[Gocamino] Children on the Camino

Tue Nov 21 23:00:20 PST 2006

Hello Suzanne,
I have emailed the pilgrim's office to ask what the age requirement is for
children pilgrims to be given the compostela.  Will let you know their
reply.
I walked from Paris in 2004.  Don't know if things have improved yet but I
would say that 75% of the walking from Paris to beyond Bordeaux was on
roads.  Not ideal for small children.
If you need to ask any questions please let me know.
Pilgrim blessings,
Sil

On 11/21/06, Suzanne Turner <suzanne at turnerstrategies.com> wrote:
>
> As a mother of two young boys - ages 7 and 3 - I am very interested in
> this topic.  Does anyone have advice or resources for people considering
> this journey with children?  Or perhaps it is possible to do a
> non-true-to-the-Camino "research trip" that plans for a true Camino
> experience several years later when they are older?  Please respond as I am
> really wrestling with this call to do the Camino from Tour Saint Jacques in
> Paris all the way to Santiago del Compostela, but can't imagine being away
> from my children for so long.
>
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>   1. "American Pilgrim" (blaroli at aol.com)
>   2. Re: "American Pilgrim" (Kathy Gower)
>   3. Children on the camino (Sil)
>   4. Re: Children on the camino (Hathor821 at aol.com)
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> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:50:50 -0500
> From: blaroli at aol.com
> Subject: [Gocamino] "American Pilgrim"
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> Hello you all,
> Today's edition of "El Correo Gallego" carries the following: (translated)
>
> " The Anonymous Society of Plan Xacobeo themes maintains collaboration
> agreements with groups, and entities, in NorthAmerica to encourage and
> promote the Xacobean tradition in the United States. One of those links is
> maintained with the medieval scholar, George Greenie, editor of the
> "American Pilgrim" magazine, a publication that connects the pilgrims of the
> United States an allows them to relate their Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
> experiences."
>
>
> Is this the publication from the San Francisco Society of American
> Pilgrims on the Camino?  (Kat.... where are you?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Rosina
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> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:38:31 +0000
> From: "Kathy Gower" <kathygower at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] "American Pilgrim"
> To: blaroli at aol.com, GoCamino at oakapple.net, saintjames at yahoogroups.com
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> Yes!   While some of the board members live in California, others live
> across the US.  George Greenia, an esteemed member and editor of the
> American Pilgrim magazine, is also a co-chair for the next and tenth
> annual
> Gathering to take place in Williamsburg, VA, March 9th and 10th, 2007.
> There will be a hospitalero training beforehand, also in Williamsburg...I
> believe the 6th and 7th.
>
> George has taken several groups of his students at William and Mary
> College
> on pilgrimage and is well known in the Pilgrim Office in Santiago.
>
> www.americanpilgrims.com
>
> thank you for asking
>
> From: blaroli at aol.com
> To: GoCamino at oakapple.net, saintjames at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Gocamino] "American Pilgrim"
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:50:50 -0500
>
> Hello you all,
> Today's edition of "El Correo Gallego" carries the following: (translated)
>
> " The Anonymous Society of Plan Xacobeo themes maintains collaboration
> agreements with groups, and entities, in NorthAmerica to encourage and
> promote the Xacobean tradition in the United States. One of those links is
> maintained with the medieval scholar, George Greenie, editor of the
> "American Pilgrim" magazine, a publication that connects the pilgrims of
> the
> United States an allows them to relate their Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
> experiences."
>
>
> Is this the publication from the San Francisco Society of American
> Pilgrims
> on the Camino?  (Kat.... where are you?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Rosina
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:15:57 +0200
> From: Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Gocamino] Children on the camino
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> The CSJ in the UK have asked this question.    Can anyone help with a
> reply?
>
>
> Do you know/have you heard of complaints that small children with
> credencials have been refused a compostela? One of our members carried his
> 2
> year old most of the way (for 9 weeks) and the child was refused because
> he
> had not chosen to do the pilgrimage and could not articulate his thoughts
> and feelings. I should be interested to know what the experience of others
> has been?
>
>
> --
> Sil
>
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> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:27:06 EST
> From: Hathor821 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Children on the camino
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> With all due respect, being a mother of three who 'once were  two years
> old'
> I would have to be totally insane to do Camino with a two year  old.
>
> Patricia
> Miami
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Sil