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I’m not a techie so I’m not sure what you mean by too small but I am working off my phone and probably have a larger copy on my computer at home. I can try sending it as a larger photo and see if that helps as well. Sorry if it doesn’t work out. It was such a nice experience.Thank you Annie, I have seen it and I really appreciate it! But I am afraid this photo unfortunately does not meet the requirements for printing (2 MB). So we'll keep on looking....
Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of
Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of June.
@dadaperegrino, thank you very much!
I will publish the article - translated in English - in this thread as soon as our 'Jacobsstaf' is sent to the members of the Nederlands Genootschap van Sint Jacob (Dutch Confraternity of Saint James). As you are from the Netherlands I suppose you can read Dutch; therefore I will also put a link to the PDF file on our website, where you can read the Jacobsstaf online. Or maybe you are a member? Then you will receive the Jacobsstaf anyway by post.
Thanks so much for the update on Tomas.Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of June.
Of course! If we use your photograph we will send you a hard-copy of the magazine to your address of course. I will let you know as soon as our editor-in-chief has made his choice.Thanks!
I’m not a member, but I look forward to reading the article! Can I share it with a few friends as well?
Will certainly do that in this thread, translated in English.Thsnks so much fpr the update on Tomas.
Yes, please post the story when it's done, thanks!!
He was up there in late 2022.Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
There are some like this on Bing imagesIn case anyone would like to see it. I thought it was a great photo of him and it was such a great night. I had stayed there back in 2006 and a young man showed up at dinner time in raggedy clothes and barefoot and was not speaking at all. Several of us, me included, were put off by the young man, but Tomas immediately recognize that he was walking a pilgrimage in silence. I learned a big lesson as I watched him gently take the man’s pack off of his back and see him at our table, as though he were Christ himself. It brings tears to my eyes now as I remember.
I also remember how he changed my viewpoint. When we first arrived and went up the stairs, there were mattresses on the floor of the attic. There was no running water, no water and no facilities except for a hole in the ground with a little shed around it but it remains one of my favorite nights on the Camino, Santiago, and all the years I’ve been walking I have other photos of that first night if anyone is interested.
Tonight I am in Los Arcos and I am sick.
This memory made me feel feel better
Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of June.
Possibly the source of the photo could be contacted for a higher resolution copy??@Marian Patricia, I know, in fact: we already have this photo. But as we need it for printing, we need photo's of good quality, minimum 2 MB. Internet photo's are not good enough.
Hope u ate feeling better quickly. I'm in Rabanal with a bad cough after a dose if delhi belly but still trudging up and onwards. Bon camino AnnieIn case anyone would like to see it. I thought it was a great photo of him and it was such a great night. I had stayed there back in 2006 and a young man showed up at dinner time in raggedy clothes and barefoot and was not speaking at all. Several of us, me included, were put off by the young man, but Tomas immediately recognize that he was walking a pilgrimage in silence. I learned a big lesson as I watched him gently take the man’s pack off of his back and see him at our table, as though he were Christ himself. It brings tears to my eyes now as I remember.
I also remember how he changed my viewpoint. When we first arrived and went up the stairs, there were mattresses on the floor of the attic. There was no running water, no water and no facilities except for a hole in the ground with a little shed around it but it remains one of my favorite nights on the Camino, Santiago, and all the years I’ve been walking I have other photos of that first night if anyone is interested.
Tonight I am in Los Arcos and I am sick.
This memory made me feel feel better
`sorry but after a day of walking one needs water bath.Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of June.
After a day of walking, all one really needs is a belly full of food and a bed.. everything else is a bonus.`sorry but after a day of walking one needs water bath.
Last time I came across him was, well ...Everyone seems have great experience with him
Do you think the dog remembered you from a previous time? He must see thousands of people pass every year, never to return.Last time I came across him was, well ...
He was walking one of his half-wolves, I said hallo to the "dog", it came up to me and started licking my hand, looking super happy.
I've never seen Tomás looking more shocked !!
IIRC wolves are better at this than dogs. It's possible.Do you think the dog remembered you from a previous time? He must see thousands of people pass every year, never to return.
Thank you for sharing this!!Well, here they are, a few pages of our Dutch quarterly magazine 'Jacobsstaf' in which one of our editors wrote an article about Tomás Martínez de Paz, the last Templar of Manjarín.
In this article we used two photographs of forummembers, and again we thank them for their cooperation!
I will put here a translation in English of the text in the article; in several posts as the text is too long for one post.
Tomás Martinez de Paz
The last of the Templars
Two years ago the roof of his refugio collapsed and hospitalero Tomás is no longer allowed to climb to Manjarín due to a bad heart condition.
On one of the most difficult parts of the Camino Francés, in El Bierzo, after passing the Cruz de Ferro, pilgrims reach Manjarín. Thousands have smiled curiously about all those signposts pointing to Mexico, to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome. 'I had never thought that this place would become so famous,’ Tomás, the hospitalero in Manjarín admits. ‘That one, indicating Mexico, I received from a pilgrim from that country’ he remembers. In the meantime he made place again for two more signposts, one to the Valley of Silence (next door, a stone's throw away) and the other towards Mecca.
I'll risk a delete here: I think it's likely that every Pilgrim stopped at Manjarin. The others on the road have no need of what he offered. Who needs a Templar Knight when you've got Godgle, Correos and your credit-card provider watching over you every moment of every dayIn April 2022 Tomás complained that hardly anyone stopped at his place anymore, not even for a coffee.
FollowingEverybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in Manjarin.
Recently the roof has collapsed, in 2024 an attempt will be made to restore the roof.
Tomás himself has had an open heart surgery and is not allowed anymore to climb the 1500 metres to his albergue.
In honour of him, the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James will publish an article about Tomás and his albergue in the next quarterly magazine for their members. Does anybody have a good photograph in good quality (at least 2 MB) of Tomás himself? we have lots of photographs of the direction post in front of the albergue indicating the way to Jerusalem, Santiago and Rome, but not a real good photo of Tomás himself, preferable dressed in his white tunic with a red cross on it.
If you have a good photograph, please send me a pm, so I can give you my e-mailaddress.
Keep my fingers crossed, many thanks in advance!
If anybody is interested in the full story, I can write it here (translated in English) after the 'Jacobsstaf' (the name of the magazine) is printed and sent to our members by the end of June.
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