There is no shortage of men in power. No shortage of men who are ready to issue warnings and threaten punishment for straying from the party line. No shortage of men ready to hold forth in front of cameras. And…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
A resource for the election season! From the US Bishops!
Wow! The bishops have finally been moved to speak out, and possibly help Catholics deal with the poisonous rhetoric from the GOP stable of once aspiring Presidential hopefuls, and their now firmly established presumptive nominee. An electronic flyer has just…
Tagged with: Christian voters, election resource, Trump, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Bernie Sanders on Poverty
Bernie Sanders, candidate for President, says what the United States bishops should be proclaiming from every pulpit; what they should be saying at every society dinner they attend, every TV appearance they make, every instruction they send to clergy and…
Tagged with: Bernie Sanders, Poverty in the U.S.
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Heads of Christian Churches Counter Franklin Graham’s “Biblical Values.”
This commentary by the heads of all of the Episcopal, Lutheran (ELCA), United Church of Christ, and United Methodist churches in the Hawaiian islands was first published in Civil Beat 3/7/2016. We are aware that our world is an increasingly interconnected…
“Who am I to Judge?” Honolulu Pastors Protest Franklin Graham’s Christianity
The words of Pope Francis, “Who am I to judge?” spoke from a large placard carried by Protestant clergy. Another sign said “All are Abraham’s children.” They offered the face of Christ in response to the bigotry of Rev. Franklin Graham…
Guest Post by Connie Schultz: “How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice”
This recent column by Connie Schultz is reproduced here with her kind permission. As a Catholic, I wait for something approaching her empathy from the bishops who have been been willing to take on the White House, punish dissenting women…
Tagged with: Connie Schultz, Tamir Rice
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
July 4, 2015: Revisiting the Catholic Bill of Rights
On this day in what the poet Freya Manfred, called this “sad, sweet, tragic Fourth of July world,” it is good to revisit the Catholic Bill of Rights issued by the American Catholic Council in 2011. It says in part:…
Confederate Flag and the Doctrine of Discovery: Time to Repudiate Both.
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…
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
Honolulu Protests Failure to Indict Officer for Eric Garner Killing. HNL City Lights 5.15 p.m. Sat 12/06/14
Kollin Elderts. Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. Eric Garner. The list is far from complete. People of color dying at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and serve. Honolulu resident, Carolyn Hadfield looks nothing like any of these…
Tagged with: Eric Garner, Honolulu City Lights, Kollin Elderts, Michael Brown, Noura Erakat, Tamir Rice
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Police Brutality, Racism, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Police Brutality, Racism, US Bishops
Fr. Tony Flannery: Envisioning a more Christ-like church
Perhaps this is what church is meant to be: people drawn together, not by the obligations of Sunday attendance but by the call of the Gospels to build a better world. That is what it felt like as we listened…
Dawn Morais 