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Literature
May 8, 2018

Book Review: Sailors’ Society, 200 Stories from the Sea, 1818-2018

by Jason Zuidema

Nick Churchill, Melanie Warman, Charis Gibson, and James Leslie. 200 Stories from the Sea, 1818-2018. Southampton: Sailors’ Society, 2018. This is a commemorative book with 200 short vignettes about the work of the Sailors’ Society on the occasion of its 200th

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Literature
April 26, 2018

No smooth sailing: ‘Utility men’ and manning agencies in the Philippines

by Roderick G Galam

by Roderick G Galam ‘If you stayed and worked here, nothing is going to happen to you.' These are the words of 23-year-old utility man, Anton, when speaking about his life chances in the Philippines. He feels stuck and concludes that he

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Events
April 17, 2018

Seafarers’ Welfare in Canada Seminar Montreal

by Jason Zuidema

On April 13, 2018, members of the Canadian maritime community gathered at the newly-constructed Montreal Seafarers’ Centre for a one-day seminar on seafarers’ welfare in our country. Addressing more than forty attendees, the panelists represented a diverse cross-section of the

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Programs
March 28, 2018

Protecting Migrant Populations from Forced Labor at Sea.

by Jason Zuidema

Free COMPASS E-Learning Courses are Now Available! The commercial fishing industry, deemed one of the most important economic sectors in the world, relies on large numbers of migrant workers to flourish. These migrants are frequently recruited from refugee and displaced populations

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Programs
February 3, 2018

Never Too Old to Learn: Reconsidering an Old Method in Maritime Ministry

by Stefan Francke

A short time ago, I read Virginia Hoel’s monograph, Faith, Fatherland and the Norwegian Seaman. The work of the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Antwerp and the Dutch Ports 1864-1920 (Verloren, 2016). This study provides us with a beautiful insight into the

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Literature
February 2, 2018

What does shipping have to do with your faith? More than a little.

by Michael Skaggs

A new podcast teaches consumers a lesson in globalization, its promise, and its potential liabilities. Originally published in US Catholic. Most of us devote little thought to ocean-borne shipping. Yet it plays an enormous role in our lives, as around 90 percent of

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Literature
February 1, 2018

Book Review: The Remarkable Life of Father Charles McTague

by Jason Zuidema

Richard L. Byrnes, Christ with a Priest’s Face: Spirituality in Action: The Remarkable Life of Father Charles Hubert McTague. 2002. 139pp.   As the continuous stream of container trucks rumble past, the Stella Maris Chapel on Corbin St. in Port Newark, NJ

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Literature
January 26, 2018

Book Review: History of Norwegian Seafarers’ Welfare

by Jason Zuidema

Roald Evensen, Terje J. Eriksen and Bjørn Lødøen, Velferden – Historien om States Velferdskontor for Handelsflåten. Sofiemyr: Bjørgu Forlag AS, 2017. 194pp. This is a beautiful pictorial history of the work of the Norwegian Seamen’s Service over the past 70 years.

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Events
January 19, 2018

Social Life on Board 2.0

by Stefan Francke

Social life on a ship is not what it used to be. A complaint that is often heard from crew: "Everyone disappears to his cabin after the watch." Does the Internet separate people from each other on a vessel? Has

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Events
January 14, 2018

Mariners’ House of Montreal Celebrates Grand Re-Opening

by Jason Zuidema

Representatives of the Port and supporting communities gathered on November 23 for a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially re-open Mariners’ House, the seafarers centre in the Port of Montreal. Robert Zeagman, President of Seagulf Marine Industries and the Mariners’ House board,

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