Tag: social justice

My father, Balgobin Ramdeen, is 87 years old today (July22). Pa and Tajmool Hosein SC, are the only two surviving members of the Opposition Party in the 1961-1966 Parliament when we gained ourIndependence. Happy Birthday, Pa! In many ways you are an icon in this blessed land of ours. May God continue to bless you.
The Responsorial Psalm in today’sReadingis taken from Psalm 23. On Friday, July 13, it was sung at Michael Bedasie’s funeral at St Philip and St James Church in Chaguanas. Here was a Catholic man; an exemplar and role model who truly integrated his faith with is life.

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, while respecting the legitimate autonomy of worldly institutions…A profound understanding of the social doctrine of the Church is of fundamental importance, in harmony with all her theological heritage and strongly rooted in affirming the transcendent dignity of man, in defending human life from conception to natural death and in religious freedom.”