Thank you for the informative article on port chaplain Deacon Dileep Athaide in the July 12 issue.
I volunteered at the Mission to Seafarers in Vancouver for a few years at the turn of the millennium. Assisting the chaplains on ship visits was my principal activity.
Father Dileep has covered the bases very thoroughly, according to this article.
I recall one occasion where we drove half a dozen Filipino sailors up to Cypress Bowl for their first snow adventure. They just rolled in it and had a great time. And in all those years I met only one Canadian sailor, a young rating who had signed on abroad for the life experience.
Thanks again for your article. It brought back great memories.
Bill Sims
Whitehorse, Yukon
(P.S. The B.C. Catholic arrives up here an average of two weeks after publication. The July 12 issue arrived Monday, the 19th. That doesn’t happen very often.)
