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AOS USA Maritime Updates 

The Professional Association of Catholic Mariners, Cruise Ship Priests and Catholic Maritime Ministers.

 

June 20, 2012
In This Issue
A little bit o' this and a little bit o' that...
World Congress Provisional Time Table (Agenda)
Houston Maritime Ministry Training School
Prayer for Hurricane Season
Resource Links
Upcoming Events
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Doreen Badeaux photoA little bit o' this, and a little bit o' that...

 

Dear Friends,

It has been a busy day around the AOS-USA office. On Monday, Deacon Patrick LaPoint from the Lake Charles Seafarers' Center and our Port Chaplaincy Board Member, phoned to let us know that a ship would be arriving in Port Arthur, with very special needs.  The Captain had a massive heart attack onboard and died while the ship was at sea.

Late last night the ship arrived at the Port of Port Arthur and investigations started right away with CBP, Attorneys, P&I Clubs, etc all onboard. This morning, Fr. Sinclair and I boarded the ship to greet the crew, hear their story and offer a Mass, ship blessing, etc,  Tomorrow morning, we will go back onboard for the Ceremony.

We are honored that the Vice President for our local Shrimpers' Association, Mrs. Vui Kim Tran, a Mariner Member of AOS-USA, will also come onboard for the ceremony. As a Catholic Mariner and a shrimper, Kim is very aware of the tragedies that can occur at sea, and made it very clear that she wants to go with us to pray for this Captain, his family and crew.

What a beautiful thing for one Mariner to offer to another Mariner!

Though the Captain is Hindu, we will have Hindus, Catholics and others praying for him and his family.  In fact, the crew is quite diverse not only Denominationally, but culturally. On this one ship there are Indians, Filipinos, Bulgarians, Chinese and Russians.  And yet, all clearly work well together and the ship is pristine and well run. It is in fact, a great model for how people of various countries, cultures and Faith lives should get along!

Throughout the day, our AOS Ship Visitor Alvin Adams, and the Director of the Port Arthur International Seafarers' Center, Ms. Jacqueline Boyden attended to the needs of the crew members including trips to local stores, phone card and sim card sales, and lots of phone calls home.

Later this afternoon, we had the opportunity to meet with one of the web designers for the upcoming new AOS-USA Website. (You may have noticed that our current site has changed, but is not fully functional.)  We have contracted with a local Company AmeriCommerce, which will be able to move our entire mission forward in a way that we have never done.

It was a pleasure to meet a young man there who is a devoted, active Catholic, and is "super excited" to work on our site for us.  In the process, he too is learning about maritime ministry, and I dare say, he is very proud to share this information with his other colleagues, some of whom are very active in their own Faiths. He is taking a very active role in re-creating our website, and I believe that each of you will be truly inspired by the new site once it comes online.

It is great to see a Catholic alive in their faith, and we are blessed to have him on our team!

 

I never thought that by speaking to a company about our website, that we would somehow be opening up an opportunity for evangelization of the workers creating that website, but it really is just that. This gentleman, and all those who are working with him are learning more about the Catholic Church and our unique area of ministry.  

 

 

Where the Spirit leads....we will continue to follow! 

 

 

Doreen M. Badeaux

Secretary General

 

 

 

 

 

    

XXIII World Congress

Provisional Time Table (Agenda)

New Evangelization in the Maritime World: New Ways and Means to Proclaim the Good News

& Recommendations from the 2007 AOS World Congress

 

 


Dear Friends:

We wish to encourage you once again to attend the World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea which will be held in Rome November 19 - 23, 2012 at Synod Hall in Vatican City.

For a copy of the Draft Agenda, please click the following link:


 

In preparation for the World Congress, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People would like to share with you the Recommendations of the last World Congress held in Gdynia, Poland in in June 2007.  Please take time to review this information and consider the implications for your own ministry in your Diocese, onboard your cruise ship, or if you are a mariner, consider the implications for your role as a Catholic Mariner onboard ship.

 

Recommendations of XXII World Congress Poland 2007 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Houston Maritime Ministry Training School

  

 

Attached is the 2013 Houston School Application for posting to websites and for distribution to interested parties.
Ben Stewart is the Coordinator for the 2013 School, and David Wells is the Registrar, so all applications should go to David, whose contact information is included in the application.
Click here for the application:

 

 

Many Blessings,

The Rev. Lacy Largent

Houston Int'l Seafarers' Center

AOS-USA Affilate Member 

 

 

Prayer for Hurricane Season

 

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude; you are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control. The Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, and invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm-less eternity awaits us.  

Amen.

Originally dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Audrey in 1957.  - Fr. Al Volpe, Cameron Parish, LA  

 

Other News Items  

 

Apostolatus Maris Bulletin April 2012 (111)  

   

2012 Easter Message from the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants 

 

Apostolatus Maris Bulletin December 2011 (110) 

 

Apostolatus Maris Bulletin Sept 2011 (109) 

 

Apostolatus Maris Bulletin July 2011 (108)   

 

Audio Report: No Pirates of the Caribbean - Vatican Radio (December 7, 2011) 

 

Piracy video from Lloyd's List 

 

 

Important Upcoming Events for
AOS USA Members

  

 
International Maritime Organization's Day of the Seafarer June 25, 2012  

 


 

 

 

Sea Sunday 2012
July 8, 2012
 
XXIII World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea
November 19-23, 2012
@ The Vatican

AOS World Congress Invitation

 AOS World Congress Provisional Time-Table (Agenda)

Recommendations of XXII World Congress Poland 2007

 

 

World Fisheries Day

November 21, 2012

World Fisheries Day Home Page: http://www.gdrc.org/doyourbit/21_11-fisheries-day.html 

World Fisheries Day Face Book Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Fisheries-Day-November-21/141778879204555   

 

 

Houston Maritime Ministry Training Program
February 17 - March 1, 2013
Houston International Seafarers' Center

 


 

May God Bless you with Smooth Sailing throughout your day!

Contact Info
Doreen M. Badeaux
Secretary General
Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America
1500 Jefferson Drive
Port Arthur, TX  77642-0646
PH:  409-985-4545
FAX:  409-985-5945