Walking for Dublin

Not only will this be an unforgettable experience for you, but it will also offer you a chance to collaborate locally to help people in Dublin with real needs.  We are partnering with Serve the City, Dublin, to raise funds and awareness of their volunteer-led community initiative to meet the practical needs of people in our own community.

How will we do this? 

You will be encouraged to raise funds by asking your friends and family to sponsoryour walk at €0.10, €0.20, €0.50, or €1.00 per km (€15, €30, €75,€150).  The funds you raise will be split between Serve the City and your cost to participate in the Camino Project.

We will also spend one day together in a community project locally (which will also serve as a team-bonding exercise for us to get to know one-another) in advance of our Camino trip. This is tentatively set for Saturday, April 17.

More information will be provided on this. None of the fundraisingactivities will be required,  but we fell it will be a great way to getto know each other before we go to Spain, and may provide ways toslightly reduce the price of your journey to Spain.

What to Expect

• Live the pilgrim’s life for 9 days
• Make many friends
• Enjoy the culture and art of the camino
• Learn about St. James and the spiritual journey
• Soak in the Spanish sun
• Collect memories and photographs
• Get a certificate for completing the pilgrimage
• Tour the city of Santiago de Compostela
• Enjoy a banquet at the end
• Visit the ‘end of the earth’
• Ok, and perhaps get a blister or two

"All of us travel two paths simultaneously – the outer path along which we haul our body and the inner pathway of soul. We need to be mindful of both…” ~ John Brierley (Author of A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago)

Organised by Agapé Student Life and The Journey Community. Learn more about the Camino at the Irish Society of the Friends of St. James.