Discovering the Camino de Santiago : a priest's journey to the Tomb of St. James

For the first time for English-speaking readers, a priest-pastor chronicles the month-long life and times of a pilgrim, in a delightful yet sober account, as he endures, and enjoys, the much-celebrated Camino de Santiago. This peaceful journey Web-free, phone-free, and TV-free generated an astonishing array of brief but meaty spiritual reflections. Roman Catholic Books asked Fr. Markey to put the writings into this book. Fr. Markey did not conceal his priesthood, choosing on the contrary to wear the traditional Roman collar. And, unsurprisingly, the resulting conversation with pilgrims was serious... reflective... practical. But there was also plenty of private time along the 500-mile trail for Fr. Markey, a 41-year-old pastor of St. Mary's in Norwalk, Connecticut. Mission: successful, but not without incident, and not without fruitful discussion with a wide variety of Christians struggling or lost in personal crises...reflecting upon great personal loss... re-discovering Christ as the Focus of their lives. Throughout his long journey and thus in this book Fr. Markey, displaying both a keen mind and a pastoral heart, found spiritual lessons for himself and his flock, to whom he wrote.