Ocean Church
The Ocean Church programs offer participants the opportunity to learn
about and experience life at sea by developing navigation, fishing and
seamanship skills. It seeks to educate and stimulate today's young people
to understand concretely the value of service to the world through
meaningful work. Ocean Church is concerned with balancing the needs of
humanity with the needs of the environment, and being able to feed the
world's hungry from the sea. In the future, harvests from the sea will
play a fundamental role in nourishing the world's populations. Every
summer Ocean Church sponsors a special program for young people called
Ocean Challenge. This program is dedicated to bringing young people
together from many nations. The training involves long hours and hard
work, side by side with others in moments of peaceful reflection as well
as exhilarating effort. Through daily discipline and creative
involvement, Ocean Challenge encourages its participants to become more
responsible for themselves, for their crews and, in a larger sense, for
the world.