Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. Joel 2:12-18 I am not sure that Joel intended…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Guest Post by Connie Schultz: “How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice”
This recent column by Connie Schultz is reproduced here with her kind permission. As a Catholic, I wait for something approaching her empathy from the bishops who have been been willing to take on the White House, punish dissenting women…
Tagged with: Connie Schultz, Tamir Rice
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Christmas 2015. A Refugee is Born
Christmas Day sermon by Fr. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu. Reproduced here with permission. Accepting what happens on Christmas is an uphill battle. After all, it’s quite a leap to believe in a God who becomes a human…
Tagged with: Christmas in Honolulu, David Gierlach, Honolulu, refugee crisis, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
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…
Gladys Vaz Morais: Peace, Gentle Heart
“I don’t know what lies ahead of me,” she said, once. “But Mum, you’re a person of great faith. Nothing bad Awaits you. God will ask “How did you use your gifts of head And heart? Your many talents? What…
In Thanksgiving 2015
GLADYS MORAIS May 8, 1923 – Nov 8, 2015. Daughter of Cecilia (Polly) and Vincent Vaz; wife of John Victor Morais; beloved mother of Herbert, Benedict, Elaine, Dawn and Justin. Grandmother of 9, great-grandmother to 13. Our mother…
Tagged with: Gladys Morais, John Victor Morais
Posted in Family, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Posted in Family, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Pope Francis: Advocating for immigrants today; for indigenous peoples tomorrow?
On his first big day of speeches and appearances in Washington DC, Pope Francis drew on his own immigrant history to speak out on behalf of immigrants and encourage immigration reform. Perhaps his words may help move lawmakers to do…
The Acid Attack on WomanPriest Alexandra Dyer: The Cancelation of Evil with the Face of God/ess by Cynthia Garrity-Bond
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
On August 20, Alexandra Dyer, a Roman Catholic WomanPriest was the victim of a targeted acid attack to her face. Dyer had just left a meeting at The Healing Arts Initiative in Queens, NY. …
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
