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Points of Light in 2018

Posted on December 31, 2017 by freecatholic808 — 7 Comments

This is the Christmas tree a dear friend of more than three decades, Teo Sia Cheng, made this year. I am not sure why Teo decided to make his own tree but I am glad he did. It lights up…

Tagged with: Christmas in Malaysia, Hogan Entrepreneurs, Teo Han Wue, Teo Sia Cheng
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG

Building the Beloved Community: Hawaii, Malaysia and Beyond

Posted on May 3, 2013 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

The world that Puanani Burgess gets her audiences to visualize as she talks to them about “Building the Beloved Community” is peopled with her children and grandchildren, her husband and other family members and neighbors from her beloved rural Wai`anae.…

Tagged with: "dirty hands", Anwar Ibrahim, Cardinal Tim Dolan, General Election, Hogan Entrepreneurs, LCWR, Malaysia, Najib Razak, Poha and Popo Principle, Pope Francis, Puanani Burgess
Posted in Cardinals, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, Women in the Church

“Honor” Limbaugh: Pass the Bag Fee Bill.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

Radio Station KPUA on the Big Island was the first radio station in the U.S. to drop Rush Limbaugh — and they did it with class and clarity. Now Hawaii legislators can follow this brave effort to lead the nation…

Tagged with: Bag Fee bill, Chaminade University, Civic Engagement Club, Diana Sellner, Hawaii, Hogan Entrepreneurs, Rush Limbaugh
Posted in Civic Square, Civility, I BLOG, Talk Radio, Uncategorized

Maundy Thursday. Good Friday. Easter

Posted on April 23, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 5 Comments

We call these holy days by names now so familiar their meaning recedes. We troop to service on Maundy Thursday, knowing we will witness the reenactment of the washing of the feet of the apostles by Jesus at the Last…

Tagged with: Hogan Entrepreneurs, Homelessness, Ramsay Taum; Jay Fidell; Easter bunny, Tavis Smiley, taxes
Posted in Budget, Easter, Good Friday, Hawaiian Values, I BLOG, Maundy Thursday, Taxes, Uncategorized