Barbados 2025

 

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Breakdown of Conference Costs​

Accommodation & Meals

  • Full Accommodation Package:
    USD $125 per day double occupancy

USD $150 per day single occupancy
(Includes accommodation, all meals, ground transportation, and administrative support)

  • Meals Only (for those arranging independent lodging):
    USD $60 per day (Lunch and dinner at the conference site)

Please confirm your accommodation and/or meal preferences by June 14, 2025.

You can pay for your accommodation and meals in one of two ways:

  1. Cheques/Cash:
    1. Payable to: Antilles Episcopal Conference.
    2. Drop off at Archbishop’s House (Phone: 622-2691) or AEC Office at 9A Grey Street, St. Clair (Phone: 622-2932).
    3. Ensure cheques are placed in an envelope with the note: CTCT Conference.
  2. Bank Deposits / Online Banking (for payments in TTD):
    1. Bank: Republic Bank
    2. Account Number: 560 800 609 701
    3. Account Name: Antilles Episcopal Conference
  1. Wire Transfers:
  2. For details, please contact us at Phone: 622-2932.

Please make your payment by June 20.

If you’re paying in Barbados, you must pay in full when you check in.

Payments can be made in Barbados dollars, Trinidad dollars, or US dollars.
The exchange rates are:

  • 1 US dollar = 2 Barbados dollars
  • 1 US dollar = 7 Trinidad dollars

Please email proof of payment to ctct1994@gmail.com

Flight & Arrival Information

  • Participants are encouraged to arrive in Barbados by Sunday, July 6, 2025.
  • Airport transfers will be provided from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) on this date only.
  • Kindly submit your flight details no later than June 28, 2025.
  • Chartered flight information –
    • requires a minimum of 10 persons
    • confirmation for chartered flight must be received no later than May 29, 2025.

Trinidad to Barbados – July 6 to July 12, 2025

TT$ 3,546.00

Payment plan

Deposit: TT$ 350.00 – May 29, 2025

Balance: TT$ 3,196.00 June 9, 2025

Failure to pay the balance will result in the forfeiture of the deposit.

Registration Fees

  • USD $50 – Regular conference members
  • USD $40 – Paid-up conference members
  • USD $60 – First-time participants
  • USD $100 – Online participants
    (All presenters must confirm participation by May 30, 2025)

Waived Registration Fee for:

  • Students (with valid student ID)
  • Persons 75 years and over

Presentation Submission Deadlines

  • Final papers/presentations due: June 20, 2025
  • All papers/presentations are limited to 20 minutes each

All online presenters must submit their recorded presentations via email to ctct1994@gmail.com.

All in person presenters using PowerPoint and/or other presentation aides (including video or audio recordings) must submit their presentations via email to ctct1994@gmail.com.

Proposed submissions should indicate one of the following formats:

  • individual scholarly papers
  • other creative presentations or workshops

Early submission is strongly encouraged to ensure inclusion in the program and smooth coordination.

All conference abstracts will be published on the CTCT website and various social media platforms

If you have any questions or require assistance with bookings, travel, or registration, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s conference as we engage in meaningful dialogue, reflection, and action across the Caribbean faith community.

​

Accommodation & Meals

  • Full Accommodation Package:
    USD $125 per day double occupancy

USD $150 per day single occupancy
(Includes accommodation, all meals, ground transportation, and administrative support)

  • Meals Only (for those arranging independent lodging):
    USD $60 per day (Lunch and dinner at the conference site)

Please confirm your accommodation and/or meal preferences by June 14, 2025.

You can pay for your accommodation and meals in one of two ways:

  1. Cheques/Cash:
    1. Payable to: Antilles Episcopal Conference.
    2. Drop off at Archbishop’s House (Phone: 622-2691) or AEC Office at 9A Grey Street, St. Clair (Phone: 622-2932).
    3. Ensure cheques are placed in an envelope with the note: CTCT Conference.
  2. Bank Deposits / Online Banking (for payments in TTD):
    1. Bank: Republic Bank
    2. Account Number: 560 800 609 701
    3. Account Name: Antilles Episcopal Conference
  1. Wire Transfers:
  2. For details, please contact us at Phone: 622-2932.

Please make your payment by June 20.

If you’re paying in Barbados, you must pay in full when you check in.

Payments can be made in Barbados dollars, Trinidad dollars, or US dollars.
The exchange rates are:

  • 1 US dollar = 2 Barbados dollars
  • 1 US dollar = 7 Trinidad dollars

Please email proof of payment to ctct1994@gmail.com

Flight & Arrival Information

  • Participants are encouraged to arrive in Barbados by Sunday, July 6, 2025.
  • Airport transfers will be provided from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) on this date only.
  • Kindly submit your flight details no later than June 28, 2025.
  • Chartered flight information –
    • requires a minimum of 10 persons
    • confirmation for chartered flight must be received no later than May 29, 2025.

Trinidad to Barbados – July 6 to July 12, 2025

TT$ 3,546.00

Payment plan

Deposit: TT$ 350.00 – May 29, 2025

Balance: TT$ 3,196.00 June 9, 2025

Failure to pay the balance will result in the forfeiture of the deposit.

Registration Fees

  • USD $50 – Regular conference members
  • USD $40 – Paid-up conference members
  • USD $60 – First-time participants
  • USD $100 – Online participants
    (All presenters must confirm participation by May 30, 2025)

Waived Registration Fee for:

  • Students (with valid student ID)
  • Persons 75 years and over

Presentation Submission Deadlines

  • Final papers/presentations due: June 20, 2025
  • All papers/presentations are limited to 20 minutes each

All online presenters must submit their recorded presentations via email to ctct1994@gmail.com.

All in person presenters using PowerPoint and/or other presentation aides (including video or audio recordings) must submit their presentations via email to ctct1994@gmail.com.

Proposed submissions should indicate one of the following formats:

  • individual scholarly papers
  • other creative presentations or workshops

Early submission is strongly encouraged to ensure inclusion in the program and smooth coordination.

All conference abstracts will be published on the CTCT website and various social media platforms

If you have any questions or require assistance with bookings, travel, or registration, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s conference as we engage in meaningful dialogue, reflection, and action across the Caribbean faith community.

 

PROGRAMME DETAILS 

SUNDAY July 6: Participants’ arrival: 

7:00PM Dinner (Sherlock Hall) 

MONDAY July 7:

7:00AM Breakfast 

8:30AM Prayer space 

9:00AM SESSION 1 A – Gerry Boodoo, Moderator 

  • Justice and Reparations, Gale Mohammed-Oxley
  • Can satirical art be a catalyzing agent for Church reform? Peter B. Jordens 
  • Carnival’s Prophetic Voice: Embodies Resistance and Decolonization in Caribbean Theology, Clifton R. Clarke

10:20AM Break 

10:30AM SESSION 1 B – Stephan Alexander, Moderator 

  • In the Spirit of ‘Fear Not’: Processions and Processes, Anthony Vhani Capildeo
  • Ordinary Catholics, Extraordinary Voices: Now is de Time to Unsilence the Voices in the Pews to Give Voice to and New Phenomenological Insights on the Voiceless Holy Spirit, Adeline Jean 
  • Emotions As Gateway to Prophetic Witness, Judy Joseph Mc Sween and Sonia Hinds

12:00PM Lunch 

1:30PM SESSION 1 C – Mikhail Woodruffe, Moderator 

  • Trini Solutions to Trini Problems in Trini Voices – Responding to Suicide, Darrion Narine, Gerard H. McGlone, and Shirley Tappin
  • Life, Death and Sliver, Nicole Poyer
  • Christian mediation: A Prophet Response to the Mental, Social, and Spiritual Crisis in the Caribbean, Sandee Bengochea

3:00PM Break 

4:00PM Opening Ceremony – The Anglican Diocese of Barbados 

5:30PM Founder’s Lecture – Sonia Hinds, Moderator 

  • A Caribbean consideration of gender, theologically, Anna Kasafi Perkins 

7:00PM Dinner jointly hosted by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgetown, The Most Rev’d Neil Scantlebury and the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Barbados, the Rt. Rev’d Michael Maxwell.

 

TUESDAY July 8:

7:00AM Breakfast 

8:30AM Prayer space 

9:00AM SESSION 2 A – Alison Mc Letchie, Moderator 

  • Prophetic Witness…ing a noun and a verb; singular and plural…Is it safe in the Spiritual Baptist Faith in Tradition to be a prophet witness, Ingrid Ryan Ruben
  • Oracles of Judgement: Listening to Lloyd Best, Dionne Brand, Charles Jason Gordon, S. Rose-Ann Walker
  • The Call of Amos: Rastarianism, Prophetic Resistance, and the Neo-Imperialist Domination of the American North, Clarence Tarrell Cunny

10:20AM Break 

10:30AM SESSION 2 B: Youth Panel (Public)  – Alison Mc Letchie, Moderator 

  • Gabrial Azad
  • Deverron Bynoe
  • Matthew Landis 

12:00PM Lunch 

1:30PM SESSION 2 C – Adanna James, Moderator 

  • The Challenge of Reparatory Justice to the Catholic Church in the Caribbean: A Saint Lucian Response, Patrick Anthony
  • Each Life is a Story Love, G. Paula Mapp Owolabi
  • The Principle of Sustainability: The need for an alternative “prophetic imaginative” voice! David Popo

3:00PM Break 

3:30PM SESSION 2 D – Martin Sirju, Moderator 

  • Mark 8:27-30: The Theological Center of the Gospel and the Emerging Foundation of Infinite Dignity of Catholic Social Teaching, Ian E. Rock 
  • Trini Solutions to Trini Problems in Trini Voices – Responding to Trama, Darrion Narine, Gerad J. McGlone, and Shirley Tappin
  • Sacred Storytelling, Sheila Maria Tagallie

5:30PM SESSION 2 E – Angelo Kurbanali, Moderator 

  • Catholic Laity: A Crucial Part of the Ecumenical Movement in Trinidad, Francisca Allard 
  • Women Deacons: The implications and opportunities for the Caribbean Catholic Church, Ryan Bachoo
  • A Call for a Relational Church – The Prophetic Voice of the Caribbean Church in the Synodal Journey, Donald Chambers

6:30PM Dinner

 

WEDNESDAY July 9:

7:00AM Breakfast 

8:30AM Prayer space 

9:00AM SESSION 3 A – Ian E. Rock, Moderator 

  • A Caribbean Theological response to Pope Francis’ Ad Theologium Promovendum (To Promote Theology) – A search for a new Contextual and Liberation Theological methods, Stephanie Baldeosingh 
  • The Relationship Between Marriage and Faith in a Caribbean Context: The Canon Law Perspective, Lystra Long 
  • Creating a theological ‘safe space’ for respectful ecumenical conversations regarding the LGBT+ Community in the Caribbean, Mikhail Woodruffe

10:20AM Break 

10:30AM SESSION 3 B – David Popo, Moderator 

  • Reimagining Sacred Space: A Spatial Analysis of Young Disengagement in the Church, Hugh Logan 
  • There goes Martin: With one hand sowing and with the other sweeping. The Footprints of St. Martin de Porres in Trinidad and Tobago, Raul Daiel Loarte Ruiz 

12:00PM Lunch 

1:30PM SESSION 3 C – Ryan Bachoo, Moderator 

  • Is Christianity in the Americas Christian? Gerald M. Boodoo
  • Glass in Hand Theology, Catechesis and Evangelization, Bernadette Gopaul-Ramkhalawan 
  • Archival Research: A Perennial Challenge to Caribbean Theology, Ramon Luzarraga

3:00PM Break 

3:30PM SESSION 3 D – Anna Kasafi Perkins, Moderator 

  • The Strength to Rise: Black Identity, Faith, and Liberation, Stephan Alexander
  • Realities of the Youth Today: Situating the Caribbean Young People, Christopher Lutchman
  • Breaking the Cycle: Healing Masculinity Through ACE Awards Brother Where Are you? Carl Naraine

5:30PM Idris Hamid Forum 

7:00PM Dinner 

July 10 (DAY OUT/ Shopping): 

7:00AM Mass at Our Lady Queen of the Universe Roman Catholic Church, Black Rock, St. Michael. 

8:30AM Breakfast 

9:15AM Trip to and tour of Codrington College. 

11:00AM Stewardship Realty Presentation

12:30PM Lunch 

 

FRIDAY JULY 11: 

7:00AM Breakfast 

8:30AM Prayer space 

9:00AM Activity 

10:15AM Break 

10:30 AM Workshop Activity 

12:00PM Lunch 

1:30PM Business Meeting 

4:30PM Closing Ceremony, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown 

6:00PM Cultural Experiences. 

SATURDAY JULY 12: Participants’ Depart