Bishop William E. Koenig of Wilmington, Delaware boarded a freighter on the Delaware coast April 5 to celebrate Mass for a crew of Filipino men who, at sea for months and without shore passes, aren t able to attend Mass.
Bishop William E. Koenig of Wilmington, Delaware, celebrated Mass on a refrigerated ocean cargo ship on the Delaware coast. The men travel the world on the cargo ship, working nine months and then having three months off, and some had not been to Mass since New Year's Eve.
Ports around the U.S. are rolling out vaccines for seafarers, extending a lifeline to thousands of mostly foreign workers who’ve spent the pandemic isolated aboard ships ensuring goods kept trading across a battered global economy.
Read more about Weary seafarers come ashore in US for J&J one-dose Covid vaccine shots on Business Standard. It is the preferred vaccine for maritime workers because they re often docked for just a day or two at a port.