Comments on: Going Down With the Ship http://vocationblog.com/2012/04/going-down-with-the-ship/ A blog about vocations to the consecrated life. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barb Finnegan http://vocationblog.com/2012/04/going-down-with-the-ship/#comment-7366 Barb Finnegan Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:09:32 +0000 http://vocationblog.com/?p=3580#comment-7366 Reminds me of the World War II account of 'The Four Chaplains' on the Dorchester, which was sunk by a Nazi U-boat. Two Protestant ministers, one Catholic priest and one Jewish rabbi. They helped and encouraged the crewmen as they abandoned ship, assisting them into lifeboats, then giving up their lifejackets when the supply of them ran out. Then, as the ship slipped beneath the waves, the four linked arms together and prayed aloud the Our Father as the waters covered them up. What courage that Father Byles showed on the Titanic, and the Four Chaplains on the Dorchester. May these brave shepherds rest in peace! Reminds me of the World War II account of ‘The Four Chaplains’ on the Dorchester, which was sunk by a Nazi U-boat. Two Protestant ministers, one Catholic priest and one Jewish rabbi. They helped and encouraged the crewmen as they abandoned ship, assisting them into lifeboats, then giving up their lifejackets when the supply of them ran out. Then, as the ship slipped beneath the waves, the four linked arms together and prayed aloud the Our Father as the waters covered them up.

What courage that Father Byles showed on the Titanic, and the Four Chaplains on the Dorchester. May these brave shepherds rest in peace!

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