1. GLAD TIDINGS No. 9 PART D
Featured in Part D:
• Chaplain Jed with
royalty on
Jed in
background far Melbourne’s waters
right.
• Newcastle’s ship
visiting course enjoyed
by all
• Pilbara MTS centres
cop Cyclone Heidi
• Bunbury blesses pilot’s
Chaplain Jed with royalty on Melbourne’s waters boat
During the visit of Princess Mary and stories with Princess Mary who also • MTS Esperance’s
Prince Frederick of Denmark to grew up in a region there that Jed was intriguing link with
Australia they were asked to launch a very familiar with.
Stonehenge
Svitzer tug the “Marysville” at
Docklands, Melbourne. MTS chaplain
Jed Crispin accompanied the royal • Jack Tomes is honored
visitors on board the vessel to lead by HRH the Princess
those gathered in a blessing of the Royal
vessel.
Jed who spent many years in Tasmania
was able to share a number of happy
Newcastle’s ship visiting course enjoyed by all
Newcastle chaplain Garry Dodd
recently hosted a ship visiting welfare
course for his volunteers at Newcastle.
John Kewa travelled from Port Kembla
to run the two day course that was
enthusiastically received by all.
John also ran I similar course for the
people supporting our new mission at
Port Giles, SA, late last year. Some
twenty locals attended the course
hosted by Thomas Karama at St
Benedict’s, Minlaton. All passed the
course although they still await arrival
of their certificates from London.
Further ship visiting welfare courses are
planned for Gladstone, Bunbury and
Eden later this year. For details of the
Bunbury course contact Ian McGilvray Newcastle’s ship visitors course participants
(Dampier) and the editor for the others.

2. Pilbara MTS centres cop Cyclone Heidi
As this newsletter is being written berthed ships and another 21 at
news has broken that cyclone Heidi anchorage into safer waters further
has just hit Port Hedland with a out to sea.
vengeance. It is anticipated that We pray that no lives will be lost and
the predicted 150 km/h gale force that the Pilbara towns at risk will
winds, torrential rains and emerge unscathed. Our thoughts
dangerous storm tides will also are especially with our MTS
impact on the ports of Dampier and seafarers’ centres in Port Hedland
Cape Lambert. and Dampier. May you all be safe
Hedland Port Authority has closed and sound.
the Port and moved some 8
Bunbury blesses pilot’s boat
Tim Hopwood reports a healthy in the background (in blue) assisting
increase in the number of ships Father Graeme Weaver in a
visiting Bunbury and would like more blessing ceremony of the new Pilot
volunteers to help share the load. vessel to work the Bunbury waters
The image left shows Tim standing
MTS Esperance’s intriguing link with Stonehenge
Not far from the MTS centre in
Esperance is a most unusual tourist
site. An Esperance family has
meticulously constructed, on their
acreage, an exact replica of the
famed Stonehenge- the 3000 BC
prehistoric monument in the UK.
Fred Lockowicz, the centre’s
manager and ship visitor often
takes visiting crews out to the site for
a jaw dropping experience. Fred
says that the centre is plenty busy
with an increased number of
seafarers, and is very grateful for
Frank’s support and the long
voluntary hours he is putting in at
the centre. Fred added that he had
a marvelous time at the Tasmanian
conference catching up with so
many others. As we all we know
beautiful Esperance is a very long
way from any other of our centres.
Jack Tomes is honoured by HRH The Princess Royal
It was during the conference dinner congratulations and appreciation
in Launceston that Hobart’s Jack from the President of MTS, HRH
Tomes received a special surprise. In Princess Royal. Only those serving
recognition of Jack’s world record for over 60 years are afforded this
75 years of voluntary service to the honour. It was Tom’s supreme
Hobart mission, our Secretary pleasure to play the messenger on
General presented Jack and Kath this grand occasion for Jack and
with a personal letter of Kath.
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