On July 25th, the Feast of St. James, St. James’ Anglican church in Carbonear celebrated with food and fellowship. Everyone enjoyed a presentation by the Rev’d Maxine Drover about her recent trip to the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. According to tradition, James traveled to Spain to preach the Gospel before being martyred. This tradition also claims that his body was taken by boat to Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, and was buried there.
In the early 9th century, his tomb was purportedly discovered and a church was built on the site of his tomb. Since the middle ages, the relics of St. James have attracted Christian pilgrims from all over the world. Rev’d Maxine was delighted to share her experiences with us in a slide show of many pictures of her travels, which included a bus tour to the Northern Coast of Spain, and her pilgrimage from Sarria to St. James’ tomb. It was as if we had walked the 120km trek with her!
