A Call for Divine Intervention in the Appointment of the Next US President Jen Buday Hungary We are calling on all citizens of the planet to pray for divine intervention in the United States’ appointment of its next president. Specifically we…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
A word to friends and relatives who voted for Trump
I have been struggling with what to say to those I care about who voted for Trump. I am a woman of color whose two brown adult children now live in an America that is more threatening to their safety…
Tagged with: Dec 19, Electors, Raymond Schroth S.J., Suprun
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
New Ways Ministry Responds to Pope Francis’ Ban on Gay Men from the Priesthood
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
The following is a statement of Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry, in response to the news that Pope Francis has approved a document entitled “The Gift of the Priestly Vocation” from the Vatican’s Congregation…
San Francisco Responds to the Election of Donald Trump. Will others follow suit?
With thanks to Eve Blossom for posting this on Facebook. May other cities and faith organizations say as much. SAN FRANCISCO Passed unanimously, here is the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Response to the Election of Donald Trump: WHEREAS, On…
Tagged with: Obamacare, President-elect Trump, San Francisco, Sanctuary City
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Guest Post: “By Patient Endurance”
This is the Post-Election Homily delivered on November 12 & 13 by Fr. Joe Muth, Pastor, St. Matthew Church, Baltimore. The church is made up of people from over 40 countries and has a Folk Group, a Gospel Choir, a…
Tagged with: Blessed Sacrament Church, Fr. Joe Muth, St. Matthew Church
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Bishops Elect New Leadership [Still] Out of Step with U.S. Catholics
This week, Call to Action, issued this statement on the new leadership of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops which continues to demonstrate its indifference to providing the kind of Gospel-inspired public moral witness that people in the pews yearn…
Tagged with: 2016 elections, Call To Action, US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Guest Post: Rambo Jesus and Apocalypse Now
Malachi 4:1-2a, Ps.98, 2 Thessalonians: 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19 It is rather amazing how many people are taken with end of the world scenarios. Gospel lessons like the one we have today are fodder for best selling novels and movies…
Tagged with: Apocalypse, David Gierlach, Rambo Jesus, St. Elizabeth
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Guest Post: “Our witness more needed today than ever.”
We have just concluded one of the most turbulent election cycles most of us can remember living through. It has become painfully apparent, whether we realized it before or not, how deeply divided we are as a country. Some are…
Tagged with: Rev. Diane Martinson, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, US Elections 2016
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Does the institutional church have a role left to play?
The editors of America would have us believe this: “The church has an important role to play as the next four years of Mr. Trump’s presidency unfold. It must offer clear and vigorous moral guidance, not limiting itself to the…
Tagged with: America, Hillary Clinton, moral revolution, Trump, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
When the Saints Go Marching In: Look out for Gladys Vaz Morais
I just know that when the saints go marching in, my mother, Gladys Vaz Morais will be among them. She knew how to go places, and Heaven was always on her list of places to get to. In the waning…
Dawn Morais 