Sharing here, with permission, a poem, “Bethlehem – 2006” written by Methodist minister, Rev. Barbara Grace Ripple after her visit to the Holy Land. She went back again in 2013 and found the situation worse. She spoke with Palestinians, Christians…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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July 22: Honolulu Protests Assault on Gaza. “Bethlehem – 2006” Revisited
Tagged with: Barbara Ripple, Bethlehem, Holy Land, Honolulu, Israel, Palestinian people, West Bank
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Ukrainian Church, South Side, Pittsburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBzr9BGxZ1U In the distance, the Monongahela River and what once used to be steel mills. Across from a car wash and a few blocks away from numerous ethnic restaurants and bars, sits the genteel old Ukrainian Catholic church of St.…
Tagged with: Monongahela River, Patriarch, Pittsburgh, Popes, South Side, Ukrainian Catholic Church
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Eastern Catholic Church, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Eastern Catholic Church, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Millenials Serving Children at Mary House, D.C.
Two Elizabeths: Graff and Niarhos. Emily Buchan. Celita Pope. Amelia Willoughby. Five millenials. They could be at the mall. Or figuring out how to make more money. Instead, they are all spending time as AmericCorps volunteers. With them is Alex…
Tagged with: after school programs, Alex Brecht, Amelia Willoughby, AmeriCorps, Catholic Worker, Celita Pope, Elizabeth Graff, Elizabeth Niarhos, Emily Buchan, Eucharist, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Mary House
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Millenials, Uncategorized, Volunteerism
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Millenials, Uncategorized, Volunteerism
Transforming the Church from Within or Without? by Xochitl Alvizo
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
“Power belongs to those who stay to write the report!” stated Jeanne Audrey Powers during her presentation at the Religion and the Feminist Movement conference at Harvard Divinity School back in 2002. Though the statement sounds a little…
Catholics & Dappled Things in Cincinnati and Honolulu
The media reports that more than 100 protesters went to the chancery in Cincinnati this week to deliver 24,000 signatures on a petition asking Archbishop Dennis Schnurr to remove several new clauses from the contracts for Catholic teachers. Those clauses…
From Solomon Northup to Pope Francis’ Abolitionist Movement
It feels like a minor, incidental scene. A slave wanders into a store where the free-born Solomon Northup is shopping with his wife. The slave is quickly followed in by his owner who apologizes for the intrusion and hurries him…
Tagged with: 12 years a slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Evangelii Gaudium, Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis, Slavery, Solomon Northup, Steve McQueen
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Hawaii: Time for Same Sex Marriage to Become Law
Bishop Larry Silva says, “No matter what our sexual attraction may be, we are all equal as persons.” Nonetheless his latest call to Catholics to fight marriage equality calls up images of transvestite cross-dressers overrunning the islands. Apparently “businesses will…
Tagged with: Bishop Larry Silva, David McCollough, Ignatius Loyola, John George Roth, katha holos, LGBT, Pope Francis, Randy Roth, Same Sex Marriage, Shylar Young, St. Francis of Assisi, Susie Roth, Suzanne Young, Tambry Young
Posted in Buddhism, Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Buddhism, Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops
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,…
Sr. Enda, Sister Moon and all Strong Women
The noise from the extreme right being extremely wrong about women has made me think about some of the strong women in my life. My very strong mother, Gladys (Vaz) Morais, my older sister Elaine, and the feisty Irish Franciscan…
Save the Children
Abraham being asked to sacrifice his son, Isaac, by God is a story that has always made me very uneasy. What’s with this sophomoric “test???” But that was one of the readings this Sunday and it led inevitably to thinking…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Eglantyne Jebb, Iran, Merton, Save the Children, The Catholic Worker
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Children, I BLOG, Peace, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, War
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Children, I BLOG, Peace, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, War
Dawn Morais 