Catholic Commission for Social Justice

Celebrating 160 years in T&T

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Post date December 7, 2018

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

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There is a Chinese proverb that: “To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.”

On Saturday, December 1, Sakaldip Dial invited some of the descendants from each of the six children of our forebears, Madaree and Oozerun, to pray, to give thanks for their lives, and to share ideas about how the family links can be strengthened.

Madaree was only 18 and Oozerun was 20 when they travelled with their fathers, Toffaney and Deana, to T&T as indentured labourers. After a 96-day journey from India, they arrived on the ship, the Edith Moore, on December 6, 1858 – 160 years ago.

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Building inclusive parishes

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Post date December 2, 2018

As you reflect on the draft Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan, consider what needs to be done to make your parish more inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities. They are part of our community and we must demonstrate that we respect their inherent, inviolable, and inalienable dignity as children of God.

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Time to eliminate violence against women

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Post date November 25, 2018

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

On Sunday, November 25, the world will observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As the UN states: “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today and remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

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Caring for His kingdom

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Post date November 25, 2018

Today, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ, the King of the Universe. Each time we say the “Our Father”, we pray “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done…”

It is you and I, His instruments here on earth, who have to act as servant-leaders to ensure that His Kingdom of justice, peace, truth, love and forgiveness become a reality. We have our mandate in Luke 4: 18–19. We are the ones He has sent to “bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.”

The downtrodden are all around us. Do we have eyes to see and ears to hear their cries?

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Reflections on Children’s Day

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Post date November 20, 2018

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

On Tuesday, November 20, the World will observe Universal Children’s Day, a day that also marks “the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the declaration and the convention on children’s rights.”

Pope Francis has said that “a society that abandons children and marginalises the elderly cuts off its roots and darkens its future…To take care of little ones and the elderly is a choice of civilisation.”

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