Faith in context – the Church in the Caribbean and Americas
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Amílcar Sanatan, CCSJ Board member What is the position of the Church in the world today? This question invites reflection on the status of the Church in public affairs, the contextualisation of theology, the legitimacy of the institution and the operations of the Church, including its capacity to recruit and […]
Imagining Deaf inclusion
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Amílcar Sanatan, CCSJ Board member My first experience of meaningful exchange with people from the Deaf community was in the Church of the Holy Family, Mt Lambert. Through visits and the investment of Fr Christian Pineau FMI, the parish priest who developed proficiency in sign language communication, the congregation was […]
A Talk With Wa Samaki – an interview with Erle Rahaman-Noronha
A Talk With Wa Samaki – an interview with Erle Rahaman-Noronha “God is in everything around us. In the plants, in the land…” Are you curious about sustainability? Have you ever wondered how to take the first steps into becoming environmentally-friendly in your personal life? Here to answer these questions today is Erle Rahaman-Noronha. Erle […]
Christian authenticity calls for service to the poor
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Amílcar Sanatan, CCSJ Board member Fr Gerard Pantin CSSp, the university trained, island scholar and widely respected priest was so transformed by the social unrest and protests of 1970, he reevaluated his lifelong professional and social commitments. As an educator, he taught middle- and upper-class youth with a degree of […]
A Day At Farm Iley – an interview with Kristen Chin Cheong
A Day at Farm Iley – an interview Kristen Chin Cheong “Prayer is when you have the intention, but you give it with your heart.” Have you ever wondered what goes into farming avocadoes? Are you curious about sustainable farming practices? The food that we eat on a daily basis – who grows it? Today, in […]
Zero tolerance for abuse
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Amílcar Sanatan, CCSJ Board member In an interview with Maria João Avillez of CNN Portugal, Pope Francis reiterated his commitment to acknowledge, confront, and end abuse, in particular, the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church. He said, “Abuse by men and women of the Church – abuse of […]
Going with God
By Amílcar SanatanCCSJ Board member – rcsocialjustice.org Outside of formal duties, community workers provide social support for the least served needs of people. This can take the form of transporting children home at the end of a programme, purchasing books for students at the beginning of the school term, constructing small hampers from groceries bought […]
SEASON OF CREATION 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
“… Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.“ Learn more about SEASON OF CREATION here! The […]
Commemorating World Humanitarian Day
Today August 19 is the UN’s World Humanitarian Day with the theme It takes a village. The day reminds of sacrifices made by people to humanitarian causes and needs and the effort of the collective to ameliorate crises. “Whenever and wherever people are in need, there are others who help them. They are the affected […]
Peace is the fruit of justice
By Amílcar Sanatan, CCSJ Board member Peace is the fruit of justice. We are reminded that, “Peace is not merely an absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of the balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called an […]
