




Each news report âwreaksâ havoc on gender issues. Gender issues can be volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous at times in the media. âYou may not see it but those of us who appreciate the gender issue see it every day. It would be nice if it is framed in such a way that there will not be uncertainty, ambiguity and…

In January of this year three women were murdered. Jezelle Phillip (January 6) Gabriella Du Barry (January 9) and Naiee Singh (January 27) were each murdered by an ex-lover. In 2018, statistics from the Trinidad & Tobago Police Stationâs Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA) indicated an average of 25 women are murdered every year in domestic violence or intimate…

New Beginnings is the name of the weekend retreat organised by the Ministry to the Separated, Divorced and Widowed (SDW) of the Archdiocesan Family Life Commission. The next such retreat will be held March 13â15 at the Seminary Building, Mt St Benedict. A participant in a New Beginningsâ retreat shares her experience. For 32 years of my life, I belonged…

What is the parish outreach to married couples, persons who are separated, divorced, widowed, singles and single parents? What is being offered to parents, adults, who are still bringing their children to church for Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation? What about those in RCIA, the bereaved, persons preparing for marriage among the myriad of situations persons face in the parish? How…