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Mass held on ship after seafarer dies in Trois-Rivières
Catholic charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) held Mass on board a ship following the death of a seafarer at the port of Trois-Rivières on 22 May. Fr Andrew Thavam, ...
Hello to our new volunteer
We say hello to our new volunteer Alfred, who together with AoS Canada National Coordinator Fr Andrew met AoS Ontario Port Chaplin Fr Saju. Welcome on board Alfred! ...
Prayer requests
During night prayers at Mariner’s House in Montreal led by Fr Andrew, two seafarers made a prayer request. One was to pray for their safe voyages and the other was ...
Mothers’ Day at Mariners House
Our Montreal port chaplain Fr Andrew invited a group of seafarers to join him in prayer for all mothers – this being Mother’s Day. It was a beautiful occasion ...
Rosaries for Indian crew
Our new AoS port chaplain in Oshawa, Deacon Alban Soares is already active at the port, visiting the ships and serving the needs of the seafarers. On April 26, he ...
Easter Sunday
On the Easter Sunday our AoS Vancouver port chaplain Deacon Dileep Athaide visited the Upper Room Seafarers Center in Port Alberni. Meanwhile in Montreal, port chaplain and National Coordinator Fr ...
News from Toronto
Deacon Michael Ho is our Toronto port chaplain and coordinator for Ontario region and visits ships in Toronto and Hamilton Ports. He recently recruited a former captain from Goa in ...
Home away from home
AoS Montreal port chaplain and Canada National Coordinator Fr Andrew writes; This evening when I had served at the Mariner’s house of Montreal for my night duty, I had seen ...
Seafarers’ sacrifices
Fr Andrew writes; I just returned after my second Palm Sunday Mass at Mariners House chapel. Though there were only seven who attended the Mass it was very special for ...