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Time to live right

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

We share with you Carissa Rudulfo’s contribution to the CCSJ’s and the Youth Commission’s Spoken Word Competition. She won third prize. Her piece reminded me of Pope Francis’s message to an Evangelical Christian gathering in the USA in July 2016. He said young people have a “restlessness” in their hearts, and Jesus is the answer: “Young men and women, I know there is something in your heart that moves you. And that makes you restless… I invite you to find the One who can give you an answer to your restlessness. And I assure you, you will not be frustrated. God does not leave anyone disillusioned. Jesus is waiting for you. He is the One who planted the seeds of restlessness in your heart. Give it a try! You don’t have anything to lose! Try it.”

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The man who could steal your mind

Today we share with you Michael Logie’s contribution to the Spoken Word Competition organised by the CCSJ and the Youth Commission. 

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God’s mercy is the ‘wacker’

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

Pope Francis said in Laudato Si: “Young people demand change.” They themselves can be change agents. CCSJ and the Youth Commission will continue to create opportunities for youth to release their creativity and innovation. Spoken Word poetry is a valid form of communication; a genre that allows young people to express their views on issues that concern them. We thank the 12 youths who entered this year’s competition.

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Pathways that lead to mercy

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

It was an honour to address those gathered at St Joseph’s Convent’s (SJC), St Joseph, for their Awards Ceremony on the theme: Our Celebration of Excellence Must Take Us to the Pathways that Lead to Mercy. Here is an extract:

I congratulate all those students and teachers who will receive awards today. Individually and collectively, you embody your school’s motto: “Virtute et Labore” – by valour and exertion…

Words that come to mind in relation to this motto are: hard work, determination, courage, perseverance, intrepidness, and fortitude. Hold on to these values. Your school song states: “We’re all here for a purpose, to prepare for life, to learn to live, to learn to love…” Each of us has a purpose in life.

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