Poverty and the dignity of the person
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms and processes to implement better distribution of resources, from the creation of new jobs to the integral promotion of those who are excluded.” (Pope Francis) […]
Recognising the rights of the girl child
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “In order to stop violence against girls and women and instill the values of respect, dignity, honesty and morality towards all human beings, we must start from the family, which is the fundamental basis of society…What happens behind the walls of the home is reflected on a […]
The right to adequate shelter
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “Lack of housing is a grave problem in many parts of the world, both in rural areas and in large cities, since state budgets usually cover only a small portion of the demand. Not only the poor, but many other members of society as well, find it […]
Promoting integral ecology
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI CCSJ urges everyone to continue to pray and act during this final week of the Season of Creation, which runs until October 4, the Feast day of St Francis of Assisi. As you know, the theme this year is: Jubilee for the Earth: New Rhythms, New Hope. […]
Migrants and refugees, like Jesus, forced to flee
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020 (WDMR) will be observed next Sunday, September 27. The theme of Pope Francis’ message this year is: Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee reminding us that the young Jesus and His family were displaced persons and refugees, forced to flee […]
Attacking racism at its root
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “Racism generates inequality…but inequality also fuels racism” —Prof Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dean, Faculty of Law, UWI STA. Many thanks to all those who contributed to and participated in the recent virtual National Symposium entitled ‘A Time for Healing— Understanding and Reconciling Race Relations in Trinidad and Tobago’, organised […]
Right relationship with God’s Creation
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Let’s commit to observe the Season of Creation, an annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. It runs from Tuesday, September 1 until October 4, the Feast day of St Francis of Assisi. On September 1 we would all have participated in […]
We will be rewarded according to our behaviour
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “…we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition” (Nelson Mandela) Do we really understand what it means to take up our cross and follow Jesus? In today’s gospel, Matt 16:21–27, Jesus said to His disciples: “If anyone wants […]
God’s house, a house of prayer for all
National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, Slipper Chapel. By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Recently I visited Mt St Benedict. Since my childhood I have always found it spiritually uplifting to pray in that sacred space. The abbey church and its surroundings fill one with peace/serenity. When I attended Holy Faith […]
Valuing our #youth
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI On Monday, citizens will go to the polls to vote in our General Election (GE), to elect the 41 persons who will sit in the House of Representatives in our 12th T&T Republican Parliament. Since our last GE in 2015, many of our youth would have turned […]
