential that one gets at SJPP is the same provided
| at Roncesvalles which is, I believe, produced and provided
| by the Santiago Archdiocese. Yes, it is very pretty and
| practical.  It is accordion-like, slightly less than the
| size of a postcard; sandy colored, sturdy, yet very light
| and it folds into eight sections with room for at least 40
| seals. It opens with the official presentation of the
| pilgrim; at the completion of the pilgrimage  the
| credential is certified on the same page when the
| Compostela is awarded. The back pages contain practical
| information, the pilgrims' benediction, fairly detailed
| maps (with distances) of the Portuguese Way, The French Way,
| various Santiago ways throughout Christian Europe, and a
| pilgrim's prayer. I treasure mine, and always take one of
| them in my regular passport  whenever I travel and wherever
| I go. The front part of the credential is a drawing of a
| pilgrim's walking stick, with a shell and a gourd pending
| from it, resting against an ancient, iron-studded wooden
| and knobby door with a prominent medieval key hole and lock
| in the center. I often have wondered what the significance
| of the inviting key-hole and lock might be.  Does anyone
| know? Warm regards,
| Rosina