Month: September 2011

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Catechists: Forming God’s Caribbean People

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Post date September 30, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

I share below an extract from my address to catechists at the South and Central Catechetical Rally last Sunday (Sept 25) on the theme: Catechists: Forming God’s Caribbean People – A reflection on Revitalising Catholic Culture and Identity.

The Archdiocese owes each catechist a debt of gratitude for your dedication to the important work in which you are engaged. We thank you for your evangelising spirit; for saying “Yes”. “Among the laity who become evangelisers, catechists have a place of honour.” (Pope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio).

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection Sep 25 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

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Post date September 24, 2011

Gospel Mt 21:28-32

Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not, ‘ but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, ‘Yes, sir, ‘but did not go. Which of the two did his father’s will?”

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HFC, Couva Reunion

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Post date September 24, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

On Sunday, October 2, from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., the Past Pupils’ Association of Holy Faith Convent, Couva (HFC), will hold a reunion at the school to mark the 60^th Anniversary of HFC, my alma mater. The theme of the reunion is Shine On.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection Sep 18 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

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Post date September 17, 2011

Fr Joseph Harris was ordained co-adjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain on September 14.

Gospel Mt 20:1-16a

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o’clock, the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o’clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o’clock, the landowner found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’

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Discerning our vocation

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Post date September 16, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

Recently I was a panelist at a symposium organised by CREDI entitled: “The Vocation of Teaching in the 21st Century” (the sacred responsibility of teachers to form children).

Read the informative essay by Prof William E May entitled: “The Vocation of a Catholic Teacher/Scholar (www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/teachers.htm). He offers his reflections on the various kinds of vocations to which we are called. I will seek to summarise the 19 pages. Firstly, he focusses on the universal call to holiness, which is the vocation that is common to all Christians: our baptismal commitment to holiness as members of Christ’s body.

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