Catholic Commission for Social Justice
On Wednesday, February 20, the world will observe World Day of Social Justice. CCSJ calls on all citizens to use this day to reflect on the causes of injustice in T&T/the world, and to commit to promote justice for all. This requires us, inter alia, to step up our efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, social exclusion, equity, and equality.
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) and the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCJS) note that 19 December, 2018 marks the 10thanniversary of the hanging of Charles la Place in St Kitts and Nevis. He was the last person who was hanged in the English-speaking Caribbean.
The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) and the Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), call on all citizens to promote human rights.
There is a Chinese proverb that: “To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.”
On Saturday, December 1, Sakaldip Dial invited some of the descendants from each of the six children of our forebears, Madaree and Oozerun, to pray, to give thanks for their lives, and to share ideas about how the family links can be strengthened.
Madaree was only 18 and Oozerun was 20 when they travelled with their fathers, Toffaney and Deana, to T&T as indentured labourers. After a 96-day journey from India, they arrived on the ship, the Edith Moore, on December 6, 1858 – 160 years ago.
CCSJ calls on all citizens to respond urgently to the prevalence of domestic/intimate partner violence in T&T. Since domestic violence is not part of God’s plan for us, and since our various faith communities instill in us the need to love our neighbour, it is more than time that we stop sitting on the sidelines as passive bystanders and develop/implement strategies to address this evil which threatens to overwhelm us. We need all hands on deck to promote integral human development and to eliminate this pervasive problem which has serious health, social and economic consequences for our society.