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Chantal Daigle case was legalistic gobbledygook

„Az 1983 óta megjelenő The Interim című élet- és családi lap a társadalmi struktúrákat, a családi értékeket és az egyéni jogokat érintő sürgető kérdéseket vizsgálja. Az újság felbecsülhetetlen értékű perspektívát nyújt az olvasóknak a társadalomépítésről és az emberi fejlődésről egy gyorsan változó világban. Hasonlóképpen, a digitális kor online játéktrendjeiről szóló tudósításban az olvasók az informatív és releváns tartalmak érdekes keverékét találják. [...]

admin2026-02-24T07:35:06-05:00April 14, 2000|Abortion, Abortion Law, Profiles|

Courage on the streets, in court, and in jail

Delta, B.C. sidewalk counsellor Mary Wagner has grown up ‘living and breathing pro-life' By Paul Tuns The Interim Mary Wagner is an unassuming young woman who has found herself both on the front-lines of the abortion struggle and behind bars for her beliefs, but there is no sign that she is about to quit. Indeed, her fight against the injustice of abortion [...]

admin2010-08-27T09:43:30-04:00March 14, 2000|Abortion, Abortion Law, Activism, Profiles, Religion, Youth Activism|

Going ‘beyond Gay’

Review by Christina Nair Beyond Gay, by David Morrison (Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1999) The best person to witness to God's power to save and rescue in a given situation is a person who has been in that very situation and who has experienced God's saving power first-hand. David Morrison, author of Beyond Gay, was a gay activist for several [...]

admin2010-08-27T09:32:22-04:00February 14, 2000|Book Review, Features, Society & Culture|

BOOK HELPS WOMEN DEAL WITH POST-ABORTION SYNDROME

Her choice To Heal: Finding spiritual and emotional peace after abortion by Sydna Masse and Joan Phillips (Chariot Victor Publishing, 1998). Softcover, 122 pages. Distributed in Canada by Cook Communications in Paris, Ont. Reviewed by Deborah James-Josipovic The Interim "We are everywhere. We are in churches. We are in shopping centers. We are in grocery stores. We are in daycare centers. We [...]

admin2010-08-27T09:33:13-04:00February 14, 2000|Abortion, Book Review, Features, Post-abortion and Health Care|

‘Illogic density’ of pro-abortion

By Donald DeMarco The Interim John Irving is a well-known novelist and short story writer. He established his reputation in 1978 with The World According to Garp, which was made into a film in 1982. In his latest book, My Movie Business: A Memoir (Knopf, 1999), he presents his view on abortion and his attitude toward right-to-life advocates in the following [...]

admin2010-07-13T07:34:00-04:00February 13, 2000|Abortion, Activism, Book Review, Fetal Rights|

Restoring all things in Christ

Novelist and painter Michael O'Brien reminds us that, even in our present culture of death, ‘the darkness cannot overcome the light' By Sue Careless The Interim No one, least of all Michael O'Brien, expected his novel Father Elijah to be a publishing success. O'Brien had established himself as a painter and received commissions from churches that enabled him to modestly support his wife [...]

admin2010-07-07T08:58:11-04:00February 7, 2000|Book Review|

Joan Jackson was shining example of faith

Special to The Interim On Sunday, November 14, 1999, God called Joan Marie (La Marche) Jackson to be with him for all eternity. She was born January 13, 1943 to Charles and Mary (Cross) La Marche, who have both predeceased her. She was educated at St. Vincent Academy, St. Mary's School, Cathedral High School, Notre Dame Convent and graduated from Queen's University [...]

admin2010-07-14T05:44:52-04:00January 7, 2000|Profiles|

Book sheds light on Orthodoxy and life issues

The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics by John Breck, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998. Distributed in Canada by Novalis, 1-800-387-7164. 288 pages softcover, $26.95. "Personality can be transplanted: Shy mouse made sociable, Discovery raises hope of ‘gene psychiatry' for humans." So scream the day's headlines as I prepare to review The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics by John [...]

dominic2010-07-22T13:28:19-04:00November 22, 1999|Book Review|

HOW TWO YOUNG GIRLS AND THEIR FAITH-FILLED FAMILY TAUGHT US TO KEEP LOVING AND HOPING, NO MATTER WHAT

Ken and Rita Wolfe of Saskatoon know first hand the pain and joy of parenting terminally ill children. Erin, age 14 years, Kathleen, age 10 years, and eight-year-old Aidan know the sorrow of losing two sisters to a disease known as Niemann-Pick-Type C (NPC). NPC is a rare autosomal recessive disease, an illness in which both parents are unsuspecting carriers of one [...]

dominic2010-07-30T13:38:24-04:00October 22, 1999|Profiles|

Toronto pro-lifers mourn the loss of Tom Brown

Ontario's pro-life community suffered a tremendous loss August 31 with the sudden passing of Tom Brown of Toronto. A long-time pro-life activist, Brown died of heart failure near his Toronto home at age 62. Brown combined a quiet compassion for the unborn and pregnant women in distress with a steely resolve to work against abortion and its consequences. Jim Hughes, national president [...]

dominic2010-07-30T13:38:59-04:00October 22, 1999|Profiles|

Local right-to-life group fosters flourishing school program

For the past two years, Brant (Ontario) Right to Life has been making a few more presentations to Grade 7 and 8 students than usual. We have also teamed up with the pro-life group at the local high school. With the help of high school students, elementary students are on us like white on rice. Together with some fetal models and a [...]

dominic2010-07-30T13:40:50-04:00October 22, 1999|Profiles|

A bright media flame dies early at age of 37

One of the bright lights on an often-bleak Canadian media landscape has died early, at the age of 37. Jerry Jonkheer passed away May 10 after a six-month battle with a blood disorder. A member of the Willowdale Christian Reformed Church in Toronto, Jonkheer served as the creator, producer and host of The Eh JJ Show, a Christian entertainment and variety program that [...]

dominic2010-07-30T12:22:13-04:00September 22, 1999|Profiles|

Ted Byfield has never abandoned principles

The Book of Ted: Epistles from an Unrepentant Redneck, by Ted Byfield (Keystone Press Inc., $34.95, 269 pages) The American columnist George Will once said that before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley. The point was that political movements have their beginnings in [...]

dominic2010-07-30T12:05:45-04:00August 22, 1999|Book Review, Paul Tuns|

Poignant letters to baby

Letters to Gabriel: The true story of Gabriel Michael Santorum, by Karen Garver Santorum with a foreword by Mother Teresa and an introduction by Dr. Laura Schlessinger ($22.95). Karen Garver Santorum is the wife of a prominent pro-life senator and mother of three who, when she found out she was expecting her fourth child, decided to write "letters" to her yet-to-be-born child. [...]

dominic2010-07-22T07:41:04-04:00August 22, 1999|Book Review, Paul Tuns|

Former ambassador a man of honesty, courage

Mr. Yvon Beaulne, former ambassador from Canada to the Holy See in Rome and a former permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York, died in his home in Hull, Que. early in June, after a long and painful illness. I served under Mr. Beaulne when he was director-general of the Department of External Affairs' bureau for Africa and [...]

dominic2010-07-30T12:07:41-04:00August 22, 1999|Profiles|

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