Monday 24 July 2017

Meeting of the archdiocesan collaborators for development

- Farrell Shah

Kolkata: The bi-annual meeting of the archdiocesan collaborators for development, a body of Christian NGOs, met today 19.07.2017, at Seva Kendra Calcutta, Tangra office. Presentations on the effects of the political environment on social work, the culture of violence as the seed of social ills and Laudato si' - the Catholic Church's response to the threat faced by our environment - were made by Udayani Jesuit Social Action Centre, International Justice Mission and Seva Kendra Calcutta, respectively. It was opined that the Church is already doing good work socially, but this could be improved and enlarged. Government involvement where appropriate could also be requested. A " Justice Sunday/Freedom Sunday" event could also be organised against modern slavery. At the close, Archbishop thanked all for their inputs and inquired whether these interactions could be made more frequent to allow greater collaboration between the NGOs. A directory of Christian NGOs could also be published and circulated for the benefit of all.


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