Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario
Anglican Church
The Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario cares for seafarers who arrive in the ports of Hamilton, Toronto and Oshawa, Ontario.
Southern Ontario is an important shipping hub and hundreds of ships visit our ports annually. In 2013, the Missions to Seafarers of Toronto, Hamilton and Oshawa joined together to better serve the needs of hundreds of seafarers working in the Great Lakes.
We are grateful to the seafaring community who deliver to our doors 90% of the goods of the world; from the spoon full of sugar that makes the medicine go down … to the cars we drive to work. Those who work the freighters face danger, isolation, loneliness and often many months far away from home.
We serve as their home away from home providing a safe and welcoming space that offers friendship, spiritual support, a hot meal and a cold drink, a place to call family and friends, connect through internet access, unwind with a movie or shoot a game of pool. We help people connect to medical services, deal with unfair working conditions, unburden to a sympathetic ear or enjoy the limited time they have on leave.
The Rev'd Judith Alltree is the part-time Executive Director and Chaplain for Oshawa and Toronto, and the Rev'd Bob Hudson is part-time Chaplain for Hamilton. The Rev'd David Mulholland is the Chaplain Emeritus.
Service Times
The Toronto Flying Angel Centre does a monthly Pub Lunch on the third Thursday of each month, attended by volunteers, port employees, visiting seafarers and anyone else in the neighbourhood.
Location
8 Unwin Ave.
Pier 51
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
M5A 1A1
Staff
The Rev'd Judith Alltree
Chaplain
The Rev'd Bob Hudson
Chaplain
Contacts
Tel: 41646953916472953219
Web: http://www.mtsso.org/
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