The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) promotes the safety, dignity and improved working environment for the men and women serving in North American and international maritime workplaces. Founded in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Take a closer look…
Volunteering
SCI’s President & Executive Director has selected 50 photos taken at locations around the country highlighting the most memorable moments of 2012
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Recovering in the Port November 5, 2012 Despite a waterlogged seafarers’ center, the Seamen’s Church Institute continues steadfast in its mission to help seafarers, greeting vessels returning to the East Coast’s largest port after More...
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SCI’s Women’s Council October 19, 2012 As part of the City of New York Student History Internship program, high school student Mohan Hasan spent a portion of his summer with SCI’s Archives researching the history of the Institute’s Women’ More...
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General Convention Attendees ‘In the Know’
July 11, 2012
Miniature watch caps and in-the-field videos set apart SCI’s exhibit at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention held this month in Indianapolis. SCI invited persons attending the triennial...
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SCI Loses Valued Volunteer
November 18, 2011
The Rev. Deacon Tom Piccate, a stalwart fixture on Saturdays at SCI’s Port Newark International Seafarers’ Center, passed away on Tuesday, November 15. For years, Tom faithfully served seafarers...
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Celebrating Volunteers
April 11, 2011
In March, SCI hosted a volunteer appreciation party at its International Maritime Center in the Port of Oakland as a way of saying thanks. Gunhild Jones, pictured here with her daughter, Beverly,...
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Knitting for the Seafarer: A 110-Year Tradition
February 23, 2011
by Johnathan Thayer, Associate Archivist These days, the Christmas at Sea knitting program at the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) delivers more than 19,000 handknit items for seafarers each...
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SCI Programs Move to the Heart of the Port
October 13, 2010
SCI’s renovated Port Newark International Seafarers’ Center, scheduled to enter operation this month, combines multiple services into one ‘super center’ for seafarers and the port community.
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SCI Appoints New Knitting Program Manager
August 6, 2010
Paige Sato begins work in September as the new Program Manager of SCI’s Christmas at Sea volunteer knitting program, which distributes gifts to mariners who are miles away from home during the...
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Strong Ties with Cincinnati Cathedral
October 8, 2009
by the Rev. David M. Rider, Executive Director
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