People of the Sea co-workers with God in creation
I am especially happy to present today the Proceedings of the XXth World Congress of the Apostolatus Maris which took place in the Philippines, in Davao, from October 19-25, 1997, under the auspices of the Pontifica} Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
5. H.E. Cardinal Giovanni CHELI
7. Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welcome from the President
9. His Exce/lency Fzdel V. RAMOS . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Address
13. Most Rev. Giovanni CHELl
20.Peoplc of the Sea God’s Co-Workers in Creation……………………..Fr. Joh11 LEYDON
34. The Man of the Sea and Jesus: “lt is the Lord!”…Most Rev. Jacyr BRAIDO
42.The Church and the Maritime World: the Motu Proprio “Stella Maris”
Rev. Eduardo BAURA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mari time Culture of thc People of the Sea
51.Dr. Hector Lo11is MORALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . East Asian Regional Report
71.Fr. Jack Wnlsh, MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Asian Regional Report
77.Fr. Rethinam V. MATHIAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southwest Indian Ocean Rcgional Report
80.Fr. François LE GALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centrai and West African Rcgional Report
83.Fr. Cyrille ABOSSÉ KETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European Rcgional Report
85.Fr. Joseba BEOBIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centrai American Regional Report
89.Most Rev. Fernando GAMALERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cono Sur Regional Report
92.Fr. Aloys KNECICK, es .
93.North American Regional Report………………………………………….Deacon Robert BALDERAS
96.Oceania Regional Report………………………………………………………..Mr. Ted Riclinrdso
98.A Contribution from Mission de la Mer – France
101.A Seafarer’s Witness……………………………………………………………………. Mr. Brian Binongo
105.Polish Fishers During the Transformation Period…………………………….Fr. Edward PRACZ
108.Liberating Experience of God in the Lives of Traditional Fishworkers in India,Fr. Joseplt JUSTUS
111.Human and Christian Values That Inspire My Life As a Seaman’s Wife, Mrs. Marie Eliane RASOLONINDRINA
115.Current Exploitation: A Threat For the People of the Sea, Fr. Joseba BEOBIDE
119.Thrcats to the Maritime Environment and to the Future of the People of the Sea: the Philippine Fisherfolks, Filipma B. SOTTO and Thomas HEEGER
124.Intemational Conventions and National Legislation Affecting the Mari time Environment, Mr. Micltael JULIAN
142.The Masses, the Media and the Invisible Seafarer, Captain Augusto MERIGGIOLI .
149.Apostolatus Maris and Telecommunications, Mr. Ricardo MORO
150.Apostolatus Maris and the Christian Community, Sr. Maruja PADRE JUAN, MSCS
163.Where Do We Go From Here?……………………………..Most Rev. Giovanni CHELI
169.Farewell ………………………………………………………….Most Rev. Giovanni CHELI
170.Final Document
174.Message to Seafarers
Homilies:
175.Most Rev. Giovanni CHELI
178.Most Rev. Carlo ]osé RUISECO
181.Ricardo J . Cardinal VIDAL
183.Most Rev. Peter Francis DECAMPO
APPENDIX
186.Apostolic Letter “Motu Proprio”