Our publications
1958 – From Parthenay to Compostela
To mark the 25th anniversary of the inclusion of the French Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle has launched the publication by the Centre d’Etudes Compostellanes of the book “1958 de Parthenay à Compostelle”, a collective work coordinated by Jacques Vedel and designed by Jacques Le Ribault.
The launch took place at the Society’s 2023 General Meeting, in the presence of the actors of the time – Jacques Vedel and Claude Chauvin, who signed their book and answered many questions.
Copies can be ordered from the secretariat of the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle.
Download the book order form
Facsimile of Compostelle 1965 magazine
That year was also a holy year. The Société Française has published a facsimile of the 1965 special issue of the Bulletin du Centre d’Etudes Compostellanes.
Fully reproduced, it includes:
A dossier entitled “La France et l’année jubilaire compostellane 1965”,
several articles signed by René de La Coste-Messelière (R.L.C.M.),Paris à l’heure jacquaire, Les chevauchées de Compostelle,
Péregrination-voyage d’art de la Société, by Jeannine Warcollier
A Santiago “en burro”, by Père A. Ponsar Premier pèlerinage à Compostelle d’un curé de Paris,
a drawing by Jacques Faizant illustrating the article Pérégrination vélocipédiste,
etc…
not to mention the advertising inserts, which have since disappeared from the publications of our beloved Society.
Limited edition
Copies available while stocks last (80 pages)
Price: €10 – available from the head office of the Société Française des Amis de Saint Jacques
The monthly newsletter
A monthly electronic newsletter is sent to all members at their e-mail address.
It contains all the information you need to know to take an active part in the life of the Société Française, everything you need to know about the latest news on the Chemin, and a calendar of upcoming events you won’t want to miss.
L’Echo des Chemins
All members of the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle receive, once or twice a year, the newsletter L’Écho des Chemins de Saint-Jacques which provides information on :
- Company life (reception, conferences, library, walks, meetings with French and foreign associations…)
- Various testimonials in the form of contributions
- The life of the Chemin (new paths, new gîtes, good addresses…)
- Events organized around the Pilgrim’s Way to Santiago de Compostela (meetings, exhibitions, films, symposia, philately, monument inaugurations, etc.).
- Reading notes on recent works
- and sometimes, alas, a reminder of those who have left us