The Reverend Anne Gardner will offer a reflection on her experience of walking the
famed 500-mile Camino de Santiago. She wrote a book about this extraordinary
journey, titled And So I Walked. The book recounts both the challenges of completing a
long-distance hike as well as the emotional and spiritual undercurrents her time on the
trail revealed. Gardner currently runs the chaplaincy program at Harvard-Westlake, a
private independent high school in Los Angeles. Prior to accepting this position, she
spent twelve years as the Director of Spiritual and Religious Life at Phillips Academy,
Andover. For many years, Gardner has worked as a freelance writer, crafting pieces for
various outlets, including NPR, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, and the
National Catholic Reporter, among others.