Sydney - Mission to Seafarers

Happy New Year and Thank You!

During MtS Chaplain Retchie’s visit to distribute Christmas gift bags, a Captain shared his experiences of two narrow escapes from pirates. His crew had been dramatically rescued off the coast of Nigeria. The cargo crew had heard automatic assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) exploding. A Japanese warship, despite being many miles away, responded to their distress call by deploying attack helicopters and boats to chase the pirates. Many of the crew were traumatised by the encounter. The ship’s cook also shared his heartbreak that although his son was on a ship berthed only walking distance away, their differing schedules meant they could not meet yet again. Thank you to everyone who supports our Chaplain’s visiting ships to bring comfort and practical support to seafarers in Sydney.

2024 Christmas Newsletter – Masters Mariner

Read our latest newsletter to find out about our Rescue of two fisherman from Slavery, Meet our New Chaplain, Prayer Points for suffering Seafarers, Chaplain Jim talks with a Ukrainian seafarer, Pool Comp Fun at the Mission with Mariam, Joining Stella Maris to bring gifts to Seafarers on Ships, and Rev Tay wins an international award and shares his Christmas Message.

Thank you SWF for Our New Chaplain!

Thanks to the NSW Seafarers Welfare Fund, our Mission has a new part-time Chaplain – and he speaks five languages! Welcome Reverend Canon David Wong whose language and pastoral skills especially in Mandarin and Cantonese, will be especially helpful to the many Chinese seafarers who visit our Centre. The position was able to be funded thanks to the support of the Port Authority of NSW and NSW Ports through the first round of NSW Seafarer Welfare Fund grants. So drop into our Centre in Millers Point to meet Chaplain David who enjoys hearing about seafarers’ lives and concerns.

Opportunity for a Chaplain to Join Our Caring Team

An opportunity is available at our Mission in Sydney for an additional part-time Chaplain to provide wellbeing support for seafarers from over 70 nations. We are very grateful to the Port Authority of NSW and NSW Ports for making this new position possible.

Winter Appeal Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supported our Winter Appeal 2024 including our online raffle, ensuring we could continue to offer a warm welcome to seafarers this Winter. Thank you also to the volunteers who helped fill the gift bags. Congratulations to our online raffle winner S Henderson of Sydney, whose generous $100 contribution probably improved […]