Earlier this year, Pope Benedict XVI spoke to US Bishops about the need for an “engaged, articulate and well-formed Catholic laity endowed with a strong critical sense” to counter any effort to draw Catholic individuals and institutions into “intrinsically evil…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Mai Poina: Why We Must Not Forget
Worth re-reading this week of so-called Columbus Day or what should be Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Past time for the Catholic Church to disavow this hateful doctrine. This guest post by T. Lulani Arquette, president/CEO of the Native Arts and Cultures…
Summa Republica: Ryan Channelling Aquinas?
Earnestly trying to lie his way to the White House, Ryan recently dumped Ayn Rand in favor of….wait for it…Thomas Aquinas. Yes, he of the Summa Theologica and the Five Proofs for God. Perhaps that is what inspired the audacity…
Tagged with: American Jobs Act, Ayn Rand, Food Stamps, Pell Grants, RNC, Ryan, Sally Kohn, Seniors, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Timothy Dolan
Posted in Catholic Politicians, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Politicians, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Presidential Candidates: Extractive or Generative?
In her latest book, Owning Our Future, Marjorie Kelly tells a hopeful story of “Journeys to a Generative Economy.” She describes people who are actually helping to build an economy “around ideals like fairness, community and sustainability—an economy that in…
Tagged with: Affordable Care Act, Claritssa Sanchez, Education, Marjorie Kelly, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Pell Grant, Romney, Todd Akin
Posted in Business and Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Seniors, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Seniors, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Do You See Jesus? A $6400 Question for Seniors
While visiting friends in St. Augustine, America’s oldest parish, a few days ago, two things made me think of Paul Ryan. One, I heard middle-schooler Sam Franzini point out that you could detect USA GOLD in Gabby Douglas’ last name.…
From Douglass to Obama: How Far Have We Come?
This guest post is drawn from a presentation by my daughter, Sheela Jane Menon, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Texas, Austin. It begins to examine the question of how much progress has been made in…
Tagged with: Adidas, Douglass, Elizabeth Catlett, Frederick Douglass, Jacob Philadelphia, Obama, Slavery, University of Texas
Posted in Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Race and Art, Race and Economics, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Race and Art, Race and Economics, Sustainability, Uncategorized
SISTERS, YOU ROCK!
Send a note of thanks to the sisters as they gather in St. Louis to discern the way forward. And tell a friend to do the same. Letters need to be postmarked by August 1 to St. Louis – A…
Nuns — Still Inspiring 50 Years Later
This guest post by Dr. Pat Gozemba first appeared in Civil Beat July 25, 2012 Long before feminism made me believe I had a social and political mission focused on justice for all, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,…
GOP Post-Modernism
Anyone who thinks the GOP is captive to Tea Party extremists, obviously has not been paying enough attention to what might be seen as a strong strain of “GOP postmodernism” coming from really deep thinkers like the Newt. I know…
Tagged with: Bain Capital, GOP, Obama, Offshore accounts, preferential option for the poor, Repeal, Romney, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Repeal Obamacare? What would Fr.Damien say?
“People are suffering. All over the place, people are suffering.” Sr. Margaret Farley, professor emerita, Yale Divinity School. According to the National Catholic Reporter, a keen awareness of people’s suffering is what drives the Mercy sister and celebrated theologian to…
Tagged with: Contraception, Fortnight for Freedom, Fr. Damien, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, National Catholic Reporter, Nuns on the Bus, Obamacare, Rally for Religious Freedom, Sister Margaret Farley
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Nuns, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Nuns, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 