It was truly a gift to be able to listen to the President of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign in person at Central Union Church in Honolulu this Sunday March 1, 2026. The spontaneous…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
GUEST POST: “Housing is not our mission” cannot be an excuse! Advocates urge re-think of Aloha Stadium development
Honolulu is the houselessness capital of the United States. It is obscene to read about developers offering $35 million penthouses for sale while several thousand people are living on the sidewalks across the islands. Every branch of government must examine…
Tagged with: Affordable Housing, Faith Action for Housing Now Coalition
Posted in Affordable Housing, Equality and Faith, Uncategorized
Posted in Affordable Housing, Equality and Faith, Uncategorized
LGBTQI Catholics in Honolulu celebrate Solidarity Sunday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
On October 7, 2018, a small group joined in a lay-led liturgy at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, organized by the Honolulu chapter of Dignity USA in advance of Coming Out Day 2018. I was honored to be invited to participate…
Paid Family Leave Rally/Hearing 3/20 Hawai’i State Capitol 9 a.m.
Come, bring family, friends, students. Join in the rally on Tuesday March 20 at 9 a.m. Various members of the community will offer their perspectives on what paid family leave means for Hawaii’s working families. Stay and testify at…
Tagged with: Paid family leave, SB 2990, state-run insurance plan
Posted in Business and Justice, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: “Connections”
There’s a new show on Netflix that’s catching a lot of attention. It’s a true story about a guy falsely accused of murder, who, two months after his release from prison, is arrested again, because a woman is found dead…
Guest Post: “Becoming Normal.”
Sermon by Fr. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu. Reproduced here with permission. 1 Kings 19:1-15a, Psalm 42, Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39 Last Sunday brought the tragic news from Orlando, a gunman of Afghan descent murdered 50 people…
Helping the Houseless, One Family at a Time
In this season of giving, if you are looking for ways to express your gratitude for how well life has treated you, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church on King Street in Honolulu has a few suggestions. Shallow Rent Subsidies If you…
July 4, 2015: Revisiting the Catholic Bill of Rights
On this day in what the poet Freya Manfred, called this “sad, sweet, tragic Fourth of July world,” it is good to revisit the Catholic Bill of Rights issued by the American Catholic Council in 2011. It says in part:…
Confederate Flag and the Doctrine of Discovery: Time to Repudiate Both.
The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming marriage equality nationwide a “tragic error.” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky ended his press statement with this call: “I ask…
Tagged with: Charleston, Confederate flag, Doctrine of Discovery, Sr. NIcole Trahan
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Racism, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Racism, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Vatican’s ‘Defeat for Humanity’ Statement Shows Church Officials Have Not Learned from the Irish Example
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Reactions to Ireland’s historic referendum vote to establish same-gender marriage in that nation have brought responses from around the globe. The latest reaction came from the Vatican Secretary of State who said it was “Not a…
Tagged with: Association of Catholic Priests, LGBT Catholics, Tony Flannery
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 