Catholic Commission for Social Justice
“As values have become relative and rights more important than duties, the goal of serving the common good is often lost.” (Cardinal Turkson)
On Wednesday, June 27, I delivered the feature address at Our Lady of Fatima, Curepe, on the theme Rights and Responsibilities. The Church has always sought to educate the faithful/the world about these issues e.g. Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical: Rerum Novarum (1891) focused on the Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour.
May the Lord hear our prayers as we March for Jesus today, and let’s link our prayers to action.
I invite Catholic business men and women to attend CCSJ’s Workshop on Saturday, July 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Assumption Parish Centre to discuss the key issues arising out of Cardinal Peter Turkson’s handbook: Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection.
CCSJ’s Ask Why TV programme this Tuesday (June 26) will focus, from 8.00 – 9.00 p.m. on TCN, on the issue of drug abuse and illicit trafficking, as part of our observation of the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Ms Hulsie Bhaggan, New Life Ministries, and Ms Esther Best, TT’s National Drugs Council, will be the panellists. I will be the moderator.
On Saturday June 16 (my birthday) I delivered the feature address at the AGM of the IRO on the above theme (download address) Are we building strong families? Do our families have an opportunity to participate in the social, economic, physical and cultural activities of our nation?
The family is the bedrock of our society. Strong families build strong communities which in turn can build a strong nation.
This Sunday, June 10, let’s all join His Grace in the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, to share our Catholic Culture and Identity with the wider community as we “bring down the house” on the series: Make a Joyful Noise which has been our Church’s gift to the nation as we observe TT’s 50th Anniversary of Independence.
It is fitting that this Family Fun Day will begin with Holy Mass at 10:00, since the Eucharist is the “source and summit of the life and mission of the Church”. The 2004 Lineamenta tells us that The Eucharist “spurs us on our journey through history and plants a seed of living hope in our daily commitment to the work before us” in the family, at work and in society. From this social character of the Eucharist, each person’s mission in the Church receives its power and trust. The Eucharist is referred to as “the spiritual food of the soul.” Indeed, it is what nourishes us for the journey of life.