Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle

Walk: Cesson - In the footsteps of the Knights Templar
2025-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Cesson: In the footsteps of the Knights Templar

17 km walk organized by Vincent and Lydie at a pace of 4 km per hour

Meet at Gare de Lyon RER D – direction MELUN at 9:35 a.m. – Arrive in Cesson at 10:26 a.m.

From village to village, through forests, we’ll walk for 17 km with a slight gradient.

To register, call Vincent Danion on 06.84.38.13.08 from Monday May 26.

Scheduled return from Cesson station at 16:32, arrival at Gare de Lyon at 17:19

Please leave your full name and membership number.

Membership limited to 25 people. Registration open from Monday May 26 to Friday evening May 30.

Clothing and equipment according to the weather, good footwearApplication of current health regulationsWalk under everyone’s responsibility: each participant must be insured and respect the instructions given by the organizers.

Forest walk around Nemours
2025-05-25 08:00 - 17:00
Forest walk around Nemours
21 km walk organized by Blandine at a pace of 4 km/h.

RDV Gare de Lyon in Hall 1 at 8:00 am. Departure at 8.16am on the GAMO transilien, arrival at Nemours Saint Pierre at 9.23am.

We enter the forest on the GR13, crossing rocky massifs.
After skirting the forest for a few kilometers, we reach Larchant and the Basilica of St Mathurin.We continue on the GR13, passing the Eléphant and Dame Jouanne rocks.
Return to Nemours via the Chapelle la Reine path.

For the return journey, one train per hour from Nemours Saint Pierre station at 16 each hour (16h16, 17h16). Arrival at Gare de Lyon in just over an hour.

Register with Blandine Beaudoin on 06 83 44 87 12

Please leave your full name and membership number.
Please note: membership is limited to 25 people. Registration open from May 19 to 23.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Round table: The Shikoku pilgrimage, "Japanese Compostela"?
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:45 | Forum 104, 104, rue de Vaugirard, PARIS, 75006
As part of the “Des chemins et des hommes” cycleThe Shikoku pilgrimage, “Japanese Compostela”? Round-table discussion: Extracts from film 88 punctuated by an interview with the director,

Moderated by Frédéric Rochet, Director of Forum104

On Japan’s Shikoku island, a 1,200-kilometer circular itinerary links 88 temples, following in the footsteps of the 9th-century Buddhist monk Kûkai. Émilie Berteau walked it in 42 days, and made a film about the pilgrimage, shot with a subjective camera. She will be showing us excerpts from this film, and will talk about her adventure, which was both a physical and spiritual odyssey.

→ Émilie Berteau is an author and director. After training in art history, museology and philosophy at the École du Louvre and then the Sorbonne, she studied cinema in Beirut and a Master’s degree in documentary cinema in Paris. Her first feature-length documentary, 88, about the Shikoku pilgrimage, won awards at several international festivals.

At the end of the round table :

Organizers’ stands

A glass of friendship

IN PRACTICE

Organization :The weekly Le Pèlerin, Compostelle 2000, the French Society of Friends of Santiago de Compostela and Forum104, in partnership with La Procure, the Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre and the Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel.

Reservations :
Registration on the Pèlerin website

Information: communicationlepelerin@groupebayard.com or tel: 01 45 44 01 87 (Forum104)

Admission: 8 euros.

Paris discovery walk: From Porte de La Villette to Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville
2025-05-13 10:00 - 17:00
From Porte de la Villette to Quai de l’hôtel de Ville . Approx. 4 h walking time

Meet at 10 am at Porte de la Villette – Exit 3 of the metro – Porte de la Villette, between Bd Mac Donald and rue du chemin de fer.

We’ll walk for about 4 hours with a lunch break (either bring your own picnic or eat in a pub).

Registration from May 09 to 12 with Hervé Jaquet by SMS to 06 40 87 51 81, giving your full name and membership number.

Group size limited to 20 participants. All participants are asked to be vigilant, to walk on sidewalks, to respect traffic lights and to cross at crosswalks. All participants walk at their own risk. It is always possible to stop if you feel tired, but you must inform the organizer beforehand. If weather conditions are too bad, the walk will be postponed to a later date. .

Spiritual preparation
2025-05-09 11:00 - 13:00
Due to the unavailability of Father Patrice SONNIER on Saturday April 5, 2025, the spiritual preparation session on Saturday April 5 has been postponed to Saturday April 12, 2025.
In addition to the material preparationfor pilgrimage on the roads to Santiago, spiritual preparation is clearly a “plus” in the pilgrim’s toolkit.

Since 2022, the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostellehas been offering this time of exchange and sharingfor all those interested in this spiritual preparation.

The sessions are led by lFather Patrice SONNIER, professor at the Collège des Bernardins

Spiritual preparation meetings are held at the Association’s head office.

Please register in advance and check times with the association.
N.B. If you’re interested in a particular topic or theme, please let Pierre Huchard know by e-mail:1950societe@amis-de-compostelle.fr

Walking: Country paths from Gif sur Yvette to Saint Remy lès Chevreuse
2025-04-20 08:00 - 17:00
Walking: Country paths from Gif sur Yvette to Saint Remy lès Chevreuse
20 km walk organized by Blandine at a pace of 4 km/h.

Meet at Denfert Rochereau RER B on the platform, heading for the southern suburbs, at 9:00 am.
Departure at 9.16 am with RER B PIRE, arrival at Gif sur Yvette at 9.51 am.

We pass through several forests (Saint Aubin, Port Royal) and hamlets (Villiers le Bâcle, Magny Village, Milon La Chapelle), before arriving at Château de la Madeleine.

Return to Saint Remy les Chevreuse RER B station between 4:30pm and 5:30pm. Trains every 15 minutes.

Register with Blandine Beaudoin on 06 83 44 87 12

Please leave your full name and membership number.
Please note: membership is limited to 25 people. Registration open from April 14 to 18.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Paris discovery walk: From Porte de Pantin to Porte Dorée
2025-04-17 10:00 - 17:00
From Porte de Pantin to Porte Dorée . Approx. 4 h walk

Meet at 10 a.m. at Porte de Pantin, on the corner of rue Jean Jaurès and rue Eugène Jumin.

We’ll walk for about 4 hours with a lunch break (either bring your own picnic or enjoy a meal in a café after passing through the Mouzaïa district).

Registration from April 14 to 16 with Françoise Labouille by SMS to 06 63 92 89 24, giving your full name and membership number.

Group size limited to 20 participants. All participants are asked to be vigilant, to walk on sidewalks, to respect traffic lights and to cross at crosswalks. All participants walk at their own risk. It is always possible to stop if you feel tired, but you must inform the organizer beforehand. If weather conditions are too bad, the walk will be postponed to a later date. .

Introduction to Spanish for pilgrims
2025-04-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Association headquarters, 8 bis rue Jean BART, PARIS, 75006
Spanish classes resumed on March 4.

They take place at our head office at 8bis rue Jean Bart, Paris 6, in the office provided for office hours, on Tuesdays from 10am to 11:30am.

Courses are free of charge.

Please register with SFASJC tel: 01 43 54 32 90

Walking: From Breuillet-Village to Dourdan - 18th stage of the GR1
2025-04-06 08:00 - 18:00
Walk from Breuillet-Village to Dourdan – 18th stage of the GR1
18 km walk organized by Régis at a COMMON pace of 4 km per hour.
Meet at 8:35 am at Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station to take the 8:50 am RER C to Breuillet-Village.
You can also arrange to meet directly at Breuillet-Village at 9:40 a.m.
We take the GR1 through fields and forests to Dourdan.

Return via Dourdan station – RER C at 5.07pm – Arrival Bibliothèque François Mitterrand 6.17pm.

Registration with Régis Kaldy on 06 17 50 17 56

Please note: membership is limited to 25 people.
Register from Monday March 31 to Friday April 4 by SMS, indicating your full name and membership number.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Spiritual preparation - cancelled and postponed to April 12
2025-04-05 11:00 - 13:00

Round table: Women's paths to spirituality
2025-04-04 19:30 - 21:45 | Forum 104, 104, rue de Vaugirard, PARIS, 75006
As part of the “Des chemins et des hommes” cycleWomen’s spiritual paths: In the footsteps of Mary Magdalene, Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc Round table (with photo projection)

Moderated by Frédéric Rochet, Director of Forum104

On pilgrimage routes, women are not forgotten. Three pilgrims have followed (or traced) paths honoring female saints:

Cyrille Boland in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene in Provence.

Cyrille Boland is an Orthodox deacon and beekeeper. He is founder and president of the association Chemins des saintes et saints de Provence and author of En Provence sur les traces de Marie-Madeleine (Salvator, 2024).

Sylvie Francotte in the footsteps of Hildegard of Bingen in Germany

Sylvie Francotte (better known as Radio Camino) has walked many of the roads to Santiago de Compostela, sometimes in both directions. She then developed a passion for other initiatory paths, such as the Chemin de Gargantua (from Mont-Sainte-Odile to Mont-Saint-Michel), or the tour of the Black Virgins of France.

Pascale de Barochez on those of Joan of Arc in the Loiret region.

Pascale de Barochez is in charge of the Pastorale du tourisme et des loisirs at the French Bishops’ Conference. She was diocesan delegate for the pastoral care of tourism in the Diocese of Orléans from 2016 to 2023.

They’ll take us down new paths, as inspired as they are inspiring.

At the end of the round table :

Compostelle 2000 announces the results of the short story competition

Authors’ signing session

Organizers’ stands

A glass of friendship

IN PRACTICE

Organization :The weekly Le Pèlerin, Compostelle 2000, the French Society of Friends of Santiago de Compostela and Forum104, in partnership with La Procure, the Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre and the Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel.

For further information, please contact
communicationlepelerin@groupebayard.com or tel: 01 45 44 01 87 (Forum104).
Reservations :
https://www.lepelerin.com/chemins-pelerinages/lactualite-des-chemins/chemins-et-pelerinages-les-rdv-pelerin-de-l-annee-6674
Admission: 8 euros.

Fête de la Coquille 2025 in Montrouge
2025-04-03 19:00 - 2025-04-06 20:00 | Eglise St Jacques Le Majeur / City of Montrouge, 39 Rue Gabriel Péri, Montrouge, 92120, France
The scallop festival in Montrouge – 2nd edition- will take place from Thursday, April 3 to Sunday, April 6, 2025

Organized by the Town Hall, the Parish and the Société Française des Amis de St Jacques de Compostelle.

Ask for the program…

We look forward to seeing you soon

Here’s an overview of the program

Thursday, April 03, 7-9pm, “Le Beffroi” Place Emile Creps – Montrouge

Metro Mairie de Montrouge, line 4, Emile Creps exit

Conference on the Camino

“ De Montrouge à Compostelle: Histoire et Patrimoine”… by Denise Péricard-Méa, Doctor of History – University of Paris 1, Co-President of the Institut de Recherche Jacquaire.

Screening of the film “Le chemin de Compostelle“, shot in 1953 by Abbé Henry Branthomme

An archive document of exceptional value (duration 47′) – Animated by François Bourdeaux

Saturday, April 05

Marche jacquaire from Montrouge to Massy-Palaiseau

on the “Turoniensis” or historic Tours route – about 20 kms – 9 a.m. -> 5:30 p.m.

RDV at Montrouge churchPacked lunchReturn by public transportAccompaniment: François Bourdeaux/ Monique Jacob

“Breizh Marc’ Had” from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Gourmet market featuring Breton products – allées Jean Jaurès in Montrouge,

Drawing and sketching workshop – 3 p.m.

Restitution ensuite des ateliers, Exhibition of drawings and sketches by children from the Montrouge leisure center on March 9 and 26.

Hosted by Jade Mroueh, venue to be confirmed

Guided tour of the Church of St James the Greater – 3 pm

Rdv on the church square – Guides and Parishioners

Sunday, April 06

“Breizh Marc’ Had” from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Gourmet market featuring Breton products – allées Jean Jaurès in Montrouge,

Exhibition of drawings and sketches by children from the Montrouge leisure center on March 9 and 26.

Venue to be confirmed

Guided tour of the Church of St James the Greater – 3 pm

Rdv on the church square – Guides and Parishioners

For more information, visitwww.ville-montrouge.frwww.paroisse de montrouge.comwww.amis-de-compostelle.fr

Contact: François Bourdeaux (06 18 88 09 70) and Monique Jacob (06 09 14 50 64)

Marche découverte de Paris: Visit to Père Lachaise cemetery
2025-03-26 13:45 - 16:00
Visit Père Lachaise cemetery

Rendezvous at 1:45 p.m.

In front of Café des Banques, 13 avenue du Père Lachaise, Paris 20, métro Gambetta (exit 3).

To register, contact the organizer – Monique Jacob: 06 09 14 50 64 – by SMS, giving your full name and membership number.

Introduction to Spanish for pilgrims
2025-03-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Association headquarters, 8 bis rue Jean BART, PARIS, 75006
Spanish classes resumed on March 4.

They take place at our head office at 8bis rue Jean Bart, Paris 6, in the office provided for office hours, on Tuesdays from 10am to 11:30am.

Courses are free of charge.

The following dates have been set: March 25, April 1, April 8.

To facilitate progress for all participants, it would be a good idea to sign up for all courses.

Please register with Monique Jacob tel: 06 09 14 50 64

Walking: A Sunday in the Montceaux forest
2025-03-23 08:00 - 17:00
A Sunday in the Montceaux forest

18 km walk organized by Vincent and Lydie at a pace of 4 km per hour

Meet at Gare de L’Est at 9.25 a.m. for a 9.37 a.m. departure – Line P – FYMO – Direction La Ferté-Milon – Arrival in Trilport at 10.06 a.m.

A tour of a state-owned forest of majestic oaks starting from Trilport, in a meander of the Marne.

Chemin de St Fiacre,

Village of Montceaux,

Carrefour du Chêne-au-Roi,

Carrefour de la Marche…

Early spring promises a forest decked out in shades of green.

Registration with Lydie Dobin on 06 72 74 06 87

Scheduled return from Trilport at 5:37 p.m. for arrival at Gare de L’Est at 6:09 p.m.

Please leave your full name and membership number.

Membership limited to 25 people. Registration open from Monday March 17 to Friday evening March 21.

Clothing and equipment according to the weather, good footwearApplication of current health regulationsWalk under everyone’s responsibility: each participant must be insured and respect the instructions given by the organizers.

Introduction to Spanish for pilgrims
2025-03-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Association headquarters, 8 bis rue Jean BART, PARIS, 75006
Spanish classes resumed on March 4.

They take place at our head office at 8bis rue Jean Bart, Paris 6, in the office provided for office hours, on Tuesdays from 10am to 11:30am.

Courses are free of charge.

The following dates have been set: March 18, March 25, April 1, April 8.

To facilitate progress for all participants, it would be a good idea to sign up for all courses.

Please register with Monique Jacob tel: 06 09 14 50 64

Walking: From La Ferte-Alais to Breuillet-Village - 17th stage of the GR1
2025-03-09 08:00 - 17:00
Walk from La Ferte-Alais to Breuillet-Village
21 km walk organized by Patrick at a COMMON pace of 4 km per hour.
RDV at 8:15 a.m. at Gare de Lyon – Quai RER Sud R direction Corbeil-Essonne
Departure at 8.31 a.m. – Arrival at La Ferté Allais at 9.42 a.m.
We take the GR11 to join the GR1 via Vallée Hainault, Parc aux Bœufs and Vallée Gommier.
We reach Moulin Goujon and then Torfou, before taking a short stretch of the Chemin de Compostelle.
Just a few kilometers to Breuillet Village

Return via Breuillet-Village station – RER C at 17h22 – Arrival Bibliothèque François Mitterrand 18h10

Registration with Patrick Stagnetto on 06 28 54 00 86

Please note: membership is limited to 25 people.
Registrations open from March 3 to 7 by SMS, indicating your full name and membership number.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Introduction to Spanish for pilgrims
2025-03-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Association headquarters, 8 bis rue Jean BART, PARIS, 75006
Spanish classes resume.

They will take place at our head office at 8bis rue Jean Bart, Paris 6, in the premises provided for office hours, on Tuesdays from 10am to 11:30am.

Courses are free of charge.

The following dates have been set: March 4, March 18, March 25, April 1 and April 8.

To facilitate progress for all participants, it would be a good idea to sign up for all courses.

Please register with Monique Jacob tel: 06 09 14 50 64

Forum Nantais des Chemins
2025-02-28 14:00 - 2025-03-01 18:30
The Société Française des Amis de Saint Jacques de Compostelle looks forward to seeing you at the 3rd FORUM NANTAIS DES CHEMINS

Walk: Green spaces west of Paris
2025-02-16 08:00 - 17:00
Walk: Green spaces west of Paris
19 km walk organized by Blandine at a pace of 4 km/h.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. on the RER A platform – Chatou-Croissy station for a walk starting at 9:30 a.m. at the latest.For information, the RER leaves Chatelet les Halles at 8.36 am and arrives at Chatou-Croissy at 9.06 am.

We’ll follow the promenade along the banks of the Seine to the Croissy bridge.
We join the Jonchère park and then the Malmaison forest.
After a short drive through Vaucresson, we reach the Lafayette escadrille memorial.
We end the walk by crossing the Parc de St Cloud.

Return by tramway T2 to Parc de St Cloud station.

Register with Blandine Beaudoin on 06 83 44 87 12

Please leave your full name and membership number.
Please note: membership is limited to 25 people. Registration open from February 10 to 14.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

General Meeting of the French Society of Friends of Santiago de Compostela (SFASJC)
2025-02-15 09:30 - 16:30 | Forum 104, 104, rue de Vaugirard, PARIS, 75006
Dear friends
You are invited to attend the Ordinary Annual General Meeting of our associationto be held on Saturday February 15, 2025starting at 9:30 a.m.
At Forum 104 – Salle des Glycines
Our meeting will be divided into two parts:the general meeting of members in the morning, with elections for the renewal of the Board of Directors,and after a packed lunch on site, we invite you to join us for a convivial afternoon.

Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting
9:30am: Welcome and registration10:00am: Opening of Ordinary General Meeting

Treasurer’s financial report and general secretary’s activity reportChairman’s moral report
Election of board members
Presentation of the Board’s plans for 2025,
Discussion with the audience

12:30 p.m.: Lunch2:00 p.m.: Social time

Announcement of photo contest winners and prize-giving ceremony
Presentation of the Jacobean award to pilgrims who have obtained the Compostela in 2024.
Surprise entertainment followed by a welcome drink

Members wishing to stand for election to the Board of Directors of the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle are invited to submit their application to the President before February 1st. Members must have been members for at least two years and be up to date with their membership fees.
There are vacancies on the Board of Directors for people who can bring us their skills in academic relations, public relations, social networking, communications, website management, IT in general…
If you are unable to attend the General Meeting, you may be represented by another member of the association witha valid power of attorney.
The power of attorney must be sent to the company before February 1, 2025.
We remind you that, in accordance with our by-laws, only members who have paid their membership fees may take part in the vote.We hope to see many of you, and look forward to seeing you on this occasion. Please accept, dear friends, our pilgrim greetings.
PresidentPatrice J.M. Bernard

Photo competition: Vote for the People's Choice Award
2025-02-14 08:00 - 23:30
The winners of the Photo Competition will be announced at the Annual General Meeting on February 15. Although the members of the jury have already deliberated to determine the winners of the Jury prizes, you still have the opportunity to vote for the Public Prize until February 14 at 11:59 pm.

The rules are simple: the People’s Choice Award will go to the pilgrim’s photo with the most “likes”. Select your favorite photos and don’t hesitate to ask your friends and family to vote for you! (An Instagram account is required.)

Instagram account link: https: //www.instagram.com/sfasjc_photo/

Walking: From Maisse to La Ferté-Alais through fields and forests - 16th stage of the GR1
2025-02-09 08:00 - 17:00
From Maisse to La Ferté-Alais through fields and forests
20 km walk organized by Régis at a COMMON pace of 4 km per hour.
Meet at Gare de Lyon on the RER D platform South at 8.15am – Departure at 8.33am towards Corbeil-Essonne

Return ALL TOGETHER from Ferté-Alais station at 5:46 pm to Gare de Lyon – Hourly train to Paris with connection at Corbeil-Essonnes.
Registration with Régis Kaldy on 06.17.50.17.56

Please note: membership is limited to 25 people.
Registrations open from February 3 to 7 by SMS, indicating your full name and membership number.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Spiritual preparation
2025-02-08 11:00 - 13:00
In addition to the material preparationfor pilgrimage on the roads to Santiago, spiritual preparation is clearly a “plus” in the pilgrim’s toolkit.

Since 2022, the Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostellehas been offering this time of exchange and sharingfor all those interested in this spiritual preparation.

The sessions are led by lFather Patrice SONNIER, professor at the Collège des Bernardins

Spiritual preparation meetings are held at the Association’s head office.

Please register in advance and check times with the association.
N.B. If you’re interested in a particular topic or theme, please let Pierre Huchard know by e-mail:1950societe@amis-de-compostelle.fr

Paris discovery walk: From Porte de Montreuil to Denfert- Rochereau
2025-02-07 09:30 - 16:00
From Porte de Montreuil to Denfert-Rochereau. approx. 18 km

Meet at 9:45 a.m. at Porte de Montreuil in front of the Mac Donald, 67 avenue Davout; departure at 10 a.m.; duration approx. 5 hours.

We’ll be walking from 10am to 4pm, with an hour’s break for lunch: picnic if the weather permits, or small restaurant.

Group limited to 20 participants. Each participant will be asked to be vigilant, to walk on sidewalks, to respect traffic lights and to cross lanes at crosswalks. All participants walk at their own risk. It is always possible to stop if you feel tired, but you must inform the organizer beforehand. If weather conditions are too bad, the walk will be postponed to a later date.

Register with the organizer from February 3 to 6 – Monique Jacob: 06 09 14 50 64 – by SMS, giving your full name and membership number.

Submission of application for the 2024 "jacquaire" award
2025-02-01 08:00 - 23:30
You have until February 1 to submit your application…

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Walk: From Bouffémont to Taverny through the Montmorency forest
2025-01-26 08:00 - 17:00
Walk: From Bouffémont to Taverny through the Montmorency forest
22 km walk organized by Monique at a pace of 4 km/h.

Meet at Gare du Nord at 8.45 a.m. in front of the departure platform of the Lomi line H train to Luzarches, departing at 9.04 a.m.

Walking in the Montmorency forest
Return from Taverny station at 5:01 pm to Gare du Nord, a train every 30 minutes to Paris.

Registration with Monique JACOB on 06 09 14 50 64

Registration from January 20 to 24, 2025.
Please remember to register by SMS during this time, leaving your full name and membership number, and wait for the organizer to reply.

Walking: From Malesherbes to Maisse - 15th stage of the GR1
2025-01-19 08:00 - 17:00
Marche De Malesherbes à Maisse – 15th stage of Gr1
17 km walk organized by Régis & Patrick at a pace of 4 km per hour.
Meet at Gare de Lyon in the middle of the RER D Sudplatform at 7.45 a.m. – Train ROPO – 8.01 a.m. towards Corbeil then change at Viry-Chatillon at 9.10 a.m. on the same platform for Malesherbes arriving at 10.06 a.m.
From the station, we cross Malesherbes to Château de Rouville, dating from 1492.
Then off to Moulin-Paillard – to see the 12th-13th century Saint-Léger church and its Neolithic polissoir known as the Seven Swords.
We then take the path through the menhir field, known as the pierre droite, to reach Maisse via a series of narrow lanes.

> RETURN from Maisse station 16h35 ,17h35 – Hourly train to Gare de Lyon RER D.
Registration with Patrick Stagnetto on 06.28.54.00.86

Please leave your full name and membership number.
Please note: membership is limited to 25 people. Registration opens on January 13 and closes on Friday evening, January 17.

Please remember to register during this time and wait for the organizer’s reply.

Round table: Via francigena, Via ligeria: the great road to Rome at the dawn of the Jubilee
2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:45 | Forum 104, 104, rue de Vaugirard, PARIS, 75006
Via francigena, Via ligeria: the great road to Rome on the eve of the Jubilee

As part of the 7th “Des chemins et des hommes” cycle, round-table discussion (with photo projection) moderated by Gaële de La Brosse, journalist with the weekly Le Pèlerin.

A thousand-year-old path linking Canterbury (England) to Rome, the Via Francigena has been enjoying a marked revival over the last ten years. Cyprien Mycinski and Clara Gaymard walked the Italian section, while Anthony Grouard and Anne-Laure Timmel set off from Nantes, tracing the Via ligeria.

Great pilgrimage ideas for the Rome Jubilee of 2025!

Clara Gaymard, entrepreneur, is co-founder of RAISE and the Mouvement pour une économie bienveillante. She is the author of Life is happiness. Jérôme Lejeune, my father (Fleurus, 2003); Faut qu’on parle (Plon, 2016), and Ma francigena (L’éditeur à part, 2024).

Anthony Grouard and Anne-Laure Timmel are the founders of Haltes pèlerines en Loire-Atlantique&Via ligeria, and organize the annual Forum nantais des chemins. They are the authors of Dans les pas de saint Philbert (Librairie Siloë, Nantes, 2023), Dans les pas de saint Donatien et saint Rogatien (Librairie Siloë, Nantes, 2024) and De Nantes à Rome par la Via ligeria et la Via francigena (Salvator, 2025).

Cyprien Mycinski is a history-geography teacher and journalist. He is the author of Via Francigena. Crossing Italy on foot (Salvator, 2017), A narrow land. Notebooks from Israel and Palestine (Salvator, 2019) and Paris, sacred ground. A spiritual history of the capital (PUF, 2022).

At the end of the round table:

A glass of friendship

Authors’ signing session

Organizers’ stands

Information: communicationlepelerin@groupebayard.com or tel: 01 45 44 01 87 (Forum104).

Paris discovery walk: From Pont Cardinet to Porte de Montreuil
2025-01-09 09:45 - 17:00
From Pont Cardinet to Porte de Montreuil. 16 km approx.

Rendezvous at 9.45am at the Pont Cardinet metro station, in the hall in front of the Décathlon store at the corner of Rue Mstislav Rostropovitch and Rue Cardinet;

Departure 10 am; 3.50 for entrance to Asnières animal cemetery.

We’ll be walking from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a one-hour break for lunch: picnic if the weather permits, or small restaurant. End of walk: Porte de Montreuil around 5pm.

Registration from January 6 to 8, 2025 with Monique the organizer

Group size limited to 20 participants. All participants are asked to be vigilant, to walk on sidewalks, to respect traffic lights and to cross at crosswalks. All participants walk at their own risk. It is always possible to stop if you feel tired, but you must inform the organizer beforehand. If weather conditions are too bad, the walk will be postponed to a later date. .
