Today is the first Sunday of the Advent Season. Hence the purple. Purple for the royalty of Christ. Purple for the wounds our Christ endures as he seeks to teach us what it is to be truly human, beings. And…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Guest Post: ADVENT helps us realize we live in in-between times
Tagged with: Advent, Rev. David Gierlach, Tongan choir
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Kings Bay Plowshares defend their resistance to nuclear weapons
Professor Jeannine Hill Fletcher of Fordham University reads a statement she prepared about the King’s Bay Plowshares action being fully in accord with centuries-old, fundamental Catholic social teaching. In court this morning Prof. Fletcher provided deeply moving testimony about the…
LGBTQI Catholics in Honolulu celebrate Solidarity Sunday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
On October 7, 2018, a small group joined in a lay-led liturgy at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, organized by the Honolulu chapter of Dignity USA in advance of Coming Out Day 2018. I was honored to be invited to participate…
It’s NOT too late to REGISTER AND VOTE TODAY. Polls close at 6p.m.
Polls are open until 6pm. If you need to find out where your polling location is check out the Office of Elections Polling Location Finder If you still arenʻt registered to vote – you can register at the polls today.…
Guest Post: Rev. Jazzy Bostock on finding living water in a parched landscape
Where there is no water, there can be no life. This is true of plants and animals alike. There is no substitute for water. This week, I began to pull out some of the overgrowth in the little garden behind…
Governor Ige: Leadership, Core Values and Resolve Under Pressure
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Governor David Ige’s leadership, core values and resolve under pressure was clearly demonstrated by his recent signing into law SB3095. Hawai‘i residents concerned about their health and the health of their children and grandchildren…
Tagged with: Colleen Hanabusa, Governor david Ige, Hawaii Gubernatorial race
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
CTA Calls on Catholics to Take Immediate Action for Immigrant Families
Call To Action, a Catholic organization committed to justice in our Church and world, is appalled by the forced separation of migrant families, as well as the practice of detaining children in Border Patrol facilities, tent camps and other horrific locations. This…
Tagged with: Border separations, child internment camps, family separation, USCCB
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Child Abuse, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Child Abuse, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Israel’s “restraint” kills 60 in Gaza: Second Honolulu Protest. Wednesday May 16, 4-5.30p.m
“No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has,” said Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations at today’s Security Council meeting to discuss the violence in Gaza. She took a minute to mark the…
Tagged with: Ahmad Abu Artema, Gaza, March of Return, Nakba, Nikki Haley, UN Security Council, US Embassy in Jerusalem
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Nakba, Palestine, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Nakba, Palestine, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Kings Bay Plowshares: Honoring MLK by resisting militarism, racism, materialism
Seven Catholic plowshares activists were detained early Thursday morning at the Kings Bay Naval Base St. Mary’s Georgia. They entered on Wednesday night April 4. Calling themselves Kings Bay Plowshares, they went to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command: “beat…
Tagged with: King's Bay Plowshares, Martha Hennessy, Martin Luther King, MLK
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Nonviolence, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Nonviolence, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Remembering the Women of Ghouta on International Women’s Day
While our news is dominated by a porn star’s escapades with the President of the United States, the women of Ghouta get barely a mention. Our sin is the sin of inattention to what matters, and gluttony for the grotesque.…
Tagged with: Douma, Dr. Faten Rajab Fawaz, Ghouta, Nivin Hotary
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Syria
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Syria
