5th Sunday of Easter Sermon – Cycle C Homily – Love One Another

5th Sunday in Eastertide – Year C
Love one another, just as I have loved you
 Allow me to begin on a political note. Politicians use the Scriptures and Catholic theology to support their arguments for political convenience. Therefore, it is also our duty, as pastors, to correct and offer more authentic interpretation of the Scriptures and theology.
Vice President of the United States JD Vance, on 30 January 2025, in an interview, referred to the concept of ordo amoris – misinterpreting St Augustine and St Thomas – in defending the foreign aid policies of the second Trump administration, saying, “We should love our family first, then our neighbors, then love our community, then our country, and only then consider the interests of the rest of the world.”  The controversy led […]

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Expected Competencies among Psychology Graduates

There is a global ongoing discussion on developing some guidelines on the Expected Learning Outcomes of undergraduate psychology programmes, led by Susan A. Nolan (Seton Hall University, USA), Jacquelyn Cranney (UNSW Sydney, Australia) and colleagues.

The outputs of these discussions have been collected together on a new website: www.icupo.org.

They are also conducting survey among students and educators on the acceptance and application of the Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes globally. You can learn something about Undergraduate Psychology Outcome and contribute to the ongoing discussion:

Take a survey if you are student:https://clementine-sphere-mh54.squarespace.com/student-survey  

If you are teacher, here is your version:https://clementine-sphere-mh54.squarespace.com/educator-survey

I was privileged to collaborate with the team in one of their publications, See: https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2025-33203-001

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Youth Caught in the Web

Nairobi, 15 April 2011

A three-day symposium organised by the Institute of Youth Ministry (IYM), came to an end today at Tangaza College.  On three afternoons different experts shared their ideas to a large audience on the theme of www.youthcaughtintheweb.com The symposium is an annual event, and this year’s one was specially planned by Fr Hubert Pinto.  On the first day, Mr Ronald Omboto, an IT-expert, led a three hour session on the history of Internet and  the World wide web (WWW).  He spoke also of the tremendous possibilities that exist due to this relatively new development. He also enumerated the socio economic political and cultural impact of the internet.

On the 2nd day, Fr Sahaya G. Selvam, SDB led the discussion on three sub-themes related to ‘youth caught in the web’.  He began […]

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