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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Alo Rosina</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I believe in your personal judgement.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Thank you for your messages. They are always most welcome.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Jose</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: lmorris </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:43 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Month by month pilgrim count?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi All,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> I wonder if there is any info on, starting from St Jean de Port to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Santiago, how many refugios there are and of those refugios how many</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>beds there would be.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Oh please, Oh please, I hope there is a bed for me.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>kind regards</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>leonard</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Leonie Galil wrote:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subj: 2000 pilgrims numbers.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Date: 4/25/01 3:38:49 PM Central Daylight Time</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: BlaroliaAOL.COM (Rosina Lila)</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Hi you all,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The following are the statistical numbers provided by the Santiago</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Archdiocese regarding the year 2000:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The total number of pilgrims who received the Compostela during 2000</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> was 55,004, which was almost twice the number of pilgrims in the last</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> non Holy Jacobean year, 1998, and more than ten times the number of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pilgrims in 1990.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 79% of the pilgrims walked, 20% bicycled and the remaining 1% went by</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> horse, mule or wheelchair.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 96% had religious motives for the pilgrimage (66% exclusively</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> religious and 30% religious/cultural); 4% made the pilgrimage for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> cultural or educational reasons.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 56% of the pilgrims completed the pilgrimage during July and August,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> but there were pilgrims every month with the lowest number in January</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (197).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 62% of the pilgrims were between the ages of 20 and 50 years; 222 were</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> younger than ten years of age; 7,006 were between 50 and 60 years old,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 3,359 between 60 and 70, and 330 were over 70 years old.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 68% of the pilgrims were from Spain, with others, in descending</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> numbers, from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, England,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Portugal, Austria and Switzerland. There were 3,362 of us from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> America: 2,172 from Central and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> South America and 1,490 from the U.S., Canada and Mexico (North</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> America). 161 pilgrims were from Asia and 44 from Africa. There were</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> also 721 from Oceania which, I think includes Australia, and 793</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> from other countries.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 28% of the pilgrims were students and the others were diversely</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> occupied. Significantly, whereas in 1999 the number of teachers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> roughly equaled the number of housewives, in 2000 the teachers were</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> three times the number of housewives. 3,951 pilgrims were in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> retirement, 487 were priests and 82 were nuns. There were also 9</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "Oikoten" (which I do not know what it means and cannot find in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> dictionary.....????)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I don't remember what else some of you wanted to know. If there are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> specific items of interest to you please e-mail me directly. ALSO,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> regarding our planned reunion-dinner in New York City for past</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pilgrims, please also e-mail me directly lest this list become a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> chat-room-group.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On a last note, the Archdiocese has informed me that (I suppose owing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to my many and repeated questions) they have added me to their list</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of those who receive periodic mailed information from them. When I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> get the mailings if I see something that in my view may be of general</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> interest I shall post it. Unavoidably I will have to use my personal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> jjudgement, so please tell me what would interest you.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Ah!, I almost forgot,: 62% of the pilgrims were male.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Saludos cordiales, Rosina</FONT>
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