Month: February 2013

news2013 The Vocation of the Business Leader

Pay attention to boardroom ethics

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Post date February 11, 2013

Participants in the Business Leaders’ workshop in San Fernando engage in group discussion. Photo: Raymond Syms

If Carapichaima parish priest Fr Matthew D’Hereaux had both time and money, he’d write a book with the title “Out of the Bedroom, Into the Boardroom.”

Why? In his opinion, the Church has for some time offered spiritual guidance on sexual matters but not enough emphasis has been placed on ethics in the corporate and business world.

With that opening, Fr D’Hereaux had the attention of participants in the second workshop on “Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection”, organised by the Catholic Commission for Social Justice, in conjunction with the Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It was held January 19 at the Bishop Mendes Auditorium, San Fernando. The workshop is a reflection on a practical handbook for Catholic businessmen and women published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, led by Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection February 10 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

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Post date February 10, 2013

Gospel reading: Luke 5:1-11

Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. The fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats – it was Simon’s -and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

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Children need both parents in their lives

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Post date February 10, 2013

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“Christians are people who have been conquered by Christ’s love and accordingly, under the influence of that love…they are profoundly open to loving their neighbour in concrete ways… faith precedes charity, but faith is genuine only if crowned by charity.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 2013 Lenten Message).

These words from The Holy Father’s 2013 Lenten message should spur us on to demonstrate our love for God and neighbour by reaching out to assist children and their parents. The Holy Father focuses on “the indissoluble interrelation” between faith and charity. His message is entitled “Believing in charity calls forth charity”.

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Church commits to working on better HIV/AIDS response

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Post date February 4, 2013

The Catholic Church was among more than two dozen religious groups which recently signed a Declaration of Commitment in support of the HIV/AIDS response in Trinidad and Tobago. The signing took place on December 10, 2012 and the groups represented were from the Christian, Hindu and Muslim faiths.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection February 3 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

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Post date February 2, 2013

Gospel Lk 4:21-30

Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”. He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’