Judith Alltree, our Shellback chaplain, returned to share an update on how the Mission to Seafarers has managed during COVID and now that in-person events are occurring again. About Judith Alltree
Judith was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, but moved to Toronto more years ago than she will admit to! A graduate of U of T in 1990, majoring in Political Science, and in 2003 from Wycliffe College Seminary with a Master’s Degree in Divinity, Judith was ordained as deacon and priest in the Anglican Church the same year. She was in parish ministry for the next nine years, as both curate in St. Andrew’s Scarborough for two years and incumbent of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mississauga for seven years. Judith left parish ministry in 2012 with no fixed plans, but within four months she found herself at the Mission to Seafarers, and six months later was appointed Interim-Executive Director during the process of amalgamation with the Hamilton Mission to Seafarers. In January 2014, she was appointed Executive Director of the newly amalgamated Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario. In June 2017, that new mission expanded with the opening the Terry Finlay Seafarers Centre in Oshawa, named for the former liaison bishop. In October 2019, Judith was appointed Regional Director of the newly incorporated Mission to Seafarers, Canada, which includes stations in Vancouver, Thunder Bay, Sarnia/Lake St. Clair, Windsor, Hamilton, Toronto, Oshawa, Saint John and Halifax. The organization is in the planning stages to open a Seafarers Welfare and Research station in St. John’s Newfoundland in 2023. The granddaughter of a Master Mariner in the Merchant Service, Judith is an honourary member of the Great Lakes Division of the Master Mariners Association, and sits on the board of directors for the Marine Club as Chaplain. Although she retired from her position as Executive Director of the Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario in December, 2021, she returns as a board member this month. In her not-abundant spare time, Judith enjoys photography, making jewelry, reading real books with pages, music, theatre and films, and travelling, especially when it involves places of historical interest. However, it is her work with the Mission to Seafarers that has been the highlight of all three careers – never a job, always a joy. And of course, she is also the Chaplain for Shellbacks.
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