For all who yearn for words from the pulpit that speak to our times: This sermon is published with the kind permission of Rev. David Gierlach, Rector of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu. Today Jesus brings his closest friends in…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Guest Post: Endings and Unveilings
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Apocalypse, Hubris, Queen Lili'uokalani
Posted in Death and Dying, Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Peace with Justice, Queen Lili`uokalani, Uncategorized
Posted in Death and Dying, Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Peace with Justice, Queen Lili`uokalani, Uncategorized
Cooking up a storm–and remembering my mother
Gladys Morais May 8, 1923 – Nov 8, 2015 We just celebrated All Saints’ Day and Advent is around the corner. A good time to be thinking of my beloved mother who left us for the stars on Nov 8,…
Guest Post: ‘Pro-life’ Catholic schools should mandate children wear masks in the classroom
Published: Sep. 05, 2021, on PennLive. Republished here with permission. Editor’s Note: The Diocese of Harrisburg has updated this information to state it will be following the mask mandate from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and masking will be required…
Tagged with: Colorado Bishops, Diocese of Honolulu, Mask mandate in Catholic schools, PennLive, Sheela Jane Menon
Posted in Catholic Teachers, COVID19, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Teachers, COVID19, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
A conversation about faith and community drawn from Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia
This is a time to “wash our eyes” said moderator Maya Soetoro. And so we did. I was honored to be on a panel with Dean Jonathan Osorio and Rev. David Turner on Friday September 10, 2021, in this time…
Tagged with: David Turner, Hawaiian History Month, Jonathan Osorio, Maya Soetoro
Posted in Hawaiian History, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Hawaiian History, I BLOG, Uncategorized
To vaccinate is to love your neighbor–and be fair to all who work in our hospitals
Against a backdrop of hundreds of anti-vaccine demonstrators, most unmasked and close together, in Waikiki this evening, a small group of clergy and lay people of faith stood together on Kapahulu Avenue to bear witness to the basic teaching of…
Pax Christi USA Condemns US drone strikes
Just released. Re-published with permission: Media statement from Johnny Zokovitch, Executive Director of Pax Christi USA, in response to the U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday, August 29th: “As The Washington Post and other media outlets report on the deaths…
Guest Post: Hui Aloha`O Maui Indivisible invites Christian clergy to sign on to Letter in Support of COVID-19 Vaccinations
Hui Aloha`O Maui Indivisible will be running ads in local media to communicate publicly Christian clergy’s support for vaccinations to fight the COVID19 pandemic. The letter below was written by Rev. Dr. Scott Landis, Kahu Kealahou Alika, Rev. Dr. Robert Nelson,…
Tagged with: Clergy for Vaccines, Covid-19, Hui Aloha 'O Maui Indivisble, vaccinations
Posted in Covid-19, Health and Wellness, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Vaccines
Posted in Covid-19, Health and Wellness, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Vaccines
Be kind, decent, smart: Get vaccinated
This OpEd was published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on August 11, 2021. Reproduced here with permission. Hawaii seemed to be doing well. But the Delta variant has the daily tally of COVID infections now exceeding seven hundred cases. Governor David Ige is…
Tagged with: antivaxx, COVID19 Hawaii, healthcare workers, vaccinations
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Listen to Hawaii’s Women Leaders and Change-makers–and NINA TURNER for CONGRESS
Register here on Zoom for an exclusive virtual event featuring Nina Turner for Congress & 13 of Hawaii’s top progressive women candidates: State Representative Tina Wildberger Maui Councilmember Kelly King State Rep. Candidate Shannon Matson State Representative Jeanne Kapela State…
Tagged with: Amy Perruso, Becky Gardner, Felicia Cowden, Gary Hooser, Heather Kimball, Jeanne Kapela, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Kim Coco Iwamoto, Laura Acasio, Nina Turner, Rebecca Villegas, Shannon Matson, Tamara Paltin, Tina Wildberger, Women leaders in HI
Posted in 2022 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women in Politics
Posted in 2022 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women in Politics
Again: violent expulsion of Palestinians from their homes by Israel
Dr. Cindy Franklin of Student and Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the University of Hawai’i, suggests these resources to learn more about what’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah and Jerusalem: Middle East Eye – Israel-Palestine: A Glossary of Problematic Media…
Tagged with: Jerusalem, JVP-Hawaii, Noura Erakat, SFJP-Univ of Hawaii, Sheikh Jarrah
Posted in I BLOG, Palestine, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Palestine, Uncategorized
