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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection April 28 – Fifth Sunday of Easter (C)

by Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Archbishop Joseph Harris

Gospel: John 13;31-33a, 34-35

When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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T&T’s Draft National Policy on Gender and Development

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

During the Year of Faith, we are called more than ever to be defenders of our faith – of the “truth” about man and woman, each made in the image and likeness of God, each with a moral order imprinted in our minds – a moral order that guides us as we seek to promote the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person and to build the common good. We are called to SEE–JUDGE–ACT from a Catholic perspective – recognising that in a world in which moral relativism threatens to overwhelm us, we have to find ways to make our voices heard in the marketplace.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection April 21 – Fourth Sunday of Easter (C)

by Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Archbishop Joseph Harris

Gospel Jn. 10:27-30

Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

Homily

The Gospel Reading this Sunday is one of the shortest of the year, but the concept that it seeks to illustrate is very full of meaning.

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Sharing Catholic Social Teaching in St Maarten

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

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On Sunday evening I returned to T&T after conducting a workshop in St Maarten (Dutch side) on Friday and Saturday. After leaving St Maarten I got a connecting flight from Antigua to T&T via St Lucia. We boarded in Antigua and had to wait on board for a tyre to be changed. Then in St Lucia we waited on board again as the plane had to be re-fuelled.

When we finally arrived in T&T a few of us discovered that our suitcases were “missing”. After completing the necessary forms, I left the airport wondering if this was a regular occurrence with LIAT. I do hope I will be reunited with my suitcase as all my important documents etc are in it.

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50 years of Pacem in Terris

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

Today would have been my mother’s birthday. She would have been 84 years old. She passed away in 1995 and each year we mark her birthday in a special way.

Recently, someone sent me a YouTube link with a clip taken from an interview with my father last year when we celebrated our 50th Anniversary of Independence. The clip is entitled: Love and Independence.

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