From May 17th to May 25th, 10 Members of our association walked from Cologne to Echternach, 215 km in 9 days. On May 26th they took part in the dancing procession in Echternach.

First they hiked through the rather flat region around Cologne. As of the 3rd day, the landscape of the "Via Coloniensis" became hillier in the Eifel.

They stayed in hotels along the road, in cities like Euskirchen, Bad Münstereifel and Blankenheim. On the last day further members of our association joined the group on their hike from Mettendorf to Echternach.

Sunday morning July 27th, hike from Manternach to Grevenmacher. Mass at the church of Grevenmacher followed by a nice meal in a restaurant along the Moselle River.

Large group of pilgrims of our association at the dancing procession on June 10th.

On june 9th, 2025, the day before the dancing procession, we walked from Befort via Grundhof to Echternach.

As part of Octave 2025, a mass for the Friends of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela was celebrated at Luxembourg Cathedral on Sunday May 25.

Annual general meeting and extraordinary general meeting, for adjustment of the statutes, on february 8th 2025 in Grevenmacher.

This year's European Heritage Days took place from September 27th to October 5th, under the theme “Routes, networks and connections”. The 180 km long route from Lieler to Schengen, the Compostelle Way through Luxembourg, with its 8 stages, was one of the routes on the program.

Stage 1: Friday, September 27th was the start of the route in Lieler.

Stage 2 : The group on the road on Saturday September 28th from Rodershausen via Stolzemburg and Vianden to Bettel.

Stage 3: Monday September 30th, in the rain, from Bettel to Echternach.

Stage 4: Arriving in Grevenmacher on October 1rst, the pilgrims went to the “Kräizkapell” to celebrate mass together, followed by a reception at the “Kaplounshaus” in Grevenmacher.

Stage 5: Group photo at the start of the stage on October 2nd. Friendly stop at the Flesch-Frank family garden in Rood-Syre.

Stage 6: Coffee break at the Centre Jean XXlll, with explanations by Mme Renée Schmit, director of the diocesan pilgrimage office and the « CFD - Centre de formation diocésain ». Then back on the road, through the old town of Luxembourg City to the Cathedral and on to Leudelange.

Stage 7: The Pilgrimage group in Budersberg, with the large scallop under their feet.

Stage 8: Last Stage on October 5th, from Hellange to Schengen. Visite oft he „Kaschtel“ with explanation of the site by Mr. Jerry Grün.

Farewell Diner with all participants in Schengen.

THANKS to all who took part at this event!

For organizational reasons, this year's Saint-Jacques celebration took place on July 27th.

A 6 km walk was organized from Ellange-Gare to Altwies. In the beautiful Altwies church, a mass was celebrated for all pilgrims, followed by a meal at the Kohn restaurant. The statue of St. James is in the Altwies church.

After a 17 km pilgrimage from Befort to Echternach on May 20th, we took part in the dancing procession the following day, unfortunately in the rain.

On May 5th, 2024, we made a pilgrimage to Luxembourg Cathedral to pray to the Consolatrice des Affligés, and took part in the mass celebrated by our chaplain Claude Bache. Afterwards, we enjoyed a convivial breakfast together.

This year's Annual General Meeting took place on March 2nd, 2024 at the “Kaplounshaus” in Grevenmacher. A gift was presented to Camille Mentz in appreciation of his many years of work as treasurer of the association.

President Robert Fourné gave a retrospective of the association's 20-year history and, of course, a birthday cake was offered to celebrate the event.