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A MINISTRY OF PRESENCE CIMr ptIoID: lJIe Itt Rev. Mcufc S. Silk, Bishop of the ~ .... ~NewYOli GIld HOIIOffIry Chmnnan of sa. .... af'7ftaUes. ship WIItinr CIt the New York .........1inIIinal I'hOID bIIow: ~ awilfll'lC&Clf-Sea manners'scarves .. m.1eftJ JeIf"""" Letuy Lucas, and DoreU Cann who .... fJe MIl 1IDbeI1M.1<Dppet; v.mJc:h Is part of ....f.Iedric I'Dwer RIver Opemdans. ~ Director. The Rev. Dr. Jean R. Smith C1tGImttm: Georp D. Benjamin PrfisIdent: Henry C.B. Undh &IImr. Debra A. Wagner Desip Be Production: J F Amold Group THE SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY MISSION STATEMENT T Sea/T'e"·, Church Ir.t 'ute < uvocate~ for the personal. professional. and splrtual well-being of merchant manners around e NO Through Its Certer for Marlllme tduC'ltlon. Center for Seafarel"s' Rights. and Center fOI- Seafarers' Services. the Institute proMO e (e y. dlgntt, d llpmved iNorkJ"g and living condit ons fo,- more than one million men and women serving In the rn.,r.T·"~" NOrkp'ace Founded In 183";. the Inst tute IS a voluntarY'. ecumenICal agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE George D. Benjamin Chairman, Board of Trustees The Seamen's Church Institute, I am happy to report, contin 2003 was the first year of a new subsidiary in SCI's ues to sail along at an ever-increasing pace. Not many insti umbrella. The startup of the Alliance of Episcopal Marrtime tutions get to be 170-years-young, which suggests we have Ministries, whose purpose is to share our experience and had, and continue to have, the right officers and crew to carry programs wrth other maritime centers throughout the out our mission on behalf of mariners around the world. Unrted States, has, at last count, been joined by 19 port missions, and it continues to expand. This past year has seen all of our program activrties expand significantly. Our Center for Seafarers' Services is responsible Our Executive Director. the Rev. Dr. Jean Smrth, in her first full for a large part of our activities. These include, among year at the helm, made great strides in improving existing others, ship visrting, religious services, monetary assistance for programs as well as creating programs in keeping with our seafarers in need, counseling, Christmas gift packages for mission. crews at seas and on the rivers during the holidays, and the SCI's concerns for mariners worldwide make our activrties distribution of books, magazines, and tapes to ocean, river. exciting and rewarding and, hopefully, will set our course for and gulf crews. the next 170 years. Our activities are many and widespread. Our Center for Seafarers' Rights, in addition to its usual help That would not be so were it not for our loyal supporters. to mariners on issues such as repatriation, wages, abandon The last few years have not been easy for many not ment, death, illness and injuries, now is involved in reducing for-profrts. Expendrtures have increased and, in our case, the obstacles facing shore leave restrictions generated from exceeded income. Your support can make the difference national security issues. in keeping all our programs functional. Please do what you can to help. Our Marrtime Education facilities continue to train mariners in navigation, firefighting, and Coast Guard requirements at On behalf of our board, our staff and the mariners we serve, our New York, Paducah, and Houston Centers. Those who have passed through these training facilrties number in the th,"kYO~r tens of thousands. D. f)j_oII. The Rev. Dr. Jean R. Smith Executive Director Chairman Clerical Vice Presidents Gerhard E. Kurz George D. Benjamin The Rev. Dr. Winston W Ching Richard M. Larrabee* * President The Rev: Dr. Daniel P. Alfred Lee Loomis III Henry C.B. Lindh Matthews Caroline M. Macomber* The Rev. Franklin E. ViLas The Hon. Anthony D. Executive Director The Rev. W Kurt Von Marshall" R. The Rev. Dr. Jean Smith Roeschlaub Capl. James J. McNamara Vice Presidents Treasurer RADM Robert C. North (Ret) Mrs. C. Robert Allen 111 Bruce G. Paulsen, Esq Craig E. Philip Arthur L. Armilage Herbert W Swain, Jr. Secretary Richard S. Berry, Esq. John P. Tavlarios Elizabelh W Powers, Esq. Richard T. du Moulin Peter M. Tirschwell David S. French Honorary Chairman Paul R. Tregurtha Chester D. Hooper, Esq. The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk Stephen A. Van Dyck George M. Isdale, Jr. Members Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor* Niels M. Johnsen Timothy j. Casey The Rev. Dr. James R. Thomas L. Mclane GaLe Chen Whittemore * * * Thomas J. Prendergast Kendall G. Chen John G. Winslow* Charles A. Robertson ADM Thomas H. Collins** Ralph K. Smith, Jr., Esq. Richard A. Cook *Honorary James G. Dolphin * *Ex-Officio Klaus G. Dorfi * * * Director Emeritus Frank J. larossi Niels W Johnsen* _ THE SEAMEN 'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY SCI Chaplain, the Rev. Francis Cho, stops by for a chat with the Chief Cook.. SHIP VISITING The Seamen's Church Institute's multilingual chap lains and trained volunteers visit 90% of all ships that enter the Port of New YorklNew Jersey - over 3,000 ships each year. Chaplains and Center for Seafarers' Rights staff members assist seafarers with family, employment, medical, and seafarers' rights concerns. In 2003: > Chaplains transported 24,911 seafarers in SCI vans. > Chaplains welcomed 15,562 seafarers, along with more than 40,000 port workers and truckers, to SCI's In ternational Seafarers' Center. 2003: SHORE LEAVE DENIED Throughout 2003, hundreds of seafarers were con The surveys highlighted the pervasiveness of shore fined to their ships without shore leave in Amelican leave restrictions. For example, from October 5 ports. Post 9-11 security-related restrictions escalated through October 11, SCI chaplains visited 68 ships. without regard to seafarers' unique situations. Of those 68 ships, 19 had mariners who were denied shore leave. The nationalities of those who could not SCI chaplains became experienced providers of set foot ashore included American, Filipino, Croatian, pastoral care and social services to seafarers without Montenegrin, Ukrainian, Russian , Korean, shore leave. A chaplain's visit to a vessel where Indonesian, Greek, and Romanian seafarers. seafarers were denied shore leave lasted from three-to Projecting these numbers over a year, we could expect five hours. The Institute purchased seven cell phones 25,584 mariners from 988 ships to be denied shore so that all crew members could contact home. leave in the Port of New YorklNew Jersey. Seafarers entering the Port of New YorklNew Jersey after 28-to-40-day voyages without affordable access Read More to ship-to-shore communications were especially anx ious to hear the voice of a spouse, parent, or child. Find out more about the chaplains, volunteers and programs of SCI's International Seafarers' Center To help document shore leave denial, ship visitors by reading The Cross & Anchor newsletter. Contact participated in two nationwide surveys conducted by Debra A. Wagner, Director of Communications, at SCI's Center for Seafarers' Rights. [email protected] or call 212-349-9090. 2003 ANNUAL REPORT _ 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW Center for 163,405 > Volunleer 341 > Religious services 9 > Repatriation Seafarers' Services hours devoted by held at SCI's International 8 > Immigration 2,752 > Ships visited in Christmas-at-Sea knitters Seafarers' Center and shore leave the Port of New York! 15,479 > Christmas-al- New Jersey Center for 6 > Death Sea/Christmas-on-lhe- Seafarers' Rights River packages delivered 3 > Ship abandonment 15,562 > Seafarers used 350 > Hours dedicated to lO mariners SCI's International international advocacy 20 > Other Seafarers' Center 2,189 > Lelters and through the International 24,911 > Seafarers lrans- pOSl cards mailed Marilime Organization Center for Maritime and International Labor Education - New York ported by SCI vans 3,316 > Truckers used Organization. 248 > Mariners from 11 lhe Internalional 22,039 > Books and different companies 70 > Hours dedicaled to magazines placed aboard Seafarers' Center received lraining, SCI's Mariner's Assistance sh.ips in port 19,136 > Volunteer hours including: program 7,377 > Pounds of logged in from PillSburgh 105 > ARPA and radar lO New Orleans and lhe 100 > Case files opened, clothes donated certification lO sea farers Gulf Region (Chrisunas- including: on-lhe-River, Easter-on- 64 > Shiphandling, 1,881 > Seafarers sought 25 > Wages the-River), New York tuglbarge handling, and personal, pastoral, and (SCI headquarters), and 16 > Illness and injury walch-keeping vocational counseling New Jersey (International 13 > Working and living 28 > Bridge resource 62 > Loans or grants Seafarers' Center) conditions management made to seafarers (Above) Ann Mills, Coordinator of Special Projects and the Rev. Jim Wilkinson, sa Ministry on the River Chaplain. (At leli) The Rev. Mary Grombsch, SCI's Port Missioner, watches as George E. Goldman (President and CEO of the Dennis Roland Chapter.American Merchant Marine Veterans -AMMV) and Mortimer J. Levine (Member of Edwin J. O'Hara Chapter,AMMV) toss a memorial wreath into New York Harbor on Maritime Day. May 22. -- 11 > Personal 41 > Radar renewal Ministry on the River survival craft 30 > CPR training 1,419> Mariners visited Managers' training using 6,459 > VisilOrs toured 167 > Boat visits the simulator including: SCI's state-of-the-art 93 > Mariners counseled 40 > Team building faCility or assisted Center for Maritime Center for Maritime 67 > Family members Education - Paducah Education - Gulf Region counseled or assisted The International