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Guest Post: Fundraiser for KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE

Posted on December 28, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

Sharing here a fundraiser created by my daughter, Sheela Jane Menon and her husband, John Fournie, in hopes of bolstering the efforts of those who are helping the thousands of children cruelly separated from their parents at the southern border,…

Tagged with: child internment camps, KIND, separating children from parents
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

Guest Post: Rev. David Gierlach asks: “Do We Dare?”

Posted on November 18, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

With thanks to Fr. David Gierlach, Rector, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu, for permission to publish this sermon. Luke 21:5-19 Why do you suppose that Jesus is warning his friends about what the future holds? After all, in those…

Guest Post from Faithful America: Ask your pastor to preach about the climate crisis this Season of Creation

Posted on September 5, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/us/iyw-how-to-help-hurricane-dorian-victims-trnd/index.html As Hurricane Dorian threatens the southeastern coast, Faithful America members pray for everyone in its path, and for all first responders. We also recognize that hurricanes are getting larger and more dangerous because of climate change, which threatens the…

Tagged with: Bahamas, Climate Crisis, Hurricane Dorian
Posted in Climate Crisis, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

Guest post: Rev. David Gierlach on “Thinking Lightly”

Posted on August 29, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Luke 13:10-17 Today’s gospel lesson is an invitation to take a step back from our usual ways of looking at life, at each other, and at the problems facing the human family in this day and age. It’s an invitation…

Tagged with: Emmett Till, Jim Crow, Rev. David Gierlach, Slavery
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

August 6: Transfiguration Day–Commemorate Hiroshima, Pray for Maunakea Protectors

Posted on August 3, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Come join the prayers and services being held to remember the transfiguration of our Lord, remember the victims at Hiroshima, and pray for the Maunakea protectors on Aug 6. Kahu Kaleo Paterson,Vicar, St. Stephen’s, Wahiawa, Chaplain, Iolani Guild, President, Pacific…

Kānaka Maoli Clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi speak out on Maunakea.

Posted on July 24, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Following is a statement from Kānaka Maoli Clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi: The Reverend Jasmine Hanakaulani Bostock and The Reverend Paul Nahoa Lucas The Episcopal Church in Hawaiʻi stands proudly on the shoulders of our ancestors, who were…

Open Letter to University of Hawai`i President Lassner on the Thirty Meter Telescope and the Email from “UH Leadership”

Posted on July 16, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Originally posted on S. Shankar:
Dear President Lassner: I write to protest both the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea and the recent letter from “UH Leadership.” On the first issue of the construction of the…

Tagged with: President Lassner, S. Shankar, Thirty Meter Telescope, TMT
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

Guest Post by Rev. David Gierlach: Demonizing Others

Posted on June 26, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

We are living in times when there is a daily barrage against those who are minorities or immigrants or some other vulnerable group. Last week some cops in Phoenix threatened to shoot a black family whose four year old allegedly…

Tagged with: Immigration
Posted in I BLOG, Immigrants, Justice, Politics and Religion

Will the 2019 legislative session in Hawai’i honor the spirit of Queen Liliʻuokalani and Father Damien?

Posted on April 22, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, people–Catholic or not, French or not– mourned. Buildings stand for something –good and bad–that we cannot always put into words. As the legislative session draws to a close here in Hawai’i, it is worth asking…