Month: August 2011

2011

Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection Aug 28 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

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Post date August 27, 2011

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27

Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Men and Women of the Bible: Achsah

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Post date August 27, 2011

by Nadine Bushell, member of the CCSJ

By Nadine Bushell, Member of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice

Whatever position the society assigns to us, our personality will have the greatest impact on our future

Many of us will never appear on the newspaper or be known to many outside of our circle of family, friends and work colleagues. However, many of us would make names for ourselves in our own circle. We are special to those around us, highly valued and prized and able to influence our world with our own special set of gifts, skills and intelligence.

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CCSJ appoints new Parish Link Coordinator

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Post date August 24, 2011

The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) has appointed Sr Christine Walcott O.P. (Sinsinawa Dominican Sister) as Parish Link Coordinator from 2 September.
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Inter alia, Sr Christine will work with CCSJ to implement Synod Resolutions; promote the Social Doctrine of the Church at Parish level; identify and disseminate good social justice practices; organize training sessions to empower the faithful to walk with the 2 feet of social justice: works of mercy and works of social action; and maintain working links with the Vicariate Link Coordinators. Sr Christine can be contacted on 622 6680 or via e-mail on: chriswal19@yahoo.com.
Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ says: “Sr Christine brings with her a wealth of experience and expertise which will stand her in good stead as she supports our efforts to build the capacity of Catholics to build a nation/world in which the pillars of peace: justice, truth, love, freedom and forgiveness, can become a reality. His Grace reminded us recently that the Church has been described as a sleeping giant. Sr Christine will play her part in assisting us as we strive to wake up the giant so that the Church will be alive and present in TT/the world. Welcome Sister!”

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Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection Aug 21 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]

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Post date August 19, 2011

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel Mt 16:13-20

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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Promoting quality education

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Post date August 18, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” (Diogenes Laertius)

Our Education system continues to be in the throes of “educational reform” with no clear philosophy about the kind of person we want to see at the end of the process. Let’s draw on the work of researchers such as Malcolm Baldrige (see: Characteristics of High Performing Schools) and Howard Gardner (see his theory of Multiple Intelligences) and Robert Marzano et al (see their Nine Instructional Strategies that “are most likely to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all grade levels”), and the standards of achievements and evaluation/inspection schedules for schools that have been developed by various countries?

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