File. Canada (General)

Reference No:
U DMS/12/15
Dates:
14 Aug 1981-13 Mar 1986
Description:
Contains the following papers relating to Mission to Seafarers work in Canada: correspondence of Reverend Kenneth Roy Good as Assistant General Secretary (Ministry) and Reverend W. J. D. Down as General Secretary of the Mission to Seafarers with contacts in Canada; 1982 directory of North American and Caribbean chaplains; copy minutes of meeting of International Committee for Anglican Ministry to Seafarers in North America held 27 Sep 1981; report of survey of work in Algoma, Huron, Niagra and Toronto; profile of seafarers clubs in Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes; draft constitution dated Apr 1983. Relates to various matters including: named chaplains and personnel; adjustments to the directory of chaplains; North American Anglican Port Chaplains meeting; situation in Quebec; update on activities in Toronto; need to develop structures for co-ordination of Mission to Seafarers activities in Canada; proposal re funding of activities in Canada; tour of Reverend Down to ports in the Great Lakes and Maritimes; concept of provincial secretary accepted by Anglican church in Canada; motion that Anglican port chaplaincies in North America and the Caribbean be known as the Missions to Seamen in North America and the Caribbean (MSNAC); Basil Tonks appointed Liaison Bishop for Canada; preparation of a constitution for MSNAC; Mariners House in Montreal; establishment of a seafarers' centre at Prince Rupert; Stella Maris at Sept Iles.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)