Catholic Priests On Cruise Ships

Much smaller ships designed for river cruising maybe 50-100 people on board dock in the heart of town shore.

Catholic priests on cruise ships. The Cruise Ship Priest Program screens and vets potential cruise-ship chaplains and works with partner cruise lines to place a Catholic chaplain on their ships. Some priests go occasionally others frequently. Priests traveling on cruise ships are not just there for the wind and the waves.

Sunday Mass even on a cruise ship holding a relatively small number like 1200-1500 passengers will draw 500 worshipers he added. Back to All Shipboard Positions. Conference of Catholic Bishops has started screening those celebrating Mass on cruise ships a plan geared toward preventing former rental and even fraudulent priests from ministering to Catholic passengers.

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts. Conference of Catholic Bishops are screening priests who provide ministry to cruise lines in an effort to eliminate unsuitable clergy such as those. Ensure cruise lines are assigned approved and trained priests in good standing.

Mass is celebrated every day normally in the morning on sea days and late afternoon on port days. Cruise Ship Priest Program. HAL normally has a Catholic Priest on board that has a daily mass - time varies on sea day versus port day and SaturdaySunday versus weekday.

We had a Catholic priest on our cruise on the Holland American Ryndam. Although they may enjoy the amenities they minister to. This was a 14 night cruise along the coast of Norway.

Of Catholics who are cruise line passengers and crew members. There are only two sources providing Catholic priests to cruise lines that we consider 100 reliable. Ships that are at sea or in a foreign port on Sunday generally provide the passengers with on board church services performed by Catholic Priests and.