As we mark this day, two years ago, on Nov 8, 2015, that you sailed on into eternal life, here once again is the hymn you taught Zubin and Sheela Jane. Your wisdom and your love remain with us always.…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Guest Post: The Beatitudes, weed killers, opioids, and nuclear brinkmanship.
If you ask my kids what does dad read, you’re guaranteed to get a big eye roll and a groan as they heave out that “Dad only reads stuff about God, and oh yeah, Jeeesus!” But truth be told I…
Tagged with: David Gierlach, nuclear war, opioids, Skakel, St. Elizabeth's, weed killers
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Testimony to BLNR to NOT approve Syngenta Revocable Permit for Kaua`i lands
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Testimony in Opposition to the granting of a renewable permit rp5983 Syngenta Seeds, Inc, TMK (4) 1-2-002:040-000 and requesting a CDUP be required. BLNR Meeting of October 27, 2017 Agenda item: DLNR Land Division…
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Catholic Bishops Conference of India Council for Women
Source: Catholic Bishops Conference of India Council for Women
Catholic Bishops Conference of India Council for Women
Originally posted on CATHOLIC, Non-Roman Western Style:
USA Conference of Bishops writes about women’s concerns WHILE India’s Conference of Catholic Bishops has National Council for Women and actively listens to them. “Sister Talisha Nadukudiyil, national secretary of the CBCI Council…
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Gun control is a pro-life issue. Will the bishops lead? Will legislators listen?
Civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis on the need for the courage to enact gun control; on kneeling to advance justice “perhaps in Statuary Hall, perhaps in the Rotunda, perhaps on the steps of the Capitol;” on gerrymandering and politicians…
Tagged with: Bayard Rustin, gun control, Healthcare, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, USCCB
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
The Star Spangled Banner
In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote “Defense of Fort McHenry.” The poem was later retitled The Star Spangled Banner. Congress proclaimed The Star Spangled Banner the U.S. National Anthem in 1931. Consider the words. All the words. And the stark…
Lt. Gen. Silveria’s tutorial in leadership: Will Catholic bishops offer “a better idea” too?
Watching this general tell Air Force cadets what is acceptable behavior and what is not, it is hard to fathom why the leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops cannot seem to summon the courage to speak with…
Tagged with: Episcopal bishops, Lt. Gen. Silveria, Rev. David Gierlach, Rev. William Barber, Sr. Carol Keehan, USCCB
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Guest Post: What Jesus says about a living wage.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard….When those who had started about five o’clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought…
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Living wage, Rev. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, the parable of the workers in the vineyard
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops
The Word under Threat in the World: The Murder of Gauri Lankesh
Originally posted on S. Shankar :
Journalist Gauri Lankesh has been shot dead in India. The simple fact of the matter is that no democracy thrives by stamping out speech that challenges power. I am not a free speech fundamentalist (I…
Tagged with: Gauri Lankesh, Hinduism, India, S. Shankar
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 