Catholic professionals voice of light

THE CATHOLIC Professionals Society (CPS) PNG will continue to be a voice of light, says president Paul Harricknen.
“We are called to serve. We are filling in the void and the CPS PNG is ready for 2023,” he said.
After completing a two-day planning workshop at Sivarai Namona in Port Moresby over the weekend, where the society had reviewed their work thus far, they resolved to work on various current national issues.
Whether these issues be social, economic, environmental and or related to leadership.
The society has planned ways to raise awareness on the country’s poor education outcomes and its poor development indicators, as well as promote better decision-making at all levels of leadership and authority.
Harricknen said that they were committed to promote quality education, quality leadership and PNG’s identity based on its Christian and cultural principles.
They will continue to advocate for the protection of the constitution.
He said that they continued to support the call for a truly independent and functional Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
“It is not enough for the Government to set up institutions and not support them,” he said.
The workshop started last Friday with an evening of reflection on “salt, light and the city of God” with Mary Help of Christians Parish, Sabama and Spiritual Director of the CPS PNG Father Ambrose Pereira.
At the end of the planning workshop, four new members were commissioned and the rest renewed their commitment to support the values and goals of the CPS PNG during a closing mass celebrated by Fr Giorgio Licini, PIME of the Catholic Bishops Conference Secretariat.
Fr Licini’s key message was for members of the CPS PNG to go out and proclaim the word of God.