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
GOP Post-Modernism
Anyone who thinks the GOP is captive to Tea Party extremists, obviously has not been paying enough attention to what might be seen as a strong strain of “GOP postmodernism” coming from really deep thinkers like the Newt. I know…
Tagged with: Bain Capital, GOP, Obama, Offshore accounts, preferential option for the poor, Repeal, Romney, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
The Politics of Envy . . .and Silence
Why are the Bishops silent? On the stump, politicians who would be President speak of the “politics of envy” and “class warfare.” Mormon Mitt and conspicuously Catholic Rick and Newt want the hurting poor to get over their “envy” of…
Tagged with: Church Leaders, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, preferential option for the poor, Rick Santorum, US Bishops, vulture capitalists
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Christian Politicians, Devout Catholic Policians, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion and Political Discourse, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Christian Politicians, Devout Catholic Policians, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion and Political Discourse, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
From Yule Log to Bûche de Noel
2011: I decided that this was the year to bake and ice a Yule Log. I had watched my mother, the cake artist, do it many times but had never tried making one myself. For starters, I wasn’t sure that…
Tagged with: Catholic vote, Newt Gingrich, preferential option for the poor, President Obama, yule log
Posted in Catholic, Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Missal Changes, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic, Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Missal Changes, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 