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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Welcome to the New Stella Maris Fremantle Website
As part of the world’s largest ship-visiting network and the official maritime charity of the Catholic Church, Stella Maris Fremantle opens its doors—and now its digital home—to all seafarers and fishers, of all faiths and none.
Stella Maris launches into the deep
Stella Maris National Director Fr Tony Cox SSC said while Sea Sunday was a time to appeal for financial assistance, more importantly it is “an opportunity to become more actively conscious of their lives of seafarers and the hardships they encounter and endure”.
Help us do a Stella job for seafarers
Stella Maris is the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church. In 1922, Pope Pius XI approved the first constitution of the movement, known as Apostleship of the Sea. Stella Maris now operates in more than 300 ports across the world.
Neighbourly love and care a top priority for Employee and Volunteer of the Year Award recipients
The Employee and Volunteer of the Year Awards are an annual event to recognise the good works of CSSWA members, employees and volunteers, who witness the four pillars of Catholic Social Teaching in their respective agencies.
Seafarers Appeal highlights harsh and demanding conditions on ships
With more than 28,000 merchant ships visit Australian ports each year, crewed by some 300,000 seafarers, an appeal being launched this Sunday across parishes aims to raise awareness of the needs of seafarers – Perth Deacon and former Director of the Stella Maris Seafarers Centre has shared his experience with Journey Radio Editor Max Norden.
Deacons wife Carol Moore shares her experience
Following the invitation for expressions of interest from Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB for men who are who are willing to discern whether the Permanent Diaconate may be God’s will for them, wife of Perth Permanent Deacon Patrick Moore speaks about her experience.
Government urged to respond to Seafarer’s needs in Pandemic
Stella Maris Australia, a Catholic agency that provides spiritual and practical support to those working at sea, has joined an international coalition calling for better treatment of seafarers during the pandemic.
COVID-19 in the docks
This year, 2020, the year of COVID-19 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Church’s ministry to seafarers through Stella Maris and unsurprisingly, it is the effects of the pandemic that have occupied Stella Maris centres in ports across Australia and around the world.
