There is a murmuring in the pews. Is it possible the bishops are launching another Fortnight for Freedom – this time to protest the assault on the lives of ordinary people by the Tea Party-led GOP? The bishops have long…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Will US Bishops Counsel Catholic Leaders to End Shutdown and “Preferential Option for the Rich?”
Tagged with: Budget cuts, Congress. government shutdown, Food Stamps, Fortnight for Freedom, John Boehner, Network Lobby, Nuns on the Bus, Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, preferential option for the poor, Ryan Budget, SNAP, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, WIC
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Christian Politicians, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, US Senate
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Christian Politicians, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, US Senate
The Dreams of LGBT Families
“I come to gather nations of every language.” Is 66:18 The weekend of Aug 24 saw the commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the March on Washington. That pivotal event helped move politicians to…
Tagged with: "I Have a Dream", ACLU, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, Bishop Larry Silva, Child Welfare League of America, LGBT Catholics, LGBT parenting, Martin Luther King, MLK, Pope Francis
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Trayvon Martin and Timothy Dolan
“It is time for a new vision of a universal Church whose all-inclusive justice and unconditional love…can lead to a future that preserves the true right to life of all of God’s creatures.” Bert Thelen If Cardinal Tim Dolan was…
Tagged with: Bert Thelen, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Cardinal George, Cardinal Pell, Florida, George Zimmerman, Ku Klux Klan, Laity in Leadership, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, LGBT Catholic, NARTH, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Timothy M. Dolan, Trayvon Martin
Posted in Cardinals, Child sex abuse, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Missal Changes, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women in the Church
Posted in Cardinals, Child sex abuse, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Missal Changes, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women in the Church
Divest: A Gospel Lesson?
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Luke 10: 2 God knows our planet is in peril. Everywhere we turn there is work to…
Tagged with: Bill HUdson, Carla Hale, Christa Dias, David Cohen, Divestment, Fr. Helmut Schuller, protecting church funds
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Healthcare, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Obamacare, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Healthcare, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, Obamacare, Uncategorized, US Bishops
A Pope from Hawaii? Bring on the mischief.
South America, Argentina, Hispanics and a soccer team, have claimed him as their own. Maybe, one suggested, God is an Argentine? Perhaps we can make the case that Pope Francis is really from Hawaii. Wasn’t that the spirit of aloha…
Tagged with: Dirty War, Habemus Papam, Hubris, Iraq, Network, Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, Sr. Simone Campbell, St. Francis of Assisi
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Ordination, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Ordination, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
We Need New Thinking, Not New “Wrapping,” Cardinal.
As the papal conclave moves towards electing a new pope, what does it say about the prospects for real change in the Catholic church when one of its most prominent cardinals says of church teachings: “Let’s perhaps work on a…
Tagged with: church teaching, Gospel, Kurien Kunnumpuram S.J., Papal Conclave, Timothy M. Dolan
Posted in Cardinals, I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Politics and Religion, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Cardinals, I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Politics and Religion, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, US Bishops
How We Get To Heaven
God knows—and we know—that there are plenty of things that we should be worrying about if we really want to make this world a better place. Hunger. Ignorance and the denial of science. Corruption. Discrimination and oppression in all its…
Gongs and Cymbals
If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. 1 Cor 13 Nothing in my own background or education equipped me to deal with this grave…
To evangelize, recognize
The Bishops are concerned about the need to step up the evangelizing. They wonder why Catholics appear to be falling away in greater numbers than ever from the institutional church. Maybe it’s a wardrobe issue? It’s hard to stand with…
Tagged with: Evangelism, Excommunication, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Sr. Simone Campbell
Posted in Catholic Politicians, I BLOG, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Politicians, I BLOG, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Catholic Voter Guide: Listen and Love
These pre-election days are filled with the noise of a number of Catholic Bishops issuing denunciations of “some candidates and one party” because of positions on contraception, abortion and gay marriage that the Bishops deem “intrinsically evil” or against the…
Tagged with: 47%, common good, Fr. George Cerniglia, Intrinsic Evils, Marianists, pro-life, Thomas Friedman
Posted in 2012 Elections, Catholic Vote, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Posted in 2012 Elections, Catholic Vote, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Dawn Morais 