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Guest Post: Rev. David Gierlach Good Friday 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

“Why on earth do you call it ‘Good Friday’?,” my atheist friend demands one day. “What’s possibly ‘good’ about this day?” I suppose that’s a question we each of us have asked, if not out loud, then perhaps in the…

Tagged with: Good Friday, Honolulu, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
Posted in Good Friday, I BLOG, Uncategorized

Guest Post: Multiply or Divide? The Economy of Generosity

Posted on August 5, 2018 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

With thanks to Rev. David Gierlach, Rector, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, for permission to publish this sermon of July 29, 2018. Back in my seminary days some 40 years ago (ouch!) our homiletics professor said there is one thing you…

Tagged with: Catholic Worker House, Honolulu, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Chruch, symposia, the economy of generosity, the market economy, Wallyhouse
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Uncategorized

Solemn Bell Ringing to Support Students Against Guns. Wed 3/14 from 10-10.17 a.m. Honolulu

Posted on March 12, 2018 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

This Wednesday, March 14, 2018, from 10 to 10.17 a.m. many public high schools in Hawaii are staging a walk out and silent vigil to commemorate the senseless violence that occurred a few weeks ago at the high school in…

Tagged with: Church of the Crossroads, churches bell ringing, Honolulu, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Students against guns
Posted in Gun violence, I BLOG, Uncategorized

“Who am I to Judge?” Honolulu Pastors Protest Franklin Graham’s Christianity

Posted on February 27, 2016 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

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…

Tagged with: Alison Dingley, Brian Grieves, David Gierlach, Decision America, Franklin Graham, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Hawaii Secular Society, Honolulu, Khara Jabola, Liz Leavitt, Stan Bain, Zeshan Chisty
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Christmas 2015. A Refugee is Born

Posted on December 25, 2015 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Christmas Day sermon by Fr. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu. Reproduced here with permission. Accepting what happens on Christmas is an uphill battle. After all, it’s quite a leap to believe in a God who becomes a human…

Tagged with: Christmas in Honolulu, David Gierlach, Honolulu, refugee crisis, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized

Helping the Houseless, One Family at a Time

Posted on December 18, 2015 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

In this season of giving, if you are looking for ways to express your gratitude for how well life has treated you, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church on King Street in Honolulu has a few suggestions. Shallow Rent Subsidies If you…

Tagged with: Akiu Chockm Laundry Aloha, David Gierlach, Homelessness in Hawaii, Honolulu, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Chruch
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized

July 22: Honolulu Protests Assault on Gaza. “Bethlehem – 2006” Revisited

Posted on July 23, 2014 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Sharing here, with permission, a poem, “Bethlehem – 2006” written by Methodist minister, Rev. Barbara Grace Ripple after her visit to the Holy Land. She went back again in 2013 and found the situation worse. She spoke with Palestinians, Christians…

Tagged with: Barbara Ripple, Bethlehem, Holy Land, Honolulu, Israel, Palestinian people, West Bank
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized

US Bishops: What is your “Pro-Life” Message for Gaza?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by freecatholic808 — 6 Comments

DNC Convention 2012: “Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us to defend it. Life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be…

Tagged with: Barbara Ripple, Gaza, George Hudes, Hobby Lobby, Honolulu, Interfaith Alliance, Israel, SABEEL, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Catholics & Dappled Things in Cincinnati and Honolulu

Posted on April 29, 2014 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

The media reports that more than 100 protesters went to the chancery in Cincinnati this week to deliver 24,000 signatures on a petition asking Archbishop Dennis Schnurr to remove several new clauses from the contracts for Catholic teachers. Those clauses…

Tagged with: Archbishop Schnurr, Catholic teachers, Cincinnati, Dappled Things, Easter, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Honolulu, New Ways Ministry
Posted in Care of Creation, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholic Teachers, Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Catholic workers: Irene Fernandez and Dorothy Day

Posted on April 8, 2014 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

On March 31, 2014, Irene Fernandez, passed away in her country, Malaysia, after a heart attack at the age of 67. She had decades ago given up the possibility of a safe teaching career for a life devoted to addressing…

Tagged with: Amnesty International, Catholic social teaching, Catholic Worker Movement, Chaminade University, Danny O'Regan, Dorothy Day, Honolulu, Irene Fernandez, Mackey Lecture, Malaysia, Martha Hennessy, Mary House, Notre Dame University, Peter Maurin, Tenaganita
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Malaysian Government, Uncategorized, War, Women in the Church, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights