Civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis on the need for the courage to enact gun control; on kneeling to advance justice “perhaps in Statuary Hall, perhaps in the Rotunda, perhaps on the steps of the Capitol;” on gerrymandering and politicians…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Gun control is a pro-life issue. Will the bishops lead? Will legislators listen?
Tagged with: Bayard Rustin, gun control, Healthcare, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, USCCB
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
The Star Spangled Banner
In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote “Defense of Fort McHenry.” The poem was later retitled The Star Spangled Banner. Congress proclaimed The Star Spangled Banner the U.S. National Anthem in 1931. Consider the words. All the words. And the stark…
Lt. Gen. Silveria’s tutorial in leadership: Will Catholic bishops offer “a better idea” too?
Watching this general tell Air Force cadets what is acceptable behavior and what is not, it is hard to fathom why the leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops cannot seem to summon the courage to speak with…
Tagged with: Episcopal bishops, Lt. Gen. Silveria, Rev. David Gierlach, Rev. William Barber, Sr. Carol Keehan, USCCB
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Guest Post: What Jesus says about a living wage.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard….When those who had started about five o’clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought…
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Living wage, Rev. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, the parable of the workers in the vineyard
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops
The Word under Threat in the World: The Murder of Gauri Lankesh
Originally posted on S. Shankar :
Journalist Gauri Lankesh has been shot dead in India. The simple fact of the matter is that no democracy thrives by stamping out speech that challenges power. I am not a free speech fundamentalist (I…
Tagged with: Gauri Lankesh, Hinduism, India, S. Shankar
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Bearing witness: A Jewish scholar explains the BDS movement to hold Israel accountable
Think Tech Hawaii recently ran this interview with a disclaimer warning viewers that they should seek out the other side of this issue by watching another show they offered about anti-Semitism on campus 2017. This interview is posted here, with…
Tagged with: BDS, Colleen Hanabusa, Cynthia Franklin, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestinian territories, Palestinians, West Bank, Will Caron
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Dr. Parker: The Christian Case for Reproductive Justice
Against the surreal backdrop of elected officials trying to take healthcare away from those who need it the most, Honolulu residents who attended a recent talk and book-signing hosted by Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii were glad to hear…
San Jose Bishop Counters Paprocki’s Decree Against Married Lesbian/Gay Couples
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
A California bishop has written a letter instructing clergy and religious in the diocese to be compassionate and inclusive when it comes to pastoral care. a direct repudiation of last month’s alienating directives from an Illinois…
Tagged with: Bishop McGrath, Bishop Paprocki, LGBT funerals, San Diego
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Bishop: Pastors Must Deny Funerals to Catholics in Same-Gender Marriages
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
An Illinois bishop has released guidelines about same-gender marriages that may greatly restrict participation in his diocese’s parishes by people in such marriages. Bishop Thomas Paprocki Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield issued his “Same-Sex Marriage Policies…
QUOTE TO NOTE: Stop Church Teachings that Kill, Says Sr. Margaret Farley
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley, the theological ethicist who wrote Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, said the church has “not gone far enough” on gender equality because “we still hear the cries of women, through…
Tagged with: Healthcare, Sr. Margaret Farley, US Senate, USCCB, Women Religious
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 