Month: May 2015

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Observing Indian Arrival Day

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Post date May 31, 2015

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

On Saturday May 30, the nation observed the 170th Anniversary of Indians arriving in TT. While we celebrate diversity in our blessed twin-island Republic, we must acknowledge that we still have a long way to go to ensure that every creed/race in TT has an equal place.
In July my father, Balgobin Ramdeen, a third generation TT citizen of East Indian origin, will celebrate his 90th birthday. Sadly, my mother, Ruby, who died in 1995, will not be here to join our celebrations with him. To honour him, I share hereunder excerpts from his presentation to those gathered on Indian Arrival Day at TT’s High Commission in London in 2014:

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Holy Trinity Sunday (B) – May 31

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Post date May 31, 2015

Gospel Mt 28:16-20

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

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Pope Francis’ Message for 2015 World Mission Sunday

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Post date May 25, 2015

Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he leaves at the end of a Mass of Pentecost in St Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on May 24, 2015. — Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he leaves at the end of a Mass of Pentecost in St Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, on May 24, 2015.

Below is the Vatican-provided text of Pope Francis’ message for the 89th World Mission Sunday to be celebrated October 18, 2015:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The 2015 World Mission Sunday 2015 takes place in the context of the Year of Consecrated Life, which provides a further stimulus for prayer and reflection. For if every baptized person is called to bear witness to the Lord Jesus by proclaiming the faith received as a gift, this is especially so for each consecrated man and woman. There is a clear connection between consecrated life and mission. The desire to follow Jesus closely, which led to the emergence of consecrated life in the Church, responds to his call to take up the cross and follow him, to imitate his dedication to the Father and his service and love, to lose our life so as to gain it. Since Christ’s entire existence had a missionary character, so too, all those who follow him closely must possess this missionary quality.

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Women and developmental issues

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Post date May 24, 2015

On this Pentecost Sunday, let us open our hearts and minds to allow the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, to work in and through us to renew the face of the earth. It is the power of the Holy Spirit working in and through us that will make us credible witnesses.

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Pentecost Sunday (B) – May 24

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Post date May 24, 2015

Gospel
John 20:19-23

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”