 Dear Friends: Today is the International Day for Seafarers. Promoting the slogan "Thank you seafarers," the International Maritime Organization is calling upon everyone to use one of the different social networks to thank seafarers for what they do for us each day to make our lives better. I call upon our our members and friends to watch the Secretary-General's video, and send a message through Facebook, Tweeter or one of the other social media networks to thank these hard working men and women for the work they do, and the sacrifices they and their families make so that we can have the quality of life that we have. Our Lady Star of the Sea pray for them this special day, Fr. Sinclair Oubre, J.C.L. President From the International Maritime Organization (http://www.imo.org/About/Events/dayoftheseafarer/Pages/default.aspx) Imagine an item that you simply couldn't live without. Maybe it's your music player, or a pen, or your computer, something you use every day in your work, a piece of medical equipment or just your favourite toy. Now stop and think: did that item, or any part of that item, or any of the materials from which that item has been made, come by sea? The chances are, the answer is "yes".
25 June 2012 marks the second international Day of the Seafarer. On that day, IMO is asking people around the world to use social networks to highlight just how important seafarers are to everyone on the planet, as they transport all over the world those vital items, commodities and components which are so vital to all our daily lives.
So, on 25 June 2012, the Day of the seafarer, we ask you to tell the world, through your social media connections, about an object in your daily life that you can't live without, and which came by sea. Take a photo, write a description, record a song, make a film, whatever you prefer: and then just post it on the social platform of your choice and add the campaign slogan: "thank you seafarers".
Seafarers leave their homes and families, often for long periods to ensure that essential items and commodities on which our lives depend arrive safely at our homes.
So show the seafarers of the world - and your friends, too - your appreciation of the extraordinary services they render every day of their professional lives, under demanding and sometimes dangerous circumstances.
Day of the Seafarer is an innovative campaign that harnesses the power of social media to raise awareness of seafarers and their unique role. Everyone, regardless of where they live, can join the campaign online.
So, on 25 June, you can join in by:
We invite participants to download the toolkits available here and join the campaign:
Facebook.com/IMOHQ
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Thank you very much for your support. Join the campaign, follow us on social media and let us know on the 25th June, your favourite object that came by sea and that you can't live without!
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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
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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
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| 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
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