Being merciful to ourselves
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI I share with you below an extract from my presentation on the theme: Be merciful to ourselves.(See CCSJ’s website). God is a God of mercy. We are all here because of His grace: “God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that […]
Discipleship in the Year of Mercy
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI This Wednesday and Thursday (Feb 24, 25), I will participate in the Lenten Retreat at St Phillip and St James RC Church, Chaguanas (7.15 p.m.); I will focus on the themes: Be merciful to ourselves, and Be merciful to our environment. The overall retreat theme is: The […]
Don’t waste Lent
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “May the season of Lent in this Jubilee year be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mercy.” (Pope Francis) CCSJ urges readers to reflect on Pope Francis’ 2016 Lenten Message. His theme this year is: I desire mercy, and not sacrifice […]
Moorings to hold us together
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Over the next two days we will see the culmination of weeks of feting during the 2016 Carnival season. Once again, CCSJ urges citizens and visitors to enjoy themselves during Carnival without abandoning self-control and modesty in dress and behaviour. In 2011, CCSJ established a Standing Committee […]
For the children’s sake, don’t turn a blind eye
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “Embrace, be amazed by God’s great gift of children…Children are a gift. Do you understand? Children are a gift! Each is unique and each is unrepeatable; and yet unmistakably tied to his or her roots… A child is a child: a life created by us but destined […]
Works of mercy integral to our being
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Recently, I visited Westminster Cathedral in London. As I stood before the Door of Mercy, I reflected on the words contained in today’s Gospel – words that should form our breastplate prayer: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he has anointed me to bring good news […]
For the children’s sake, don’t turn a blind eye
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “Embrace, be amazed by God’s great gift of children…Children are a gift. Do you understand? Children are a gift! Each is unique and each is unrepeatable; and yet unmistakably tied to his or her roots… A child is a child: a life created by us but destined […]
Show solidarity this season
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world … I would like to make an appeal to those in possession of greater resources, to public authorities and to all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of […]
The value of a Past-Pupils’ Association
Leela Ramdeen (centre) with some of her classmates from 1961 at the annual dinner. Sitting in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception during the December 5 Rededication, the words of Exodus 25:8 came to mind. The Lord told Moses: “build me a sanctuary so that I may dwell among my people.” Our Cathedral is truly […]
Human rights from a Catholic standpoint
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “Sadly, even human rights can be used as a justification for an inordinate defence of individual rights or the rights of the richer peoples…To speak properly of our own rights, we need to broaden our perspective and to hear the plea of other peoples and other regions […]
