Month: November 2014

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First Sunday of Advent (B) – November 30

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Post date November 28, 2014

Gospel: Mk. 13:33-37

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”

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Our capable youth

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Post date November 28, 2014

The CCSJ is pleased to share with readers the essay written by JISELLE SINGH who won the 15-19 age category in the Commission’s Essay Competition during last month’s observance of Respect for Life Week. Jiselle belongs to the parish of St Francis of Assisi in Erin. The essay topic was “How can young people foster gospel values in the society?”

“For if we have received the love which restores meaning to our lives, how can we fail to share that love with others? – Pope Francis. Prior to the 20th century, gospel values were seen as merely applicable to individual and interpersonal relationships. However, beginning with the encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII and culminating with the documents of the Second Vatican Council, gospel values were now seen as integral to all spheres of society.

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CCSJ calls on citizens to promote human rights

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Post date November 25, 2014

December 10, International Human Rights Day, is a day when the world observes the UN’s ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Sixty six years on and we still have not learned how to live in peace and harmony with each other. Violation of human rights plagues every society in our world on a daily basis. And such violation takes place not only in countries in which wars are being waged, but in our own country of Trinidad and Tobago where life continues to be devalued in a myriad of ways.

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Creating good young citizens

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Post date November 23, 2014

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ (http://rcsocialjusticett.org) & Director, CREDI

CCSJ is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Respect for Life Week Essay Competition. Jovelle Rosario, Standard 4 pupil of St Joseph’s Girls’ RC Primary, St Joseph, is the winner in the Under-14 category and Jiselle Singh, of St Francis of Assisi parish, Erin, is the winner in the 14-19 years age group. The essay topic was “How can young people foster Gospel values in society?”
Today, we share Jovelle’s essay with readers:

“As a young person, my parents and grandparents always talk to me about good values, giving respect to elders around me. I go to church on Sundays or sometimes on Saturday nights to give praise to the Lord. In the church, I join the short bible study for children where I get to learn about Jesus Christ and the Holy Family.

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Solemnity of Christ the King (A) – Nov 23

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Post date November 23, 2014

Gospel: Mt. 25:31-46

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’