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Sea Sunday: Vatican calls for seafarers’ protection
Family separation, lack of shore leave, violence and abandonment are some of the realities experienced by seafarers today, the Vatican has highlighted in its message for Sea Sunday 2018 which ...
Mother’s Day Mass
AoS Canada National Director and Montreal port chaplain Fr Andrew Thavam celebrated a special Mass at the Mariners House chapel on the feast of Ascension and Mother’s Day. Mass was ...
Vancouver seminarians reach out to seafarers
“Jesus frequently went out on the waters with his disciples. I look forward to following Him in service to the seafarers who sail the high seas today”. This was one ...
Port chaplains meet up
AoS Canada National Director and Montreal port chaplain Fr Andrew Thavam met-up with the port and chaplains in Toronto and Oshawa recently. He con-celebrated Mass at Oshawa and Oshawa port ...
AoS Japan port chaplain Fr Hubert retires after 50 years
The friendly face of Fr Hubert Nelskamp OFM at the top of a ship’s gangway has been a welcome sight for seafarers arriving at the ports of Naoetsu and Kushiro ...
Vancouver: shock as celebration turns to tragedy
AoS Vancouver chaplain Deacon Dileep Athaide told us of his shock after a ship he had visited in late January suffered a serious fire that left it disabled. The incident ...
Warm welcome on a cold winter’s day
In Montreal, Fr Andrew Thavam, port chaplain and AoS Canada national director went on board OOCL Belgium. It was freezing cold but the crew were very welcoming. The chief cook ...
Apostleship of the Sea leads action against slavery at sea
‘Slavery is not yet ended’, said Archbishop Sanchez Sorondo of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences Slavery at the 24th World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea ...
AoS 24th World Congress: A vital pastoral work in a vast industry
On the first day of the 24th World Congress of Catholic maritime charity, Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), the continuing value of its support for seafarers and fishermen was affirmed. ...
Montreal Conference: ‘Be fishers of people’, Canada’s port chaplains challenged
A number of port chaplains from across Canada from the Apostleship of the Sea gathered this week in Montreal for their annual conference, organised by their National Office. Bishop Thomas ...
Deacon Michael meets seafarers
Here’s Ontario coordinator Deacon Michael Ho on one of his ship visits in Toronto along with the ship visiting volunteer Conrad. They met the Chief and the Second Officer of ...
Sea Sunday Mass
Fr Andrew Thavam Montreal port chaplain, celebrated Sea Sunday Mass on board the Wild Rose which docked at the Grain Terminal in Montreal and another Mass at Mariners House chapel. ...