Catholic Priests On Cruise Ships

Miami Fla Jan 16 2005 2200 pm.

Catholic priests on cruise ships. Apostleship of the Sea AOS which is an Apostolate of the Catholic Church. Clergy - Catholic Priests Description. Some priests go occasionally others frequently.

Barring unavoidable circumstances HAL has a Catholic priest on every sailing. The bishops conference asked us to organize a cruise-ship priest program. Register for Cruise Ship Jobs Now.

There are only two sources providing Catholic priests to cruise lines that we consider 100 reliable. In 2002 the USCCB asked the AOS-USA to create a system to verify the names of approved priests for cruise ship. Screen and approve Roman Catholic priests for ministry onboard cruise ships.

We are not able to guarantee that a priest is onboard for all our sailings but we do try to book Priests for our Christmas and Easter sailings and on repositioning sailings. Ships that are at sea or in a foreign port on Sunday generally provide the passengers with on board church services performed by Catholic Priests andor Protestant Ministers. Although they may enjoy the amenities they minister to.

Father Sabella said his 9 am. Clergy - Catholic Priests A prestigious cruise line accommodates diversified religious needs with the onboard clergy program. Conference of Catholic Bishops has started screening those celebrating Mass on cruise ships a plan geared toward preventing former rental and even fraudulent priests from ministering to Catholic passengers.

After many internal discussions external research and marketing investigations Celebrity Cruises will only place Roman Catholic Priests on sailings that take place over the Easter and Christmas holiday. In other words because some anti-Catholics objected to daily Mass onboard the ship Celebrity Cruises threw the priestsand the lay. We were in the movie theater and the place was standing room only a lot of crew in addition to us Catholic travelers.