Catholic Commission for Social Justice
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI
The Dignity of Work is the theme for the 2019 Justice, Peace and Community Week, October 19–26. See the calendar of events and prayer supplement in next week’s Catholic News.
In T&T, many have lost their jobs or are underemployed. Many graduates and young people are unable to find gainful employment. This year’s theme aims to facilitate a conversation about the challenges we face. Is our society only concerned with profit/the bottom line?
The public is invited to a panel discussion on World Day against the Death Penalty. The Theme this year is: Children: Unseen victims of the death penalty.
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI
On Thursday, October 10 the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to children whose parents have been sentenced to death or executed. The theme this year is: Children: unseen victims of the death penalty.
“Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realise one’s full potential as a human being”—Amartya Sen.
The scripture readings for this Sunday should really spur us on to seek to reduce/eradicate grinding poverty and social exclusion that stultify the development of so many.
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI
On September 24 we celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Trinidad & Tobago becoming a Republic. We gained independence on August 31, 1962 and Republican status on August 1, 1976. The event was celebrated as a public holiday September 24 because this is the date when the first Parliament met under the new Republican Constitution.