In September 1974, the Monsignor Zettle Council was again in the news with a "Run for Life." Tom Fritz ran 105 miles from Chepstow to Midland accompanied by his 12 year old son who biked by his side. The ride began after a 5:30 a.m. Mass in Mary Immaculate Church in Chepstow on Friday, Sept. 7th and ended with a Mass at [...]
The Knights of Columbus of the Monsignor Zettle Council from Cargill, Chepstow and Paisley say that it "doesn't cost much to support the plight of the unborn and bring the issue to the attention of thousands. It only takes a little time and a firm belief in what you are doing." They used the Greenock Township Homecoming Celebration and a 45 foot [...]
The "Canoe Crusade for Life" held August 8-19, 1984, from Edmundston, New Brunswick, to Saint John (430 km) met with considerable success. At the start, the canoeists received a blessing from the Bishop of Edmundston and were privileged to have the Bishop of Main canoe with them for a day. There was a great response among the communities along the Saint John [...]
Last winter a Birthright On Campus office opened its doors at the University of Western Ontario in London. I had been working at the London Birthright office for two years and the volunteers there wanted to have a higher profile on the UWO campus. Attempts to inform the students of Birthright services - by means of pamphlets, advertising and flyers in the [...]
Bill Sherwin is the Executive Secretary of the Rome based international pro-life group European Pro-life. Major victories were recorded in Mexico City during the recent United Nations Conference on Population by those countries, institutions and groups who oppose abortion. Abortion rejected The main victory came in the form of a Recommendation, thrashed out by the delegates of 140 countries present at the [...]
In Britain, the July report of the Warnock committee on the ethics of such matters as test-tube baby research has provoked considerable debate. The government-appointed committee, chaired by Dame Mary Warnock, recommends a ban on surrogate-motherhood agencies, both profit and non-profit making; a 14-day limit on experiments on human embryos; legitimization of children born by artificial insemination by donor; the freezing of [...]
Katherine Malony age - 8 years old Thunder Bay, Ont. Thunder Bay Christian School I think it's good to be for life. You need life. You were given it, so why not use it? You are alive aren't you? Use your life. Do with it the right things to do with it. Will you? You are alive even if you haven't touched [...]
Katherine Malony age - 8 years old Thunder Bay, Ont. Thunder Bay Christian School I think it's good to be for life. You need life. You were given it, so why not use it? You are alive aren't you? Use your life. Do with it the right things to do with it. Will you? You are alive even if you haven't touched [...]
"Human life begins at conception. Human life is a continuum from the moment of conception to the moment of death. The only possible justification for the interruption of a pregnancy would be in the extremely rare situation in which an abortion is performed in order to save the life of the mother. Abortion performed for any other reason is the deliberate taking [...]
By: Jim McManamy Shall I vote for the man or vote for the party? This is a question which many people consider before an election and one which pro-life voters will be asking themselves before September 4. Although, pro-life voters believe that the Abortion question must be made an issue, (even though many politicians would rather avoid it, often by making it [...]
Sandra Kloosterhuis Thunder Bay Ontario 1st Prize 9 Year-old group Life is great! An abortion is when a doctor and a mother decide to kill a baby while it is growing in the womb. Some people think that abortion should stop and I think they are "Pro-Life." Why would a mother and a doctor want to kill a poor innocent baby? The [...]
On June 11, 1984 in the Toronto Star, an article stated 'Computer victims take note.' It continued, "The Consumer's Association of Canada is looking for people who have been victims of computers. The association is looking at the impact computers have on people's lives ... what kind of problems have resulted and how widespread those problems are ......" That short article gave [...]
In the well-to-do Ontario Community of Markham/Stouffville, just north east of Toronto, a battle has raged over abortion in a hospital that is not to be built for another three years. In the summer of 1982, the rapidly-growing community received permission from the Ontario Ministry of health to raise $5,000,000 from the community to support the building of the hospital. The total [...]
A national committee charged with writing new guidelines for medical researchers had requested public reaction to the ethical problems created by current research. The Committee on Ethic in Experimentation was organized earlier this year by the Medical Research Council of Canada in order to update the guidelines set by the Council in 1978. The Council is the only organization in this field [...]
During the last 12-month the pro-life people of Canada have found a number of ways to show the inaccuracy of the findings of the Gallup Poll on abortion with its loaded questions. Last October's Ontario Rally, organized by Toronto Right to Life, outnumbered by over 50 to 1 the group of pro-abortionists who demonstrated on the same day. For every pro-lifer present [...]