Between September 24 and October 1, 2016, the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA, for its acronym in English), with the support of SIMN, held in the city of Manila, Philippines, an immersion course and training called “AHOY” especially directed to Pastoral Agents AOS, in which participants acquired a firsthand knowledge about Filipino social and cultural background, seafarers and other institutions in the Philippine maritime industry. Given the high number of seafarers from the Philippines working

Rostos da Migração (Faces of Migration) is a collaborative effort of Missão Paz, the Scalabrini center in São Paulo, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners conceived in response to Brazil’s changing social, economic, and political tumult in 2015. Multiple political groups capitalized on the societal unrest of the leading political party through nationalist rhetoric against the more accommodative immigration policy. The attacks were marked with xenophobia, and played to the worst fears in people:  Foreigners were depicted as