Culture

April 20, 2026

When darkness feels normal: conscience, crime, and the cry for mercy and justice

By Fr Robert Christo, Vicar for Communications A nation under a shadow Step outside in parts of Trinidad and Tobago and you could almost smell death […]
February 10, 2026

Is Carnival for Sale?

By Fr Robert Christo, Vicar for Communications How a few money moguls hijacked the festival and squeezed out the small man Carnival has a soul. It […]
February 15, 2023

Pan, a lesson in perseverance

By Sr Renee K Hall OP   “You gonna hear pan in A minor With them steelbands from all over You gonna hear them at their […]
February 22, 2022

The mas – good and bad

“An artist is a priest, and by the same token, a priest is also an artist” – Peter Minshall, January 2022 Dr Sharon Syriac concludes her […]
April 1, 2021

Wither the ‘bobolee’

By Felix Edinborough The word ‘bobolee’ might sound strange to the young people of today but when I was a child, one of the traditions was […]
April 1, 2021

Trini family lives Holy Week

As a mother of several young kids, I desired greatly to include them in some Holy Week traditions yet the frustration of taking everyone to the […]
December 22, 2020

Parang as domesticity

By Dr Francisca Allard “Parang is not a tune you know; parang is me, you, he and he and he and he … a parang is […]
December 18, 2020

As parents, should we differentiate between St Nick and Santa?

Fr Michael Rennier We don’t have to choose and we can make a connection between these two legends. Today is the feast of St. Nicholas, which […]