With God on the Docks.

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  • Author(s): Silf, Margaret
  • Source:
    America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. 6/20/2011, Vol. 204 Issue 20, p9-9. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHAPLAINS, Bishops'; SAILORS; DOCKS; KINDNESS; WEBCAMS; GOD; WALKING; GRASSES
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the help by a chaplain, who represents the Roman Catholic charity apostleship of the sea, for foreign seafarers on the docks. It says that the chaplain's kindness, has helped a Filipino seafarer to send money for his family in Manila, Philippines. It cites the chaplain offers another seafarer to talk with his wife back home through a webcam, which mediates the love of God to a lonely father. Moreover, the chaplain takes the crews on grass to feel the glimpse of heaven.