People often ask me about my fixation with poetry the same way they ask why I remain Catholic. Even as they shrink from both, there is an appreciation of the mysteries and the challenge both represent. Not my cup of…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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New People, New Poets, A New Vision of the Future
Tagged with: civil unions Hawaii, Egypt, faith, Merton, poetry, poets
Posted in Civil Unions Hawaii, Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Merton, Poetry, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Civil Unions Hawaii, Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Merton, Poetry, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Let Love Prevail
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. John 1:4-8 Connie Florez is the founder and CEO of Hula Girl Productions and the director/producer of several award-winning films that perpetuate the stories of the past through…
Aloha. “Do not turn your back on your own.”
. . . Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn. …
Tagged with: aloha, Eqypt, light
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
LGBT Families in HI ask “Can you see me now?”
Faith asks a great deal of us. We are expected to see what is not necessarily visible and hear and understand that which is ineffable. That capacity to see and hear with both faith and conscience lies at the heart…
Black Swan: Art or Soft Porn?
We—the “target publics” and movie-goers and TV watchers and internet addicts—are shackled as if by an umbilical cord to the many screens that guide our passage through the day. Perhaps we are prisoners, without knowing it, of the culture that…
Tagged with: Black Swan; Voyeurism; movies; Natalie Portman;
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Movies, Soft Porn and Faith, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Movies, Soft Porn and Faith, Uncategorized
MLK Revisited: End the Injustice of “For Heterosexuals Only”
Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King challenged America to “stand up for freedom together.” He called for an end to the assault on the dignity and rights of black citizens that the signs “For Whites Only” represented. Today…
Pro-Life? Then Advocate for Gun Control
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Saturday January 8 of this new and already blood-stained year, was not a day of peace. A regular reader of this blog, Kaysie McAlister alerted me to…
Leftovers, Laughter and the Gift of Transformation
The Gospels often show us Christ dining with family and friends, Pharisees and tax collectors (Luke 5: 29-32), his intimate group of twelve and the multitude. And always there were leftovers. Well, one time at the wedding in Cana they…
Tagged with: Cassoulet, Christmas, Elaine Morais, Fassiotto, Feeding the Hungry, Leftovers
Posted in Family and Friends, Guest Lists, I BLOG, Transformation, Uncategorized
Posted in Family and Friends, Guest Lists, I BLOG, Transformation, Uncategorized
From swaddling clothes to ermine-trimmed capes
And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 On December 25 the Washington Post reported on…
Tagged with: Christmas Eve Mass, Pope Benedict, Vestments
Posted in I BLOG, Liturgy, Religion, Religious imagery, Uncategorized, Vestments
Posted in I BLOG, Liturgy, Religion, Religious imagery, Uncategorized, Vestments
Nothing Grande about Justice for Coffee Farmers
Ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer injustice of how the world works? You might even taste it in your morning coffee. Consider that while an average cup of coffee that we grab unthinkingly at our neighborhood Starbucks or similar might…
Tagged with: farmers, free trade;fair wages; coffee; Black Gold; Starbucks; WorldVisionReport
Posted in Business and Justice, Fair Trade, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Fair Trade, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 