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Jesus Separated Church and State; So Should We

Posted on October 17, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Justice and governing to ensure that everyone’s interests are served fairly is a messy business. Seldom clear cut, always involving compromise, never completely satisfactory to all parties especially in a society defined by its diversity. That’s why Catholics should be…

Solidarity Sunday with LGBT Catholics, Honolulu

Posted on October 11, 2010 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

My family and I chose to observe Solidarity Sunday, October 10, 2010 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Kapahulu Avenue. The service was organized by the Honolulu Chapter of Dignity/USA. We were early and joined the six or seven people,…

Catholic Press: For People in the Pews as Much as Those in Power

Posted on October 9, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Recently the Hawaii Catholic Herald ran a full page ad by the Aloha Family Alliance PAC several times calling on Christians in Hawaii to not be “lackadaisical” and to engage fully in the “battle for the soul of Hawaii” by…

Mustard Seeds, St.Michael and the Love of Catholic Imagery

Posted on October 6, 2010 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Well, Kaysie McAlister’s two keychains, one with St. Michael and the other bearing a mustard seed buried in a blue glass bubble arrived over the weekend. They are everything I had hoped they would be: clean, shiny talismans of faith,…

Bishop Shares the Living Teaching. . .

Posted on October 2, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

. . . of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. It was wonderful to listen earlier today to Bishop Thomas Okano of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii explain why they had felt compelled to pass and publicize a resolution earlier this year …

Tagged with: Bishop Thomas Okano, HB444, Honpa Hongwanji, JACL
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Religion, Uncategorized

Time for Hawaii to be Equally Blessed

Posted on October 1, 2010 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Thanks to Susie Roth, a listening parent with Fortunate Families, I was just alerted to a wonderful coming together of Catholic organizations dedicated to the view that the church should model its beliefs and its faith by welcoming EVERYONE. This…

If not swords to ploughshares, then bicycle chains to key chains

Posted on October 1, 2010 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Like a good neighbor, this blog, with a little neighborly push from Jo Chang, connected me to a kindred spirit in Florida. Unshakably Pacific in more ways than one, Kaysie McAlister announces herself as “not Catholic but totally sold on…

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Stephen Colbert, Dives and Lazarus: To See or Not to See

Posted on September 26, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

Watching Stephen Colbert testify before Congress in the persona of the host of his comic right wing talk show was a bumpily surreal experience. Bumpy because through the incongruity of his testimony delivered with almost unrelieved sarcasm, came real glimpses…

Tagged with: Dives and Lazarus, illegal farm workers, immigration reform, Stephen Colbert
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A Pledge to America. . .Or How to Bear False Witness

Posted on September 24, 2010 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

The easiest way to understand the GOP’s just unveiled Pledge to America is to understand the commandment “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness.” Apparently John Boehner and his GOP associates do not think their professed stewardship of Christian values includes…

Tagged with: Christian Values, GOP Pledge, Health Reform, Patient's Bill of Rights
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized