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SEMINAR TO OPEN RESPECT FOR LIFE WEEK

CCSJ Chair Leela Ramdeen and former President Sir Ellis Clarke.
CCSJ Chair Leela Ramdeen and former President Sir Ellis Clarke.

Theme: Our people, our land: Journey to becoming a Republic

CCSJ’s Chair, Leela Ramdeen, introduces Sir Ellis Clarke – feature speaker at the Seminar on Friday 24 Sept. 2010 (Republic Day)

Good afternoon brothers and sisters. Welcome to the start of CCSJ’s Respect For Life Week – an initiative that was born during Synod in 2009 when there was a groundswell of opinion that each year the Archdiocese should observe such a week.  RFLW, therefore, is one of the Synod Resolutions that CCSJ is implementing since it falls within our remit.

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Reflections on Independence

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“At around midnight on the night of August 30, 1962, my wife and I stood in front of the Red House, with other Members of Parliament and their wives. We stood with many other dignitaries, including Princess Alice, the Princess Royal, who represented the Queen.

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