The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) calls on all citizens to respond urgently to the prevalence of violence against women and girls in T&T.
Tag: domestic violence
On Saturday, April 22, I chaired a forum on Domestic Violence (DV), held at Holy Trinity RC Pastoral Centre and organised by Hazel Thompson-Ahye, attorney-at-law, mediator and child rights advocate. Fr Dexter Brereton CSSp, parish priest, opened the session with prayer.
Speakers at the forum were: Thompson-Ahye; Anna Maria Mora, Educator and Counselling Psychologist; Mme Justice Halcyon Yorke-Young, temporary judge of the Family Court of T&T; and Corporal Curtis Price, Community Police Officer.
DV has many dimensions. It is a pervasive community problem that impacts all of us. It diminishes and dehumanises each of us and takes place here and across the world – in every parish, community, economic class, ethnic group, age group, occupation, culture and religion.
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I share with you below extracts from my presentation on Domestic Violence at a public forum in Guyana during the recent meeting of AEC Episcopal Members of the AEC Justice and Peace Commission and Diocesan representatives of Justice and Peace groups from across the AEC region. FULL PRESENTATION
Domestic Violence is NOT part of God’s plan for us, His children. The challenge for Catholics, particularly during the Year of Faith, is to allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us so that we can be true witnesses to our faith and promote integral human development of all our people. We are called to defend and promote the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person – made in God’s image and likeness.
There are still a few more tickets available for CCSJ’s annual fundraising dinner for the maintenance of the Anthony Pantin Reintegration Centre. It will be held on Saturday, June 8 from 7.30 p.m. at Skippers Restaurant, T&T Yacht Club, Bayshore. Ray Holman, who was recently honoured as one of T&T’s Icons, will be playing at the event. Please ring CCSJ’s office on 299-8945 for tickets.
I recently returned from Guyana where I attended two major events. AEC Episcopal Members of the AEC Justice and Peace Commission and Diocesan representatives of Justice and Peace groups from all across the AEC region met to reflect on our work; to identify three priorities for our respective Archdioceses/Dioceses; and to focus specifically on the scourge of Domestic Violence which is pervasive across the region/world.