[Gocamino] Thoughts on "cheap holidays"

[Ana Young]

Sil, I have no idea who made that response; it
certainly wasn't me. I'm heartily in agreement with
you. Again, the Canadian organization seems like an
upstanding assocation dedicated to pilgrimage, and I
have no problem with them.

My only exception was that I saw no problem at all
with the requirement that we use the actual Spanish
Credencial -- providing it's clearly understood who
qualifies for one.

It seems there'll be some "scrutiny" involved before
we can get one. Since we can't order them beforehand,
I, like the Canadians, would hate to cross 5,000 miles
over the Atlantic only to find I don't merit a
credential for some reason.

Some peregrinos don't feel they need one, and that's
fine, too. Others find they want one to qualify for
the Compostela and still others, feeling themselves to
be actual pilgrims and unable to afford other
lodgings, want access to the albergues. I've no
problem with that, either. I'm not the one to judge.

So I sympathize with them and understand their
concerns. My only departure -- and this applies to all
foreign Camino organizations -- is that everyone and
their mother seemed to be creating their own
credentials and I don't see anything wrong with
standardizing that a bit.

(I admit I'm also seeing this a bit from the POV of an
hospitalera, which I was and will be again ;-o  It's
going to be soooooo much easier with only one
Credencial to look at.)

--- Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anthony and Barbara Cappuccitti are seasoned camino
> pilgrims, dedicated to
> nuturing and promoting the whole philosophy of the
> pilgrimage, not only in
> Canada, but throughout the world.  They started and
> have developed the
> Candadian Pilgrims Association and website
> networking and sharing with
> similar organisations around the world.  They issue
> a Canadian credential -
> as do nearly all similar St James organisations -
> and when Barbara voiced
> her concerns about the restrictions on the use of
> credentials from
> organisations other than the Catholic church in
> Spain, she received this
> reply:
> 
>  *Perhaps you ought to look at other types of
> treks/trips/tours more in
> concert with your perspective. There are a great
> many of them all over the
> world.  (I wonder why you would become involved with
> the Camino with such
> incredibly little knowledge about it or
> understanding of it).  *
> **
> I don't know who sent it to her, but I think this
> sort of unkind, dismissive
> comment is completely uncalled for.  Please,
> restrict comments to the issue
> at hand and do not make snide remarks, based on
> ignorance, to any pilgrims
> on this list - especially those who are so committed
> to the camino.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 26/06/07, Ana Young <ayoung2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I also do not see the problem with the expression
> > uttered by the Canadian Company of Pilgrims. While
> I'm
> > not familiar with the organization, my impression
> is a
> > group dedicated to pilgrimage, and the expression
> of a
> > "cheap holiday" being one used in the context of
> an
> > affordable trip when discussing cost.
> >
> > I can see the organization's concern vis-a-vis the
> > credential. My question when I first heard the new
> > rules was "What are these 'bona-fides' they want
> to
> > more strongly ascertain?" As someone coming from
> afar,
> > knowing I won't be able to get the true Credencial
> > until I reach Spain, how will I know I  meet those
> > "bona-fides" before I go through all the time and
> > expense of coming over?
> >
> > Although it has been established that we don't
> have to
> > be a practicing Catholic, as before, I do have an
> > impression they're not giving them to just anyone
> > anymore. So what are the questions that are going
> to
> > be asked?
> >
> > Once we know that, I agree that being restricted
> to
> > just the Spanish Credencial should not be a
> problem --
> > as long as the burden of ascertaining whether we
> > qualify for one isn't just on us foreign pilgrims
> > alone.
> >
> > Buen Camino!
> > Ana
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Sil
> 



       
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