[Gocamino] [saintjames] Web page rivalry in Santiago

Sun Dec 9 01:07:05 PST 2007

The correct URL for the first link is:
http://www.catedraldesantiago.es/  (no hyphen)


On 09/12/2007, Blaroli at aol.com <Blaroli at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello you all,
>
> Just as celebrating Christmas has become a quasi-universal practice, so
> have Pre-Christmas jitters, it seems.
>
> Over the last couple of days a spirited, and edgy, polemic regarding
> shells and what-have-you has been posted here; while such exchanges are
> frequent in some Camino list-servs, happily they are unusual in Go Camino
> and Saint James, so it must be the Advent excitement.  (I'll never
> understand why even those of us who routinely put in a 60 or more hours
> work-week and must, by necessity, we super-organized, manage to get out of
> kilter in the couple of weeks leading to Christmas…… year after year)
>
> And something similar seems to be going on in Santiago where a tiffish
> rivalry has arisen between the Cathedral's cabildo and the Cathedral's
> archbishopric in their desire to be the pre-eminent e-presence representing
> the Cathedral.
>
> The cabildo has a (very nice) web-page:  www.catedralde-santiago.es and
> the archbishopric has its own: www.catedraldesantiago.net .  The latter is
> run by the indefatigable Don Juan Jose Cebrian who is, unofficially, in
> charge of all things technological attending the Cathedral, and feels that
> the cabildo's Web page should come under his jurisdiction.
>
> Don Juanjo is a brother of Don Genaro Cebrian, who is a gentle soul, a la
> Barry Fitzgerald in "Going my Way", and who is in charge of the Pilgrims'
> Office when he is not celebrating Mass or hearing confessions.  Both
> brothers were Diocesian Universities professors in Rome and other places
> until they reached the Church-imposed retirement age of 75.  Don Juanjo, who
> has written about forty books dealing with the Camino, has dedicated his
> prodigious energies since retirement to an effort to technologize the
> Cathedral and to establish an electronic web linking all the albergues. The
> web page under his purview is scholarly and informative and, at present,
> contains archeological studies, and spherical virtual photographs of the
> development of the Cathedral, the sepulcher, the Portico de Gloria and the
> crypt…all with historical explanations and invaluable references.
>
> The cabildo's web-page contains virtual tours of the Cathedral's roof, the
> museum, the cloisters, the interior of the church and the archives, among
> other things.  It also allows the viewers to activate a virtual Botafumeiro
> and even to  obtain an E-"Compostela".
>
>
>
> The Dean of the Cathedral thinks it an anomaly for two facilities serving
> the same objective to be in rivalry with one another, and feels that there
> should be only one eb-page.  But both the cabildo and the archbishopric seem
> determined to hold their ground and a rush to press their points has flared
> up.
>
>
>
> To add spice to the wine, there are plans on the part of the archbishopric
> to establish an Internet TV channel (sort-of like You-Tube) similar to the
> one that the Vatican created so successfully in 1983 and which today
> transmits more than one hundred Vatican events every year, including Papal
> travels.  The one proposed for Santiago would be under the aegis of Don
> Juanjo and would transmit doings in the Cathedral and environs related to
> Santiago, to the Camino and to pilgrims.
>
>
>
> Meanwhile, the bids to manage privately the public albergues have been
> studied and the three surviving candidates are a company from Vigo
> (Limpiezas del Noroeste Linorsa), one from Corunha (Aulen) and one from
> Santiago (Alvite Servicios Integrales).  Reportedly, a decision will be made
> before the end of the year.
>
>
>
> And, finally, Xacobeo and Raxoi have taken the first steps on behalf of
> pilgrims to put clear and visible signs leading pilgrims to the Cathedral
> once they near Santiago.  As most of us know, such signs have been
> non-existent and have caused concern and confusion to arriving pilgrims,
> particularly if they don't speak Spanish. The signs will be multi-lingual.
>
>
>
> As it is for most people I know, Christmas is, and has always been,  my
> very favorite holiday and it has never failed to warm my heart.
> Nevertheless, I shall be relieved to board a plan to Vienna on December 26th
> for a much needed post-Christmas survival rest.
>
> The office manager of the Santiago Pilgrims' Office and the
> Archconfraternity's secretary will arrive in new York a week from
> tomorrow.... so, please, do keep the suggestions and questions coming and I
> will present the list to them.
>
> Hugs!
>
>
>
> Rosina
>
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