This is the Post-Election Homily delivered on November 12 & 13 by Fr. Joe Muth, Pastor, St. Matthew Church, Baltimore. The church is made up of people from over 40 countries and has a Folk Group, a Gospel Choir, a…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Guest Post: “By Patient Endurance”
Tagged with: Blessed Sacrament Church, Fr. Joe Muth, St. Matthew Church
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Bishops Elect New Leadership [Still] Out of Step with U.S. Catholics
This week, Call to Action, issued this statement on the new leadership of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops which continues to demonstrate its indifference to providing the kind of Gospel-inspired public moral witness that people in the pews yearn…
Tagged with: 2016 elections, Call To Action, US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Guest Post: Rambo Jesus and Apocalypse Now
Malachi 4:1-2a, Ps.98, 2 Thessalonians: 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19 It is rather amazing how many people are taken with end of the world scenarios. Gospel lessons like the one we have today are fodder for best selling novels and movies…
Tagged with: Apocalypse, David Gierlach, Rambo Jesus, St. Elizabeth
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Guest Post: “Our witness more needed today than ever.”
We have just concluded one of the most turbulent election cycles most of us can remember living through. It has become painfully apparent, whether we realized it before or not, how deeply divided we are as a country. Some are…
Tagged with: Rev. Diane Martinson, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, US Elections 2016
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Does the institutional church have a role left to play?
The editors of America would have us believe this: “The church has an important role to play as the next four years of Mr. Trump’s presidency unfold. It must offer clear and vigorous moral guidance, not limiting itself to the…
Tagged with: America, Hillary Clinton, moral revolution, Trump, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
When the Saints Go Marching In: Look out for Gladys Vaz Morais
I just know that when the saints go marching in, my mother, Gladys Vaz Morais will be among them. She knew how to go places, and Heaven was always on her list of places to get to. In the waning…
St. Elizabeth’s Affirms Sacred Values on the Eve of the Presidential Election.
“To hear some people tell it, the whole sum and substance of Christianity is to oppose gay marriage and abortion, a terrible and misguided shrinking of our faith, and yet that seems to be the dominant message today. . . …
Tagged with: 2016 Presidential campaign, Moral Declaration, Repairing the breach
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Catholics: Please Do Not Cite Dorothy Day As A Reason Not To Vote
Hawaii Catholic Herald’s Oct 21, 2016 issue A recent survey jointly conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service reveals that Catholics, more than any other religious group, have suffered the largest exodus from the church. While…
Tagged with: Clinton, Hawaii Catholic Herald, Paul Ryan, prolife, Trump
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Guest Post: Standing with Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters
Reproduced here,with permission, is a recent blogpost by Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, a native of Mexico and the first Hispanic bishop of Seattle. Catholics know that every person is made in the image of God. Everyone is due our respect and…
Tagged with: Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, presidential campaigns
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
How To Talk About #NoDAPL: A Native Perspective
Originally posted on Transformative Spaces:
Water Protectors gather after a day of prayer and direct action. (Photo: Desiree Kane) This piece is very personal because, as an Indigenous woman, my analysis is very personal, as is the analysis that my friends on…
Dawn Morais 