Tag: family life

On Saturday June 16 (my birthday) I delivered the feature address at the AGM of the IRO on the above theme (download address) Are we building strong families? Do our families have an opportunity to participate in the social, economic, physical and cultural activities of our nation?

The family is the bedrock of our society. Strong families build strong communities which in turn can build a strong nation.

“There is something shifting in our value system and we must do something about it.”

These words were uttered by Rebekah Ali-Gouveia, founder and director of the Elpis Centre, as she addressed more than 200 persons at the opening of last week’s two-day Caribbean Conference entitled: “Life and Family Values: Stabilizing Our Future”.

The Elpis Centre, a Christian organisation which opened in 2009 in Freeport, T&T, is a pregnancy and family resource Centre.

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being”  (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

The Archdiocese’s pastoral priority this year is: The New Evangelization. The sub-theme is: Catholic family, become what you are. This theme reflects Pope John Paul II’s plea (in his encyclical, The Christian Family in the Modern World) for families to “become what you are, the domestic Church and the heart of the world.”