Diocesan News
Mission to Seafarers' World Wide Conference in Belfast
Worldwide representatives of the Mission to Seafarers held their Consultative Forum in Belfast from May 11-15, the first time the forum has met in Ireland.
Delegates at the Mission to Seafarers Consultative Forum at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, included, from left: Paddy Glover, Bishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa; Bill Christianson, Secretary General, Mission to Seafarers; Canon Douglas Goddard, Chaplain, Mission to Seafarers, Belfast; Viti Whippy, Suva, Fiji; Simon Dharmaraj, Tuticorin, South India; The Rt Rev Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull, Chair of the Forum; Tom Heffer, Secretary General Designate, Mission to Seafarers and Simon Ro, Pusan, South Korea.
Canon Douglas Goddard, the Mission’s Chaplain in Belfast, said 40 delegates were attending from 10 regions – Japan, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Canada, the Celtic Fringe and the USA.
The business of the conference is being conducted at St Anne’s Cathedral on Tuesday May 12 and Wednesday May 13. The visitors are also being treated to dinner with an Irish theme at the Mission to Seafarers’ offices at Belfast Port, before heading to the Dockers Club for a Celtic evening with Irish music and Irish dancing.
They will spend Thursday sight-seeing on the north Antrim coast.
The Mission to Seafarers, a charity and part of the Anglican Church, offers help and support to seafarers who face loneliness, danger, and separation from loved ones.
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