Tag: Monica Doumit
Monica Doumit: the wonder of being there
After four decades on Earth, Monica Doumit gets inspired by Jordan Peterson and shares her own 'twelve rules for life'
Monica Doumit: Go, be shriven. We all need it
I never thought the Academy Awards – a ceremony that traded its relevance for quota systems some time ago – would ever capture people’s imagination and interest again, but it returned to the headlines and dinner table conversation this year.
The lies they tell our girls
We hear a lot about gender bias these days. But the ultimate bias is the message that women can't be women, writes Monica Doumit
Monica Doumit: An ever pastoral shepherd
Earlier this week I was invited to join Father Frank Brennan SJ and Gerard Henderson at the Sydney Institute to discuss the upcoming two-year anniversary of Cardinal George Pell’s unanimous acquittal by the High Court in Australia.
Vinnies’ empty federal box
My parents have been volunteers for the St Vincent de Paul Society for as long as I can remember. They help organise the parish “giving tree” each Christmas ...
Monica Doumit: Darkest hour is when you keep going
I usually try to step out of character and write something joyful and hopeful in my column for the Christmas edition of the Catholic Weekly; something that befits this most wonderful season.
Monica Doumit: We don’t yet have freedom for faith
Opponents to religious freedom are predictably rending their garments over the federal Religious Discrimination Bill, tabled in Parliament this week by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Monica Doumit: Why the scramble to push a law that will...
Inquiry into death bill 'politicking'? Give me a break
On Tuesday of last week, the NSW Legislative Council voted to send Alex Greenwich’s deadly bill...
We can’t be frightened of having different opinions
The First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia begins this Sunday, 3 October.
Over the past three weeks, The Catholic Weekly has been...
Monica Doumit: A defence of faith in the public square
Feel free to defend the right of Christians to offer their points of view, even to hold public office
Section 116 of the Australian Constitution...
Parish priest and youth go on the front foot with euthanasia...
On Thursday 13 May, popular Catholic Weekly columnist Monica Doumit will look at the political and legal aspects of dying with dignity
Monica Doumit: When science outruns ethics
In this week’s edition of the paper, Marilyn Rodrigues has written about the submission to the inquiry on legalising mitochondrial donation in Australia from...
