Marilyn Rodrigues
Marilyn is a multi-media journalist for The Catholic Weekly newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Her work has also appeared at Catholic News Service, Crux, CathFamily and FRANKLY magazines, Sydney’s Child magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, Modern Home magazine and Sydney’s Village Voice newspaper.
A psychology and literature graduate, her interests are Catholic spirituality, psychology and mental health. She dabbles in gardening and, out of necessity, is a reasonably decent cook.
She lives in Sydney with her husband and five children aged 7-16. Marilyn blogs around once a week at MarilynRodrigues.com.
Articles by Marilyn Rodrigues:
17 December 2024
2.8 MINS
Former long-serving Federal minister Kevin Andrews was remembered for his decades of selfless commitment to the country, his family and his Catholic faith, after his death from cancer aged 69 on 14 December.
25 November 2024
2.2 MINS
Christians in the Holy Land were Australia’s focus of the annual Red Wednesday commemoration on 20 November, held by Aid to the Church in Need to highlight global religious persecution.
20 August 2024
2.2 MINS
Parents are being urged to make their voices heard at a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the damaging effects of pornography on the mental, emotional and physical health of children and young people.
23 July 2024
2.4 MINS
Proposed LGBT reforms for New South Wales risks far-reaching unintended consequences for women and children, says Labor MLC Greg Donnelly. He is urging people to sign a petition on the New South Wales Parliament website against the "Equality Bill".
7 June 2024
3.3 MINS
The Australian Capital Territory has passed the nation’s most extreme voluntary assisted dying laws, after last-minute attempts by Liberal MPs to pass amendments were defeated. The Legislative Assembly passed the bill on 5 June, and the law will come into effect on 3 November 2025.
14 May 2024
1.9 MINS
Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with parents and teachers declaring his anticipated changes to religious discrimination laws an attack on faith-based schools.
22 March 2024
3.6 MINS
Ministries like Courage, which helps Catholics experiencing same-sex attraction to live in accordance with the church's teaching, will be protected under 'fit-for-purpose' exemptions.
4 July 2023
3.7 MINS
Canberra Catholics and staff of Calvary Public Hospital grieved as the compulsory acquisition of Calvary by the ACT Government took effect on 3 July. The ACT Government took over the Catholic-run hospital from midnight, ending a five-week battle to save it from the takeover — [...]
21 June 2023
1.6 MINS
Former prime minister John Howard has come out swinging in defense of Canberra’s Calvary Hospital, saying the ACT Government’s forced acquisition is a “blatant assault” on the principle of private ownership. “Sometimes people say to me ‘Why do you keep banging on about the fundamental [...]
19 June 2023
4 MINS
Hopes of a Senate inquiry into the ACT Government’s compulsory acquisition of Calvary Hospital were “scuttled” by ACT independent Senator David Pocock on 15 June after he declined to support a motion by Coalition senators Michaelia Cash and Matt Canavan. Fr Tony Percy, who leads [...]
12 June 2023
2.3 MINS
Fr Tony Percy, head of the Catholic campaign to save the hospital, has asked supporters to “accept the decision” and write to parliamentarians to voice their protest. The head of the Catholic campaign to save Calvary Hospital has asked supporters to “accept the decision” of [...]
6 June 2023
2.7 MINS
The ACT Government continues to come under fire over its proposed takeover of Calvary Hospital in Bruce, this time for its “appalling” lack of proper process and failure to properly acknowledge the religious dimension of the crisis. ANU Professor: The Takeover Process is “Appalling” Andrew [...]
1 June 2023
3.3 MINS
Palliative care hospice Clare Holland House is also at risk, with ACT Government claiming staff want to "take palliative care into the future." Legislation to enable the compulsory acquisition of Calvary Public Hospital by the ACT Government has passed the territory’s Legislative Assembly after a [...]