Giving thanks for Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Today we gather at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to give thanks to God for the vocation/fidelity to ministry of Archbishop Joseph Harris, the 10th Archbishop of our Archdiocese. In compliance with Canon 401(1) of the Code of Canon Law, His Grace submitted his resignation to […]
Promoting human rights
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Saturday, December 9 is International Anti-Corruption Day, and on Sunday, December 10, the world will observe Human Rights Day. This year marks the 69th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The foundation of all Catholic social justice principles is the inherent dignity of the […]
Reflecting on the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI On Monday, November 20, I addressed the members of the Catholic and Anglican communities of St Francis RC and St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Belmont, at a service organised by Fr Thomas Lawson OP and Rev Canon Ronald Branche, to remember the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. I […]
Time to live right
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI We share with you Carissa Rudulfo’s contribution to the CCSJ’s and the Youth Commission’s Spoken Word Competition. She won third prize. Her piece reminded me of Pope Francis’s message to an Evangelical Christian gathering in the USA in July 2016. He said young people have a “restlessness” […]
Which ‘HDC’ are you?
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI At the end of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis initiated the World Day of the Poor. The theme for this first year is Let us love, not with words but with deeds (1 Jn 3:18). Let us take his advice, open our hearts and share “with […]
Let’s help flood victims
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “…there is the golden rule that God has inscribed into human nature created in Christ: The rule that only love gives meaning and happiness to life.” These words by Pope Francis (September 3, 2017), reminds us that our vocation is love. Love for God and for our […]
Finding refuge in the Spoken Word
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI A key event organised by the CCSJ and the Catholic Youth Commission during Justice, Peace and Community Week (October 21–28) was the 3rd Annual Spoken Word Competition on the theme: A Catholic perspective on the Development of Peoples aired on TCN on Friday, October 27. Episcopal Delegate […]
Being good stewards of the environment
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI Tomorrow, Monday, November 6, the world will observe the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. In Genesis 2:15, we read: “God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it.” […]
True shepherd – Archbishop-elect fits the bill
Leela Ramdeen (left) greets Archbishop-elect Jason Gordon after the October 19 press conference to announce his appointment. Looking on is Catholic News journalist Lara Pickford-Gordon. Photo: Raymond Syms On behalf of members of CCSJ, I extend sincere congratulations to Archbishop-elect Jason Gordon. Since my return to T&T from London, I have been blessed to have […]
Children learn what they live
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI “It is time for fathers and mothers to return from their exile, because they have self-exiled from the education of their children, and to fully reassume their educational role…this can only be done with love, tenderness and patience.” – Pope Francis We must consider also the importance […]
