Come and see
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI There are many nuggets of wisdom in today’s readings. Reflect on them. I wish to focus on Jesus’ response to the two disciples who asked Him where He lived. John the Baptist told them: “Look, there is the lamb of God.” On hearing this, they immediately followed […]
Remain in Christ, turn tests into testimonies
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Today, the last day of 2017, we have an opportunity to review the past year and to plan for 2018. It was on December 28, 2016 that my father, Balgobin Ramdeen, passed away in hospital in London. My siblings and I were angry as we felt that […]
Saying ‘Yes’ to the Lord’s call
The Christmas tree is seen as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St Peter’s Square at the Vatican December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ, & Director, CREDI Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26–38). Tomorrow we […]
Giving thanks for Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Today we gather at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to give thanks to God for the vocation/fidelity to ministry of Archbishop Joseph Harris, the 10th Archbishop of our Archdiocese. In compliance with Canon 401(1) of the Code of Canon Law, His Grace submitted his resignation to […]
Promoting human rights
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Saturday, December 9 is International Anti-Corruption Day, and on Sunday, December 10, the world will observe Human Rights Day. This year marks the 69th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The foundation of all Catholic social justice principles is the inherent dignity of the […]
Reflecting on the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI On Monday, November 20, I addressed the members of the Catholic and Anglican communities of St Francis RC and St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Belmont, at a service organised by Fr Thomas Lawson OP and Rev Canon Ronald Branche, to remember the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. I […]
Time to live right
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI We share with you Carissa Rudulfo’s contribution to the CCSJ’s and the Youth Commission’s Spoken Word Competition. She won third prize. Her piece reminded me of Pope Francis’s message to an Evangelical Christian gathering in the USA in July 2016. He said young people have a “restlessness” […]
Which ‘HDC’ are you?
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI At the end of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis initiated the World Day of the Poor. The theme for this first year is Let us love, not with words but with deeds (1 Jn 3:18). Let us take his advice, open our hearts and share “with […]
Let’s help flood victims
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “…there is the golden rule that God has inscribed into human nature created in Christ: The rule that only love gives meaning and happiness to life.” These words by Pope Francis (September 3, 2017), reminds us that our vocation is love. Love for God and for our […]
Finding refuge in the Spoken Word
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI A key event organised by the CCSJ and the Catholic Youth Commission during Justice, Peace and Community Week (October 21–28) was the 3rd Annual Spoken Word Competition on the theme: A Catholic perspective on the Development of Peoples aired on TCN on Friday, October 27. Episcopal Delegate […]
