Events

Pro-life more than anti-abortion Being pro-life means more than just being anti-abortion. That was the message brought by the co-founder of the Planned Parenthood-watchdog organization Life Decisions International to the National Pro-Life Conference. In her closing, keynote address, Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge said a pro-lifer's attitudes, words, and actions must reflect a consistent ethic. "Pro-life means different things to different people. I have [...]

More than 250 pro-lifers from every province attended the National Pro-Life Conference in Ancaster, Ontario July 2-4, and were treated to a series of presentations and workshops on a range of contemporary pro-life subjects. According to Jacqueline DeJong, president of hosting group Hamilton Right to Life, the conference went smoothly. "The session with the MPs (Tom Wappel, Elsie Wayne, and Jason Kenney) [...]

Crossroads Christian Communications president and founder David Mainse will be among the speakers when the 1998 National Pro-life Conference takes place July 2-4 in the Hamilton suburb of Ancaster. Mainse, who will speak on opening night, is being brought in to provide “a spiritual angle” to the pro-life battle, said Jim Arsenault, a co-ordinating committee member. “While he’s not recognized as a [...]

TORONTO -- The 13th annual St. John the Evangelist parish pro-life dinner/dance is set for Friday, April 17, 1998.  The popular spring fund-raisers have become an important annual event in support of Campaign Life Coalition. The guest speaker for the evening will be Rebecca Pontiso, founder of Mary Mother of God School in Parkdale (downtown Toronto). Rebecca, a graduate of St. Joseph’s [...]

The full membership of Campaign Life Coalition Ottawa-Carleton is invited to participate in the Strategy 2001 Conference, scheduled for April 18, 1998 in Ottawa. The time has come to lay the cornerstone for a rejuvenated political movement, re-organized so that no pro-life supporter is left out. Organizers foresee a movement that is “well structured and produces results.” The Strategy 2001 Conference will [...]

Preparations are well under way in Hamilton to host the National Pro-Life Conference in July. Taking the theme of "The Canadian Quilt ... A Life Pattern," the Hamilton committee, headed up by the Hamilton Right to Life President Jacqueline De Jong, plan to make the conference an opportunity to promote the national pro-life quilt project, which seeks to unite pro-life Canadians in [...]

TORONTO - The clash between the contraception mentality's "culture of death" and the respect for life position embraced by traditional Christian theology was the focus of a one-day seminar November 8 at St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto. The seminar, The Culture of Life vs. The Culture of Death, attracted nearly 100 participants and touched on many issues of concern [...]

As the Christmas letters pile up, so does Rosalie Hall Foundation's most important letter of the year. Each year, friends and supporters of Rosalie Hall's work with single young women and their children donate about $54,000 over the Christmas season for programs. This year the postal strike jeopardizes the entire campaign which must raise an additional $200,000 to meet the $515,000 shortfall [...]

The first anniversary of the passing of noted pro-life activist Joe Borowski included a number of tributes and the unveiling of a special monument at Borowski’s home parish, St. Vital’s Church, near Winnipeg. To help mark the anniversary, students of St. Vital school were invited to prepare pro-life artwork which was used to decorate the walls of the church. Art work was [...]

CALGARY - 73-year-old Stell Attrell has been a consistent witness for life outside Calgary’s Kensington abortuary for the past six years. With her husband Johnnie always nearby, her many long, lonely hours of witnessing for life have saved several mothers and their babies from abortion. Stella has also been the victim of two assaults by abortion supporters. Once, she suffered cracked ribs [...]

The Interim newspaper is organizing a contest in which readers will be invited to guess the identity of various pro-life personalities done up in caricature. Beginning next issue, a series of three prominent pro-lifers will appear in cartoon form on the pages of The Interim. The personalities may come from the local, national or international pro-life stage. Personalities from the past will [...]

The recent death of the world's two most famous women within a span of five days was an extraordinary concurrence, especially since Diana, Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa of Calcutta shared a passionate concern for the poor and a personal friendship. In most other respects, however, their lives could hardly have been more different. Diana was born into wealth and privilege; [...]

Monsignor Edward Synan, a retired Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies and the University of Toronto, died suddenly August 3. His death must be been sudden: at a lunch with colleagues at St. Michael's only a few days before, he showed no sign of illness. Born in Fall River, Mass., he received an undergraduate degree from Seton Hall [...]

NEW YORK (CWN) - John Cardinal O'Connor of New York September 14 joined the Vatican Secretary of State in condemning Mother Teresa's critics in the media who have become vocal after her death September 5. "I must confess my deep regret at what I consider the almost unbelievably tasteless manner in which some of the television and radio stations reported on the [...]

A June 19 presentation ceremony at the CLC Lobby Office in Ottawa honored Sue Hierlihy, retiring Director of Public Affairs for Campaign Life Coalition Friends, volunteers, family and co-workers joined President Jim Hughes in offering best wishes to Sue in her retirement, and in commiserating with each other over the loss of someone with her talents and qualities to the Lobby Office. [...]