On May 14, approximately 70 pro-lifers witnessed outside 14 Division in support of PC David Packer – the constable who refused to guard the illegal abortuary. The witness coincided with Police Week and when a heavy thunderstorm cut short the witness, the police invited us into the police station for coffee. Joanne Dieleman was in court for “trespassing” a few weeks ago [...]
Since the arrest of the four pro-lifers in their homes and school many people have called and asked if they could contribute to their defense fund. In fact, some have already contributed. This has led to some internal discussion within Campaign Life on whether a defense fund should, indeed, be set up. Over the last two and-a-half years, there have been approximately [...]
Health Minister Murray Elston encountered his first “witness for life” on April 29. Elston was addressing the annual meeting of Registered Nurses Association of Ontario at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. The witness for life was to protest the pro-abortion actions taken recently by the Health Minister. As well as allowing an illegal abortionist to claim on OHIP, on March 13 he [...]
Our group, named ‘On Campus Pro-Life,” has been a great opportunity of meeting new friends at York University. Over a period of five months we have received support from many people and a number of close friends have signed the petition for the economic support that as a University club we are entitled to. “On Campus Pro-Life” is not a religious club. [...]
What is Courage? Courage is an organization of chaste homosexuals. What does it do? Courage is a spiritual support group of Catholic laity – men and women – who aspire to live chaste lives in accordance with the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality. What is homosexuality? A psychological disorder. What causes it? Often an unsatisfactory relationship with the parent of the [...]
Many individuals and married couples are seeking integration in their lives. For some, this integration is found through seeking spiritual direction. For others, it is found when they begin using Natural Family Planning (NFP). As Sister Marilyn Mangan found in her work as an NFP practitioner and director of the Marguerite Bourgeoys Family Service, there is a natural integration between natural family [...]
On April 10, 1987, London Area Right to Life Association held its fifth annual dinner, a farewell to the outgoing executive and a welcoming of the incoming executive. Molly Kelly, this year’s keynote speaker, gave a vivacious and inspiring address, leaving her listeners with warm feelings. Molly came from Philadelphia to be with us and said she enjoys each return visit to [...]
“Cowards walk in crowds. The brave in single file.” Old Indian saying. Whoever chose the name “David” for Officer Packer must have been inspired. For Packer is following in the footsteps of his great namesake, David, King of Israel. In case you have forgotten the story, look it up in the First Book of Samuel, Chapter 17. With nothing to support him [...]
Communist China has made a trade pact with Canadian business that will give every pro-lifer many a sleepless night. The firm has concluded an agreement with the Mainland Chinese to market Canadian pregnancy-detection kits which will be “tested” on the people of China. Quadra Logic Technologies Inc., a West Coast company, has joined the Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research in this [...]
A growing pro-life contingent of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is opposing the most recent pro-abortion proposals of the Federation. In an attempt to uphold the individual rights of pro-life teachers, the B.C. Teachers for Life (BCTFL) is working hard in the hopes that lobbying, letter-writing and increased representation will reverse the federation’s pro-abortion direction. The BCTF’s pro-abortion stand, embodied in the [...]
Federal Justice Minister, Ray Hnatyshyn, is in the hot seat over his proposed legislation to curb pornography, recently tabbed in the House of Commons. The critics, calling the proposals “puritan,” “dangerous,” and “acceptable to Queen Victoria and Jimmy Swaggart,” are mostly the same individuals and special interest groups who last year attacked Hnatyshyn’s predecessor, John Crosbie, over his proposals to stop pornography. [...]
“Blame it on mother – a feminist look at motherhood” was, the flyer proclaimed, an “important conference.” 200 women and a smattering of men from across Canada and the U.S. gathered at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College in mid-May, supposedly to examine the role of Mother in society. By the end of the conference it was clear that the stated objective [...]
In a play designed to teach elementary school pupils how to avoid sexual abuse, a young girl from outer space (Merlana) is sent to earth to learn about the god and bad forms of touching. Playing the role of one character, Merlana learns that pillow fights can be fun, but that touching-games can hurt people too. In a different role she finds [...]
The philosophy governing feminism in Canada has been explored briefly in two early articles on “Feminism’s basic values” (The Interim, October and November 1985). This “ideological” and secular feminism (the Latin secula means “world”) of Simone de Beauvoir, Kate Millett, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, et al., is a struggle for rights, equality and power. Its underlying philosophy is that of [...]
The controversy over lack of government funding for the pro-life, pro-family women’s group REAL Women of Canada has focused media and public attention on the funding of so-called women’s groups and the activities of government agencies responsible for the “status of women” in Canada. But few average Canadians are sure who’s who as the scenario is played out against the backdrop of [...]