On Friday 9th September, five of the seven persons who completed the 2010 Social Justice online course with the University of Dayton (UD) – in partnership with CREDI – The Catholic Institute, and CCSJ, graduated at St Finbar’s Auditorium along with those who had completed their Masters in Educational Leadership course with UD. Leela Ramdeen, [...]
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CCSJ congratulates graduates of Social Justice online course
Posted by Webmaster on September 12th, 2011
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Social Justice and individual responsibility
Posted by Webmaster on February 17th, 2011
In November 2010, Pope Benedict said that the Catholic lay persons must be educated in the Church’s social teaching: “It is necessary to prepare lay people capable of dedicating themselves to the common good, especially in complex environments such as the world of politics…Lay Catholics must undertake to promote the correct ordering of social life, [...]
Standing in solidarity with our youth
Posted by Webmaster on August 5th, 2010
Last week’s edition of Catholic News reported on the Institute (five days of training) for Catholic Youth Coordinators/Leaders in the Caribbean (read report). I was one of the presenters. The Institute, which was held in St Lucia, was organised by the AEC Youth Commission and focused on the theme: Empowering Youth Leaders to build a [...]
Social teaching: The Catholic Church’s best kept secret?
Posted by Webmaster on June 2nd, 2010
It has often been said that the Social Justice Teaching has been the best kept secret of the Roman Catholic Church. In the words of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) “Far too many Catholics are not familiar with the basic content of Catholic social teaching. More fundamentally, many Catholics do not adequately understand [...]
