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Migrants and refugees – put yourself in their shoes

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Post date September 26, 2021
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By Darrion M Narine, Programme Coordinator, CCSJ/AMMR, rcsocialjustice.org

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This Sunday we celebrate the 107^th World Day for Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) which “is always an occasion to express concern for different vulnerable people on the move; to pray for them as they face many challenges; and to increase awareness about the opportunities that migration offers” (https://migrants-refugees.va). The Church has been celebrating WDMR since 1914.

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Migrants and refugees: A call to love?

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Post date January 3, 2021
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By Darrion Narine, CCSJ’s/AMMR’s Programme Coordinator

The Venezuelan socio-political crisis has resulted in many of our neighbours coming to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago. In search of a better life or just out of sheer desperation, many have jumped on a pirogue and spent their last dollar in search of a brighter tomorrow. A tomorrow, that sometimes never comes, leaving behind broken hearts, shattered dreams and deep sadness with their family and friends.

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Migrants and refugees, like Jesus, forced to flee

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Post date September 20, 2020
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By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020 (WDMR) will be observed next Sunday, September 27. The theme of Pope Francis’ message this year is: Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee reminding us that the young Jesus and His family were displaced persons and refugees, forced to flee to Egypt to save Jesus. See CCSJ’s Parish Link Newsletter

We have seen the result of the fire that gutted Moria, the largest migrant camp in Europe on the Greek island of Lesbos, where nearly 13,000 persons are now without shelter. Migrants from more than 70 different countries lived there, and some had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Continue support for those on the move

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Post date December 15, 2019

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

This week Archbishop Jason Gordon will be host to Fr Robert Stark SSS, Regional Coordinator, Migrants and Refugees Section, Dicastery for Integral human Development at the Vatican. We extend a warm welcome to Fr Stark and hope that his stay with us will be fruitful.

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Irrational fear making us crazy

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Post date May 5, 2019

**by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI**

In 1995 Pope St John Paul II stated: “The value of democracy stands or falls with the truths and values which it embodies and promotes.” What are the values that define us as a people?

Years ago, CCSJ worked with some principals and teachers in Catholic primary schools to develop a Values and Virtues Formation programme. The handbook and teachers’ guide are available here.

The then Archbishop Edward Gilbert stated at the launch that to promote authentic integral human development—the development of each person, and of every dimension of the person—we need to teach young people about “values, virtues, morality and personal and social relationships”, in order to form their consciences and build their character.

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