Take A Bite series

Take a Bite: Our Catholic Social Teaching is a series of presentations on Catholic social justice issues. Contact the Commission for how to receive copies. View more presentations in the series

Respect for Life Week

HELP US PLAN FOR RESPECT FOR LIFE WEEK (RFLW): 26 Sept – 3 Oct, 2010

CCSJ has established an Archdiocesan Committee to plan RFLW. The overall theme is:

RESPECT ALL LIFE

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ENTER A COMPETITION TO DESIGN A ‘RESPECT FOR LIFE’ LOGO

DO YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN $500 (TT)?

The Catholic Commission for Social Justice invites you to enter a competition to create a logo for use during the Archdiocese’s Respect for Life Week (Sept26 – Oct 3, 2010). The theme for the week is: RESPECT ALL LIFE. Read more »

Fr Joe’s Sunday Gospel Reflection Aug 1 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Lk 12: 13 – 21

Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Read more »

Use your gifts to build the common good

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

With the rise of secularism, sadly, many fail to acknowledge the fact, as Pope Benedict XVI reminds us in Charity in Truth, that all that we have is “gift” from God.

We live in a world in which individualism, selfishness, greed and materialism lead many to believe that what is important in this life is storing up wealth here on earth and keeping it all so that they can have a good time – like the rich man in today’s Gospel (Luke 12:13-21) who plans to build bigger barns to store up his “treasures” here on earth and then “take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time”. Read more »

Fr Joe’s Sunday Reflection July 25 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Lk. 11: 1 – 13

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.” Read more »

Lord, teach us how to pray

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

In today’s Gospel (Luke 11:1-13), some of Jesus’ disciples ask him to teach them how to pray. Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer is shorter than the one we read in Matthew 6:9-11. During Holy Mass, the Lord’s Prayer is placed after the Eucharistic Prayer and before communion. Read more »

Fr Joe’s Sunday Reflection July 18 – 16th Sunday in ordinary Time (C)

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Lk 10:38-42

Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” Read more »

Reflection and right action

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

In today’s Gospel, we read the story of Martha and Mary who, with their brother, Lazarus, were Jesus’ friend. Luke does not mention Lazarus. He is mentioned in John’s Gospel. Last week Bishop Emeritus Sydney Charles from Grenada had lunch at my father’s home in Maraval. While my elder sister, Kamala, cooked up a ‘storm’, laid the table to perfection and was the perfect hostess when he arrived, I rushed in from a meeting at Archbishop’s House, sat at the table with the Bishop and listened to his words of wisdom. Read more »