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…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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A word to friends and relatives who voted for Trump
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
“The struggle is for the consciousness of the planet, for the consciousness of that smear of biology on the speck of cosmic dust.” Joe Bageant
Originally posted on Dawn Morais:
This post is dedicated, with thanks, to Pat Gozemba who introduced me to Joe Bageant—one of her heroes. Joe Bageant greets visitors to the charming Winchester Book Gallery. It’s a tiny tavern at the corner…
Posted in 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…
An Open Letter to President Obama about the Dakota Access Pipeline by Elizabeth Cunningham
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
I wrote this letter to President Obama on November 18, the morning after I returned from a few days at Standing Rock. I am not an activist by temperament. I went to Standing Rock…
Guest Post: U.S. Bishops Were Virtually Silent on Trump
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
In a scathing essay which excoriates Catholics who supported Donald Trump for U.S. President, Boston College theologian Stephen Pope also took to task U.S. bishops who were mum about so many of Candidate Trump’s statements which…
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: “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
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