by Administrator | Jan 11, 2018 | Chaplains
At a dinner held in Cape Town recently, Steve van Schalkwyk, Sailors’ Society SA Executive Officer/Port Chaplain in Cape Town was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Rev Karl Groepe of the Mission to Seafarers for his 8 years of service to the Mission and...
by Administrator | Jan 3, 2018 | Chaplains
Congratulations to Chaplain Jessie John of the Sailors’ Society SA, Durban, who achieved her 500th ship visit in the Port of Durban on 3 January 2018. Jessie started doing ship visits on 26 February 2014 which works out to be about 10 a month. Just think of all those...
by Administrator | Dec 11, 2017 | Chaplains, Sailors' Society
Santa Claus arrived in the Port of Durban recently and enlisted his helpers, the chaplains of various Missions, to accompany him and board vessels in port to hand out gifts – part of the 1400 parcels packed by other volunteers. Paul Richardson and Jessie John,...
by Administrator | Jul 24, 2017 | Chaplains
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”7″ gal_title=”Sea Sunday in Durban July 2017″] Here are some photos taken at the Sea Sunday Service in the Port of Durban. Just click on an images to open one of the three...
by Administrator | Jul 18, 2017 | Chaplains, Seafarers
A Taiwanese vessel, the Fuh No. 6 caught fire off the Madagascan coast and on 11 July the crew of 30 were rescued by two vessels, the SBI Antares and the Ever Diadem after the crew abandoned ship on two liferafts. They were brought to Durban. Two crew members were...
by Administrator | Mar 29, 2017 | Chaplains, Sailors' Society
Rev J.D. [Boet] van Schalkwyk, CEO and Principal of the Sailors’ Society of South Africa, was recently awarded the South African Gold Medal of Merit of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem at a ceremony in Cape Town. Awarded for meritorious...
