The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming marriage equality nationwide a “tragic error.” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky ended his press statement with this call: “I ask…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Confederate Flag and the Doctrine of Discovery: Time to Repudiate Both.
Tagged with: Charleston, Confederate flag, Doctrine of Discovery, Sr. NIcole Trahan
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Racism, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Racism, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Vatican’s ‘Defeat for Humanity’ Statement Shows Church Officials Have Not Learned from the Irish Example
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Reactions to Ireland’s historic referendum vote to establish same-gender marriage in that nation have brought responses from around the globe. The latest reaction came from the Vatican Secretary of State who said it was “Not a…
Tagged with: Association of Catholic Priests, LGBT Catholics, Tony Flannery
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Every Thursday: Jazz Vespers at St. Peter’s, Honolulu
We missed the big sign, but two home-made banners hung from the gates of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in downtown Honolulu, proclaiming JAZZ VESPERS TONIGHT got our attention as we drove past. We were headed to the Pacific Club just…
Tagged with: Jazz, Reggie Padilla, Rev. Diane Martinson, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Starr Kalahiki, Vespers
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Music and Faith, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Music and Faith, Uncategorized
Bishop Bars Sr. Jeannine Gramick from North Carolina Family Gathering
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Sister Jeannine Gramick and Francis DeBernardo in St. Peter’s Square following the Ash Wednesday papal audience. Sr. Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, has been barred from speaking at a Catholic parish in North Carolina,…
Tagged with: Bishop Jugis, North Carolina, PFLAG, Sr. Jeannine Grammick
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
We live in the future. Come join us.
Originally posted on KE KAUPU HEHI ALE:
Adapted from NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons We Live in the Future. Come Join Us. by Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada “Hawaiians need to stop living in the past.” We’ve all heard this before,…
Tagged with: Mauna Kea, Native Hawaiians, Thirty Meter Telescope
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Science and Culture, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Science and Culture, Uncategorized
Good Friday: A Call to Abolish Capital Punishment
Yes. If we have truly evolved as a species,if we wish to call ourselves civilized, and people of faith, we should have long ago abolished the death penalty. It is barbaric. How can we express horror at beheadings in faraway…
Catholics Leave Mass Over Bigoted Homily, but Not All Priests Oppose Marriage Equality
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Gaelic footballer Eámon McGee, left, supporting the ‘Yes’ campaign Catholics in Ireland walked out of Mass recently after a priest made prejudiced and personal attacks during a homily against marriage equality, about which the Irish are…
Lent: Letting in Light and Beauty
Lent: a time of abstinence and fasting; small penances amidst our everyday abundance that remind us to savor the sweetness of life. Lent invites us to pare our lives down to essentials. It does not require us to dwell in…
Tagged with: Abstinence, Easter, Fast, Lent
Posted in Easter, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Lent, Uncategorized
Posted in Easter, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Lent, Uncategorized
Random Kindness in the Checkout Line
This is a sweet story of a small kindness on which to end a week filled with continuing stories of war and wretchedness on the world stage. A young woman standing in the checkout line at a supermarket saw the…
A Path to Justice and Survival: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
. . .until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. Is. 42: 1-4 It was a good way to begin the New Year: testifying before the Budget and Finance Committee of the University…
Tagged with: Divestment, fossil fuels, Regents, University of Hawaii
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Environment, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Environment, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
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