Travelling from Tasmania to northern Spain would be a pilgrimage in itself. It is therefore unlikely that many Catholics from the island off Australia will complete the 500-mile Camino de Santiago, or Way of St James, pilgrimage. However, Fr Michael Tate, the parish priest of St James, Cygnet, in Tasmania, has decided to create his own Camino-style pilgrimage – inspired, he says, by the fact that his church is designed in a Spanish style. A 35-kilometre (21-mile) walk, due to take place in January, will finish with a festival and a procession, in which a statue of St James will be carried. “People love the idea of pilgrimage, walking with a purpose, time for spiritual reflection, finding that extra dimension, breaking through,” Fr Tate told the Australian ABC News. He sa
06 August 2015, The Tablet
St James in Tasmania
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