A commitment to promote Catholic social justice principles
By Fr Stephan Alexander General Manager, CCSJ/AMMR A couple of weeks ago I messaged a Mexican friend, a university professor, whom I have been communicating with about opportunities to grow my understanding of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Social Justice. The response I received shocked me. His reply stated that he was being extorted […]
Women can be agents of positive change
By Leela Ramdeen Consultant, CCSJ & Director, CREDI The following is an extract from CCSJ’s Consultant, Leela Ramdeen’s presentation as the feature speaker at the Growing in Grace Women’s Ministry’s Annual Women’s Conference 2023, November 26, on the theme: Embracing our Dignity, Vocation, and Mission in the World Today. The entire presentation can be […]
Home is where we belong
By Fr Stephan Alexander General Manager, CCSJ/AMMR If you read Archbishop Jason’s article in the February 11 edition of The Catholic News or consumed insights from his recent book about Carnival, you would have identified his central thesis that, “Carnival is a mirror of the soul of T&T”. In advancing his position His Grace […]
From Carnival into Lent, through Catholic Social Teaching
By Fr Stephan Alexander General Manager, CCSJ and AMMR We’re here again! Here at one of the most mystical and provocative intermingling of spiritual expressions in Trinbagonian society: the apogee of Carnival and the commencement of Lent. Many of us experience this “spiritual, mystical and freeing” moment with ambivalence – how can we marry […]
Look hard at each other
By Fr Stephan AlexanderGeneral Manager, CCSJ and AMMR Something incredible happens when we look into the eyes of another human being, and we are able to see that person. To see their heart, their pain, their desires, their needs, and most importantly, to see that they are me and I am them.When we see beyond […]
Catholic social justice: to serve the new faces of the poor
PART 4 – Conclusion – An experience of social/social justice ministry in Mexico By Fr Curtis Gaston Poyer Former Director for Social/Social Justice Ministry in the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, 2004–2023 Catholic social/social justice ministry or action flows mainly and directly from Catholic Social Teaching (CST), a set of universal principles and at […]
Working for justice, peace in the face of the cartels
PART 3 – An experience of social/social justice ministry in Mexico By Fr Curtis Gaston Poyer Former Director for Social/Social Justice Ministry in the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, 2004–2023 In May 1993, a few months before I arrived in Mexico, Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo was killed in the parking lot of the Guadalajara […]
AN EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL / SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY IN MEXICO.
An experience of social/social justice ministry in Mexico
By Fr Curtis Gaston Poyer Former Director for Social/Social Justice Ministry in the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, 2004–2023 PART 1 In the new millennium, the Mexican bishops, based on Mexico’s unique history and recent pastoral experiences and formidable challenges, decided to divide pastoral ministry into eight separate but interrelated areas. The first three main areas […]
This Christmas story…
By Fr Stephan Alexander General Manager, CCSJ and AMMR Imagine this: it’s 4.30 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2023. I’ve just returned to the presbytery and I’m tired. However, I am also excited to attend the Seminary fundraising dinner that evening. The secretary welcomed me with a message, “Ms Gloria needs your help with a […]
