“Servants, laborers and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. But what improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole. No society…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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CELEBRATE! Sr. Enda Ryan’s Platinum Jubilee, induction of lay Franciscan Associates
“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life.” Psalm 27:4 I am one lucky Assuntarian! We made a week-long visit…
Tagged with: Assunta Secondary School, FMM, FMM Lay Associates, Pat Lu, Se. Susan Thomas, Sr. Enda Ryan, Sr. Letitsia FMM
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Family and Friends, Franciscans, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Family and Friends, Franciscans, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: ADVENT helps us realize we live in in-between times
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…
Tagged with: Advent, Rev. David Gierlach, Tongan choir
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Remembering my mother, the political junkie
As I think of my beloved mother on the eve of her passing into eternal life, I revisit notes I shared with my children from my last visit with her: Here is my mother, the Magpie: I noticed her on…
Tagged with: DEvamay Kaithoram, Elaine Morais, Gladys Morais, Sheela Jane Menon, Zubin Menon
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
“One Job Should Be Enough”– Clergy bless Local 5 workers on the picket line, pray for fair resolution
You can’t tiptoe towards justice. You can’t walk up to the door all polite and knock once or twice, hoping someone’s home. Justice is a door, that, when closed, must be kicked in. Daniel José Older in Jesmyn Ward’s…
Tagged with: Faith Action, Hawaiʻi hotel workers, Local 5, One Job Should be Enough
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
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…
Sr. Donna Markham: We are called to welcome the stranger
When the President & CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Sr. Donna Markham spoke at the Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University in Honolulu on Sunday September 30, 2018, she relieved the bleak landscape of our daily news with stories which…
Why Naipaul Is Not Great: A True (non-Kantian) Appraisal of a Literary Career Now Ended
Originally posted on S. SHANKAR:
I first read Naipaul in Malaysia as a teenager. I would check out his books from the library of the club to which my family belonged. I recognized the world that Naipaul described in early…
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.…
A Look At My 2018 Kauai Primary Election Votes
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
In preparation for the final day of voting on August 11th, many in the Kauai community have been asking my thoughts on the various candidates running for office. To make it easy, I have…
