Raising awareness of lupus
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ There are about five million people worldwide who suffer from Lupus. If you know anyone with this chronic disease you will know how debilitating it is, particularly when it flares up. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes an individual’s immune system to attack its own tissues, cells, and organs. […]
Euthanasia and assisted suicide
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice “Your body…is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you since you received him from God. You are not your own property: you have been bought and paid for. That is why you should use your body for the glory of God.” […]
Catechists: Forming God’s Caribbean People
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice I share below an extract from my address to catechists at the South and Central Catechetical Rally last Sunday (Sept 25) on the theme: Catechists: Forming God’s Caribbean People – A reflection on Revitalising Catholic Culture and Identity. The Archdiocese owes each catechist a […]
HFC, Couva Reunion
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice On Sunday, October 2, from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., the Past Pupils’ Association of Holy Faith Convent, Couva (HFC), will hold a reunion at the school to mark the 60th Anniversary of HFC, my alma mater. The theme of the reunion is Shine […]
Discerning our vocation
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Recently I was a panelist at a symposium organised by CREDI entitled: “The Vocation of Teaching in the 21st Century” (the sacred responsibility of teachers to form children). Read the informative essay by Prof William E May entitled: “The Vocation of a Catholic Teacher/Scholar […]
Nation building – a shared responsibility
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice “For all the advances we have made, and are making in education, we still every year allow thousands more children to join an educational underclass – they are the lost souls our school system has failed. It is from that underclass that gangs draw […]
Love does no wrong to a neighbour
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Let’s place today’s Gospel reading (Matthew 18:15-20) within a wider context. Read from Mt 18:1, which opens with the disciples asking Jesus: “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Everyone wants to be “top dog”. Jesus teaches them, and us, that unless […]
Men and Women of the Bible: Achsah
By Nadine Bushell, Member of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Whatever position the society assigns to us, our personality will have the greatest impact on our future Many of us will never appear on the newspaper or be known to many outside of our circle of family, friends and work colleagues. However, many of […]
Promoting quality education
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” (Diogenes Laertius) Our Education system continues to be in the throes of “educational reform” with no clear philosophy about the kind of person we want to see at the end of the process. […]
World Youth Day
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Let us offer up our prayers for the youth who will be gathering in Madrid from August 16-21 to observe World Youth Day (WYD). The theme this year is: Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith (cf Col 2:7). To […]
