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 […]
Let justice and peace embrace
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent revolt of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it […]
Men and Women of the Bible: Adam
by Nadine Bushell, member of the CCSJ We long for more when we have enough – We commit the sin of discontent in the midst of plenty We all fall prey to wanting more than what we have and even when we appear to have it all we are discontented. Adam the first human creation […]
Volunteers, the Christian face of society
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice “Without voluntary work the common good and society cannot last long because their progress and dignity is largely dependent on people who do more than just their duty.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 2010). The Holy Father said to Austrian volunteers last year, “Volunteers are not […]
Congratulations to two good and faithful servants
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice “It is important for us to remember that we are all baptised to be prophets, priests and kings and that like Jesus we fulfil our prophetic ministry, not simply by what we say but much more by the ways in which we remind those […]
HIV: Positive Health, Dignity & Prevention
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice Pope Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for July is: “That Christ may ease the physical and spiritual sufferings of those who are sick with AIDS, especially in the poorest countries.” Following my participation as a panellist during the Regional Consultation held in T&T in […]