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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…

Guest Post: Palm Sunday at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu

Posted on April 14, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

“As you all know, as you did and do and will do, in culture, we build bridges, not walls,” he said. After his performance, he gestured to the bridge to his right. “I’ve lived my life at the borders. Between…

Tagged with: Palm Sunday, Rev. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Yo Yo Ma
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops

Guest Post: Kings Bay Plowshares on “Democracy Now” April 5, 2019

Posted on April 4, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Democracy Now will devote a segment of their broadcast coverage tomorrow (4/5/2019) morning to the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants. They have video interviews in their studio of the four bonded out defendants from last month and tape from the Fordham…

GUEST POST: GARY HOOSER on CORPORATE WATER THEFT

Posted on March 6, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

First of two updates on key bills making their way through the current session of the Hawaii Legislature from former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader, Gary Hooser, founder and volunteer Board President of the Hawaii Alliance Alliance for Progressive Action (H.A.P.A.)…

Guest Post: Stacey Abrams’ Response to Trump’s SOTU

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

Good evening, my fellow Americans. I’m Stacey Abrams, and I am honored to join the conversation about the state of our union. Growing up, my family went back and forth between lower middle class and working poor. Yet, even…

Tagged with: SOTU, Stacey Abrams
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights

Guest Post: After U.S. INF Withdrawal, Plowshares Activists, Facing Years in Prison, Warn of Nuclear Peril

Posted on February 5, 2019 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 released the following statement on Monday: “On Friday, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Treaty (INF). ‘There is a real and present danger that this action will provoke a…