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Princess Royal visits Southampton Seafarers' Centre |
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Port chaplain, Fr Patsy
Foley and Rev Frans Sahetapy, British and
International Sailors' Society Port Chaplain, met with The
Princess Royal when she visited Southampton Seafarers’
Centre on Tuesday 17 October, to attend the Annual
Meeting of Volunteers and Supporters of the Centre.
The Princess Royal asked Frans how long he has worked in Southampton and they spoke about Indonesia with the Princess Royal saying she had visited. On her departure she spoke of the hard work involved in being a Chaplain in the port and wished him well. |
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A short service in the centre
chapel followed led by the ecumenical chaplaincy team,
during which Rev Frans read. This was his first Royal
engagement since arriving from Belewan in Indonesia. The Princess was introduced to over 70 volunteers and supporters, seafarers, representatives of the port, shipping companies and organisations that contribute financially to the Centre. She took the time to individually speak to them all about their support and connection to the centre and its work in the Port of Southampton. The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque to commemorate her visit, commenting that Southampton was a model for future collaboration of the organisations in establishing other centres in the UK. Her Royal Highness also received a cheque on behalf of the Seafarers’ Centre for £5000 from Mr Tony McDonald, Vice-Chairman of The Southampton Shipowners’ Association as part of the Associations’ significant charitable contribution to the Centre. Captain John Hughes, chairman of Trustees of Centres for Seafarers said, “The visit was an enormous success and a real endorsement by the Princess Royal of the work done by so many volunteers at the centre.” |
 The Centre is an ecumenical
partnership between the Apostleship of the Sea, British
& International Sailors’ Society and The Mission to
Seafarers and is established as a separate charity
called Centres for Seafarers. Each Society having a full
time Chaplain based in the Centre. The Centre is a busy
focus for visiting seafarers of all nationalities, with
some 1400 using the Centre each month. The refurbished
Centre was opened by Mrs Mary Fagan JP, Lord Lieutenant
of Hampshire, in the former Mission to Seafarers
building in Queens Terrace, Southampton in April last
year. |
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