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Port Ministry
AOS-USA member port chaplains provide pastoral care and welfare support to mariners, fishermen and their families in U.S. ports.
Description
AOS-USA member port chaplains, who are priests, deacons and lay ecclesial ministers mandated by their diocesan bishop, reach out to mariners, fishermen, their families and all who work or travel on the waterways. Trained in the specific concerns of the maritime world, they serve as the mariners' minister and friend aboard ship and ashore.
Key features
- Eucharist, Confession, Anointing of the Sick and the sacramental life of the Church
- Pastoral care for crews of merchant vessels and cruise ships
- Work toward a safe work environment and just contracts
- A genuine welcome and safe haven in port
- Spiritual renewal, communication with loved ones and recreational possibilities
Applications
Ministry on merchant vessels, cruise ships and crowded wharves, and in hospitals, mariners' academies, seafarers' centers, clubs and retirement homes.
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