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The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Solemnity in the Catholic Church. A solemnity is the highest ranking feast day in the liturgical calendar, commemorating an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, or an important saint. History Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goe Read More →

Some of things we hear about God are so wonderful that we cannot understand them fully. They are God’s mysteries, but we know that they are true because Jesus has told us about them. One of these mysteries is that although there is only one God, there are three Divine Persons in God. Read More →

This feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and takes its name from the fact that it comes nearly 50 days after Easter. According to the New Catholic Dictionary of 1929, the word Pentecost is Greek for pentecostes which means “fiftieth”. It was a Jewish fe Read More →

Catechists of the Catholic Children on Fire for Christ (CCFC) Programme of the Eastern Vicariate, gathered at the St Francis Church, Sangre Grande to take part in a one-day training session on Friday, March 30. Vera Allen, CCFC coordinator for the Vicariate organised the event,which w Read More →

Forty days after the Resurrection of Jesus, the Church celebrates His ascension. Throughout most of the world this feast was celebrated last Thursday known as Ascension Thursday. In some places (our archdiocese, for example), however, this feast is transferred to Sunday. Read More →

A catechist instructs others in the one, true faith professed by the Church founded by Jesus Christ. The bedrock of Mary’s qualifications as catechist is made visible in these qualities: • Mary’s clear and understanding faith • Mary’s union in prayer with the Heart o Read More →

Jesus, in today’s gospel passage says to us, “I am the true vine and my Father is the vine-dresser” (or gardener). Although there is no mention specifically about the vines being grape-vines yet it is taken for granted that is what Jesus was using as a symbol for the relationship we m Read More →

The Catholic Children on Fire for Christ (CCFC) programme has been ministering to Catholic children in Government schools for the past 10 years. Every Lenten season offers an opportunity for the catechists in the various areas of the country to make the story of our salvation come ali Read More →

HE IS RISEN! HE IS ALIVE! He walks and talks with us today as He did with the two disciples on the way to Emmaus. The post-Resurrection account of the journey to Emmaus is a familiar Scripture reading. The account echoes through the liturgies of the Easter season. As described in Luke Read More →

1. As Catholics we believe that suffering (a) is to be avoided (b) can be redemptive if it is offered for others (c) is to be dismissed Read More →