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 […]
Migrant integration through sports
By Darrion Narine, Acting Chair, CCSJ and Programme Manager, AMMR The Archdiocese Ministry for Migrants and Refugees (AMMR) supported a migrant football team in the annual Suburban Vicariate Youth and Young Adults (SUVY) Football Competition on July 23. The team came together, practised, and entered the competition with only one focus in mind: winning. They […]
Youth participation in the life of the Church
By Kaelanne Jordanmediarelations.camsel@catholictt.org “You ever went to church, and after the Mass… everybody… people just jump in their car and buss out?” Catholic Commission for Social Justice’s (CCSJ) Acting Chair and Programme Manager, Archdiocesan Ministry for Migrants and Refugees (AMMR) Darrion Narine posed this question to participants on night four (Thursday, August 4) of virtual […]
We plan our course, but the Lord determines our steps…
Leela Ramdeen is the first in our Catholic Icons web series. Parts one and two appeared in the July 3 and 17 issues respectively. This is the conclusion. On August 25, 1995, my mother died in London at the age of 66 years. We were devastated as her death was unexpected. After my marriage failed, […]
Give our youth space to innovate and create
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Darrion Narine Acting Chair, CCSJ and Programme Manager, AMMR World Youth Skills Day was recognised on July 15, 2022. The globe has moved towards the empowerment of young people and the recognition of their contributions, especially when planning to build a sustainable future. Young people are developing new skills and […]
Visit to Rwanda – a lesson on forgiveness and progress
SOCIAL JUSTICE – rcsocialjustice.org By Darrion Narine CCSJ/AMMR Programme Coordinator Rwanda experienced one of the worst atrocities in human history 28 years ago. A genocide against the Tutsi people resulted in over one million deaths, and disrupted the country’s social, political, moral, cultural, and economic operations. But most of all, it impacted the conscience of […]
Working for racial justice in the UK
Leela Ramdeen, a champion of Social Justice, before becoming Chair, Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) and the Archdiocese’s Ministry for Migrants and Refugees (AMMR) was a longstanding advocate for fairness and justice. She is also the first in our Catholic Icons web series. This is part two of the series. Part one appeared in […]
