The CCSJ held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday March 17, 2007. The theme of the AGM was “The way forward together”. The AGM highlighted many of the key successes and challenges of the Commission over the last year.
The meeting was attended by His Grace, Archbishop Edward Gilbert who thanked the Commission for its tremendous work over the past year, noting how many significant people, not only within the Church but in society in general, have deep respect for the work of CCSJ.
His Grace noted however that much work still has to be done in broadening the idea of Social Justice in the minds of people.
There needs to be a focus on helping people move from being ready to give money, to reflecting and asking ‘Why are people poor and what systems need to change?”, while being patient with those persons who do not yet understand the need to get personally involved in causes.
The Commission underwent some key changes in the last year, the main one being the appointment of Father Michael Moses as Episcopal Vicar/Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice, Father Moses has lead the Commission from March 2006.
Under his stewardship were some key achievements; these included:
The strong advocacy of the Commission as it urged caution with regard the establishment of Aluminium Smelters in Trinidad and Tobago, in view of the possible social, environmental, and health issues. The Commission was able to give a balanced view to a highly politicized issue.
The Ask Why? Programmes which continue to be an interesting tool for heightening the sensitivity of the public on relevant issues by encouraging discussion on Agriculture, Good Governance, the debate on the Constitution, poverty and the crime situation.
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Parish Link Programme for Social Justice – new Parish Link teams were formed in Toco/ Matelot, Cumana, San Juan, Princes Town, Morvant/Laventille, St Finbar’s and four youth programmes developed
Workshops held for caregivers of Children and Youth at Risk with a view to effectively promote favourable adult outcomes for at-risk children and youth
Catholic education through workshops and the Weekly Social Justice ‘Quote of the Week’ and articles explaining Catholic Social Teaching from the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church in the Catholic News
Family Mentoring and Intervention Programme, in collaboration with Couples for Christ (CFC). Training sessions were held for CFC teams to sensitize participants with reference to models of intervention for working with families who were identifiable as ‘at risk’ in parishes.
Community Intervention Transforming Youths (C.I.T.Y) and Pride in Gonzales –this project offers resources to residents of local communities to enable individuals to take an active role in their communities and contribute to the overall wellbeing of these communities. They also provide the basis and infrastructure for forming social networks that support strong communities and facilitate building relationships among people, adding value to community life
The work of the CCSJ continues to be recognized as evidenced by the fact that the website attracted a total of 8,028 visitors last year, averaging 23 visitors per day.
Of this total, 7,372 visitors were new to the site. Visitors came from around the world, but mainly from the United States (3,582), Trinidad & Tobago (393), Uruguay (292), Germany (192) and Canada (114).
The CCSJ would like to thank all those persons and organizations that contributed to and were an integral part of the Commission’s achievements.
