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Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Augustine Llamas, this morning two charitable initiatives promoted by the Association Lorca-Santiago.
On the one hand this entity is organizing a tribute to route Bartolomé García Martínez, who died in a car accident last year.
This route to the Holy Lorca Totana, which has already been made on two other occasions, is being prepared in collaboration with the City of Lorca, Aledo City Council and other associations such as The Club Hikers "The Carrasca" Waiters Step Convent and Blue.
Road to be named after Bartolomé García Martínez is 25 kilometers, with the following schedule:
Lorca - Church of Santiago, Serrata, Ermita Pozuelo farmhouse, Los Allozos, Agualeja Strait, Patalache and Aledo.
The mayor of Sports explained that for those who are interested in doing them, can register at the offices of the Sports Department of the City of Lorca, Lorca Association Santiago, the Carrasca Hikers Club, Porters and Blue Step Convent until the day March 13, 2013.
Registration includes, material transport, support vehicle, water, food and bus back to Lorca.
Course hospitaleros volunteers.
Flames Augustine noted, moreover, that the Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago for hospitaleros curiosillos regularly organizes volunteers and this year will take place in Lorca on 22, 23 and 24 February 2013 at the School of Agricultural Training, to be attended by 50 volunteers hospitaleros in Spain, for training in this attention to Pilgrim.
The story of the hosts comes from recent years, when a large group of people wanted to renovate an entertainment aspect to receive the pilgrims to Compostela.
These are ancient pilgrims hospitaleros spent part of their holiday to serve, on a voluntary and free, hostels for pilgrims, and to assist in the dissemination of the contents artistic, cultural and spiritual path.
Sports Councillor said that the only requirement to be hospitable is to have made the pilgrimage to Santiago and want to spend time and capabilities to host altruistically.
Since the federation understand that it is important that new hospitaleros do a course of preparation to know in advance what they will find in the other side of the road, which is the entertainment and that is usually hard work, nothing like a vacation alternative .
Between February and June, organized a series of preparatory workshops for people who want to work as hospitable during that year.
This training takes place during the weekend begins on Friday evening and end on Sunday afternoon and is required to exercise complete and hospitable.
Augustine Flames indicated that a very exceptional and for those people who find it physically impossible to navigate a course-for example, reside outside Spain the possibility of spending three days in a shelter to get familiar with the work before joining the hostel to be assigned.
The average time spent in a shelter is 15 days, the first or second half of each month.
In some cases, time spent as hospitalero may be wider, not being advisable stays longer than one month.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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