The Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) celebrated last October its 96th anniversary in a mass in Batangas City, Philippines.
A Catholic church organization, it is also sometimes known as Stella Maris (Star of the Sea), and its patron is the Virgin Mary as Our Lady, Star of the Sea. Founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1920, . AoS provides practical and pastoral care, welfare services and advice, and friendship to all seafarers, regardless of nationality, belief or race through its port chaplains and volunteer ship visitors in more than 200 ports and more than 60 countries around the world.
A Catholic church organization, it is also sometimes known as Stella Maris (Star of the Sea), and its patron is the Virgin Mary as Our Lady, Star of the Sea. Founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1920, . AoS provides practical and pastoral care, welfare services and advice, and friendship to all seafarers, regardless of nationality, belief or race through its port chaplains and volunteer ship visitors in more than 200 ports and more than 60 countries around the world.
Life at sea means long periods of separation from family and community. Globalisation has meant fierce competition, low wages and in some cases harsh working conditions. Apostleship of the Sea, through its chaplains and seafarers centres, works in solidarity with all those whose lives depend on the sea offering them hospitality and pastoral care.
The Apostleship of the Sea has port chaplains and seafarers centres at various ports around the world in over 60 countries including Angola, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Perú, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine, Uruguay and USA. .
In the Philippines, AoS has presence in Manila, Batangas, La Union, Cebu, General Santos City, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, and Bohol.
The AoS anniversary was celebrated after the 21st National Seafarers Day (NSD) last September 25, 2016 and the #AHOY Training and Immersion Course organized by the International Christiian Maritime Association (#ICMA) from Sept. 24 – Oct. 2 2016 in Manila that allowed participants (ship visitors and port based welfare providers) to gain a first-hand knowledge of #Filipinoseafarers’ social and cultural background and other institutions in the Filipino maritime sector.
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