Last week, for the third consecutive Tuesday, people in Honolulu gathered to protest the escalating assault on Gaza and its people, and in particular the horrific violence inflicted on innocent children. Repeatedly. This time the protest started with a march…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Marching in Honolulu for the Children of Gaza
Tagged with: Ali Musleh, children of Gaza, Gaza, Honolulu protests, Israel, Palestinian people
Posted in Gaza, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Gaza, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
US Bishops: What is your “Pro-Life” Message for Gaza?
DNC Convention 2012: “Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us to defend it. Life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be…
Tagged with: Barbara Ripple, Gaza, George Hudes, Hobby Lobby, Honolulu, Interfaith Alliance, Israel, SABEEL, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Bishop Spong: Towards an Educated Laity
Reprinted here, with permission from Bishop John Shelby Spong, is a Q & A from a recent edition of his newsletter in which he discusses the healthcare debate and calls for more honesty. His response to a reader’s question urges…
Raising the Minimum Wage is Pro-Life. So why aren’t all Pro-lifers for it?
Speaker of the House, John Boehner, a Catholic pro-lifer who has previously said he would rather commit suicide than raise the minimum wage, offered the logic that a raise would adversely affect minorities who hold low-wage jobs and would be…
Tagged with: Catholic Charities Hawaii, FACE, Faith Action for Community Equity, Give Hawaii a Raise, Jery Rauckhorst, John Boehner, Minimum wage, Paul Ryan, PHOCUSED, Pro Life, RE. Bob Nakata, USCCB, Women and Minimum Wage, Women's Chamber of Commerce
Posted in Business and Justice, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Business and Justice, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
On the Road to Lujan
As we head towards the farmhouse in Carlos Keen, the sky is ablaze with the splendor of an Argentine sunset. But all at once, as we pass the poor neighborhoods along the highway to Lujan, it seems as if dusk…
Will US Bishops Counsel Catholic Leaders to End Shutdown and “Preferential Option for the Rich?”
There is a murmuring in the pews. Is it possible the bishops are launching another Fortnight for Freedom – this time to protest the assault on the lives of ordinary people by the Tea Party-led GOP? The bishops have long…
Tagged with: Budget cuts, Congress. government shutdown, Food Stamps, Fortnight for Freedom, John Boehner, Network Lobby, Nuns on the Bus, Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, preferential option for the poor, Ryan Budget, SNAP, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, WIC
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Christian Politicians, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, US Senate
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Christian Politicians, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, US Senate
Trayvon Martin and Timothy Dolan
“It is time for a new vision of a universal Church whose all-inclusive justice and unconditional love…can lead to a future that preserves the true right to life of all of God’s creatures.” Bert Thelen If Cardinal Tim Dolan was…
Tagged with: Bert Thelen, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Cardinal George, Cardinal Pell, Florida, George Zimmerman, Ku Klux Klan, Laity in Leadership, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, LGBT Catholic, NARTH, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Timothy M. Dolan, Trayvon Martin
Posted in Cardinals, Child sex abuse, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Missal Changes, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women in the Church
Posted in Cardinals, Child sex abuse, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Missal Changes, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women in the Church
We Need New Thinking, Not New “Wrapping,” Cardinal.
As the papal conclave moves towards electing a new pope, what does it say about the prospects for real change in the Catholic church when one of its most prominent cardinals says of church teachings: “Let’s perhaps work on a…
Tagged with: church teaching, Gospel, Kurien Kunnumpuram S.J., Papal Conclave, Timothy M. Dolan
Posted in Cardinals, I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Politics and Religion, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Cardinals, I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Politics and Religion, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 