Société Française des Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle La plus ancienne de toutes les associations jacquaires – depuis 1950

French welcome in Santiago

The Webcompostella Association will welcome French-speaking pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela in 2023 between May 15 and October 31, 2023.

Meet for a drink

To find out more, or to become a host, visit the Webcompostela website: www.webcompostella.com

Pilgrims arriving at the welcome center of the pilgrims’ house to obtain the Compostela, can meet Webcompostella’s French-speaking hosts and share with them what they have experienced during their pilgrimage.

Day-long program organized by the French-speaking reception team

  • 9 h Mass in French in the chapel of the pilgrims’ welcome center
  • 10:30am to 12pm Meeting with a priest, individual interview in French, sacrament of reconciliation at the Cathedral
  • 3:30 pm Time for pilgrims to share at the French welcome desk (pilgrims’ welcome center)
  • 6pm Spiritual tour of the cathedral exterior, rendez-vous at North Portal

The Webcompostella team will be on hand throughout the day, either in the pilgrims’ welcome center or in the Cathedral. In particular, you are invited to meet the hosts at 3.30pm in their offices for a coffee or fruit juice, for a time of exchange (in French) open to all. Everyone will be able to share their experience of the path, and for some, its spiritual dimension, as it is often said that if you start the path as a hiker, you often end it as a pilgrim…

Outside reception hours, you can meet them in the vicinity of the Cathedral and the reception center, identifiable by their T-shirts and a “accueil francophone” sign.