 | | CSR Director Consults with Papal Nuncio in Geneva
September 30, 2008 Douglas B. Stevenson, Director of the Seamen’s Church Insitute’s (SCI)
Center for Seafarers’ Rights met recently with the Most Reverend
Silvano Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to
the United Nations and Specialized Organizations in Geneva and to the
World Trade Organization. Stevenson’s meeting was one.... Read more
|
| | |
| | SCI Responds to Abandoned Seafarers
September 24, 2008 SCI has been concerned with the problem of abandoned crews for several
years. On May 8, 1998, SCI sponsored a roundtable group devoted to
addressing the problem of repatriating abandoned crews. The roundtable
report, entitled “There’s No Place Like Home: Repatriating the
Industry’s Seafarers”, became the definitive reference on the topic of
repatriation. Read more
|
| | |
 | | Pilot Boat Cruise 2008 Gives
a Tour of the Working Port
Harbor Cruise Tells the Behind-the-Scenes Story
September 19, 2008
If boats could talk, one wonders what the Sandy Hook Pilot Association’s New York would report about a curious Tuesday night in the middle of September. It was not her normal routine. Read more
|
| | |
 | | SCI Celebrates Generous Bequest
from the Estate of Wendy Shadwell
by John McGrath, Senior Development Officer
September 19, 2008 Seafarers served by Seamen’s Church Institute – especially through
Christmas at Sea – will benefit from a bequest of $100,000 given by
Wendy Joan Shadwell, who died in New York City last October. SCI
recognized the gift at a luncheon honoring Wendy.... Read more
|
| | |
 | | Report of SCI's 2008 Shore Leave Survey
September 5, 2008
The Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey (SCI) has
conducted annual surveys of seafarers’ shore leave detentions and
restrictions on seafarers’ and chaplains’ access through terminals in
United States ports since 2002. During the week of 20 through 27 July
2008, seafarers’ centers in thirty-four United States ports and one
Canadian port participated in the survey.... Read more
|
| | |
|
| A New Way to Give for Christmas with SCI July 7, 2008
Having collected Christmas gifts for mariners
for 110 years, the programs "Christmas at Sea" and "Christmas on the River" of
the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) have been helping to make a family holiday
warm for those away from home at Christmastime.
Each year, SCI delivers Christmas.... Read More |
|
|
|
| | Port Newark Construction June 27, 2008
SCI's International Seafarers' Center is like a ship in dry dock getting much-needed repairs. The Center will become a shell as we upgrade the facility to serve global seafarers today and tomorrow. Services to seafarers continue despite construction. Grand Re-opening: May 2009
Click here to see 14 gift opportunities and architectural drawings.
Click here to see weekly updates that include demolition and construction photos.
|
| | |
|
 | | Click here to read other stories from North America's largest mariners' agency, SCI.
|