Category: Respect for Life Week
Information on the annual Respect for Life Week organised annually by the Commission
Essay contest for RFLW 2013
Respect For Life Week (RFLW) 2013 will run from October 5-12.
The Archdiocese is preparing to embark on the 3rd Pastoral Priority, Regenerating the Morals and Values of our Society, and this will be the theme for RFLW this year.
The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) is therefore inviting entries for its RFLW Youth Essay Competition on the topic: What are the core Christian values that guide you on your life’s journey?
Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ, recently presented prize money to the winners of CCSJ’s Essay Competition entitled: Respect for Life: Be Living Witnesses to Our Faith.
Under 14 – Lysaundra D. Campbell, St Charles High School
14 and over – Gionieva Fraser, St. Joseph’s Convent Port- of Spain.
CCSJ thanks Shirley, Beverly and Sr Roberta O’Flaherty, CCSJ member, who judged the essay competition.
Read their entries on the following pages.
Respect for Life Week 2012 – Oct 6-13
RESPECT LIFE: BE LIVING WITNESSES TO OUR FAITH
“As we move forward into our 51st year of Independence and our 37th year as a Republic, let us strive to foster respect for all life. ” DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE
“There must be respect for our own lives if we are to gift ourselves to God and to our brothers and sisters, and we must help others to respect their own lives so that they too can make the corresponding gift of themselves to God and to others.” – Archbishop Harris
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Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ, recently presented prize money to the winners of CCSJ’s Essay Competition entitled: Improving Respect for Life in Trinidad and Tobago.
Jon-Raphael and Gerard are 9 and 11 years old respectively. Both attend Malabar RC School. Ottrisha, 17, is from the St Martin de Porres, Coryal parish community.
CCSJ thanks Shirley, Beverly and Sr Roberta O’Flaherty, CCSJ Member, who judged the essay competition.
Read their entries on the following pages.