{"id":1375,"date":"2008-12-05T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/deacons-as-airport-chaplains-a-ministry-takes-off.html"},"modified":"2008-12-05T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T15:37:00","slug":"deacons-as-airport-chaplains-a-ministry-takes-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/deacons-as-airport-chaplains-a-ministry-takes-off.html","title":{"rendered":"Deacons as airport chaplains: a ministry takes off"},"content":{"rendered":"

We tend to think of chaplains as being assigned primarily to hospitals or military bases — but you will also find them at some of America’s busiest airports. <\/p>\n

And — increasingly — they are deacons. <\/p>\n

From Florida Catholic<\/a>: <\/p>\n

It\u2019s lunchtime, and Daniel Dooling is sitting in the chapel at Miami International Airport, reading his Bible. A few seats away, Vera Philoctete fingers a rosary.<\/p>\n

Philoctete works in Miami-Dade Aviation\u2019s protocol department. Dooling is a property manager in the commercial operations division.<\/p>\n

They are praying in a place most travelers cannot find very easily: The airport\u2019s nondenominational chapel \u2013 also known as a meditation room \u2013 on the fourth floor of Concourse B, next to the bank and the post office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a bastion for us who want to get away during lunch and be in the presence of God, to find peace in our day,\u201d said Dooling. \u201cBecause it does get hectic out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>The bustling terminals of Miami International see an average of nearly 34 million passengers a year \u2013 between 90,000 and 100,000 daily \u2013 and employ more than 35,000 people. It is the third-busiest U.S. airport in both numbers of international passengers and total freight \u2013 \u201ca city unto itself,\u201d according to Deacon Dennis Jordan, a retired state employee who has served as chaplain at Miami International since 1999.<\/p>\n

Although travelers might think airport chapels and chaplains are there for them, they are actually there to serve the employees \u201cwho work such odd hours,\u201d Deacon Jordan said. \u201cThe idea is to serve this airport community with the fringe benefit of serving the general public at the same time. And when there\u2019s loss, sorrow, we\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deacon Jordan and his counterpart at Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood International Airport, Deacon Chandy Luka, are part of a Catholic Civil Aviation Apostolate that began at Boston\u2019s Logan Airport in 1950. Today, according to the group, more than 100 airport chapels in 50 nations offer pastoral care to employees and travelers, including 31 in the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the link<\/a> for more. <\/p>\n

Photo: Deacon Dennis Jordan, at Miami International Airport. Photo by Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Florida Catholic<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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