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Fourth Sunday of Easter (A) – May 11

by Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Archbishop Joseph Harris

Gospel: John 10:1-10

Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. They never follow a stranger but run away from him: they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”

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Discipline with love, not punish with ‘licks’

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

CCSJ hopes that each parish will, in whatever way possible, observe the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and International Family Day on May 15.

On the day before this international observance, Wednesday May 14, CCSJ has organised a seminar at Santa Rosa Parish Hall, Arima. You are invited to join us from 7 to 8:30 p.m. as we focus on the theme: Promoting and Protecting Family Life.

In the face of the many challenges that our families face, each of us must commit to become a sower of justice for our families. Our Church teaches that the family is the basic unit of society – the domestic Church.

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Third Sunday of Easter (A) – May 4

by Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Archbishop Joseph Harris

Luke 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”

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Restorative Justice: moving from ‘policy to practice’

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

CCSJ continues its serialisation of our March 19 response, on behalf of the Archdiocese, to the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) Discussion Paper on Restorative Justice (RJ) in TT. This is Part 4.

We agree with Paul Goggins, UK MP, who said: “I don’t want Restorative Justice to simply be reserved for serious offenders. I also want to see this approach become firmly embedded in the everyday life of local communities. It can guide the way that schools develop effective discipline and anti-bullying strategies.

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