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…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Millenials Serving Children at Mary House, D.C.
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
As Firings and Restrictions Continue, So Does the Determination of the Faithful
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
It seems that almost every day, we receive news concerning employees from Catholic institutions being terminated because of LGBT issues. Such news can be depressing, when we think about how much our church leaders need to…
Tagged with: Catholic school, Catholic Teacher contracts, LGBT, Purcell Marian High School
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
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…
Mother and Daughter: Double Joy
With thanks for the many blessings of having mother, grandmother, great-grandmother Gladys Morais nee Vaz, and sister, aunt, great-aunt and cheer-leader for all who need a helping hand, Elaine Morais –in our lives. For your generosity of heart and soul,…
Tagged with: Academic Writing for Beginners, Elaine Morais, Gladys Morais, May 8, Mother, Mothers Day, Prayer to Mary
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
David Cohen: “I believe in grace.”
What better time to believe in grace than in the Easter season? Or, for David Cohen, in the season of Passover. The former president of Common Cause and “the preeminent voice of public advocacy” was still in Passover observance mode…
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…
SEED: We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe
April 17, 2014. Maundy Thursday. A good day to stop by for the first time at Seed Restaurant in Kaimuki on the way to service at the Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University. On this day when the ritual of foot-washing…
Hundreds of Parents Turn Out to Protest Charlotte High School’s Anti-Gay Nun
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Charlotte Catholic High School’s campus The backlash against Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel’s lecture at Charlotte Catholic High School has been swift since last week she suggested homosexuality is caused by failed parenting and masturbation, and linked…
Catholic workers: Irene Fernandez and Dorothy Day
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
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
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