The General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association has come to the end of his term in the role. Reverend Hennie la Grange will leave ICMA at the end of July 2013 after being in post since July 1st 2007. He will leave the office on July 15th. Hennie wrote: The Strategic Review is [...]
Seafarers in Port Manatee on the Gulf of Mexico can be assured of finding a friend in Anchor House. Celebrating its 20th anniversary of fellowship to seafarers at Port Manatee, USA, Anchor House is an integral part of the independent ecumenical Christian ministry to seafarers, affiliated to ICMA’s member in North America, NAMMA. The Bradenton [...]
“Five days of sunny summer weather, ships, vessels, harbour sounds and more than 120,000 visitors made the annual meeting of German Protestant Christians, the so-called Kirchentag, an unforgettable experience. “ Viola Heutger, Volunteer from the Deutsche Seemannsmission’s station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sent this report on impressions of the events at this year’s Kirchentag (Church [...]
The final report from the ICMA Regional Conference held in Odessa concludes with a set of statements by the delegates that underline the region’s commitment to caring for the welfare of seafarers. The outgoing Regional Coordinator, AOS Deacon Ricardo Rodriguez Martos from Barcelona, Spain, wrote that the region was committed to pursue the following goals [...]
The Sailors’ Society’s new Chief Executive Officer has assumed the role at the Society’s Southampton office in the United Kingdom on April 1st 2013. Stuart R Rivers succeeds Robert N Adams in the role. In a letter announcing his appointment, the Sailors’ Society wrote that Rivers has extensive experience in the international mobile communications sector, [...]
The North American Maritime Ministry Association, a founder member of the International Christian Maritime Association, has announced the appointment of its new Executive Director. Dr. Jason Zuidema from Canada will assume the role in July 2013. Announcing the appointment, NAMMA Notes said: NAMMA’s Board of Directors in January selected Jason Zuidema as the next Executive [...]
Father Oleksandr Smerechynskyy, Apostleship of the Sea chaplain in Odessa, was elected as the new Regional Coordinator for the ICMA Black Sea, Mediterranean and Middle East Region. The Region met in Odessa, Ukraine. Oleksandr is based in Odessa and operates from a small seafarers’ centre just outside the port gates. He shares his centre and [...]
The twinning of seafarers’s centres, a project currently run by the newly established ISWAN, was initially intended by ICSW to connect ex-Soviet Union centres with centres elsewhere in the world. Set up to improve understanding of the the mindset of Slavonic seafarers, and to inspire hospitality to foreign seafarers in Eastern European ports, the Twinning [...]
“Evangelisation in seafarers’ ministries is closely related to all our faith communities’ witness to Christian unity. Christian unity, expressed as ecumenism, is the face and identity of ICMA”. Father Bruno Ciceri, representative of Apostleship of the Sea / Stella Maris in the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People and member of the ICMA [...]
The International Christian Maritime Association continues its strategic review. The Executive Committee meets in Dublin on 15th and 16th January to discuss the report on the Members Consultation held last year in Rome. Crucial to the discussions continues to be the strengthening of the Association. The Members’ Consultation has identified what the Association should be [...]
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