The following is a statement of Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, released on June 26, 2016, in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Church to apologize to groups … Source: Pope Calls for Church to Apologize to…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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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…
New Contracts for Catholic Teachers In Hawaii: No “Fragrance of the Gospel”
If it isn’t already hard enough to attract the best and the brightest to the teaching profession, the Honolulu diocese now plans to make full and part-time teachers in Catholic schools sign contracts that promise termination if they violate Church…
Tagged with: abortion, Catholic school, Catholic Teacher contracts, Cincinnati, Evangelii Gaudium, Fortunate Families, Honolulu, in vitro, Joy of the Gospel, LGBT, Michael Rockers, Pope Francis, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Susie Roth
Posted in Catholic Teachers, Children, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Teachers, Children, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, Uncategorized
Marriage Equality: Maria Ahern will someday wonder what the fuss was all about.
Four month old Maria Ahern, in the arms of her mother Chelsea Ahern, was at the Hawaii State Capitol on November 12, 2013 as the same-sex marriage bill advanced to passage. Dressed in rainbow colors to proclaim solidarity with LGBT…
Tagged with: Any Given Tuesday, Chelsea Ahern, Hawaii State Capitol, Maria Ahern, Same Sex Marriage
Posted in I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, LGBT Homeless Youth, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, LGBT Homeless Youth, Uncategorized
Hawaii: Time for Same Sex Marriage to Become Law
Bishop Larry Silva says, “No matter what our sexual attraction may be, we are all equal as persons.” Nonetheless his latest call to Catholics to fight marriage equality calls up images of transvestite cross-dressers overrunning the islands. Apparently “businesses will…
Tagged with: Bishop Larry Silva, David McCollough, Ignatius Loyola, John George Roth, katha holos, LGBT, Pope Francis, Randy Roth, Same Sex Marriage, Shylar Young, St. Francis of Assisi, Susie Roth, Suzanne Young, Tambry Young
Posted in Buddhism, Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Buddhism, Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Solidarity Sunday in Honolulu
Last night in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Honolulu, a small group gathered to say to our LGBT brothers and sisters that we believe that Christ does not discriminate. There is apparently no room in any of Hawaii’s Catholic churches…
Equality for LGBT Families: Lay Catholics Must Lead
In 1965 Thomas Merton, in an open letter to the US Bishops said: The Christian is called . . . to obey the Gospel of love, for all men, and not simply to devote himself to the interests of a…
Let Love Prevail
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. John 1:4-8 Connie Florez is the founder and CEO of Hula Girl Productions and the director/producer of several award-winning films that perpetuate the stories of the past through…
Aloha. “Do not turn your back on your own.”
. . . Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn. …
Tagged with: aloha, Eqypt, light
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 