Canada’s oldest and largest anti-pornography group has changed its name. Canadians for Decency is now registered as CASE – Canadians Addressing Sexual Exploitation. Its president, Dolina Smith, said, “We knew we had to find a name that better described our focus and expertise. The name also had to be easily accepted by the public, media and similar minded associations. The name had [...]
The Power to Win: Overcoming Pornography Produced by Windborne Productions Available from Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Tel: 905-479-4742 48 minutes, $25.00 Neither graphic nor offensive Power to Win breaks the myth that if you are a Christian, married to an attractive spouse, you should have no problems with porn. In The Power to Win two married couples and one single man talk [...]
Proclaim Life… Celebrate Life… Serve Life Ontario Students for Life is a youth pro-life organization which serves to unite pro=lifers across the province, educate students about pro-life issues and put the pro-life message into positive action. Position: Speaker and organizer for Ontario Students for Life (training provided). Qualifications: A firm commitment to pro-life, energetic, self-motivated, organized, public speaking, 20-26 years old, likes [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN- Voices for Life, Prince Edward Island’s dynamic young pro-life group, will host a youth conference here June 26-28, in conjunction with the 1997 National Pro-Life Convention. The theme of the youth conference will be Celebrate Life, in Ourselves and Others. “We are not just against abortion. We are for life! We want to celebrate that great gift that we have been [...]
Signs of hope still evident So many of us who are updated on the world of news, either by newspaper, radio, or television, can be very easily discouraged about the moral state of our society. The frequent reports of murder, rape, theft, abortion, euthanasia, and countless other sins against humanity would naturally depress any concerned person. We can see the evidence of [...]
Students continue to build a stronger network to promote the pro-life message in high schools and universities across the province. While individual schools have long had pro-life groups, many operated in isolation with little interaction with colleagues from other schools. More recently however, students have begun forming new and effective alliances with their peers. Using latest information technology, including the internet and [...]
Pro-life communities are not the only ones making an appeal young people. A recent item circulated by Pro-Life E News Canada shows that Planned Parenthood of America is also looking to appeal to youth. PP has designated May as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. To mark the occasion, PP has invited teenagers from across America to discuss “responsible, healthy choices” made regarding [...]
Interim staff The new executive director of the Winnipeg-based Alliance for Life knows she has a tough act to follow in replacing Anna Desilets, a 26-year veteran of pro-life campaigns. In fact, the 23-year-old Michelle Blanchette, who officially takes over May 1, wasn’t even born when Desilets first became involved with Alliance for Life. But as organizations embrace new strategies in protecting [...]
From its humble beginnings in a small Brooklyn, N.Y. clinic before First World War, the Planned Parenthood organization has grown quickly into an international behemoth with tentacles reaching into all corners of the world. With the active support of people in high places, the organization today serves as the world’s leader in a number of areas troubling to persons of faith, morality, [...]
Picketing grows in New Brunswick MONCTON- Pro-life supporters in New Brunswick are expanding pickets at provincial hospitals and abortion clinics. A group of seven to 10 activists began semi-regular picketing of Moncton City Hospital in late March. The hospital is noted for committing late-term abortions. The initiative complements ongoing pickets of Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic in Fredericton. According to New Brunswick Right [...]
Interim staff A Toronto man risks strained relations with his employer by posting pro-life signs on the walls of his workplace. Emidio Galea of Scarborough is a dedicated pro-lifer and a supporter of the Aid to Women service on Gerrard St. East in Toronto. For nearly ten years, Galea has worked as a stockroom clerk at the Ryerson Polytechinical University bookstore. On [...]
Interim special Toronto – Some church and pro-life groups have criticized the TVOntario (TVO) network for airing the program “Father Ted” which often presents Catholic priests in unflattering ways. The program, imported from Britain, also depicts the Irish as vicious hypocrites. In a letter to Ontario culture minister Marilyn Mushinski, one critic wondered why the province would provide funding to a network [...]
Lord, You are Father to all whom You have made. With fatherly love, protect Your unborn children who are threatened by abortion. Pour Your grace into their mothers’ hearts, so that these, Your children, may be born and grow to maturity in Your love. Enlighten our political leaders so that all Your children may soon be protected by law. Forgive us as [...]
Now that suicide is no longer a criminal offence, what arguments, apart from religion, are there against making it a ‘rational choice,’ or a ‘right’? M.M. Chatham, Ont. Where suicide has been decriminalized, it was not because it was approved but rather because it is now recognized that victims of failed suicide need help, not punishment. Law has long recognized that the [...]
QUESTION: What is the most difficult period of adolescence, and what is behind the distress? DR. DOBSON: the 13th and 14th years commonly are the most difficult 24 months in life. It is during this time that self-doubt and feelings of inferiority reach an all-time high, amidst the greatest social pressures yet experienced. And adolescent’s worth as a human being hangs precariously [...]