National Campus Life Network symposium draws leaders from across the country By Mike Mastromatteo The Interim Canada's pro-life university students have emerged from a trying year with a renewed commitment to defending human life on campuses across the country. An optimistic tone prevailed at this year's National Campus Life Network (NCLN) symposium, January 14-16 at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto. More [...]
Pro-Life 101: A User-Friendly Guide to Making Your Case on Campus by Scott Klusendorf (San Pedro, CA, Stand to Reason Press, 1999, 37 pp, $6 in Canada)Reviewed by Mike Mastromatteo The Interim Campaign Life Coalition's effort to establish a new youth wing is especially timely with the release of Pro-Life 101, Scott Klusendorf's new book on pro-life argumentation. The director of bioethics at [...]
Andrew's Pilgrimage for Life By Tanya M. Granic The Interim Today's youth are taking on greater challenges than ever before. Andrew Fournier, a Campaign Life Coalition Youth (CLCY) member, is no exception. A bright-eyed 19 year old from Arnprior, Ont., Andrew has decided to walk across Canada to raise awareness and money for the pro-life cause. "I am walking across Canada to [...]
Ontario's pro-life students once again pledged their commitment to developing a right-to-life ethic among their peers during this fall's 11th annual Ontario Students for Life (OSFL) conference. More than 250 students from across the province took part in this year's gathering at Bishop Smith High School in Pembroke, titled "Get a life, eh!" Principal speakers included Angelina Steenstra, who runs a ministry [...]
Campaign Life Coalition is in the process of forming a new organization that will link young people's pro-life efforts coast to coast. Campaign Life Coalition Youth (CLCY) will be led by Tanya Granic, 19, a second-year science student at the University of Western Ontario. Granic is currently on a four-month sabbatical and is working with Campaign Life Coalition. She recently served as [...]
Anyone born after the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision is a survivor of the abortion holocaust, says a group of some 30 young adults who have sacrificed their summer to walk over 5,500 kilometres in recognition of the sanctity of life. When Pope John Paul II called on America's youth to stand up and defend life, at World Youth Day in Denver [...]
Being heavily involved in youth ministry as well as pro-life work, it is often a challenge to keep those two worlds from colliding. "How can that be?" you might ask. Well, let me tell you. Everyone who strives to be active in the pro-life movement has a role to play in building a culture of life. But I have experienced situations where [...]
Paul Lee wanders into the Toronto Right to Life office at around 10 a.m. He's a little late, because he spent hours on the phone the night before talking with students across the province of Ontario, assisting them with transportation and logistical planning to get to the next Ontario Students For Life conference in Ottawa. Today he has to send more registrations, [...]
Students continue to make inroads to greater respect for human life and the protection of the unborn from the moment of conception. Observers at the annual Ontario Students for Life conference Oct. 23-25 at St. Mary's High School in Woodstock were struck by the enthusiasm of student pro-lifers. The event attracted nearly 300 students from North Bay, Stratford, Toronto, Windsor, London, and [...]
A Toronto-area woman is currently on the first leg of a four-month speaking tour of Ireland to bring a fresh perspective to the hotly-debated abortion situation. Emma Maan, 21, of Georgetown, Ont., is the public relations director with Ontario Students for Life (OSFL), an organization coordinating pro-life efforts among the province’s high school students. She was invited to Ireland by the Dublin-based [...]
When I was first told about the youth column here at The Interim, I thought this was my chance to pick up my pen and let the creative juices flow. But as I sat there, paper on desk, pen in hand, no inspiration came to me. What could I possibly have to write about? I come from a pretty simple family. I [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN - Late in June, more than 50 young people from across Canada gathered at Maritime Christian College for the 1997 National Youth Pro-Life Conference. Throughout the weekend, keynote speaker Eric Genuis, an accomplished pianist from Ontario, used a combination of music and discussion to educate those in attendance. "Always look critically at what society and the media present," was his opening [...]
The struggle faced by pro-life secondary students on their campuses can be frustrating and disheartening, especially when faced alone. The National Campus Life Network (NCLN) has recently been established to ensure that these young adults have the support they require to bring the message of life to their peers on their campus. On the weekend of January 10-12, a gathering of about [...]
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 [...]