Yearly Archives: 1996

HLI founder looking to ‘moral revival’

The founder and chairman of Human Life International believes a “massive religious revival” is needed to turn Western society away from the abortion-contraception mentality. Father Paul Marx, 76, made the comments September 27 during a three-day visit to Toronto. He came to the city to preach at two churches September 29 and to attend a tribute for pro-life Senator Stanley Haidasz, who [...]

2010-08-25T08:18:50-04:00November 25, 1996|Abortion, Activism, Pro-life Groups, Religion, Society & Culture|

Foxfire storm brewing in Halton

Milton, Ont. – Renaissance Canada president Rev. Ken Campbell is heading up a campaign against the Halton Board of Education’s use of a book many parents consider pornographic. The book, Foxfire; Confessions of a Girl Gang, has been approved for use for Halton’s Grade 12 students. Rev. Campbell and supporters say the U.S. novel may corrupt youth morals. Campbell has distributed thousands [...]

2010-08-25T08:07:37-04:00November 25, 1996|Sex Education, Society & Culture|

Next round in Drummond case

Ottawa – An eastern Ontario court has scheduled three days of hearings to determine if a woman accused of shooting her unborn child with a pellet gun will face attempted murder charges. Brenda Drummond, 28, was arrested in May after the son she had just given birth to was found to have suffered a pellet wound to the head. The child, Jonathan, [...]

2010-08-25T08:06:04-04:00November 25, 1996|Abortion, Fetal Rights|

Knights active with pro-life memorials

Interim special On a small, grassy hill just inside the Catholic cemetery in Gananoque, stands a granite memorial unlike any of its kind in this final resting spot for hundreds. It is not the burial spot for some well-known member of this resort community on the St. Lawrence River. It isn’t a memorial for Canada’s war dead. It is mute testimony to [...]

2010-08-25T07:56:52-04:00November 25, 1996|Abortion, Activism, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups|

Alliance head readies for second term

Interim staff Alliance for Life Ontario is welcoming Chatham resident Mary Ann Miller to her second term as president of the provincial pro-life organization. Miller, a 15 year veteran of pro-life volunteer work, officially assumes the president’s position at the Alliance for Life all-Ontario conference November 1-2 in North Bay. She will work with Alliance for Life Executive Director Jakki Jeffs and [...]

2010-08-25T07:54:08-04:00November 25, 1996|Activism, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups, Profiles|

Where are you Joe Borowski?

I remember the time a few years ago when Jim Hughes called and asked me if I would go out to Pearson Airport, which is just on the outskirts of Toronto, the following afternoon, and pick up Joe Borowski who was flying in from Winnipeg. Joe was supposed to arrive at Terminal III for a pro-life conference and I was to drive [...]

2010-08-25T07:44:56-04:00November 25, 1996|Activism, Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Pro-Life, Profiles|

The sound of trumpets

“And all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.” It is over fifty years since I read Pilgrims Progress, but these were the first words I thought of when I heard that Joe Borowski was dead. I was sure that hosts of his Pro-Life friends “on the other side” were there to welcome him home. He was unique, a legend [...]

2010-08-25T07:34:38-04:00November 25, 1996|Pro-Life, Profiles|

“Prairie Rebel” leaves an inspiring legacy

“God give us men. A time like this demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands. Men whom the lust for office cannot kill. Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy. Men of honour. Men who will not lie. Men who can stand before a demagogue and damn his treacherous flatteries without blinking. Tall men; sun crowned, who stand [...]

2010-08-25T07:30:19-04:00November 24, 1996|Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles|

A grand send-off for an intrepid warrior

A Mass of Christian Burial was offered to Almighty God for Joseph Paul Borowski at St Vital Parish Winnipeg on September 25, 1996. It was concelebrated by 18 priests, with Father Patrick A Morand, parish priest, the chief concelebrant. In attendance were family members, relatives, dignitaries and many friends. The Mass was preceded by rosary prayers. The Scriptural Rosary for Respect for [...]

2010-08-24T11:51:14-04:00November 24, 1996|Pro-Life, Profiles|

Pray to God and row for shore

On September 24, 1996 Father Ted Colleton and I flew to Manitoba to attend the funeral of Joe Borowski. It felt strange to be there in Winnipeg and not to visit Joe in the health food store which the Borowski family has owned and operated for the past 17 years. On frequent trips over the years we had discussed issues and shared [...]

2010-08-24T11:37:27-04:00November 24, 1996|Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles|

Remembering Joe Borowski

Joseph Paul Borowski 1932-1996 The following text is taken from a 1981 book, “The Polish Canadians” by Canadian artist William Kurelek Whether people agree or not with his choice of language or his methods of protest, many, myself included, truly admire Joe Borowski for standing up for his principles. When the N.D.P. party swept into power in Manitoba in l969 the new [...]

2010-08-24T11:06:31-04:00November 23, 1996|Pro-Life, Profiles|

Disease is latest risk to African viability

For over 20 years, the United Nations, along with its allies, have been forcing methods of population control on the so-called “developing nations” and, for the same two decades and more, the peoples of Africa have tried to resist, claiming that Africa’s problem is not one of ‘over’-population, but ‘under’-population. This claim is supported by an article published (however strange it may [...]

2010-08-24T11:06:51-04:00November 23, 1996|Abortion, Population, Society & Culture|

Christ film’s demise a relief to families

Christians and pro-family groups will be relieved to learn that a film on the sexual life of Jesus Christ is nothing more than an 18-year-old rumor. The film was first reported in 1978 in the Chicago-area gossip magazine Modern People News. In addition to portraying Christ as homosexual, the purported film was to cast a French prostitute in the role of Mary [...]

2010-08-24T11:07:05-04:00November 23, 1996|Religion|

Board stalls on Wilberforce pamphlet

Interim Staff Metro Toronto Separate School Board officials ignored a motion passed unanimously by the school trustees and denied over 4,000 Grade 8 students the opportunity to receive the ‘Who Will Be Today’s Wilberforce?’ pamphlet. The Wilberforce pamphlet offers a startling comparison of the attitude 200 years ago towards slavery and the attitude many people have today towards abortion. The board had [...]

2010-08-24T11:07:33-04:00November 23, 1996|Pro-Life|

Our Lady of Canada icon unveiled

Interim special On September 14, 1995 a new Canadian icon was established at the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Edmonton. Commissioned by the Very Reverend Joseph Royer, the icon of Our Lady of Canada, also known as the Canadian Icon of the Mother of God, was written by Andre Prevost, an iconographer who currently resides in Winnipeg. The inscription on [...]

2010-08-24T11:07:45-04:00November 23, 1996|Religion|
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