Caring For God’s Creation
A key social justice principle is Caring for God’s Creation. In Genesis we read that we have a duty to cultivate and care for the Earth.
Christian witness
IN PHOTO: Pope Francis greeting migrants and refugees during a General Audience. Source: vaticannews.va By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Today’s gospel, Luke 24:35–48, reminds us of what it means to be a witness to Christ. In order to be faithful witnesses, we must allow Jesus to do as He did to His […]
Creating a child-friendly nation
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Recently, I was interviewed by Onika James of radio i95.5FM, about the killing of two minors, Simeon Daniel, 15, and Antonio Francois, 16, who, along with three other youths, had escaped from one of the facilities run by the Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (CA). Two of […]
Jesus lives!
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI What joy! What an amazing gift! The tomb is empty! Christ is risen! The Scriptures have been fulfilled: “God so loved the world that He gave His Only Son, that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.” The night before His […]
An act of love
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “Palm Sunday tells us that … it is the cross that is the true tree of life.” —Pope Emeritus Benedict Today, Sunday, March 28, as we begin our observance of Holy Week, we remember the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem before His Passion and Resurrection. In our gospel […]
Let’s #FightRacism
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Toay, March 21, the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The theme this year is Youth standing up against racism The UN says the theme “engages the public through #FightRacism, which aims to foster a global culture of tolerance, equality and anti-discrimination […]
Sowing gestures of compassion and love
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI Last August, as Vatican News reported, “Pope Francis said that prayers and little gestures silently sow the seed of God’s love in the field of the world, making all things new. These gestures are capable of making the world more beautiful, of illuminating it with a ray […]
Cleanse my heart, O Lord
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “Open your heart to Jesus’ mercy! Say: ‘Jesus… Come, cleanse. Cleanse with Your mercy, with Your tender words, cleanse with Your caresses’. If we open our heart to Jesus’ mercy, in order to cleanse our heart, our soul, Jesus will trust Himself to us.” (Pope Francis). I […]
Social Justice Commission calls for end to Ukraine war
The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) is calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and for peaceful solutions to be found to address the conflict. Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ, in a release Monday, February 28 says: “We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Ukraine who are victims of this […]
Are we listening to Him?
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI “… the first duty of the Christian is to listen to the Word of God, to listen to Jesus, because he speaks to us and he saves us by his word. And by this word he makes our faith even stronger and more robust. Listen to Jesus!” […]
