What We Do

AOS-Canada chaplains and volunteers look after seafarers by offering various services throughout Canada's ports. These services include, but are not limited to:

• Spiritual assistance
• Prayer and counselling
• Mass and/or interdenominational prayer services
• Transportation to nearby place of worship
• Bibles, rosaries and prayer books in various languages
• Information about other port ministries throughout Canada and around the world

• Social assistance
• Advocacy services
• Brochures and literature on seafarers' legal and human rights

• Other services:
• Long distance telephone cards and and access to private telephones for seafarers who wish to call their loved ones
• Books, winter clothing and toiletries
• Postcards, stamps and postal service
• Internet access and recreation areas
• Transportation to grocery stores and wholesale outlets
• A kitchen, bar and lounge area for seafarers
• Organized trips to local tourist attractions