Buen Camino! Bom Caminho! Bon Chemin! Good Way!

 

I’m Joyce DeToni-Hill. I am United Methodist clergy of 38 years, living in St. George Utah. I’ll be your host for this journey. I experienced the transforming power of the camino in 2016, walking 500 miles across Spain on the Camino Francés during a transitional time in my life. Since then, I’ve walked over 1500 miles on Spain’s French and Portuguese (Coastal, Central, and Spiritual Variant) routes.

 

Since 2011 I’ve enjoyed participating in the pilgrimage community as a member of American Pilgrims on the Camino organization serving as a co- leader for the Colorado Front Range chapter, writing articles for the La Concha newsletter, offering workshops and presentations locally and for national conferences, and my favorite – commissioning first time pilgrims in shell ceremonies.

 

I’ve presented and preached on pilgrimage in storytelling groups, conference clergy colleague retreats, local churches and the Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William and Mary.

 

And I’ve been privileged to lead small groups on pilgrimage to Israel and Spain’s Camino de Santiago. What a journey!

 

So it seems only natural to retire a little early from serving in the local church to follow my passion to introduce and accompany others in the joy of walking pilgrimage as spiritual adventure.