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Guest Post: “Becoming Normal.”

Posted on June 19, 2016 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

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…

Tagged with: David Gierlach, our common humanity, spirits
Posted in Eastern Catholic Church, Equality and Faith, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

Catholic workers: Irene Fernandez and Dorothy Day

Posted on April 8, 2014 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

On March 31, 2014, Irene Fernandez, passed away in her country, Malaysia, after a heart attack at the age of 67. She had decades ago given up the possibility of a safe teaching career for a life devoted to addressing…

Tagged with: Amnesty International, Catholic social teaching, Catholic Worker Movement, Chaminade University, Danny O'Regan, Dorothy Day, Honolulu, Irene Fernandez, Mackey Lecture, Malaysia, Martha Hennessy, Mary House, Notre Dame University, Peter Maurin, Tenaganita
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Malaysian Government, Uncategorized, War, Women in the Church, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights

Malaysia: From Tun Abdul Razak to Najib Razak

Posted on July 28, 2011 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

1967 In a speech celebrating Malaysia’s 10th year of Merdeka (Independence), then Deputy PM Tun Abdul Razak declared: “We have drawn from the richness of our multi-racial cultural heritage and have built a Malaysian culture with an identity of its…

Tagged with: Bersih, Bishop Paul Tan, Najib Razak, Tun Abdul Razak
Posted in Christians in Malaysia, Freedom of Religion, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Malaysian Government, Politics and Religion, Pope Benedict, Readers of the Book, Religion and Political Discourse, Uncategorized

Malaysia: Pope gets the View from the Pew

Posted on July 23, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Several hundred Malaysian Catholics have endorsed a letter to the Pope about Prime Minister Najib Razak’s visit to the Vatican on July 19. Following are extracts from the letter which provides background and a context for the visit that Catholics…

Tagged with: Ambiga Sreenavasan, Bersih, Dr. Jeyakumar, Malaysian Bar Council, Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PM Najib Razak, Vatican, Walk for Democracy
Posted in Catholic, Catholics and Culture, Christians in Malaysia, Free and Fair Elections, Freedom of Religion, Governing, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Malaysia, Malaysian Government, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, Vatican

1Malaysia: BERSIH (clean) or KOTOR (dirty)?

Posted on July 12, 2011 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Happy those…whose hope is in the LORD, their God, The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them. Who keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed,gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets prisoners free.…

Tagged with: Bersih 2.0, Dr. MIchael Jeyakumar, Free and Fair Elections, Socialist Party Malaysia
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Free and Fair Elections, Governing, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, Vatican, Workers' Rights