Apostleship of the Sea joined forces with St Clement’s Primary school in Dundee as they took the special opportunity to share its story with a captive audience. Euan McArthur, National Development Officer for Scotland, spoke to both P6/7 as part of their Pope Francis Faith Award where kindness and love towards others is encouraged,
During the morning presentation at the thriving school in the Charleston area of the city, pupils learned how seafarers from all over the country arrive in the nearby port and are visited by Doug Duncan, Port Chaplain for the North/East, and his dedicated volunteers who work to address any concerns and problems they have while at sea.
Head-teacher, Andy Macgregor, thanked AoS for their visit to the school where Bishop Stephen is a keen Promoter of the charity. Mr Macgregor said: “AoS are a great charity doing excellent work.”
“Feed-back from the pupils has been 100 per cent positive so I’m sure they would like to hear about some more of the work looking to the future. This has really opened our eyes. We only need to look on our own doorstep at the River Tay and realise that seafarers are arriving in the city of Dundee and in need of both practical and spiritual care.”
On behalf of the Apostleship of Apostleship of the Sea, Euan said: “We would like to sincerely thank St Clement’s for allowing us the opportunity to share our mission with them. The pupils were very engaged throughout and happy to know that we are active in the port of Dundee. We hope it proves beneficial in relation to their own Pope Francis Faith Award and the importance of showing kindness to seafarers.”
Pupils are pictured holding copies of AoS’ Annual Review for 2016 which features ship visitor Jacqueline McGuire who met a Filipino crew arriving in Dundee who hadn’t been able to got to Mass for months , before she kindly took them to St Andrew’s Cathedral.