“The Greatest of These is Love”: An Easter Meditation
by Deacon Paul Rosenblum, President, NAMMA “So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” I’m sure you recognize this as the last line from the 13th Chapter of St. Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians, the
NAMMA In Discussion – Mark Wodka Shares Best Practice for Online Prayer for Seafarers
by Jason Zuidema, NAMMA https://youtu.be/4viPqiVKiQg NAMMA In Discussion - Rev. Mark Wodka of Canaveral Port Ministry spoke with NAMMA's Dr. Jason Zuidema about some best practices for online prayer for seafarers. Canaveral started the 'Waves of Hope' daily Facebook chapel time at
Part of My Family: Correspondence Ministry with Seafarers
by Karen M Parsons OFS I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. – Philippians
NAMMA Partners with Dutch Seafarers’ Missions to Celebrate Christmas with Seafarers
by Dr. Jason Zuidema, Executive Director, NAMMA It can be difficult to be away from family and friends during the Christmas season. For this reason, seafarers' missions around the world prepare small gifts for seafarers, to bring a bit of cheer
1 Ball 4 All – 700 Basketballs Travel on the Oceans
by Silvie Boyd, DSM Port Chaplain, Le Havre, France A new project of the Deutsche Seemannsmission e.V. (German Seamen's Mission) is taking German and European ports and thus all the world's oceans by storm. The crew of the Maersk Estelle ordered a basketball
Bishop Cahill Celebrates Mass with Seafarers in Port
by Susan Huppert, NAMMA Thanksgiving filled the bridge of M/V Bow Star as the Reverend Brendan J. Cahill, bishop promoter for Stella Maris celebrated Mass with 13 Filipino seafarers at Point Comfort, Texas, the first week of November. “It was a
Sea Sunday Celebrated Around the World
Sea Sunday was celebrated in Churches and seafarers' missions around the world
“A Small Budget and a Big Heart”: Seafarers’ Ministry in the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach
by Susan Huppert, NAMMA It has been strange to California residents to see the waters leading to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angles peppered with ships since the pandemic surge in global shipping began last March. The abnormal flow
God Uses Tiny Things to Create Big Changes
by Susan Huppert, NAMMA God uses tiny things to create big changes. Karen Parsons retired on Dec. 31, 2020, after a long career in maritime ministry. She was a young mother of three small children when she attended Mass in Detroit, Michigan,
Welcome to Point Comfort!
By Susan Huppert, NAMMA Smaller ports are significant when the measure is not volume of cargo or the speed of exchange, but care for seafarers. Seafarers' welfare work in the Port of Point Comfort, Texas, with only five deepwater berths and