Image: (Paul Connell/Globe Staff/File 1979) From The Globe, February 7, 2010. The Rev. Wallace E. Cedarleaf retired as Boston Harbor chaplain 17 years ago, but he is vividly recalled along the waterfront and among the thousands of seamen of foreign vessels that docked here during his 25-year tenure. “Wally was bigger-than-life. Everyone who knew him…
The Impact of Roald Kverndal on Seafarers’ Welfare
Previously published in the MARE Report (2015). There is no doubt that Roald Kverndal (1921-2015) made an enormous contribution to seafarers’ welfare as a chaplain, a mission board executive, historian, theologian, author and advocate. His service to seafarers and those who serve them extended from the beginning of his preparations for ministry in the early…