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Port Ministry: Seafaring is very nearly solitary confinement
with just a few hours’ opportunity between voyages to re-connect with
the world ashore
Urban Ministry: Ironically, it’s easy to become lost
and alone in a megalopolis if you’re a domestic violence victim, a visiting
family member of a hospitalized patient or a stranded traveler.
Guesthouse: In midtown Manhattan, our guesthouse is a refuge for seafarers and
sojourners, as well as a gathering place for clergy, church members and community
groups.
Links: Here are important, relevant websites you need to see.
Meetings: Here you will find information about upcoming meetings at the Seafarers and International House.
Contact Us: You can reach us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
at [011]-1-212-677-4800, or leave an email message.
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Driven by an insatiable demand for consumer goods at bargain prices, we import millions of tons of food, clothing and durable goods annually. These imports arrive at our shores on merchant ships, crewed by seafarers from undeveloped nations struggling to feed their families.
The standard crew contract calls for ten months or more service at modest wage rates and few benefits. For those ten months, the seafarer works and lives in virtual isolation, either in the middle of the ocean or in foreign and often unwelcoming ports of call. In those ten months, he is cut off from home and family, television and daily newspapers. In ten months, he’ll run out of toothpaste and other necessities, and he will barely have any time or opportunity to shop, to see a dentist or even to call home. So our port chaplains board the merchant ship to offer pastoral care, hospitality, social assistance, advocacy and prayer for these migrant workers of the sea. The seafarers are not disposable assets. They're real people no less than ourselves, and they are entitled to our care, compassion and community support. View our Photo Gallery
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