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The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) urges citizens and visitors to TT during this Carnival season to keep to the forefront of our minds the words of Martin Luther King Jr: “The time is always right to do what is right.”
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To mark International Human Rights Day, the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society in association with the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship hosted a series of events between December 8 and December 10, 2012.
The major event was the International Conference on December 8 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston. In addition to the Conference there was an event entitled “Celebrating God – the Giver of Rights” which was staged at Emancipation Park on Human Rights Day, Monday, December 10.
CCSJ chair Leela Ramdeen attended both events and submitted a report.
On Sunday, October 21, Pope Benedict XVI canonized seven new saints at St. Peter’s Square. The seven new saints are Kateri Tekakwitha and Marianne Cope of the United States, Jacques Berthieu of France, Pedro Calungsod of the Philippines,
Anna Schaeffer of Germany, Giovanni Battista Piamarta of Italy and Maria del Carmen of Spain.St Kateri Tekakwitha has been recognized as the patroness of the environment and ecology, and you can learn much more about her life courtesy of the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center.