Learning About AoS

A group of Year 5 students from Westminster Cathedral School braved the cold to take part in a film for Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) on board HQS Wellington on the River Thames.
The six students went on board the former warship on 26 November. They spoke to AoS Tilbury port chaplain Wojciech Holub, who told them about his work with seafarers. Many are Catholic and from countries such as Philippines and Poland. The children were curious to find out about seafarers’ lives, and how AoS supports their pastoral and welfare needs.
Earlier that morning AoS Director of Development John Green and AoS London Officer Roland Hayes visited the school where they spoke to the students about the thousands of seafarers arriving at UK ports. The children were also shown samples of the everyday items that seafarers bring by ship.
‘We rely on the sea for many things and up to 95% of the goods we use or consume in the UK arrive by sea’, said John.
The children were involved in a film AoS has commissioned for Sea Sunday in July 2016. The film is produced by Ten Ten Theatre for their new strand of work, Ten Ten Resources, with the help of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales.