Catholic Commission for Social JusticeNews of the Commission’s activities in the Archdiocese.
CCSJ held its annual retreat on Monday 12 March. Members expressed their thanks to Vanessa Sabga and her family for hosting the retreat in their beautiful home which has a panoramic view of the city of Port of Spain. Leela, Chair of CCSJ, welcomed members of the Commission as well as CCSJ’s 2 Admin Assistants, Parish Link Coordinator and 2 Vicariate Link Coordinators (VLC) who have responsibility also for promoting social justice in the Archdiocese.
Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ, recently presented prize money to the winners of CCSJ’s Essay Competition entitled: Improving Respect for Life in Trinidad and Tobago.
Jon-Raphael and Gerard are 9 and 11 years old respectively. Both attend Malabar RC School. Ottrisha, 17, is from the St Martin de Porres, Coryal parish community.
CCSJ thanks Shirley, Beverly and Sr Roberta O’Flaherty, CCSJ Member, who judged the essay competition.
Read their entries on the following pages.
From October 17th to 19th a group of organizations and individuals from countries of the Greater Caribbean opposed to the application of the capital punishment participated in the International Conference on the Death Penalty in the Great Caribbean organized in Madrid by the Community of Sant’ Edigio.
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, Chair of CCSJ, presented the five students and recommended them to receive certification to Dr Kevin Kelly, Dean of UD’s School of Education. Sr Angela Zukowski, Director for the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives, presented each student with his/her Certificate.
The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) has appointed Sr Christine Walcott O.P. (Sinsinawa Dominican Sister) as Parish Link Coordinator from 2 September.
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Inter alia, Sr Christine will work with CCSJ to implement Synod Resolutions; promote the Social Doctrine of the Church at Parish level; identify and disseminate good social justice practices; organize training sessions to empower the faithful to walk with the 2 feet of social justice: works of mercy and works of social action; and maintain working links with the Vicariate Link Coordinators. Sr Christine can be contacted on 622 6680 or via e-mail on: chriswal19@yahoo.com.
Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ says: “Sr Christine brings with her a wealth of experience and expertise which will stand her in good stead as she supports our efforts to build the capacity of Catholics to build a nation/world in which the pillars of peace: justice, truth, love, freedom and forgiveness, can become a reality. His Grace reminded us recently that the Church has been described as a sleeping giant. Sr Christine will play her part in assisting us as we strive to wake up the giant so that the Church will be alive and present in TT/the world. Welcome Sister!”