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Let’s help empower persons with disabilities

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Post date December 9, 2018

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more” (Robert M. Hensel).

The world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities last Monday (December 3). Each of us knows persons with some form of disability e.g. intellectual, physical, sensory, and/or mental. Reflect on how you can make a difference in their lives.

This year’s UN theme focused on “empowering persons with disabilities for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable development as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda pledges to ‘leave no one behind’”.

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True shepherd – Archbishop-elect fits the bill

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Post date October 29, 2017

Leela Ramdeen (left) greets Archbishop-elect Jason Gordon after the October 19 press conference to announce his appointment. Looking on is Catholic News journalist Lara Pickford-Gordon. Photo: Raymond Syms

On behalf of members of CCSJ, I extend sincere congratulations to Archbishop-elect Jason Gordon. Since my return to T&T from London, I have been blessed to have worked with Archbishop Edward Gilbert and Archbishop Joseph Harris and, like the other members of CCSJ, I am so looking forward to working with the Archbishop-elect who, in fact, played a major role in the establishment of CCSJ after the first sitting of Synod in 2003.

Indeed, he was a member of CCSJ and I still recall attending some of the meetings he held in the parish hall at St Martin de Porres RC, Gonzales, where he was parish priest, and where he initiated/implemented the Pride in Gonzales and CITY projects. His ability to bring together key stakeholders and community members to seek to transform that community is legendary. The model he used is still valid today.

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Together for Peace

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Post date September 17, 2017

Exhausted Rohingya refugees rest on the shore in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, after crossing by boat through the Bay of Bengal September 10. (CNS photo/Danish Siddiqui, Reuters)

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair CCSJ, and Director, CREDI

On Thursday, September 21, the world will observe the International Day of Peace. The theme for 2017, “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All, honours the spirit of TOGETHER, a global initiative that promotes respect, safety and dignity for everyone forced to flee their homes in search of a better life” (UN).

Here in T&T, Ruben Barbado, Protection Officer at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, continues to collaborate with the Living Water Community. We can and must do better to meet the needs of our brothers/sisters who are refugees/asylum seekers from over 21 nationalities in T&T.

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The rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Post date August 6, 2017

An indigenous woman greets Pope Francis during a meeting with participants in the Indigenous Peoples' Forum of the International Fund for Agricultural Development February 15 at the Vatican.(CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout) — An indigenous woman greets Pope Francis during a meeting with participants in the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum of the International Fund for Agricultural Development February 15 at the Vatican.(CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano, handout)

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

“We must not ignore those who claim the status of First Peoples in this country as owners of this land before we came, they ask and say to us, very humbly — as we acknowledge those who came as Hindus, Muslims (and) Christians, as we acknowledge them every year with a holiday — to put aside one day, not every year, but just one day as the day of recognition of our First Peoples….We have heard you and we too will acknowledge you because we are all one people in T&T.” (Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, October 27, 2016)

On Wednesday, August 9, the world will observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, focusing on the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Return to Hospitality

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Post date March 3, 2017

Pastoral Letter to the Catholic faithful and to all people of goodwill for the holy season of Lent
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In those ole time days, we lived in relative peace and harmony, a far cry from the situation that we live in today. We blame each other, the police, the home and school but we have refused, as Trinbagonians, to return to the values which sustained our forefathers and which have the potential to sustain us. As we in the Catholic Communion approach the season of Lent, I take the opportunity to speak with you about one of these values, the value of hospitality. Click here to download

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